No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Nilly - Aug 12, 2008 4:26:59 pm PDT #2958 of 10003
Swouncing

Thanks, you guys! I'll definitely do it then, tomorrow.

Oh, and speaking of facebook, they even have this application (I hope I linked right), which draws a graph of the connections between the friends of a certain user, and therefore creates a network with at least some of the characteristics we're talking about.

And facebook's application of "find people who are friends of your friends, because there's a high chance you know them yourself" - it has the same logic we're talking about, too.

How I wish I could put my hands on their data (they're not willing to share it, though - another student already asked). They have just the kind of network I'm simulating and studying from a theoretical point of view. It could be fascinated to check an actual network, with its structure and its development and the various sorts of dynamics that keep go on there.

And still, the one thing I like best about facebook, after finding old friends I was sorry I lost tough with, is the jigsaw puzzle application. One tracked minded me.


Jesse - Aug 12, 2008 5:31:30 pm PDT #2959 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And still, the one thing I like best about facebook, after finding old friends I was sorry I lost tough with, is the jigsaw puzzle application. One tracked minded me.

Heh. It's like how I always used to play Solitaire with cards while I watched TV, until I got a computer at home, and now I play Solitaire on the computer!


sarameg - Aug 12, 2008 5:36:26 pm PDT #2960 of 10003

Jesse, you are a PIA. Lovingly said.

I just freaked out that I lost my pictures from last summer of visiting T&D. But no, I'd just not downloaded them off the old camera (which had died when I was visiting.) Whew.

Hey, I can watch tv on the 'puter now, can't I? FREAKY.


aurelia - Aug 12, 2008 5:43:14 pm PDT #2961 of 10003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I can see it now...Vancouver Olympic Committee brings you Time Zones!

Hey, it's something China doesn't have. Which blows my mind.


msbelle - Aug 12, 2008 5:43:50 pm PDT #2962 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Still catching up on Monday's olympics. Was the men's relay on nbc in full ever? I only saw thwn end. I know I can get it online, but I am curious.


Ginger - Aug 12, 2008 5:50:20 pm PDT #2963 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Oh look, the Greatest Canadian inventions

I knew about insulin. I have the tiniest of connections to it. My grandfather managed the Swift & Co. packing plant in Toronto that supplied the fetal calf pancreases to Banting and Best.


SailAweigh - Aug 12, 2008 5:51:48 pm PDT #2964 of 10003
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Was the men's relay on nbc in full ever?

Yes, it was! A great race, from start to finish.


Jesse - Aug 12, 2008 5:53:54 pm PDT #2965 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Do all the gymnasts have to carry their own bags from event to event? I haven't noticed until just now. I'm surprised they don't have people to take care of that!


Kat - Aug 12, 2008 6:14:53 pm PDT #2966 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Go Nilly Go! You can do it!

t encouragement for free


billytea - Aug 12, 2008 6:19:15 pm PDT #2967 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Ladies and Gentleman, we have a winner!

The opening ceremony just got a little more interesting.

Ok, that Miley Cyrus song. I quite like the music, it's all perky and determined. But I keep feeling the need to argue with the lyrics. "I've got my sights set on you, and I'm ready to aim." That is aiming! You're already aiming! Sheesh. And apparently she's worked out the guy wants to see her again, with no other clue to guide her than that he asked her out. Apparently her way of knowing when something is right is English comprehension. Gah. Makes me want to slap her. And her best friend Leslie.