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لك شو هيدا يا هاني!!!! .لوووووللل .بالمناسبة معي ص...

2013-05-19T10:58:03.103-07:00

لك شو هيدا يا هاني!!!! .لوووووللل .بالمناسبة معي صديقي من جمعية الرفق بالديناصور بوجهلك تحية, و حابب يتعاون معك و بيدعيك لتغطي سبق الديناصورات يللي عم تنظمو الجمعية شهر الجايز لووول موفقة

ok...I have this problem too, but not in the same ...

2009-11-28T21:43:28.797-08:00

ok...I have this problem too, but not in the same way. However, I just assume that no one really wants to know or tell anyone else how they are doing, but it is sort of like waving...you do it to be polite and to see if such a gesture might start an actual conversation...if not, you go on and no one is offended. One simply cannot, at least not very successfully, divest the social milieu one finds oneself in.

Very cool. Poor guys... I'm sure you've got the ne...

2009-05-23T08:25:03.534-07:00

Very cool. Poor guys... I'm sure you've got the necessary toolkit already. 8)

I have a bachelors' in physics from Caltech and I ...

2009-05-22T15:53:26.261-07:00

I have a bachelors' in physics from Caltech and I have been working as a software developer for the past 7 years. I'm looking forward to the class as a refresher, but Caltech was pretty math-intensive, so I'm pretty sure I've covered it all before. I'm pretty sure I will enjoy the proofs as well. :)

What's your background, Chad? You're taking the MT...

2009-05-22T12:50:49.068-07:00

What's your background, Chad? You're taking the MTH 311 course? I just finished the equivalent here at the CofC... I enjoyed the proofs. :)

i'm not sure if i will work or not, but at most it...

2009-04-25T12:18:00.000-07:00

i'm not sure if i will work or not, but at most it would be half-time work. It is a 2-year program, about 3 classes per quarter. The harder part for me will probably be trying to make contacts and get known outside of school.

Wow! Chad that's great. I always thought that sof...

2009-04-25T08:42:00.000-07:00

Wow! Chad that's great. I always thought that software programmer didn't quite suit your impressive math and physics brian. Are you going full time or are you going to work and school? Is the masters a 2 year deal? Good luck!

Well, I just realized that I commented on the wron...

2008-12-11T14:28:00.000-08:00

Well, I just realized that I commented on the wrong blog.So read my other comment on the other blog and and that is my response to this blog....Love you tons!!!
Mom

Chad, you couldn't have turned out any better, I j...

2008-12-11T14:20:00.000-08:00

Chad, you couldn't have turned out any better, I just laughed as I read that. You are the best....Please write more often!! I love you tons...
Mom

No... I can't... sorry... :)

2008-10-26T00:14:00.000-07:00

No... I can't... sorry... :)

Chad, so I didn't really want comment on your post...

2008-10-23T00:10:00.000-07:00

Chad, so I didn't really want comment on your post... just about your comment on my page... I love it!! You are hilarious!! I love you and miss you!!! :)

Cryptography?

2008-06-12T09:54:00.000-07:00

Cryptography?

truly, he has a dizzying intellect

2008-06-11T21:07:00.000-07:00

truly, he has a dizzying intellect

Now that I've started on this (and not off to a fa...

2008-03-22T15:38:00.000-07:00

Now that I've started on this (and not off to a fantastic start I might add), I can't stop thinking about it. Ugh! I'll let you know how it goes...

okay. so i happened to come across your blog rando...

2008-02-22T12:13:00.000-08:00

okay. so i happened to come across your blog randomly. and your sketch of your office and food, made me chuckle.

Yeah, loneliness was another common theme, and I s...

2008-01-20T12:34:00.000-08:00

Yeah, loneliness was another common theme, and I spent a while trying to get that to work (along with a number of other, potentially lesser ideas like 'spacemen' and 'going home'). Maybe we just need to wait for Tom Hanks to make more movies?

I'm going to go with Board and Card games.Assassin...

2008-01-20T12:31:00.000-08:00

I'm going to go with Board and Card games.

Assassins: Kill Doctor Lucky
Thieves: By Hook or By Crook (also known as Hoity Toity)
Warriors: Xiangqi (also known as Chinese Chess)
Assassins, Thieves: Paranoia
Assassins, Warriors: James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game
Thieves, Warriors: Settlers of Catan
All: Citadels
None: Monopoly

Note that some are better than others (Paranoia is really an RPG), and some do require a little bit of interpretation (you need to consider the 'soldiers' in Catan as 'Warriors') -- but overall it works.

I originally couldn't think of anything for Assassins, Thieves, and so was going to propose a game that doesn't exist, but really should. I was going to call it 'Kill Hitler and jack his stuff.'

i wasn't sure how hard it was going to be. i didn...

2008-01-17T08:29:00.000-08:00

i wasn't sure how hard it was going to be. i didn't get very far. One of the themes that struck me as fairly common among his movies was 'Alone' or 'Loneliness'. Cast Away, Philadelphia, Big, even some of the romances. i didn't get any further than that, though.

This was, indeed, almost impossibly hard, requirin...

2008-01-13T12:19:00.000-08:00

This was, indeed, almost impossibly hard, requiring almost a week's worth of time, cracking open an Excel spreadsheet, and many many trips to imdb.

Keep in mind that I haven't seen all these movies, so some might be off. But this is the best I could do: war, romance, and travel.

War: Saving Private Ryan
Romance: You've Got Mail
Travel: Catch Me if You Can
War, Romance: Every Time We Say Goodbye
War, Travel: Charlie Wilson's War
Romance, Travel: Sleepless in Seattle
All: Forrest Gump
None: Philadelphia

(Looks like I can input my url just fine now.)

Dude...hard...I'm trying though. I've got a few d...

2008-01-11T16:45:00.000-08:00

Dude...hard...I'm trying though. I've got a few days before the deadline :)

This one is pretty tough. I can only think of eno...

2007-12-23T07:30:00.000-08:00

This one is pretty tough. I can only think of enough answers with other category as large as movies: video games.

Disease: Dr. Mario
Mutation: Spore (assumedly)
Survival: Silent Hill
Disease, Mutation: Pandemic (a fun flash game you can find here: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/360724)
Disease, Survival: Oregon Trail
Mutation, Survival: Bioshock
All: Resdident Evil
None: Mario Kart

Thank goodness for the survival horror genre of game, otherwise the Survival and the All categories probably wouldn't have had anything in them.

I know I know. Cop out with the movies, but it's ...

2007-12-19T00:51:00.000-08:00

I know I know. Cop out with the movies, but it's what I know well. And I'm pretty sure most movies are made into books as well, so...well...movies.

Disease: Outbreak
Mutation: X-Men
Survival: Cast Away
Disease and Mutation: Mask (not the one with Jim Carrey)
Disease and Survival: 12 Monkeys
Mutation and Survival: Underworld
All: 28 Days Later
None: Dumb and Dumber

That was way harder than I thought it would be. It is hard to separate disease and survival. Also, disease and mutation really had me thinking.

Funny thing: the last episode of Night Court actua...

2007-12-15T07:15:00.000-08:00

Funny thing: the last episode of Night Court actually had aliens in it.

No, I'm not making that up.

Very nice lists. i actually tried to do heist mov...

2007-12-14T19:25:00.000-08:00

Very nice lists. i actually tried to do heist movies, but couldn't figure out quite all the categories. Here are the ones i could come up with:

Planes: Air Force One (or Executive Decision)
Trains: The Great Train Robbery
Automobiles: Gone in 60 Seconds
Planes, Trains: Broken Arrow
Planes, Automobiles: i had trouble with this one, but apparently Con Air (i had forgotten about any car involvement and had it as my planes entry to begin with)
Trains, Automobiles: The Italian Job
All: ???
None: Ocean's 11

This was way harder than it had any right to be. ...

2007-12-14T17:46:00.000-08:00

This was way harder than it had any right to be. I think that's the sign of a good topic!

I really tried to do a somewhat outside the box category (boargames), but really couldn't. So, it's movies for me also.

Planes: Pushing Tin
Trains: Murder on the Orient Express
Automobiles: Cars
Planes, Trains: Casablanca*
Planes, Automobiles: Donnie Darko
Trains, Automobiles: Back to the Future 3
Planes, Trains, Automobiles: Goldeneye
None: Titanic
(* Yeah, I know there are some cars in Casablanca -- but the plane and train scenes are much more crucial scenes. Plus, I had a really hard time with this category. My hat off to ~nicho for thinking of one.)