In China currently, and have so far been able to avoid being run over or getting sick (knock on wood).  I've been keeping an offline journal since internet access has been spotty up to now (have been in some pretty rural areas).  I will retroactively add this when I get a chance ( Read more... )

So, I'll probably postpone writing more until I actually am finished Thursday, but since that final is only worth ~15% of my grade anyway, I'm not horribly worried.  Although I really like the class, so I am motivated to study ( Read more... )

When did this thing start to exceed 40 pages?  I didn't feel like I'd done over 40 pages worth of work... 

A friend and me having fun at 5:00 am: only at MIT…

Me: Sleep is optional.
Friend: Yes, but it’s good to indulge yourself in small amounts - like with wine.
Me: True, you just have to be careful not to get addicted.
Friend: Yeah, I know someone who started sleeping every night and can’t seem to stop.
Me: Wow, that’s sad.  Has she tried ( Read more... )

Spent most of this evening trying to figure out what was causing random redirects from search results on my computer.  Fun.  None of my normal malware detection software found anything, so I tried Hitman Pro, which managed to find several things.  The two that were the primary causes were the following.

Atapi.sys was causing probably the majority of ( Read more... )

Found this today:

Jesus and Satan have an argument as to who is the better programmer. This goes on for a few hours until they come to an agreement to hold a contest with God as the judge. They set themselves before their computers and begin. They type furiously, lines of code streaming up the screen, for several ( Read more... )

Your result for Awakening the Hero Within: Hero Archetype Test...
You are the Creator

71% Innocent, 13% Orphan, 75% Warrior, 71% Caregiver, 42% Seeker, 58% Lover, 46% Destroyer, 83% Creator, 68% Magician, 71% Ruler, 71% Sage and 38% Fool!

Goal: Identity

Fear: Inauthenticity

Response to Dragon/Problem: Claim it as part of the self

Task: ( Read more... )

Yes!  Simulation results that show significant speedup!  :-)  This means a thesis that might say something more than "nothing we did seemed to work.  The End ( Read more... )

I'm reposting the answers for the ones that weren't guessed. :-)

2. I tried to chase him down, but he drove away... He drives faster than I run. (The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! Russian: Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром! - I'm not sure if using a Russian movie was fair or not, but it is one of my favorites...)

4. Meet the greatest actor in ( Read more... )

Stolen from silverkilroy.

Rules:
+ Pick 20 of your favorite movies.
+ Go to imdb.com and find a quote from each movie.
+ Post them here for everyone to guess.
+ Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
+ Let's not cheat, ladies and gents.
+ (Rule I'm adding)  I'll post all the answers that haven't been guessed ( Read more... )