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Big Bang Theory has had me in hysterics several times the last 2 weeks. - Will Hunting Mar 9, 04:38 4
- Penny has benn 85% less cleavagey this season -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 04:42 1
  - I love her character - Will Hunting Mar 9, 04:50
- watched it the last couple of weeks...I don't get the love. Just a bunch of extreme characters making nerd jokes seems to me. -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 04:40 1
  - same here. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 04:41
Karl Rove is currently on the Today Show lying thru his teeth. -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 04:15 1
- Darn. It's more fun when he's lying out his ass. Guess he saves that for cable. -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 04:32
wake up -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 03:07
meow. -- nm - b! Mar 9, 00:42
And do we know that Eli Roth is dating Peaches Geldof? wtf? -- (link) - Hotkiss Mar 9, 00:30
That trick Miley Cyrus' boyfriend is damn cute. And she's looking pretty good these days too -- (link) - Hotkiss Mar 9, 00:28
RE engagement discussions from bbs: Not that I at all want to be engaged/married now, but I can't help but feel I'm "behind" in life when it seems all - Hotkiss Mar 8, 23:28 26
- I wouldn't be too concerned about it. give it a couple years and everything will be different again. -- nm - mafic Mar 8, 23:52
- You're fine. Since I saw "Company" I mark my 35th birthday as my "marry or die" date. -- nm - celedhring Mar 8, 23:51 8
  - I'm *doomed* -- nm - b! Mar 8, 23:54 7
    - may as well start collecting neighbourhood cats. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 23:59 6 1
      - heh, yeah "start" -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 00:15 5
        
        hey! no kitties here for years. -- nm - b! Mar 9, 00:20 4
        
        you're smarter than i thought -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 00:25 3
        
        hey! -- nm - b! Mar 9, 00:29 2
        
        i'm just sayin there's a reason they don't have "Take Your Cats to Work Day" -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 00:31 1
        
        some kitties come in very handy in the workplace. nm but: -- (link) - b! Mar 9, 00:38
- You have about 10 years before you need to start feeling this way. - psilotum Mar 8, 23:35 7
  - or 20 - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 23:39 6
    - One day pixie.. one day. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 23:42 5
      - probably not - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 23:43 4
        
        But if you don't use it, you lose it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 23:47 2
        
        i never had it to begin with -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 23:50 1
        
        then maybe by not using it, you will acquire it. -- nm - mafic Mar 8, 23:56
        
        or engaged just to be engaged because you've been together for x number of years -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 8, 23:46
- Heh, I grew up in an environment when if you weren't attached out of high school you had a real problem. All the good guys were taken and you had - MojaveMeg Mar 8, 23:34 4
  - ah the good ol days -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 23:39 3
    - Yeah, at least we didn't have snow to trudge through :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 8, 23:45
    - Those carrier pigeons would poop all over the place! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 23:40 1
      - no wonder you had to hook up in high school back then. otherwise, it would take years to find each other again. -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 8, 23:44
- It happens all the time, a circle of friends tend to get married within a year or two, or drift away - zeitgeist Mar 8, 23:30 2
  - I think I'm lucky that all my closest friends are a) older b) even more hopeless at relationships than I am - celedhring Mar 8, 23:52 1
    - yup, in the 25 years I lived in San Fran, none of my close friends got married (which is strange because I was a wedding photog and now an officiant) -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 9, 00:04
also, if JB's handwriting is as terrible as mine ... he's heading into the right profession. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 23:02 3
- Hehe. Reading charts is a pain. I can't wait until our hospital goes digital. I am suprised it hasn't yet. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 23:04 2
  - That's one thing I like about Kaiser. Everything goes right into the computerized record... - MojaveMeg Mar 8, 23:10 1
    - Yeah, some docs type while the patient is talking. The schools are trying hard to teach us not to do that. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 23:14
I'm so damn happy I could crack a smile today -- nm - Pawn Shop Owner Mar 8, 22:49
heh, reading an automated market report on my new company. "[company] is a below average quality company with a neutral outlook... - mafic Mar 8, 22:41
a laptop would have verged on useless for most of the classes I ever took anyway. - mafic Mar 8, 22:33 24
- I have one student currently who takes notes with a stylus on a tablet. It's silent, and works well for biochemistry (or pretty much any topic). - psilotum Mar 8, 22:50
- The problem is that some professors don't change with the times. I have plent of examples. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 22:46 12
  - I had a prof who would come in, draw one simple thing on an overhead, then spend the next hour and a half talking about it. best lecturer I ever had. - mafic Mar 8, 22:55 4
    - I've experienced similar lectures, and agreed. You learn to put down the pencil and just listen and learn. -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 8, 23:11
    - my best physics prof used students as props. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 22:58 2
      - "today's lesson: objects falling at constant rates over distance" -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 23:04
      - Similarly, the best one did little experiments. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 22:59
  - what do those dumb ol professors know anyway -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 22:53 6
    - Okay smarty pants. We have small clinical groups that are lead by docs. In my friend's group, the doc makes them hand write their patient write ups - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 22:58 5
      - Not every place will have the best technology available. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 23:04 4
        
        computers *never* break down -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 23:05 3
        
        They should teach us how to use carrier pigeons. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 23:08 2
        
        map & compass work is still taught to field geologists, even though now everyone uses GPS. - mafic Mar 9, 01:29
        
        if it was something you're likely to encounter in the field, then yes they should. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 23:10
- I think the thing most students learn too late is that the professor is not just there to dump facts on you. - Reagen Mar 8, 22:39 9
  - I suppose you are supposed to read the study materials before, so you can have the fine points explained and ask questions - zeitgeist Mar 8, 22:42 8
    - written is better. Then again, I'm in the club for paper books and newspapers and not Kindle. -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 8, 22:44 6
      - I won't argue against the tactileness of books, but reading on e-paper is basically the same experience as a "real" book - Reagen Mar 8, 22:45
      - I print all my notes. They are all nicely organized with pics. I dislike reading on the computer. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 22:45 4
        
        print paper is too thick, makes for huge note reserves. double sided is better, but written, i can condense to what i need and save paper. -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 8, 22:48 3
        
        I always try to print double sided. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 22:50 2
        
        There are few things in life more individualistic than study habits, which is why I think it's pointless to discuss "better" techniques. -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 8, 22:52 1
        
        Exactly! So why would you want a prof tell you how to study or how to take notes? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 23:00
    - some wanted you to, some didn't care. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 22:44
When I went to school, we had to scribe letters in hard, hard slate...book bags were really heavy. -- nm - BAD Mar 8, 22:03 3
- Flinstones times? ;) -- nm - celedhring Mar 8, 22:08
- And we had to walk to and from school in four feet of snow ... uphill ... both ways ... and that was in the summer. In winter, it was nine feet. -- nm - BAD s.i. Mar 8, 22:08 1
  - carrying a hot baked potato so our fingers didn't freeze -- nm - JenBro Mar 8, 22:44
I'm assuming that music in the new Tron trailer is some of the Daft Punk score. If so, that's going to rock. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:55 14
- What? New Tron trailer??? *runs off to youtube* -- nm - celedhring Mar 8, 22:03 9
  - Okay, I must be dumb but I can only find the old biker scene teaser. Link please? - celedhring Mar 8, 22:45 2
    - - -- (link) - Reagen Mar 8, 22:46 1
      - Thanks a lot. -- nm - celedhring Mar 8, 23:01
  - one little pointless detail I noted - Reagen Mar 8, 22:10 5
    - second pointless detail - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 22:14 4
      - take a look at the billboard above the arcade. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 22:20
      - That's the kinda cheat that really annoys me in sequels. Even with the time gap between the movies. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 22:16
      - not so pointless detail - Reagen Mar 8, 22:16 1
        
        I disagree - Beryllium Mar 8, 22:16
- they are scoring it, yes -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:56 3
  - no, I knew that. I'm just not sure if the trailer music is part of it. - Reagen Mar 8, 21:57 2
    - (I particularly like the electronic-tribal drum thing) -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 22:02 1
      - I would bet that yes, it is some score. It's got the right vibe for the movie and like you said, sounds close to what you would expect them to do. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 22:06
for Reagen et al: I took notes by hand all through HS and college, and given the existence of laptops, I think doing it by hand is retarded. - loosilu Mar 8, 21:46 34
- this only makes sense if you can type as fast as you write and I am willing to bet that only a small percentage of the population can do this effectve -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 04:42
- If i've got a laptop in front of me and there's a wireless connection, I'm going to be considerably less focused on the class - Tim Mar 8, 21:53 1
  - that's too bad, but your lack of control should not mean I can't have a laptop,. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:55
- I think part of it depends on the content of the class, as well. It's not a cut-and-dry thing. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:50 1
  - well I wouldn't do it in calculus. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:51
- I wouldn't use that term; but, as said below, I do get part of this. - b! Mar 8, 21:50 3
  - If writing is good for someone, go for it. I won't do it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:51 2
    - This is the key. It should be up to the student, not a universal mandate. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:52 1
      - It's the professor's world. They get to set the rules. - Reagen Mar 8, 22:06
- To the individual, sure. To the group and for the professor, no. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:50 24
  - if it's class related I honestly can't see the distraction. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:51 23
    - clackityclackclackclackityclack -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:53 22
      - You mean like in every office I ever worked in? -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:57 20
        
        This is more like a boardroom meeting. How many presentations have you attended (or given) where most of the audience is typing away as you speak? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:59 3
        
        loads of them. I've done lots of conferences. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:00 2
        
        Where the audiences are nose-down in a computer screen? (If so, I concede the point, but that's different from every presentation I've attended.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 22:08 1
        
        yep. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:22
        
        Significantly more separation and I'm also not trying to listen to someone explain a new complicated concept at the same time. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:58 15
        
        you know what else makes annoying noise? notebook paper. - loosilu Mar 8, 21:59 14
        
        "oh come on" back at you. you know there's a difference. -- nm - b! Mar 8, 22:03 13
        
        that was perhaps an exaggeration, but I maintain that the typing is not that bad. - loosilu Mar 8, 22:04 12
        
        it's not just the sound. there's more focus on the screen than looking up and back when writing. - b! Mar 8, 22:12 4
        
        hmm, I can look up more while I am typing because I am a touch typist. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:22 3
        
        same; depending on content -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 22:23 2
        
        me, too. not everyone can do it, though. -- nm - b! Mar 8, 22:28
        
        I can go for a page or more sometimes without looking down. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:26
        
        (not that I disagree, but ... aren't you deaf? :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 22:11 6
        
        I always, always wear my hearing aids in meetings, conferences, etc, and with them in I hear the keyboards fine. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:21 1
        
        as far as noise goes my biggest probem by far is projector fans. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:24
        
        I almost mentioned the hearing thing, but decided to focus on the non-sounds stuff. ;) - -- nm - b! Mar 8, 22:13
        
        Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh snap! -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 22:12 2
        
        I'm obviously exaggerating for comedic affect, so I hope it didn't offend -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 22:12 1
        
        no offense taken. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:23
      - *notices the youtube clip flickering away at the desk next to him* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:54
"What was that??" "Sheldon tried to take the Ring and I punched him" - amoxy Mar 8, 21:45
This isn't to throw JB under the bus, but it's a pretty good take on it...As a manager, it's that sense of entitlement in the young 20-somethings... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:40 8
- I get part of what he's saying, but I'm kind of offended that he underestimates how geeky we are/were and how many of us were early tech. adopters. - b! Mar 8, 21:47 2
  - I TA a class and actually teach a small section at my uni, and my policy regarding laptop use has always been the same: - celedhring Mar 8, 21:51
  - If I had a laptop I would have used it, absolutely. I write too slowly and I can't read my writing a lot of the time. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:49
- That is different. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:44
- I don't think we were all that different, just the opportunities are greater. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:43 2
  - there is a difference that I've experienced/witnessed. I shared about it before here, I think. - b! Mar 8, 21:58
  - Young whippersnappers have always been uppity. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:43
- Word. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 8, 21:42
seriously, laughing so hard. -- nm - b! Mar 8, 21:39 1
- "Tell me about the days before the talk, elder!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:41
I will say one thing: Doing statistics assignments as word documents was one of the dumber things I did in college. - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:37 4
- yes, you have close to zero chance of really learning any kind of math related discipline without doing hand calcuations. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:39 3
  - oh, i did all the calculations by hand. No, I mean, I did all the symbols and documentation and "show your work" using Word. - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:41 2
    - sweet jeebus. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:42 1
      - yeah. But I was working as the computer lab guy in the library, so I had lots of time and lots of computer access (and lots of time to post on TT) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:42
*tells the tell, membering the before time* -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:35 13
- I am happy the board rolled.. I have a webcast to watch and notes to type. Suck it pixie. :P -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:37 12
  - I'm older than all of those curmudgeons and I agree with you. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:49
  - i want videotape of the first year of your residency -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:38 10
    - at this rate, I'm sure he'll be liveblogging it on ustream -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:44
    - Why? Did you get health insurance yet? I hope you did... -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:43 8
      - cause unless they let you tote around ipads during rounds, you'll have to come up with the diagnoses on your own - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:47 7
        
        next you're going to tell me that lawyers look up stuff in books. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:50 4
        
        not in the middle of a meeting with a client - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:54 2
        
        I was being facetious. Thinkpads are a tool for doctors. I am sure they are not taught to rely on them 100%. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:56 1
        
        Exactly, you can't use them on the boards. So we actually have to know something. Shocking! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 22:00
        
        Word. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:51
        
        Have you seen a doc recently? They all have iphones. Yes, we will have iphones and all the fancy stuff. - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:49 1
        
        "oh my gawd, it's over 9000! ... no, wait, that was a chain letter email. dangit." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:50

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