[jon.kiparsky]

It'll certainly be better than an open hole in the window, that's for sure. But that's the sort of thing that your landlord is responsible for fixing, and quickly.

[Bort]

depricated, on 07 January 2014 - 02:26 PM, said:

2 weeks ago: spent a week building up System 1 to troubleshoot a black box issue
1 week ago: patch changed from system 1 to system 2, took vacation
yesterday: built up system 2 to troubleshoot same black box issue

today: black box is offline. owner is on vacation.

I don't even know what to do at this point.His coworker who would also have control of the black box is also out for the day.

Take the day off?

[belgarion262]

[AnalyticLunatic]

Finished the regular Try jQuery course with 15750 points. JQuery isn't quite as complex as seemed upon first impression, though the syntax can be a bit confusing.

Guess I'll give The Return Flight a try after lunch

[supersloth]

got a code review on my major project for the last 6+ months this afternoon.

[modi123_1]

DarenR, on 06 January 2014 - 10:18 AM, said:

waiting until 1pm so i can totally fail a phone interview

... AND?!

Spoiler

[DarenR]

well my phone interview -- cant say if it was good or bad -- both of us were coughing so much it was hard to understand each other

however i also got a call from a better job that hopefully pans out

[macosxnerd101]

After lunch, I've got some review for the GRE to do. I'm taking it Thursday afternoon. It's a 4.5 hour test, but I've got to get there half an hour early. Fun stuff.

[modi123_1]

Yeah.. the GRE is.. interesting. Hopefully you've ran through some practice tests..

[DarenR]

sounds interesting-- though i dont know anyone who has ever taken one of those ---

is that test specific to your degree you have in mind?

i am asking because i know a few people with masters who never had to test to get into the masters course

[xclite]

Yeah, "interesting" is probably the right word to describe the GRE. Their rules and format just struck me as annoying. Also last I took it, scoring perfect on the math only put you in the top 27% of engineers or something like that.

[modi123_1]

It was certainly a mental work out.. The writing was pretty easy (for me), the verbal was tricky, and the math.. well the math I could tell when I was doing 'too well' by the ramp up of hardness.

Just don't be like the girl who took the test when I did.. she thought her computer/test was broken when it alternated math and verbal.. she thought once she cleared a section that was it for it.. well.. needless to say she missed a few sections because of the thirty minute she spent arguing.. I shudder to think what her score was.

[macosxnerd101]

I'm applying for the Master's in Math program at Virginia Tech. The GRE is required. I need to do reviewing. If it's anything like the SAT,
I'll probably do okay but not great. It's required for most of the Master's programs I'd be looking at- math, CS, and Econ. My advisor seems to think I should be fine since my grades are decent enough and the math department knows me. Plus all my recommendations would be coming from within the department.

[modi123_1]

Mmm.. I would have advocated a few books to pick up (I doubt mine are valid for the current test)..

At least cram a practice test in.
http://www.princeton...ctice-test.aspx

[macosxnerd101]

Thanks for the link! Prometric, the testing center, has free online practice tests too. I will definitely weed through them!