Agreed. Forget the beginner, even for the person know works with it everyday, it can raise the question about how much they know and lot of it is noise. I can u

Agreed. Forget the beginner, even for the person know works with it everyday, it can raise the question about how much they know and lot of it is noise. I can understand if the book is a desk reference - thats a different story. but to learn..come on. I think this thread is common in new papers too...nytimes wsj etc. all thier articles are like 4 pages, when the whole point is to be concise. I do understand that a 4 page article generates 4 times more ad revenue. "The smartest minds of our generation are trying to figure out how to display and get people to click on ads" - :(