Well there's a thread over on the CS Stack Exchange about favorite papers, but it sort of doesn't fit what you describe: http://cstheory.stackexchange.com/ques

Well there's a thread over on the CS Stack Exchange about favorite papers, but it sort of doesn't fit what you describe: http://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/1168/what-papers-should-everyone-read http://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/1168/what-papers...