Good CS book?

Getting into computer science; hardware engineering, programming, networking, etc. I've been using PCs for years, but have failed to learn shit about them until now; finally gained the initiative. Any book recommendations?

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SICP

Read the SICP before asking anything.
No, computer science is not about using personal computers.

>>2
Where the hell did this meme come from anyway?

``Computer Science'' is a terrible name for this business,
First of all, it's not a science. It might be engineering or it might be art, but we'll actually see that computer, so-called science, has a lot in common with magic. And you'll see that in this course.
So it's not a science, it's also not very much about computers. And it's not about computers in the same sense that physics is not really about particle accelerators, and biology is not really about microscope and petri dishes. And it's not about computer in the same sense that geometry is not really about using surveying instruments.

>>4
Got it.

>>6
Not sure what else to call it.

>>7
>>6's post is a transcript of a 6.001 lecture given by Hal Abelson.

>>5
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1152522805

>>7
Not sure what else to call it.

Magic Science

It's a terrible thing.

>>7
[quote]Not sure what else to call it.[/quote]

It's a god awful small affair, to the girl with the mousy hair.

http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1152522805"

Computer science is not a real Computing course.

Switch to Computer or Software Engineering

computer science; hardware engineering, programming, networking, etc.

make up your mind. there's no good book for all of that.
_{besides SICP}

>>15
Kids those days.
I bet everyone expected A gentle introduction to Java, you could have put something else in that spoiler tag - think of all the possibilities!