# Grab the book nearest you. Right now. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901 "2010-03-09T20:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/41 "2010-03-09T21:43:02Z")
And you thought your sentence sucked? Here’s mine: **Phone: (517) 669-4264.** From Chase’s 2000 Calendar of Events . (contact information for National Cherry Month) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/42 "2010-03-09T21:45:26Z")
“Do, for Jesus’ sake, Buck Mulligan said.” If you haven’t guessed, its Ulysses by James Joyce. Odd that it is on my bedside locker considering I haven’t been reading it. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/43 "2010-03-09T21:51:09Z")
Abans de parlar a ningú vull comprovar els detalls. _Teach Yourself Catalan_, Alan Yates. Translated as “Before speaking to anyone, I want to check the details.” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/44 "2010-03-09T21:51:53Z")
“ **FAQ** Acronym for Frequently Asked Questions.” I don’t know it that is actually a complete sentence so here is the next one. “A document that answers the most common queries about a particular subject.” from The New York Public Library Desk Reference Third Edition. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/45 "2010-03-09T21:55:56Z")
Just picked up the book that was 2d closest to me, and that is generally the closest to me when here at work: The most common reasons for a change in your benefit amount are listed below. 20 CFR Parts 400-499 Z-z-z-z-z ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/46 "2010-03-09T21:56:30Z")
“‘Incapable of self-care’ means that the individual requires active assistance or supervision to provide daily self-care in three or more of the ‘activities of daily living,’ such as bathing, dressing and eating or ‘instrumental activities of daily living,’ such as cooking, cleaning, shopping, taking public transportation, paying bills, etc.” – Family and Medical Leave Handbook, Thompson Publishing Group, Section 1, page 111. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/47 "2010-03-09T21:58:14Z")
Single barbed fittings minimize leaks by having a smoother sealing surface than multi-barbed fittings. McMaster-Carr Catalog 110. Maybe me and **Paintcharge** can start a book club. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/48 "2010-03-09T21:58:48Z")
“One constant (various called 0, \*, , **empty** , or **nil** ), together with one _unary_ operation ( **succ** or λn. n + 1), or in general (λt. **cons** (h, t)) for each element h ∈ X, _and no laws_.” from “Practical Foundations of Mathematics” by Paul Taylor. (I’ve tried to preserve the formatting, substituting boldface for the occasional special use of a sans serif font) Not actually a “complete sentence”, as such, but it seemed to be what should count as the eleventh. If not, the next line was “For any other such structure (Θ, z[sub]Θ[/sub], s[sub]Θ[/sub]), **listrec** defines the unique mediating homomorphism”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/49 "2010-03-09T22:00:08Z")
“By contrast, _compatible_ (commuting) observables _do_ admit complete sets of simultaneous eigenfunctions.[sup]18[/sup]” Griffith’s quantum book, and it just barely fit onto the page. Equations take up a lot of space. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/50 "2010-03-09T22:00:43Z")
Well the nearest book to me is The Road Atlas by rand McNally. page 111 is Washington D.C. There are no sentences, but the 11th entry in text is"Supreme court of the United States, M-9." ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/51 "2010-03-09T22:00:49Z")
**"It is important to maintain some great common forms: strong nodes, key paths, or widespread regional homogeneities."** from _The Image of the City_, by Kevin Lynch ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/52 "2010-03-09T22:04:15Z")
“Intergroup transactions across national borders have grown, causing taxpayers to more aggressively pursue an optimal global effective tax rate.” Due Diligence for Global Deal Making by Arthur Rosenbloom. ::snore:: ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/53 "2010-03-09T22:05:54Z")
“However, existing work commitments precluded their involvement during the case study time period.” CMMI: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement No, I’m not reading it - it’s propping up the secondary monitor on my desktop. But it was the closest! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/54 "2010-03-09T22:06:17Z")
Then the Captain, who was almost carrying him by now, shoved Jack through another burlap curtain and into the hallway beyond. _The Talisman_, Stephen King & Peter Straub. (I’ve done this meme before, but it’s always fun.) ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/55 "2010-03-09T22:08:27Z")
“With fewer men, he warned, he could not ‘guarantee peace.’” Zapata and the Mexican Revolution, by John Womack, Jr. (I hope I counted the sentences right…) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/56 "2010-03-09T22:10:35Z")
> [@](#): > > There does not appear to be much research on the effect of performance incentives, probably because of the complexity of multiple incentive contracts (the FAR requires a cost incentive in multiple incentive contracts) and the fact that contract changes generally erode the relationships between the various incentive elements, making it difficult to determine the effect of the incentive on contractor performance under FPI and CPIF contracts. > > How to Write a Statement of Work - Peter S. Cole I’m developing a training for my Program Managers, and this is one of the references. . . ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/57 "2010-03-09T22:11:50Z")
“He has woken from his sleep.” (Shambala Pocket Classics) DHAMMAPADA The Sayings of the Buddha ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/58 "2010-03-09T22:15:22Z")
Fortunately for me, I happened to have a classy book nearest at hand: “Indeed, you could argue that the role of the individual is always politically charged, that matters of autonomy and free will and self-determination always drag in the larger society, if only tangentially.” _How to Read Literature Like a Professor_ - Thomas C. Foster ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/59 "2010-03-09T22:23:50Z")
Biology of the free-living forms is similar to that of _Naegleria_ except that flagella are not known to be produced and _Acanthamoeba_ cannot tolerate water as hot as can _Naegleria_. Foundations of Parasitology, Gerald D. Schmidt and Larry S. Roberts Page 112, because 111 was illustrations ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901/60 "2010-03-09T22:24:04Z")
Currently, the best general purpose factoring algorithm for integers with more than 115 digits is the _number field sieve_, originally suggested by Pollard and improved by Buhler, Lenstra and Pomerance, which uses L(1/3, (64/9)[sup]1/3[/sup]) bit operations. Elementary Number Theory and its applications 4th edition, Kenneth H. Rosen [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-book-nearest-you-right-now/531901.md?page=4)