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research questions!

Jun 15, 2011 09:12

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anonymous June 19 2011, 05:04:59 UTC

Do we know what Eduardo's middle name is?

If not, any takers for suggestions of made-up middle names?

anonymous June 21 2011, 14:38:30 UTC

random and unsatisfactory, sorry, i don't actually know, but in fic i always use Luis. lol idk why. :/

AND i just googled it and a crimson article said it's Eduardo L. Saverin. WEIRD MAYBE IT IS LUIS IDK

http://w w w. thecrimson. com/article/2005/2/24/business-casual-a-year-ago-mark/

the article is fucking awesome by the way, i'd never read it!

anonymous June 21 2011, 23:38:33 UTC

Interesting! It kind of makes me believe that Dustin is as much of a douche as Mark and a complete 180 opposite of what fandom perceives him as.

anonymous June 22 2011, 04:31:59 UTC

Thank you for the link! :D Not sure if I'll go with Luis but at least I have a starting point.

The article itself was also very interesting. The idea of Mark skiing with a backpack and a laptop is hilarious!

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Portuguese? anonymous June 20 2011, 01:10:55 UTC

Does anyone know where I can find Portuguese translation online?

Re: Portuguese? anonymous June 21 2011, 08:14:42 UTC

Google translate tends to be pretty reliable, but if you're really interested in accuracy it's best to ask a native speaker to look things over. Just learning the basics will really help catch glaring errors like masculine vs. feminine that might get screwed over in an English to Portuguese translation.

Re: Portuguese? misspontius June 22 2011, 01:59:23 UTC

As the anon above said Google translates it really poorly.
I'm Brazilian and I've seen a lot of mistakes in fanfics because of that. I mean, I never stopped reading a fanfic due to the bad Portuguese, but it can be really funny sometimes - or totally screw up a nice scene.

If you need help feel free to message me. :)

silviakundera June 24 2011, 07:28:41 UTC

I'm hoping someone can help me with a timeline question and a character question...

Approximately how long was it between when Thiel invested & they signed the contracts vs the million members party when Eduardo was fired? I believe the firing was Nov or Dec? Even though I've seen this movie a dozen times I can't recall around what month the first event was. If we don't get any specific timeframe, what do you think the possible range is? (earliest, latest possible)

Do we have any indication how old Sean Parker is supposed to be during the film? And I'd like to hear people's thoughts on how old we think TSN!Sean would have been when he created Napster.

thewhiteowl June 24 2011, 21:22:44 UTC

Not sure about the month, but it says in the film that Sean was 19 when he created Napster. He's meant to be 24 during the film.

silviakundera June 24 2011, 21:36:34 UTC

Thanks for much for your help! That's around what I was assuming but I wasn't positive, so I really appreciate it.

thewhiteowl June 28 2011, 23:57:47 UTC

Loads and loads of info about Silicon valley startup funding, shares, dilutions, etc: http://www.scribd.com/doc/55945011/An-Introduction-to-Stock-Options-for-the-Tech-Entrepreneur-or-Startup-Employee

anatolia_limb June 30 2011, 22:31:42 UTC

I'd like to ask a question about timing.

I've read Wardo's graduated in 2006. But I also know from Wiki the year he's met Mark (season 03-04) he was junior i. e. 3rd year of college. So the question is why it took him so long to graduate? Because of lawsuite in may of 05? I mean he obviously did well (magna cum laude) and is it even possible for him to get less credits for each year then requiered?

telm_393 July 1 2011, 01:06:44 UTC

Maybe he didn't just do undergrad courses, but went on to grad school? Just specultion, but it sounds like what could have happened.

anatolia_limb July 2 2011, 06:37:18 UTC

Thank you very much!
I guess it makes sense as if Wardo takes plus one year it suppose to mean he graduates the same year as Mark, i. e. 2006. (I mean, if Mark didn't drop out.)
Maybe initially he wanted to wait for Mark so he told his father he wants to go to graduate school and it was approved. I've read additional year of college is common in medicine and business. Right?