Let's hear it!

[Sidoh]

[while1]

I thought by "little ones" they were talking about my testicles until I saw the ad... :P

[Joe]

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20137&version=NIV

How many dead Babylonian little ones does it take to paint a stone?

[Sidoh]

This is so excellent

[truste1]

One of my professors suggested I look into starting a mutual fund. I'm considering it.

I've got an idea. Why don't you mutually fund your own ticket back to Africa.

That's the idea.

[dark_drake]

Thank Zeus! Only one more graduate school visit to go. UT Austin this week, and then I'll hopefully have my mind made up on where I'll be for the next 5 years.

[Joe]

http://wjlafrance.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/security-windows-vs-unix/

I blogged about user incompetency. There's not too much technical stuff to this one, but having someone here read it over and check for factual accuracy would be neat. :)

EDIT -
Also, apparently now is as good a time as any to let you guys know I'm planning on applying to Navy ROTC at the end of the school year. Then I get to be an awesome midshipman like Towelie. :)

[dark_drake]

EDIT -
Also, apparently now is as good a time as any to let you guys know I'm planning on applying to Navy ROTC at the end of the school year. Then I get to be an awesome midshipman like Towelie. :)

That's.... interesting. Is it for the money? Job security? Benefits? All of the above?

[deadly7]

EDIT -
Also, apparently now is as good a time as any to let you guys know I'm planning on applying to Navy ROTC at the end of the school year. Then I get to be an awesome midshipman like Towelie. :)

That's.... interesting. Is it for the money? Job security? Benefits? All of the above?

It's so he can get the warmth of a man every night. <3

[Joe]

EDIT -
Also, apparently now is as good a time as any to let you guys know I'm planning on applying to Navy ROTC at the end of the school year. Then I get to be an awesome midshipman like Towelie. :)

That's.... interesting. Is it for the money? Job security? Benefits? All of the above?

All of the above. Plus after leaving the fleet, "8 years active duty as a US Navy Officer" looks damn good on a resume.

[Towelie]

EDIT -
Also, apparently now is as good a time as any to let you guys know I'm planning on applying to Navy ROTC at the end of the school year. Then I get to be an awesome midshipman like Towelie. :)

That's.... interesting. Is it for the money? Job security? Benefits? All of the above?

All of the above. Plus after leaving the fleet, "8 years active duty as a US Navy Officer" looks damn good on a resume.

gl.

Btw, you need to be in some sort of shape too if you want to get in

[Joe]

I think it's 60 situps in 2 minutes and running 1.5 miles in 11 minutes. That won't be too hard. I'll obviously have to stop eating.. basically everything I eat, but I can get there by the end of summer.

[Towelie]

I think it's 60 situps in 2 minutes and running 1.5 miles in 11 minutes. That won't be too hard. I'll obviously have to stop eating.. basically everything I eat, but I can get there by the end of summer.

10:30 1.5 mile for us. 60 situps sounds right... might be 45 pushups. I only know that its 101 max for pushup and situps for us :P The run, on the other hand, I'm concerned with minimum times. You also have to be within height and weight standards (not sure if this is a problem for you)

[Joe]

I'm 5'11 210lbs. According to the BMI I'm in the middle of overweight. I intend to correct that this summer, or at least transfer that weight to different locations. :)

And of course USNA is expected to exceed NROTC.

IIRC, only Marine Option needs pushups, but I could be mistaken.

[while1]

All things considered, if you get a useful degree in addition to a respectable active duty record, you pretty much have 100% job security in the private sector as a defense contractor.