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Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, there's a talk i ran into from the byu addresses where the speaker sings a poor wayfaring man of grief, problem is i don't remember his name or the title of the talk but i would love to listen to again. do you know who it was? poor wayfaring man
ADear poor wayfaring man, From the information you provided, I located this talk given by Vaughn J. Featherstone titled "We Never Know Where Walking in His Footsteps Will Lead" from way back in 1979 on the BYU Speeches website. He does, in fact, recite the lyrics to "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief," but doesn't sing them. I searched high, low, up, down, back, forth, and around, but found no MP3s that contained speakers vocalizing this song in a melodious fashion. Even if it wasn't the talk you were looking for, perhaps you should check this one out. It's quite good! Marzipan Back to top Q100 hour board - Is there any way, ANY WAY at all that we (as student sports pass holders) can see where our seats for future football games before the Monday we receive our emails? We are trying to sell tickets, and where we are sitting can have an effect on the price. Thanks! Batman
ADear Batman, First of all, I'm assuming that you have the rotating seats for your All-Sports Pass, yes? Okay. That's what I thought. I spoke with a nice lady on the phone this morning who works at the BYU Ticket Office, and she informed me that the managers who assign seats for rotating ticket holders don't actually decide the seating arrangements until that Monday. Sorry about that; I wish there could be a more convenient way for you to sell your goods! Marzipan Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, My wife and I are very interested in either an internship, study abroad, or volunteer service opportunity this next summer. We've been trying to weigh out the options, and one of the biggest factors is time & money (she doesn't want to spend the entire summer abroad. plus she's not a BYU student, so it would be very expensive for both of us to do a BYU sponsored study abroad). Another problem is that I'd like to graduate in April in order to avoid paying tuition + any travel/program costs an internship/study abroad program might cost. So, do you, oh wise board, have any suggestions for what a couple like us could do? I've found this agency http://vfp.org/ who does cheap volunteer service projects in countries all around the world that can last from 2 weeks to 1 year, but I don't know of anyone who has been on any of these. How can I know if this organization (or any, for that matter) is legit and that we won't be taken taken for a ride? - El Mero Guero (que para su carrera le es necesario pasar tiempo afuera del pais)
ADear El Mero Guero and other words I don't know, Your best bet to know whether or not an organization is scamming you, besides actually talking with someone who has already worked with said organization, is to type in "organization name" and "scam" in Google. I know this sounds silly, but you will either get a lot of rude reviews from people who had bad experiences, or something more like what I got: nothing to suggest VFP is trying to rip you off. They do have a few places on their website, under the FAQ and Contact Us, which you could use to contact people who work there and people who have worked with VFP in the past. Grill them with so many questions that they don't have energy left over to gloss over any dirty volunteered laundry. I don't know if you are looking specifically for opportunities to serve in an English teaching capacity, but if so this site is a very good resource. If you are looking for other types of service projects, CHOICE Humanitarian is another well-respected volunteer organization. Finally, I assume you both live in Utah County since you are attending BYU, so this one may be more difficult for you, but I will suggest it anyway! If you know of any big Christian churches, or people who attend one, you should go there and ask if they have any service missions abroad. Where I am from students, families, and married couples would go on these one- or two-week service missions during the summers with their churches quite often. LDS or not, it is a great opportunity that you should look into. Volunteer opportunities with bigger churches are generally reliable, but your original find looks good, too. Whatever you do, make sure to post a review of your experience on the internets, so other people in your position will have a better idea of what to do. -Mico Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Socrates said that "knowledge is virtue" and therefore to be truly virtuous one must obtain knowledge. He believed that no one knowingly did wrong, because wrong actions always hurt one's soul, and no one would willingly hurt their soul - so if a person does something self-harmful it is because they had insufficient knowledge and were deceived (for example, a robber thinks that the robbed goods will provide happiness, not fully understanding that wickedness produces unhappiness). Socrates also said that no good man can be corrupted by a bad man. The only way I can see this theory as being true is if his definition of virtue as knowledge is true -- meaning, if having true and full knowledge is a requirement for being truly and fully good, then no man was good except Jesus (and certainly Jesus was incorruptible (not because he lacked free will but because it was not within his character to give in to temptation)). My question is, what do you think of all this? Do you agree or disagree with Socrates? While this is admittedly information I have been exposed to during class, I swear this isn't a homework assignment; I'm simply curious. - A New Philosophy Minor
ADear Minor, I think saying that knowledge is virtue is too strong of a statement, that people do knowingly do wrong, and that good men can be corrupted by bad. I’m assuming through my arguments that everyone accepts established LDS doctrine. If not, you may not consider my premises valid. I think Socrates’ claim that no good man can be corrupted by a bad man is obviously false, assuming reasonable definitions of good and bad. If you define “good man” as “a man not corruptible by a bad man” then of course Socrates’ claim follows. However, just about no other definition cuts it. For essentially any definition of “good” that encompasses a meaningful number of people, there’s an example of someone at one point that good who was then corrupted (e.g., Judas the ex-Apostle, ex-Assistant President of the Church John C. Bennett, etc.). Even defining “good man” as “a man who does no evil” so that Christ is the only good man gives an unsatisfying result, because Christ had the agency to be corrupted by Satan if he so chose, and of course the statement that “men who do no evil can’t be corrupted by those who do” doesn’t exactly find broad application even if it’s true. I think it’s true that “men who do less evil are harder to corrupt,” but Socrates’ statement seems to be stronger than that. Socrates’ claim that no one knowingly does wrong is also false, again assuming meaningful definitions. First, take addiction, an obvious counterexample: there are plenty of smokers or porn addicts or whatever who realize they have a problem and want to quit, but they continue doing the wrong thing. Unless you define “knowingly do wrong” to mean “knowing sufficiently strongly that something is wrong that one will always avoid the action and still doing wrong,” this seems to destroy Socrates’ point. Second, to get straight to the point, shocking confession: I have personally done things that I knew were wrong. I am my own counterexample, just as you are yours. (There’s at most one Board reader who this does not hold true for, and I’m not expecting Him to write a comment; anyone else who thinks this is true for them is in denial.) Finally, Socrates’ claim that “knowledge is virtue” is also false for definitions where it would be meaningful. Satan is again the counterexample. He’s by all accounts extremely knowledgeable; as far as we know he might be the most knowledgeable non-perfected being. He is also the least virtuous. If you do something silly like define “knowledge” to mean “knowledge that impels to virtue” or “knowledge as demonstrated by virtuous acts” then the statement is true, but then it’s also useless. Also, this was refuted 19-odd centuries ago (and without Christian theology) by Epictetus (Discourses, Book 1 Chapter 4):
Just like athleticism isn’t owning weights, virtue isn’t reading the right books; both are founded in action and measured by actual performance. I’m not totally opposed to Socrates's points; we’re actually in substantial agreement. Knowledge can and should contribute to virtue; to the degree a man is good it’s more difficult to corrupt him, and no one will admit (usually even to himself) while knowingly doing wrong that he is doing so. But Socrates’ statements are just a little bit too strong. ~Ƥ. Ɗ. Kirĸe ADear A New, While I agree with Kirкe on his "reasonable definitions" argument, I would like to add something I heard in a freshman-level philosophy class I took. I distinctly remember hearing that Socrates believed that no one does wrong knowingly. I promptly dismissed him as a lunatic and decided that I hate the study of philosophy. The more I thought of it, however, the more I began to understand. Personally, I think that Socrates meant "knowing" in a different way than you and I use it today. As a Latter-day Saint, I "know" that lying is not a nice thing to do. Yet, I'll admit, I do it occasionally. Does that mean that I don't actually know that lying is wrong? Not in the sense of the word as you and I understand it. For us, the word "know" has a more shallow meaning than for Socrates. To him, if I truly "knew" that lying is bad, I would not lie, because I would understand why lying is bad on such a level that it would make it impossible for me to do it. Socrates took the word "know" to mean a lot more than to just vaguely understand something. When he spoke of knowing something as being wrong, he meant truly understanding it as being wrong, to the point that not only do you have no desire to do the wrong thing, but you, as a rational being, are incapable of doing it. I think the same is true for the good man/bad man question. To me, a good man may be someone who doesn't spit in my face when I walk past him. He sins; we all do. But I believe that people are inherently good, and that there are not nearly as many truly "bad" people in the world as some would like us to believe. I think that Socrates assigned a deeper meaning to the word "good." To him, I imagine that the world had, not truly "good" people, but pretty good people. They were pretty good people who didn't "know" better, so they made mistakes. If this is the case, Christ would be the only truly "good" person, because he knows and understands good and evil to such an extent that he would not sin. This is just my opinion, of course, but if you look at Socrates' words from this point of view, it is easier to understand where he was coming from. At least, it was for me. "As for me, all I know is that I know nothing," ⋯Anomalous ADear New, Building on Anomalous's explanation (which makes sense to me), I'd like to add that from everything I've read about sons of perdition, they knew the truth in the same sense that Socrates meant, but still denied it. Thus, I think it's still possible to have a perfect knowledge of something and act against it. —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, My husband and I are going to the SDSU v. BYU game in a few weeks (yea!). We want to stay in a nice hotel, preferably close to the beach and close to the stadium. Any suggestions of places you know of? Also, any suggestions of fun things to do in San Diego (we'll be there Thursday-Saturday). Thanks a bunch! I love the board...it helps me make it through my 12-hour night shifts! - RN
ADear helloooo nurse, I have a friend who went to SDSU and lives in San Diego. I asked her for recommendations, and she sent me this:
Have a great trip! Go Cougars! -Cognoscente Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Where did the name Bambi come from? Did the author of the book make it up, or was it already in use when the book was written? I'm just wondering, because as Thumper says in the movie, it sounds kind of sissy, and it seems that even after that movie (and maybe before?) it's only used as a girl's name. At least, in the U.S. Maybe it's different in other countries? - I've never met a guy named Bambi
ADear Bambino,
Baby name websites really come in handy. "Bambina" is an Italian word for little baby or child, female, and "Bambino" is the same but for a male. Worldwide statistics for the name "Bambi" are nowhere, so it must not be terribly popular. Considering it is a nickname from a word meaning "little child," it is not too surprising that most people would not name their child that. Nevertheless, in the U.S. people do, and if you name your son "Bambi," he will be teased mercilessly. -Mico ADear neither have I, The only person I have ever met named Bambi was a stripper who lived in one of the apartment complexes I lived in on my mission. Bambi doesn't seem to be a name that generally has good connotations. That might be another reason people don't name their baby boys Bambi. In closing, a quote from The Sandlot: Smalls: Oh yeah, the Great Bambino. Of course! I thought you said the Great Bambi. Ham Porter: That wimpy deer? Smalls: Yeah, I guess. Sorry. Dr. Smeed Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I'm not really interested in joining the board, but I'm curious. With the whole puzzle you have laid out in the archives (hmmm, how can I word this without giving it away) how many people solve the search and submit an application to become a 100 hour board writer? - Interested
ADear Interested, We tend to get around two or three people applying in an average month. —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I was recently watching a documentary about a phenomenon that bewildered scientists for a while. They were reading gamma ray explosions from across the universe at such an intensity that the explosions would have needed to consume more than all the mass in the universe (according to E=mc^2.) Turns out that as a black hole is formed, a giant sort of beam of gamma rays is emitted, and the explosions they were reading were those beams that had pointed in the direction of Earth. But they didn't explain WHY black holes are emitting these giant death rays. You'd think black holes are deadly enough as is, what is it that makes them fire off these beams? - An inquiring mind
AMind- I had my dad explain this to me, and I'll try to relay the information he gave to me the bast that I can. Black holes do not actually make the gamma rays. What happens is that when material is attracted to the black hole, it accelerates to very high speeds. Some of this material makes it to the inside of the hole, but some of it gets whipped around at very high speeds and sent in an entirely different direction. During this sudden and dramatic change in acceleration, excess energy is released in the form of gamma rays. I hope I explained that well; my dad has a doctorate in physics, and I'm sure he dumbed it down considerably for me. Physics is most certainly not my best subject. - Cuddlefish ADear inquiring, Gamma-ray bursts are pretty awesome. They're the brightest bursts of electromagnetic radiation in the universe, and associated with some really fascinating events. Cuddlefish is right; I just wanted to add a little more to her answer, since this is a really fun topic. First, if you want a really thorough, in-depth answer, the Wikipedia article I linked above is a great source. It's one of the best Wikipedia articles I've read; in fact, it was a featured article, which says a lot about its quality. I'll be touching on just a few things from it. (If you want a less in-depth and somewhat more friendly introduction, NASA has a good set of short articles starting here.) First, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are fairly mysterious events. They happen billions of light-years away, which makes it much harder to see what exactly is happening. However, astronomers have made some pretty good guesses that do a good job explaining what we see. There are two main types of GRBs, short and long, and they seem to be caused by different events. Short GRBs are classified as lasting two seconds or less; often they're only milliseconds long. Long GRBs last longer than two seconds, up to minutes. The best current explanation for long GRBs is that they occur during some supernovae; there's pretty strong evidence for this. This sounds like what you were talking about. As a very large, fast-rotating star collapses into a black hole, the gas remaining from the star is drawn into the black hole at extremely close to the speed of light (over 99.995%). Large jets of gamma rays are emitted along the rotational axis of the star. Short GRBs are caused by a different class of events; the most likely cause is currently the merger (collision) of two neutron stars in a binary system (where they orbit each other). Other possibilities include a merger of a neutron star and a black hole and the collapse of a neutron star. Once the merger or collapse starts, the gamma rays are emitted more or less in the same way as with longer GRBs. The exact mechanism for producing the gamma rays is actually not entirely certain. The two best guesses seem to be synchrotron radiation (what Cuddlefish was describing—radiation emitted by rapidly accelerating charged matter) and inverse Compton scattering, in which a relativistic particle collides with a low-energy photon and gives it more energy. You were a little off on the amount of energy involved: if the energy of a gamma-ray burst were spherical (rather than beamed), it would be roughly equivalent to the energy that would be released if all of the matter in the Sun were converted to energy. However, taking beaming into account, estimates are closer to 1/2000 the mass of the Sun being converted. Regardless, GRBs are briefly the brightest objects in the universe. I love physics and astronomy. —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I have an intense grammar question for you, regarding subjunctives. Subjunctives are typically used in hypothetical situations, often preceded by something similar to "for example." For example, if I WERE to write this very sentence, you'd notice that I'd write "if I WERE" instead of "if I was." But in this rule of hypothetical thumb, I came across an interesting example, where it doesn't seem to fit right. Despite the fact that it's hypothetical, the following example doesn't seem to use the subjunctive: "Let's pretend that I WAS at the dance. WERE I to have asked you, you'd have said no anyway." In the second sentence, the subjunctive is very easily inserted and understood, given the hypothetical nature of the sentence. But in the first sentence, we wouldn't say "Let's pretend that I WERE at the dance." That just sounds ugly. So my questions are these: Even though "were" in that sentence sounds ugly, is it still technically correct? And if not, are there any other hypothetical sentences in which use of the subjunctive is incorrect? And finally, is there a more definitive way to describe the use of the subjunctive other than saying, "Use it (mostly) in hypothetical sentences"? - Ridiculous self-punishing grammar nazi
ADear Nazi~ Well, my English-teacher friend still hasn't gotten back to me, and the 100 hours are up. I think I can answer this for you, anyway. As someone with a small amount of training in linguistics, I would say no, it's not technically correct to use "were" there based solely on the fact that it does sound weird and grammar is determined by what's in common use, not by an arbitrary set of rules that someone made up. I get in fights with English majors over this all the time, but that's my own view. That said, let's look at when "were" does make sense in a subjunctive context. "If I were to have asked you" sounds good. "Were I to have asked you" sounds good. "I wish I were there" sounds good. "Pretend I were there" sounds ugly. "Imagine I were there" sounds ugly. "Argue that I were there" also sounds ugly. Basically, after pondering your question for a couple (2) days, I came to this conclusion: The subjunctive conjugation of "to be" only applies when in a clause started either with the word "if" or where the word "if" is clearly implied. The only exception to this I could find was in conjunction with the verb "to wish." With any luck, another writer will catch this before it posts, or one of our good looking and intelligent readers out there will be an English major who can tell me what an idiot I am and what the "technical" correct usage would be. This question was fun though. Thanks. ~Hobbes Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, When i was in high school my biology teacher showed us a clip from a movie and i was hoping (after all these years) that i could watch the whole movie. This is what i can remember from the movie: it starts out in a research facility where a deadly virus has escaped the emergency lockdown starts but one guard and his family are able to escape, the virus gets out and whipes out most of the people on the planet. As far as i can remember the rest of the movie is about the survivors. can you help me find the name of this movie - Anon
ADear Anan, It sounds like it might be M3: the Gemini Strain (that's the American title), but you should understand that this sort of scenario is an entire genre. Love, Waldorf and Sauron ADear anon, If it had Lt. Dan from Forrest Gump in it, you're referring to Stephen King's The Stand. Great book, great TV miniseries. You can check it out here to see for yourself. -Cognoscente Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Are there any rules/laws/regulations against slacklining in Golden Gate Park? Are there any that apply to other public places and parks in San Francisco? - Just Discovered the Joy of Skacklining
ADear JDtJoS, Only the laws of common sense, my friend. Seriously, though. All I could find online was pictures and videos of people slacklining in Golden Gate Park and no laws prohibiting it. In the park rules that I found, slacklining is not mentioned. Dr. Smeed Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I asked another question about this but you can disregard it because this is an updated question. Today I was in the library, and on the TV next to the info commons they were playing a video from the next season of The Book of Jer3miah. Does this mean that the next season is close?? When will this clip be online and why isn't it now? - Recently found it and thought it was awesome (the alias from my other question - just ignore that one)
ADear Recently, Well... I really doubt it's from the next season of Jer3miah. It may have been part of the trans-media concept of Jer3miah. I talked to the producers at length last week, and they're still looking for funding for season 2. They have ideas, but haven't started yet. If it does happen, it's a ways off. Love, Waldorf and Sauron Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, If the realm of the board turned into a slaughter free-for-all and you could each only arm yourselves with one weapon, which would you choose? Rule: You may only choose a legit weapon. (No lightsabers, magic wands, etc.) -FIGHT!
ADear I will, for my right to party, What fun is this question if I can't use a magic wand? A legit weapon that I would use in a free-for-all slaughter... hmm... I would use a maniacal monkey. I'm serious. They really are dangerous. In movies and books alike, monkeys are the cause of a ridiculous amount of problems. Ever seen Night at the Museum? That monkey is crazy. I could also dress my monkey in armor, and teach him to battle my enemies. If my monkey could talk, that would be even better, because then I could pass on to him my gifts of cunning and sarcasm. Monkey-less people wouldn't know what hit them... The best part of having a monkey, though? I could battle him. Imagine coming home from campus and having a monkey waiting to fight you. Best day ever! I have let this get way out of hand... ⋯Anomalous ADear Belicose, I'd pick a 120-foot-tall Tesla coil. Sure, it's not a traditional weapon, but I guarantee you won't be getting too close to something that puts out multi-megavolt sparks. And I'd be inside the top, of course. —Laser Jock ADear Fight, I would use a bow and arrows, mostly because that's the only legitimate weapon with which I already have experience. I'm pretty sure I could take out anyone before they came within fifty feet of me. -Sky Bones AFighter- I'd use a hydrogen bomb. Then all the other writers would be afraid to attack me. - Cuddlefish ADear Martial, I did some more thinking, and realized I had another idea: a biological weapon of some sort, one that I was immune to. Imagine if all the other writers came down with a really nasty case of foot fungus. They wouldn't feel like doing much fighting, now would they? I guess Ebola or anthrax could work too. —Laser Jock ADear Laser Jock, THE TESLA COILS ARE A WISE DEFENSIVE STRATEGY. (Caution, one potty word ahoy.) Dear قتال! I would drive an M-1 Abrams into any battle! Hopefully in a couple of years I will get to... Dr. Smeed ADear Fight This laser, that actually exists and can shoot things from the sky. -Humble Master Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Why can't people know where the BYU operators work? I have a friend who works at info, and she swears she can't tell. What's the deal? - Sufficiently Curious
ADear SC, Believe it or not, we've answered this before—quite a few times, actually. Searching for "BYU operators" brings up quite a few results, a good chunk of which are relevant. Adding in where would narrow things down further. Anyway, it's for the safety of the operators. Although most people are nice and normal, there have been problems before with stalkers. Additionally, there are operators who are there very early in the morning or very late at night, and they'd rather not have someone waiting for them at 1 a.m. You might want to check out Board Question #2043, Board Question #34397, Board Question #22348, Board Question #8084, Board Question #910, Board Question #26743, and Board Question #17792. —Laser Jock ADear Sufficiently Curious, Thanks to a person hanging around the BYU Info office when they shouldn't have been, I found out where it is when I worked for Building Security. It really isn't that interesting of a place. One of the hazards of anonymity is the intrigue that it creates. This intrigue makes things sound much cooler than they actually are, and when people with nice voices are thrown into the mix this can create stalkers. If ever you do find out, please keep it to yourself. +The Sentry+ Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, BYU has a microscopy lab with both SEM and TEM capabilities: http://microscopy.byu.edu/Inde... I see you can take classes and I assume that professors can use the microscopes in connection with their research. But if I wanted a micrograph of something for purely personal uses (and I didn't want to take either of the classes), could I pay them to do that? Or would that not be allowed? If I can pay them to do it, how much would it cost per sample? —Mr. Macroscopic
ADear Mr. Macroscopic, I called the lab (those phone numbers listed on that main page you linked to are very handy things, you know. It could have been your very own personalized 5-minute board as opposed to 100 hours, but if that's what floats your boat...) and talked with John Gardner. He says that they typically only work with undergrads, grad students, and faculty with university-related research, but that there may be an exception dependent upon what exactly it is you're trying to do. You can contact him at the first phone number listed on the website and talk it over. As far as cost, that also depends on what you're wanting to get a micrograph of. It could range from $30-$50, but may be more depending upon the sort of treatment needed to prepare your sample for electron microscopy. So, your best bet is for you to call and ask the lab personally. -Commander Keen Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, What is so bad about the swine flu? What is everyone so afraid of? It seems to me like a milder case of the normal flu--no nausea, no vomiting, no intestinal difficulties...I mean, I understand the need to contain it so that it doesn't become an epidemic, but it seems like the death toll for those of us who are fortunate enough to live in developed countries is minimal, and I've even heard that it is less than that of other types of flu! Am I missing something? - Too Much H1N1 Hype
ADear Hype- As someone recovering from said flu, I will vouch that no, it's not really so bad. However, this sucker is contagious. Everyone in my apartment came down with it within a few days of the first person, and I know I passed it to a few people that I hardly even spent time with. It seems like that has potential to wreak some havoc on an institution such as a university where attendance is important and people are in tight quarters. That also means children, the elderly, and those with other health issues will probably catch it easily, and those are the ones with the real trouble. There is the possibility it can be more severe, however. According to Wikipedia (which also backs me up on my other claims):
Last, but certainly not least, this strain of flu has been described as "very unstable," meaning it has high potential to mutate and take on new characteristics (such as, you know, killing you). Coupled with those other things, that could make for a big mess. So, end of the world? No. Not yet, at least, and probably won't be. But it's a good thing to keep an eye on. -Foreman ADear Too Much, Foreman gave you a great answer, which covers pretty much everything. I only want to add that right before I saw your question I was reading an article in The New York Times about more concerns dealing with H1N1. Like you said yourself, living in a first-world country gives us a very different view of the flu and its effects. The rest of the world is more worried about the spread of the disease, and it is a serious concern. People should not worry too much in the U.S., but they should worry enough to take care of themselves. You never really know what is going to happen, or how it will affect different people, especially with a new strain of a virus like this. -Mico, who has an undefined sickness between a cold and a flu, and so may be taking this answer too seriously. AToo Much- A friend of mine from middle school died from it last week, and she had no previous health problems. That's why I don't like swine flu. Goodbye, my friend. I hope you're happier where you are now. - Cuddlefish Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I was taking a test today in the oh-so-lovely music room and was wondering? What all is on the playlist that they use up there? According to Board Question #12493 there are potentially up to 300 CDs in the player, but if so the player has a pretty terrible randomizing algorithm. I swear I've heard half of the soundtrack to "Dances With Wolves" already this semester (and I would be one to know... my parents would always listen to John Barry's Dances With Wolves on roadtrips). I've also heard a lively rendition of the "Man From Snowy River" theme... Anyway, a cataloging of what I'm likely to hear at the next set of midterms could help me study... you know what the psychologists say: you learn and perform best in the same types of environments. Sounds like the best shot I've got. - RandomThought...
ADearest RT, Nope, there's no playlist. I've talked to multiple people from the testing center, and they all say it's just a bunch of CDs that play in random order. As far as explaining why you've heard some more than others, either you have horrible luck or, while it may play in random order, that order could possibly reset every night, considering that they probably don't leave the CD player running all night long. No catalog of the CDs exists, and I'm betting it's not high up there on their priorities. But, since you seem to be hearing Dances With Wolves quite a bit, perhaps you could listen to that. -Commander Keen Back to top CDear 100 Hour Board, re:Board Question #53791 They actually aren't going to be re-broadcasting or publishing transcripts of the "physics guy" (Neil deGrasse Tyson). You can't even see it on BYUTV's on-demand online thing. Probably the only way to find it would be if someone put it on youtube. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news! For more info, see here: http://cpms.byu.edu/news/noted... - Nerd Girl, who got several emails announcing this forum because she is an alumna of the College of Physical and Mathematical Science
ADear Nerd Girl, Thanks for the correction! I feel a little embarrassed that I didn't catch that, because I knew full well that forums usually weren't rebroadcast/transcribed. (I recently pointed someone else to Board Question #50652, which explains the reasons.) —Laser Jock Back to top CDear 100 Hour Board, A comment on Board Question #53785. According to http://tvnz.co.nz/one-news/hei... Heidi Klum wears a lot of clothes from The Row, by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and clothes by Marc Jacobs. For maternity wear she simply buys these in larger sizes. -growly
Back to top CDear Backwards, RE: Board Question #53792, you may also want to consider picking up a copy of "The Peacegiver" by James L. Ferrell. It's about applying the Atonement to our relationships with others and is extremely good. I had a bishop give it to me a few years ago and can not think of a better book. - Azriel
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