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Wonder what else is on the big size "list" ... and that could explain her smile

http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/hf/mikuni.jpg She got so excited when I told her I wanted a picture with her!!!! Service sucked but at least the food was GOOD.

Which one would you prefer? Oh GOD ... ok, let me help you again. Bruin, he's the one that looks like hasn't shaved for a couple of days Jug, you're welcome.

To Jug's defense, we haven't really seen your supermodel girlfriend's pictures either

I like the 0-1

Just when I think I know my officemate (we've been in the same office for a few years now) he goes and says something like this that made me seriously rethink, what I think of him. To make a long story short, he was trying to come up with the most gruesome crime he could think of ... the result? "necrophedophillia". Only a sick sick and twisted mind could come up with a phrase like that.

Please elaborate. In a place like Los Angeles, there is a HUGE surplus of cars. What happens is, due to congestion (among other factors), people seek alternative transportations such as buses, carpool vans, telecomuting, or simply altering their commute schedule (such as me). So now, if more people start to carpool, the congestion on the roads goes down. This creates enough incentive for those who had chosen not to commute, to actually switch back to the now much more convenient single-driver car scenario. It sounds paradoxical at first, but I have personally witnessed this phenomena over and over in LA when they add carpool lanes to a freeway. In certain cases, the addition of the carpool lane actually makes the congestion problem WORSE! Now of course, it is rather trivial to see that with carpooling, the total throughput of the road increases (number of people passed per time unit). However, the problem of congestion, is NOT affected much by carpooling (and policies that encourage carpooling) in large metropolitan areas with a rather "infinite" pool of potential cars on the road, relative to the capacity of the roads themselves. --- on a side note, I did take the bus for 2 years from home to UCLA and from UCLA to work. It was not uncommon for me to spend 4 - 6 hours commuting per day ... 1 hour from home to mid point to school to switch buses, 1 hour from the mid point to schoo, and 1 hour from school to work. These times do include waits at bus stops since as anyone who has ever taken a bus knows, you almost always get to the bus stop right after the previous bus left! But that did allow me to save up enough to buy my first blazer!!!! I will admit, that I actually enjoyed the bus commute a lot and managed to get a lot done during the commute. That was back when I used to do homework!!! (freshman/sophomore in college).

By the way, here's something to ponder ... I do NOT believe carpooling will reduce traffic congestion in big cities (like Los Angeles) at all.

I was editing my previous message but decided it's porbably a good idea to post a new reply: What I don't understand is why people sometimes blame traffic on "big" SUV"s ... sure some are bigger than normal sedans but they are not that much bigger. But in terms of efficiency, most SUVs are not much worse than some sports cars. Especially the newer SUVs. I don't see people getting all choked up and crying about sporty cars ... so what I can't figure out is why all this "SUV" bashing that's going on???? (not talking about you vava! just in general). There is this huge anti-SUV movement while most people don't seem to understand what causes polution and what polution really means. They equate "big" with bad. While most of the time, a "chipped" sports car or an unmaintained older mercedes (that is burning oil) can burn up more gas and dump more polutions in the air than some of the biggest SUVs. I am NOT saying SUVs in general are the most efficient things out there .. but they are definitely not as evil as some people make them sound to be ... at least not MORE evil than a whole bunch of other vehicles. In terms of burning up gas, we are going to finish the reserves sooner or later so I don't see much problems with sooner rather than later. We HAVE to find alternative sources and I'm not convinced electrical is such a good thing either. What's so "clean" about electrical when it is coming from nuclear power plants? I always laugh at those who try to argue that electric vehicles are "better" for the environment. Idiots!!!!

No need to be sorry .... I am definitely not your normal SUV driver ... can't really get through this or go to a place like this, or even have fun like THIS with a honda ... not to mention situations like this. But I will admit that by far a large majority of "SUV" drivers only buy them for the awesome looks, power, and spacious interiors. As much as I enjoy a really good walk ... yes, I actually do in fact walk a lot ... sometimes 45 minutes to an hour around UCLA at 3AM (my favorite times) ... I also tremendously enjoy driving. I really don't mind traffic jams at all. I usually watch a bit of TV, crank up the music a bit, or play around with the GPS, or the CB. When I get my 2meter HAM radio in a few months, that should add another dimension of vehicular entertainment! By the way, some of the best ideas in my life have come to me while driving.

I don't see a problem with it ... does the seat really matter? I usually didn't really pay attention to where I was sitting ... I'd just show up and sit wherever ... usually somewhere in the back and to the left ... since I am a lefty, I would try to sit at lefty chairs during exams though but even that was no big deal. But as Juggy said, engineering type classes are a LOT more relaxed and laid back (for the most part). Especially in grad school. I didn't take any notes in most of my classes. What I can't stand is those people that write down EVERYTHING a teacher says in colored pens or pencils, and use rulers and shit to draw straight lines on their fricking notes!!! But worst of all, I just can't stand those that ERASE their notes!!!! I mean WTF? Why the HELL would you ever need to ERASE your notes? But I guess we all have our pet-peeves. Oh and I used to get ticked off a lot by those who asked REALLY stupid questions in class. === edit: On a related note, I cannot remember at any time, anyone having saved any seats for someone in any of my computer science classes ... that's in my almost 10 years of UCLA experience! Either people don't really care about the seats or they dont' have any friends for whom to save seat

Yes, that is true. We were in general amazed at kobe and shaq. I just didn't understand what you meant by "you failed to see it was only kobe and shaq" comment. Of course it was only kobe and shaq!!!!!! Otherwise there would be NO one who could stand up to the lakers. Shaq is by far the most dominant player in the NBA, and kobe is by far the most spectacular, creative, and skilled player in the game.

who failed to see that?

I knew you wouldn't believe me but I ain't lyin! Just thank god for broad shoulders otherwise I would look like a tdanz ... but a lot of it is in the legs (quads). Even though I was one of the slowest runners in high school (flat feet), I could squat and leg-lift almost 20% more than the strongest guys in class (who were also in the football team). So my A in lifting would cancel my F in running the mile and I would get about a C in class! But after dislocating my knees playing basketball, I didn't do any more heavy lifting so I'm not sure what I can do now. Vahan jan why "artificial" when getting the real one is so much more fun?

If I did my conversion correctly, I'm about 75 meters tall (actually, 1.82 I believe so you were very close) ... so hopefully after all this, I won't be considered the local glutton anymore! I actually do have a huge frame that needs massive amounts of food to survive.

What's that in kilos? From your pics I would guess about 85. Btw, how do you edit without it showing! Or is that a moderator thing?? Guys, I can't believe I actually gained weight from fasting! 1 lb is 2.2 kilos ... that makes me about 115 Kilos I guess ... I actually fluctuate between 250lb and 270lb (110 to 120 kilos I guess). About the edit thing, I thought it was an option somewhere in the profile but it may be a moderator thing.

What? You weigh 260lb? I would have guessed you are around 200.

Talking of disgusting, you guys made me feel so guilty that I had a Jack In The Box salad today ... I have to say they are really good. They have 3 different kinds ... I usually prefer the Southwest one but today I had the Club ... I haven't really tried the asian one yet. ... and Nairi, I have to walk 15 minutes just to get from my office to my car at UCLA and have a 40 minute drive EACH WAY. Yes, this is ALL done in the cold freezing temperatures of LA and I usually have to walk uphill (both directions).

100 billion is a very small number. How many books do you have on your bookshelf? 15? Do you realize there are more ways to rearrange those books on your bookshelf than the 100 BILLION galaxies you are talking about in the universe or the neurons in your brain? Now imagine the "complexity" of just a small library

I guess you could put these next to the AOHell CDs or use them as coasters Yah, I definitely hope they have some sort of recycling plan in mind for these self destructing DVDs ... I didn't even think about that! Hope they did.

Down here, we call that a BURRITO ... and while we're on the subject, THIS ONE is a chimichanga (deep fried burrito) ... that particular chimichanaga was the best I have ever had ... it was in the Lake Arrowhead area at this little town called Blue Jay (about 2 hours from LA in the San Bernardino mountains). The burrito above was in the 29 Palms area near Jashua Tree national park ... basically in the desert, 1/2 way between LA and Arizona. Needless to say, it tasted awesome since I was starving by that time .... had spent the entire day since sunrise in the desert writing/debugging code for a military-related demonstration on my laptop which was covered in dust ... couldn't even press most of the keys since their underside was clogged with dirt!!!!!! Ever tried to write a program without using the keys p, k, f, and space? (hint: copy-paste )

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - This disc will self-destruct in 48 hours. WOW! ... Link to article on yahoo

Haurt mi moratsir vor du im kes chapen es!!!! ... and Bruin, I am one of the most self confident geeks I have ever met ... arten "self confidence"e vritses ktuma (but I will need every ounce of that and some more to do my Ph.D. defense ... you have to be like that, otherwise they will just tear you apart and eat you for lunch). Bayts don't get me wrong ... I WILL be hitting the gym later on tonight. Believe me, if I didn't keep active and kept eating as much as I eat now, I probably wouldn't be able to type this message since my hands wouldn't reach the keyboad So I think moral of story is one has to live to the fullest ... if you enjoy food, and if exercise will enable you to eat more, then for heavens sake, there's really no reason you can't do a lot of BOTH. Especially now that we have concluded that eating and exercising more will turn you into a more intelligent mouse

All this talk of food made me VERY hungry so on the way home from school, I stopped by Del Taco (thank GOD for 24 hour fast food) ... 4 Sonora Chicken Burritos and 2 Chicken Quesedias.... Bro and I just got done feasting and I can tell you ... there is really NO feeling in the world that can compare to what I'm feeling right now ... needless to say I'm exhausted and am going to pass out ... I LOVE midnight snacks (or feasts as it may be)

I actually have thought about it! It's one of the most common ways people use to draw sympathy compliments and such out of others Just listen carefully at how people talk, and you will notice a great majority of people do it in one way or another. I have never had a psychology class but I'm sure they have a name for this thing (when you put yourself down in order to have others praise you) But in my case, it goes a bit further ... I will be the first to say that being "geeky", being "strange", "loving food", not "looking like the cover photo of blah magazine", looking at things from a different angle than the norm, not having "everything", not being "perfect", and simply being "you" is perfectly OK as long as you intelligently question what people often take for granted and/or GIVEN and then decide how you want to define yourself.