What I find striking is the huge <i>approval</i> ('helpful' votes) that this (1-star) review and two other thoughtful pans (a 1- and a 3-star review) received on Amz.<p>For a 2002 book that still sells quite well in hardcover (coffee table book to impress geeky friends?), the huge overbalance of negative reviews is something this Amazon addict does not recall seeing:<p>5 star:	 (89)<p>4 star:	 (38)<p>3 star:	 (50)<p>2 star:	 (60)<p>1 star:	 (104)<p>Perhaps somewhere in all those I'll find someone who's culled the gems from it. "Hacker Readers Digest" where are you?