tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post1303258336643821280..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: At BerkeleySteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-87056801115508097822013-11-22T21:17:09.679-05:002013-11-22T21:17:09.679-05:00A well-honed one at least.A well-honed one at least.oregonlocalhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh0QiXyZSknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-63616630312669098732013-11-18T15:30:07.953-05:002013-11-18T15:30:07.953-05:00Fairness is the virtue of great men. It's slav...Fairness is the virtue of great men. It's slave the slave that cares for it least.<br /><br /><br />Genghis Khan offered a fair choice and stood by his offer- surrender or die.Haciendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-31170987260760809042013-11-18T15:28:01.433-05:002013-11-18T15:28:01.433-05:00IOW, you were a tool.IOW, you were a tool.Haciendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-26123050213367442472013-11-17T23:28:01.495-05:002013-11-17T23:28:01.495-05:00ol fancies himself a feudal lord. the most disting...ol fancies himself a feudal lord. the most distinguishing characteristic of these people is their utter lack of shame. they just can't feel it. thus one sometimes sees his betters behaving like his inferiors. <br /><br /><br /><br />live and let die.<br /><br /><br />"fairness" is a virtue of slaves.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86882253947817812022013-11-17T15:07:19.272-05:002013-11-17T15:07:19.272-05:00"Korean savagery during Vietnam can be somewh..."Korean savagery during Vietnam can be somewhat excused due to historical situation"<br /><br /><br /><br />Marines don't need excuses, just good marksmanship.oregonlocalhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh0QiXyZSknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-7881655012165976602013-11-16T23:10:54.235-05:002013-11-16T23:10:54.235-05:00when will ucb be toppled as THE public uni...by te...when will ucb be toppled as THE public uni...by texas?Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86191478618605172972013-11-16T23:09:18.062-05:002013-11-16T23:09:18.062-05:00"...so many East Asian grinds having flooded ..."...so many East Asian grinds having flooded the campus..."<br /><br /><br />i wonder what their numbers would be if test scores were the sole criterion. less, but not that much less. there are a lot of white grinds too. btw, all grinds are pushy, but not all pushy people are grinds. however smart you are the genetleman's c is today for the future impecunious gentleman only. all of Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-30119196361077853262013-11-16T22:44:00.818-05:002013-11-16T22:44:00.818-05:00Not what I had in mind. But glad you get your joll...Not what I had in mind. But glad you get your jollies by killing in asymmetric power relationships.<br />Korean savagery during Vietnam can be somewhat excused due to historical situation. What's yours?Haciendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-77454055841014406432013-11-16T21:15:22.085-05:002013-11-16T21:15:22.085-05:00but none could drink like the australians.but none could drink like the australians.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-60876347645245012122013-11-16T18:25:30.799-05:002013-11-16T18:25:30.799-05:00"But if you really hunger for peak Asian expe...<i>"But if you really hunger for peak Asian experiences, you need to go to Asia."</i><br /><br /><br />Been there, done that back in the sixties. And I personally left quite a few of them dead on the ground I'm happy to report. I also fought alongside some Koreans once. Those guys were as frighteningly a brutal bunch of SOBs that ever came down the pike.oregonlocalhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh0QiXyZSknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-23037228208019618032013-11-16T16:21:06.486-05:002013-11-16T16:21:06.486-05:00"Asians are too small in number to offer acti..."Asians are too small in number to offer active culture neighborhoods in the US."<br /><br /><br />You've obviously not spent much time in San Francisco.oregonlocalhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh0QiXyZSknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-64125834449954482612013-11-16T16:05:11.472-05:002013-11-16T16:05:11.472-05:00When I was there the leftist swine harassed Edward...When I was there the leftist swine harassed Edward Teller so much that he moved out his office out to Livermore.oregonlocalhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh0QiXyZSknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-72358846299070129402013-11-16T16:03:07.823-05:002013-11-16T16:03:07.823-05:00Telegraph Road. How long did you expect that place...Telegraph Road. How long did you expect that place to peak? All good things must pass.<br />Asians are too small in number to offer active culture neighborhoods in the US. The Western Liberal Arts education<br />is more a burden for Asians- at best a reprieve, not the liberation it's supposed to bring. So as long as STEM's rule, we'll have to be content and grind within the spaces Haciendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-9447197083049889312013-11-16T15:53:36.667-05:002013-11-16T15:53:36.667-05:00Both are trained in physics ;-) Both are trained in physics ;-) steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-29168083461600965312013-11-16T15:51:14.828-05:002013-11-16T15:51:14.828-05:00Just Googled Savio and Birgeneau and see that Spro...Just Googled Savio and Birgeneau and see that Sproul steps where Savio gave his speech has been renamed to Mario Savio Steps. This is exactly were Birgeneau shut down the Occupy Berkeley protests in 2011. <br /><br /><br />So are you saying that there is a symmetry relationship with Birgeneau ending civil protests and Savio starting them?<br /><br /><br />That's about as deep as I'm Haciendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-36593410611853244462013-11-16T13:18:22.930-05:002013-11-16T13:18:22.930-05:00An unenthusiastic big meh on Wiseman. I graduated...An unenthusiastic big meh on Wiseman. I graduated from Cal 40 odd years ago and during a visit last spring I was absolutely appalled at how far it has fallen both intellectually and culturally. The vibrancy of student life has disappeared. Telegraph Avenue feels dead and tellingly ***almost all the great bookstores*** like Cody's and Shakespeare & Co. that I spent hours browsing in oregonlocalhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh0QiXyZSknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-26456156641369205762013-11-16T12:39:45.464-05:002013-11-16T12:39:45.464-05:00Just watched the Berkeley in the Sixties documenta...Just watched the Berkeley in the Sixties documentary. What strikes me is how the protests and campaign of harassment against Arthur Jensen after he published his infamous Harvard Educational Review article has gone down the memory hole. That was a pretty big deal on the Berkeley campus in the late 1960s, yet the documentary's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Griffin" rel="nofollow"B.B.noreply@blogger.com