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i was writing this list anyway
so i figured i might as well post it here.
the assassintion of jesse james - really good in the end, tragic. But the first 60% of so was much too slow.
the number 23 - like pi, but suckier
milk - LOUD film, but very good.
chocolat - saw it with my mom when it came out. I have a much greater appreciation for it now. excellent film.
the pianist - for this story, there are no words. brilliant cinematography and acting, set design, everything. 99% impressed
there will be blood - piece of shit. just all around bad. sucky score, sucky acting, sucky writing, sucky everything
avatar - great concept, great start, but way too predictable and kinda lame last act
frost/nixon - tremendous actors, I was extremely impressed. Wonderful subject matter.
atonement - horribly fragmented, brilliantly artful. by the end I was quite impressed.
the messenger: joan of arc - I think I saw this before but it's not how I remembered it. very dark. liked it.
capote - not the best subject matter, but for the most part enjoyable. ending didn't really keep my attention
finding neverland - whimsy and tragedy are too rarely comingled. splendid cast and story
gosford park - very strange film. came very close to having no plot. not sure of my thoughts on it just yet
good night and good luck - very artful... informative. Cinematography not always up to snuff, and very short film, but I'd give it 8/10
master and commander - I must say I enjoyed this far more than I expected to. not a single complaint to offer
in the bedroom - hollow film. could have been much better.
michael clayton - an interesting film. unique blend of genres. while it didn't quite captivate me all the way through, a very good watch
the reader - progressed quite slowly, but a fine tragedy
the queen - not bad, but not worthy of its acclaim
traffic - ehhhhhh, a little exciting at parts, but not really worth watching
the hours - by no means a favorite, but this film posesses incredible allure, and an odd, in explicable merit.
sideways - meh.
munich - i don't know. depressing. not very artistic... i'm not sure what I think of this right now
mystic river - great film, but the ending broke my brain a little
moulin rouge - i detested most of it, though dont entirely regret watching it
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I think i'll be taking a break from rvb
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if high school were like college
i'd have been a 4.0 student.
these courses are so damn easy. my earth science course just had its last class, and I saw my grade, and I only need 12% more to it to pass with an A. That's either a score of 45/100 on the final, or a single four page extra credit assignment.
And over the next few semesters, I have like 10 more courses of the same level to do.
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kinda depressing
im currently taking intro programming (almost PRE-intro programming, really), and as a stepping stone into the REAL intro programming, we're learning a little about programming in java during this last week of classes. All we covered in class was just some really simple shit like print, and variables. I was bored, and there was nothing to turn in for the day, so I started doing my own thing, something I'd been wanting to write as a windows batch script, but couldn't, because divison in .bats is rounded.
So very quickly I wrote a little program (with help from google) that found all the factors for any number you typed in. I was having a tiny problem with it (I didn't know the difference between int and float) and so at the end of the class I asked my professor for some help and he said "this just isnt a very good algorithm. I've got to go, but I'll email you a better factoring algorithm that actually works"
So we've been in email contact since noon yesterday, and I've been revising and improving my little program, never changing my algorithm, just the way it's used, and finally after I sayI still think the square root method for finding primes is up to 46,300 times more efficient. Every factor which is lower than the square root will have a reciprocal factor above the square root, and there won't be any factors above the square root that don't have a reciprocal factor below it that you haven't already found. So for large numbers, just trying integers from 2 up until sqrt(x) is way faster. For example, try factoring 999,999,999 on your program, and then on mine. You'll get the same result, but if you're using a netbook like me, yours will take a lot longer. to my professor and send him my polished program, he replies The programming classes at CCAC do not require students to have much of a math background. Your math background will serve you well in learning to write code. My example uses some algebra. What you propose is an algorithm that is not typically used at this level of programming.
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I'm currently taking MAT090 intro algebra, which doesn't even count for credits at any tier 1 university. This course was a joke, and I guess this means the next one will be too. Maybe even the one after. I have to wonder if this is going to even be challenging at all until 200 level or maybe even 300 level courses. Sad. I really wanted to learn.
TL;DR
low level CS courses are way too easy for people who have actually used a computer before
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being unable for the life of me to able to recall why peter petrelli can only hold onto one power at a time, I started reading the wikipedia season synapses, and I only vaguely remember most of this stuff. I think I need to rewatch the first three seasons.
Usually, I can keep a series perfectly coherent and cohesive in my memory, and recall specifically why any two events are connected, but heroes, being probably the first series I've followed from the beginning, ever, seems like a big jumble.
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college again
so a while ago i decided the 2 years school, 1 year working, 2 years school plan wasn't the brightest idea. It's good in theory, but practically speaking it's a mess. So instead I opted for 1 year in school here, 3 years in school there, for almost the same tuition. But after some extensive financial research, that plan is really only $2300 cheaper once you account for cost of living and other expenses ($68100 for 4 years instead of $70400 for 2 years here, 2 years there). So of course it makes more sense to just stay here, because it's so much simpler and safer. But then I looked into the details of living for 24 solid months in maryland while attending university there (students sharing an apartment can easily live for 400-500 a month, or so says two seniors there I spoke to), so it actually wouldn't be all that expensive living in state year round. The problem now is how to finance it. The way I understand it student loans only cover school expenses, which means if you dont live on campus, cost of living isnt a school expense.
In any case, going to penn state (which is still a great school that's great for my major, and is in-state allowing me to get instate tuition while remaining a financial dependent on my parents (tax deduction=free money for them and free insurance for me)) means not only is the cost of living 10 to 20 grand cheaper over 4 years, but it also drastically simplifies... everything. So now I have to think, is having one name on my degree instead of another really worth all the extra headache? Was the whole Maryland idea just a flight of fancy? Penn state really does make a whole lot of sense
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