Let's hear it!

[iago]

Ah.  Fair enough, I guess.  I thought those aspects were poor to mediocre.

One of my favourite parts has been the strong interconnection between the movies. Like, almost every major character in Saw 2 appears again in either Saw 3 or Saw 4, usually in the background or unidentified. The main characters from Saw 1 are mentioned and often shown in every movie after. Every movie builds on the one before it, with characters and plot, and it's clear that they've thought through this from the beginning, and have left hints in every movie about the next.

I can make a list of unexplained items from Saw 3 and Saw 4 that are likely going to be explained in other movies, but you can probably find better lists online. One is the key that Amanda wears around her neck. Then there's the envelope that John tells her to open, but that they never reveal. And there are tons more. Something related is at the end of Saw 3, when John is talking to the female doctor (I forget her name), you can see him non-chalently pouring candle wax on a tape that says "play me". You find out in Saw 4 that John had swallowed the tape, because they found it during his autopsy.

These elements that bind the movies together are, in my opinion, amazingly cool!

[Sidoh]

Obama is coming to my campus on Sunday.

On that note, we got this e-mail:

As you may have already heard, Sen. Barack Obama will speak at 3:30
p.m. on CSU's Oval as part of his Early Voting Rally tour. This
event is open to the public and all costs are incurred by the Obama
campaign.

Gates to the event will open to pedestrian traffic at 1:30 p.m. at
the intersection of University Avenue and West Drive, south of the
Administration Building. The campaign is expecting a significant
crowd. For more information about the rally, visit
http://colorado.barackobama.com. This Web site includes information
about items that are not allowed at the rally. Please do not bring
bags and please limit personal items. Signs or banners are not
allowed. No pets are allowed. Water will be provided at the event.

The event offers a unique opportunity to showcase the Colorado State
University campus on a national and international stage, but will
impact parking and travel on campus and access to university
buildings on the Oval during the weekend.

Building Closures

All buildings immediately surrounding the Oval will be closed at 8
p.m. Saturday and will remain closed through about 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Impacted buildings are:

-   Weber, although students will be allowed access to the   
        computer lab through the west entrance. All other entrances
        into and out of the building will be closed, and police will
        be posted at the West entrance for traffic control and
        security.
-   Danforth Chapel.
-   Ammons Hall
-   Music Building
-   Statistics
-   Wagar
-   Administration Building
-   Guggenheim
-   Preconstruction Center
-   Laurel Hall
-   Occupational Therapy
-   Johnson Hall
-   Industrial Sciences Laboratory
-   Gibbons Hall
-   Occupational Therapy Annex

Road Closures and Car Towing

Road closures will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, with the exception of
Oval Drive, which will be closed at 5 a.m. Saturday.

Cars not removed from these areas will be towed beginning at 8 p.m.
Saturday on all streets with the exception of Oval Drive. Cars not
removed from Oval Drive will be towed beginning at noon on Saturday.
No parking is allowed on these streets during the event. For
information about cars that are towed, contact the Colorado State
University Police Department at 970-491-6425.

Impacted roads are:

-   Oval Drive (closed at 5 a.m. Saturday)
-   Mason Street will be closed from Laurel Street to University
        Avenue
-   East Drive will be closed from Oval Drive to University
        Avenue
-   West Drive will be closed from Oval Drive to University
        Avenue
-   Music Drive will be closed to Oval Drive
-   Isotope Drive will be closed from Centre Avenue to Oval Drive
-   Rembrandt Drive will be closed from Laurel Street to Old
        Main Drive
-   Old Main Drive will be closed from College Avenue to Oval
        Drive

A drop-off location for disabled and elderly will be available along
University Avenue near West Drive. Cars dropping off individuals
will not be allowed to park in the immediate area. Cars with a
disability placard or plate are allowed to park in lot 440 at
University and Mason.

Parking Lot Closures

Cars not removed from these areas will be towed beginning at 8 p.m.
Saturday on all streets with the exception of Oval Drive. Cars not
removed from parking areas along Oval Drive will be towed beginning
at noon on Saturday. No parking is allowed in these lots during the
event. For information about cars that are towed, contact the
Colorado State University Police Department at 970-491-6425.

The following parking lots will be closed at 8 p.m. Saturday:

-   330
-   332
-   335
-   324
-   325
-   322
-   323
-   327
-   348
-   345
-   320 (Oval Drive)
-   352 (East Drive)
-   354 (West Drive)
-   315
-   155
-   160
-   165
-   170
-   349
-   350
-   317

A parking map outlining the location of these lots is available at
http://parking.colostate.edu/files/maps/mapside.pdf.

Cars with a disability placard or plate are allowed to park in lot
440 at University and Mason.

Suggested Transportation and Parking Alternatives

The Obama for America campaign is encouraging alternative
transportation to the campus area, as well as car pooling, walking
from a reasonable distance, and riding a bike. Limited parking on
campus is available south of University Drive and east of Centre
Avenue. Parking is not available between the Oval and College Avenue.

Off-campus parking is available north of Laurel Street and east of
College Avenue.

Bike racks are available on campus in multiple locations.

Transfort will also be developing a special route for the event.
Details will be posted at www.fcgov.com and also forwarded to local
media.

Thank you for your cooperation during this event.

Chief D. Yarbrough

They're shutting down half of the town for this, lol.  It's going to be pretty cool, I think.

[BigAznDaddy]

So i just had this weird date. I went to this girls house I know from highschool and all we did was talk i dont know if you would classify it as a date but yup. highlight of my day

[Towelie]

Last 2 hours of watch coming up...
FUCK this.

[Newby]

So i just had this weird date. I went to this girls house I know from highschool and all we did was talk i dont know if you would classify it as a date but yup. highlight of my day

WHO BITCH? TELL ME.

No but really, I don't know who this could even be. Is she still at high school? And do you plan to insert your penis into her mouth?

--

Tonight involved some slow parties...

[truste1]

yeah tonight sucked it's 6am and it sucked

[Towelie]

yeah tonight sucked it's 6am and it sucked

Couldn't be as bad as having watch form 8:30pm-12:30am, and 3:30am-5:15am

[truste1]

No it wasn't that bad, but it wasn't as fun as most Saturdays and I didn't go to bed until 6.

[BigAznDaddy]

So i just had this weird date. I went to this girls house I know from highschool and all we did was talk i dont know if you would classify it as a date but yup. highlight of my day

WHO BITCH? TELL ME.

No but really, I don't know who this could even be. Is she still at high school? And do you plan to insert your penis into her mouth?

--

Tonight involved some slow parties...

Guess. it was kinda awkward because i was watching tv with her and her parents were there watching with us. but it was chill.
and no I am not a type of guy that would take advantage of a chick. i am trying to go till marriage. my cousin has already lost a bet we had and she is the same age as me and she already has a KID!!!

[Kaleeko]

Guess. it was kinda awkward because i was watching tv with her and her parents were there watching with us. but it was chill.
and no I am not a type of guy that would take advantage of a chick. i am trying to go till marriage. my cousin has already lost a bet we had and she is the same age as me and she already has a KID!!!

More and more guys seem to be going this route, these days. I think it's pretty cool...
Watching TV with parents = Bonus Points. My parents used to love when my boyfriends actively tried to spend a little time around them, too.

[BigAznDaddy]

glad someone appreciates my actions. 

[Newby]

Failed my first physics midterm. Pretty miserably. I don't even have the results and I know I failed it miserably.

Talking to a lot of the kids in the class, they think they failed it too. Suddenly it makes sense why he curves top 30% of the class at the end to an 'A' no matter what your percent.

Maybe physics isn't for me? Maybe the honors class isn't for me? :/

[Sidoh]

Failed my first physics midterm. Pretty miserably. I don't even have the results and I know I failed it miserably.

Talking to a lot of the kids in the class, they think they failed it too. Suddenly it makes sense why he curves top 30% of the class at the end to an 'A' no matter what your percent.

Maybe physics isn't for me? Maybe the honors class isn't for me? :/

I don't know man.  Give it a chance.  I definitely felt like had a better grasp on things after two semesters of physics.  I think going back after I've had all of the math courses I've had now would make them way easier too.  Maybe finish calculus and then take modern physics or something?

[zorm]

Failed my first physics midterm. Pretty miserably. I don't even have the results and I know I failed it miserably.

Talking to a lot of the kids in the class, they think they failed it too. Suddenly it makes sense why he curves top 30% of the class at the end to an 'A' no matter what your percent.

Maybe physics isn't for me? Maybe the honors class isn't for me? :/

"Failing" an exam is all relative. You might have gotten a 30% on that, but if he curves that to a B, who cares? (Yes, my physics class was like this).

[Newby]

Maybe finish calculus and then take modern physics or something?

It wasn't anything hard, either. It was mixing concepts. He doesn't give numbers, he uses letters so we solve symbolically.

An example problem, probably the only one I got more than half credit on:

You have a marble of mass m and radius r with initial velocity v rolling without slipping. It rolls into a loop of radius R and at the top of the loop, it has half of its initial velocity. What is its starting speed, assuming the inertia of the marble is I = 2/5mr²?

The hardest one, which I had like less than half a clue on how to do:

You have two planets, one of mass m and one of mass 2m, both with radius R, with a center-to-center distance of R_i (and R_i > 2R), which are gravitationally attracted towards each other. Right before they collide, what is the velocity for each planet?

It pretty much killed me, even if it does look easy at first. I almost feel dumb for not being able to solve it, especially when he gave us formulas.

I'm half and half for just switching to computer science and/or math for a major... but my dad bitched me out for wanting to quit after one midterm. I'm not super excited about being bitched at for poor performance, though, and if I can't get the hang of physics then I would rather take the easy A and shut up the whining.

"Failing" an exam is all relative. You might have gotten a 30% on that, but if he curves that to a B, who cares?

It still means that I "understood" (technically) 30% of the material covered, which would mean that as exams become more cumulative, I would only do worse.