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A comment on Insider Accounts of Computing and Life at BBN: A sixty-year report (2011) [pdf].

Re:Insider Accounts of Computing and Life at BBN: A sixty-ye... by pasbesoin on Sunday May 27, 2018 @12:05PM (#17167490)
Every time BBN gets mentioned, I'm reminded of the book, "Where the Wizards Stay Up Late", where they get some mention and credit.

Unfortunately, a garage flood took out my copy, shortly after a move. But as I recall, I rather enjoyed the read.

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Re:Insider Accounts of Computing and Life at BBN: A sixty-ye... by timrichard on Sunday May 27, 2018 @12:21PM (#17167599)
There seem to be a few formats on Amazon, including an unabridged audiobook [1] :

http://www.amazon.com/Where-Wizards-Stay-Up-Late/dp/06848326...

Kindle edition sells to US-only accounts though, which is a bit annoying :-(

[1] The Kindle version + Audible upgrade is nearly always cheaper than Audible alone. Not sure why.

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Re:Insider Accounts of Computing and Life at BBN: A sixty-ye... by kryptiskt on Sunday May 27, 2018 @01:38PM (#17168043)
I bought it for Kindle from Sweden, and it doesn't look unavailable to buy for me now.
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Re:Insider Accounts of Computing and Life at BBN: A sixty-ye... by timrichard on Monday May 28, 2018 @11:48AM (#17173045)
Ah, maybe it's just the UK :-(
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Re:Insider Accounts of Computing and Life at BBN: A sixty-ye... by newnewpdro on Sunday May 27, 2018 @10:30PM (#17170292)
I'm currently reading a used hardcover copy I picked up for a few bucks.

About halfway through and it's been largely uninteresting bureaucratic fluff, from the perspective of an engineer. This has been one of the slowest reads for me in a very long time. Normally I end up inhaling the books I read, this thing I can't wait to put back down every time I resume.

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Re:Insider Accounts of Computing and Life at BBN: A sixty-ye... by zem on Monday May 28, 2018 @02:04AM (#17170801)
perhaps my favourite history-of-tech book, edging out "dealers of lightning"
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