Degrees, papers and short people

So I was just told that in order to get my degree, I have to go to Sproul between 1pm and 4pm. Seriously, were they expecting that their recent graduates wouldn’t have jobs?

And I wanted to share some wise words from my darling Sean:
“Physical stature is an important intimidation tool. Your opponent is more likely to concede an argument if you appear to be bigger than he is. Shortness is associated with children, who are dumb, while tallness is associated with authority figures who know better”

Hahahaha. This immediately brought to mind, “You mean your leaders are just TALLER?!”*

I am currently experiencing nostalgia for academia. I just printed out “On the Computational Practicality of Private Information Retrieval” (posted by ) and I’m looking forward to digesting it in the next few days. And if someone would be so kind as to point me to a list of papers, I am always looking for new reading (particularly in theory). I vaguely recall ajaffe’s having made such a list when he was moderating the theory discussion group, but I have no idea where I put that.

*from the completely brilliant cartoon Invader Zim

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 at 10:22 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

7 Responses to “Degrees, papers and short people”

  1. ministerofinfo says:

    Well, I can’t do much for theory, but if you ever want Comp-Arch papers, I can point you to several of interest.

  2. themassivebri says:

    oh the tallest… they are so good. plus they have snacks.

  3. aeschkalet says:

    I was wondering how we get those. Is there information online or anything? Can we go on weekends? I can’t believe the evil berkeley procedures are still following me after graduation!

  4. aeschkalet says:

    ahh nevermind. i found the info. & i still have to wait 3 months. =(

  5. fugitivepeas says:

    Aaron just told me. I have made no attempts to get my diploma.

  6. fugitivepeas says:

    Snacks!

  7. fugitivepeas says:

    thank you. I will keep that in mind.

Leave a Reply