Archive for February, 2011

Who says banks are heartless?

February 28th, 2011 | Category: funnies

Bank of America recently appended this to an appraisal of me and the condo I’ve chosen for a loan. I’m referred to as “SUBJECT” through their report. Who says they’re heartless?

THE ECONOMIC REMAINING LIFE OF THE SUBJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 40 YEARS.

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Stupidest quote of the decade?

February 25th, 2011 | Category: general

From Minnesota Congressman Mike Beard who is promoting the construction of coal burning power plants:

Beard also told Shelby that God would prevent the planet from running out of fossil fuels like coal: “God is not capricious. He’s given us a creation that is dynamically stable. We are not going to run out of anything.”

http://minnesotaindependent.com/77707/gops-beard-wants-more-coal-plants-because-god-will-fix-global-warming

Also from the same article:

“A lot of what Beard knows he learned in church,” wrote Shelby. “One Congressman, talking about global warming, recently said that God wouldn’t allow man to do anything to destroy the planet. Beard told me, ‘It is the height of hubris to think we could.’”

And it is the height of stupidity to think we won’t deplete our planet’s natural resources. Is this man really so deluded that he believes God will solve all of his problems? Or is he making theatrical religious statements to take the attention away from his real motivations? Perhaps a large check from coal industry lobbyists?

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My Thesis is COMPLETE!!

February 18th, 2011 | Category: grad school

The bound copy just arrived from the printers.

From My Thesis

I will soon deliver it to Harvard for their library. Feels amazing to be done!
Title: Elastic Load Balancing in Amazon Compute Cloud

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Lead a Pure Life

February 08th, 2011 | Category: funnies

Don’t you dare commit any of the seven deadly sins. See below for examples.

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Snowpocalypse!

February 01st, 2011 | Category: geek out

Gizmodo published these incredible photos of the snowstorm that is about to hit the US.

This is what the snow cover will look like.

Totally nuts. The entire US will be covered in snow!

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