Thanks for the offer organising a 24 hour cubemarathon once, but I think, if I really want that, I expect that I can find some people who can help me out with that. No need to go to the US for that.
And I don't think the regulations are unreasonable. - Joël. --- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why is this topic even changed? The comment about "tech schools in > India" was a small sarcastic remark in the middle of a set of > guidelines we would request if someone wants to break the record. Stop > picking on this little small thing and look at the big picture. > > We put in a lot of our time and energy so that other people can have > the fame and glory. I think it's perfectly reasonable for us to ask > people to put in some effort themselves if they want this 24-hour > record. You will do it alone for 24 hours just so that you understand > the excruciating pain that you will feel, and then you will provide > some staff to help out. > > I'm not responding anymore about our academic workload at Caltech. > It's not relevant at all. I have made it clear that I am open to > running another 24-hour marathon. I do not see the necessity of > continuing this discussion unless someone feels that guidelines that I > have set forth are unfair. This is not a forum to discuss Caltech's > homework load. The reason for bringing that up was simply to say that > we're busy students, and if we are expected to take time out of our > lives, you should be willing to help us out and make things easier for > us. > > And Joel, if you want to seriously attempt this record, I'd be willing > to run the event if you would be willing to fly to the United States. > Otherwise, you're better off coordinating something with Ron. It's > unfortunate that we're all separated geographically. I know Richard > Patterson was talking about breaking the record. If he wants to try > it, I'm open to it. > > Unless the guidelines I posted earlier are unreasonable, there's no > need to argue. > > Personally, I'd love to see one of you guys try to break the record. > It would be very entertaining for me, to see the human limits pushed as > far as possible. Also, the dialogue that results from sleep > deprivation because very very funny. > > Tyson Mao > Astrophysics '06 > California Institute of Technology > > On Feb 20, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Tyson Mao wrote: > > > Perhaps the small group of people that cube at Caltech have the ability > > to focus on something they are really truly passionate about? I don't > > see the correlation. Maybe we're different from most people out there? > > Perhaps we really can succeed at cubing, in even a highly stressful > > academic environment. > > > > Yeah, I'm pretty confident that our undergraduate core curriculum is > > one of the most intense academic workloads in the world. It's > > impossible to rank them numerically, but I'll say we're definitely in > > the top 1/2%. > > > > In any case, it's true. The hours people spend cubing are for their > > own benefit. The hours we spend running competitions and assisting in > > everything else gives us no such self-gratification. > > > > Tyson Mao > > Astrophysics '06 > > California Institute of Technology > > > > On Feb 20, 2006, at 2:21 PM, GameOfDeath2 wrote: > > > >> --- In [email protected], aznseashell > >> <no_reply@> wrote: > >>> > >>> What, just because we have a lot of homework we can't have our > >>> hobbies? I'd also like to point out that "the amount of cubing that > >>> seems to go on in Caltech" is centralized around a small handful of > >>> people, out of the 900+ undergraduates that go here. > >>> > >>> Shelley > >>> > >>> > >>> --- In [email protected], GameOfDeath2 > >>> <no_reply@> wrote: > >>> > >>>> From the amount of cubing that seems to go on in CalTech I would be > >>> amazed if that statement was true. > >>> > >> > >> Not at all - I'm saying is that if CalTech really has more homework > >> than any educational > >> establishment on earth (except in India) then nobody would have time > >> to do so much > >> cubing. Are you confirming the statement about CalTech having more > >> homework than all > >> those other places? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
