choknater
Smash Obsessed
maybe you should smash
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Norcal/Bay Area/DBR:NorCal Nevers: Everything in Moderation. Including Moderation.
- Thread starter HyugaRicdeau
- Start date
SuperRad
Smash Master
do you want to smash next weekend sheridan?
i think im coming back to santa cruz on friday [the 10th] afternoon and leaving sometime sunday night to come back to san jose. friday night is booked but saturday afternoon seems like a great time to smash.
i think im coming back to santa cruz on friday [the 10th] afternoon and leaving sometime sunday night to come back to san jose. friday night is booked but saturday afternoon seems like a great time to smash.
choknater
Smash Obsessed
i'm supermad that u have so many posts in this thread nad i wanna pass u
HyugaRicdeau
Baller/Shot-caller
Sure Brian I think that can be arranged.
HomeMadeWaffles
Smash Lord
Lol
This Is From
Parappa the Rapper 2
Stage 3
"HEY Grab That Remote Control"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFUootEqM8g
This is
Ken the survivor/Parappa the Smasher
AKA My dumb random rant part(4 i think idk....balls....)
Yeah.
You wanna be big?
You wanna grow big.
DBR Revolution all the time, people changing the world with shines.
With smash and anger, johns, whatever.
I find that ridiculous, if not meticulous.
I do my best to guard the edges premisis.
What's your name? What's your name fool?
My names Ken. My name Ken fool.
What's that sound? Who that be? Huh?
That a tipper. Im Sephiroth. SON!
Where you come from? Where you come from?
I come from Gabon. I come from Gabon.
You think you're big? You think you're big kid?
I think I'm big. I think I'm big kid.
Is your desire to last on survivor again?
It's my desire to last on survivor again.
You came to the right place, I'll make you win.
I came to the right place, you'll make me win.
Now!
What's this? What's this? What's this? Fox D-air is a twist?
Somebody do something, call M2K and make it quick.
I'm sorry. I lied.
Just wanted. To Shine
Everybody through this and have all of them fools go blind.
Press the button, Press the button! Right now! Right now!
Press the button, Press the button! Right now! Right now!
Better make it quick! Dont get spiked down!
Better make it quick! Dont get spiked down!
Get me out of this and now push the button!
Get you out of this and now push the button!
Come on! ur on survivor all of a sudden!
Come on! im on survivor all of a sudden!
What's going on? man Your marth, you couldve F-aired!
What's going on? man Im marth, I couldve F-aired!
F-M-F! F.M.F. Please handle me with care!
F-M-F! F.M.F Please handle me with care!
NOW!!
EDIT: this thread was on the 2nd page, it needed bumpage, lol
This Is From
Parappa the Rapper 2
Stage 3
"HEY Grab That Remote Control"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFUootEqM8g
This is
Ken the survivor/Parappa the Smasher
AKA My dumb random rant part(4 i think idk....balls....)
Yeah.
You wanna be big?
You wanna grow big.
DBR Revolution all the time, people changing the world with shines.
With smash and anger, johns, whatever.
I find that ridiculous, if not meticulous.
I do my best to guard the edges premisis.
What's your name? What's your name fool?
My names Ken. My name Ken fool.
What's that sound? Who that be? Huh?
That a tipper. Im Sephiroth. SON!
Where you come from? Where you come from?
I come from Gabon. I come from Gabon.
You think you're big? You think you're big kid?
I think I'm big. I think I'm big kid.
Is your desire to last on survivor again?
It's my desire to last on survivor again.
You came to the right place, I'll make you win.
I came to the right place, you'll make me win.
Now!
What's this? What's this? What's this? Fox D-air is a twist?
Somebody do something, call M2K and make it quick.
I'm sorry. I lied.
Just wanted. To Shine
Everybody through this and have all of them fools go blind.
Press the button, Press the button! Right now! Right now!
Press the button, Press the button! Right now! Right now!
Better make it quick! Dont get spiked down!
Better make it quick! Dont get spiked down!
Get me out of this and now push the button!
Get you out of this and now push the button!
Come on! ur on survivor all of a sudden!
Come on! im on survivor all of a sudden!
What's going on? man Your marth, you couldve F-aired!
What's going on? man Im marth, I couldve F-aired!
F-M-F! F.M.F. Please handle me with care!
F-M-F! F.M.F Please handle me with care!
NOW!!
EDIT: this thread was on the 2nd page, it needed bumpage, lol
Naota21t
Smash Champion
i love hmw.
Miztik
Smash Master
yea waffles are very good especially in the morning with butter maple syrup and milk too good
mmmmm
HomeMadeWaffles
Smash Lord
choknater
Smash Obsessed
lmao 10sausages in my nostrils
Pink Shinobi
Smash Ace
Come to Davis for a fun time on Oct 19th! Though it is on Sunday... >_>; Some people have church and stuff.
malva00
Smash Master
hooray for hxh
cubaisdeath
Smash Lord
lol brandon is tooooo good
choknater
Smash Obsessed
10brandons
sidefx
Smash Champion
hi guys, whats up
HyugaRicdeau
Baller/Shot-caller
Hi Boback, how's work?
Lovage 805
Smash Champion
MetaknightDH: afteraction
so did this dood every go to a tourny?
did anyone meet him?
did he REALLY think hydro was a girl and thats where that whole suck my pee thing came from? ROFL
so did this dood every go to a tourny?
did anyone meet him?
did he REALLY think hydro was a girl and thats where that whole suck my pee thing came from? ROFL
HyugaRicdeau
Baller/Shot-caller
Hi guys, so I have good news and bad news.
Good news: I just qualified for my Master's Degree in Physics. Boy I'm so smart etc.
Bad News: I may not be able to stay at UCSC for my Ph.D., which would necessitate departure from The Deep. Basically, there are 5 exams you have to pass to qualify for the program. It used to be that in reality you just had to pass 4 if the one you didn't wasn't close to your field (which is what I did on the exams). However in the last 2-3 years, physics, and especially particle physics, has gotten really impacted and competitive. Add to that the current state's financial status and how it's affected the UC's, and now it's rare that 4 exams is 'OK' anymore, so I'm in the process of making the case for myself to the grad committee and faculty. I have no idea what's gonna happen, but I'm gonna find out Monday or Tuesday probably.
Anyway yeah, I figured I might as well post it here because I really don't want to have to tell this story a million times if it ends up not going my way cause it's kind of embarrassing. If the appeal fails I will probably apply to other schools ASAP, might even leave CA.
Good news: I just qualified for my Master's Degree in Physics. Boy I'm so smart etc.
Bad News: I may not be able to stay at UCSC for my Ph.D., which would necessitate departure from The Deep. Basically, there are 5 exams you have to pass to qualify for the program. It used to be that in reality you just had to pass 4 if the one you didn't wasn't close to your field (which is what I did on the exams). However in the last 2-3 years, physics, and especially particle physics, has gotten really impacted and competitive. Add to that the current state's financial status and how it's affected the UC's, and now it's rare that 4 exams is 'OK' anymore, so I'm in the process of making the case for myself to the grad committee and faculty. I have no idea what's gonna happen, but I'm gonna find out Monday or Tuesday probably.
Anyway yeah, I figured I might as well post it here because I really don't want to have to tell this story a million times if it ends up not going my way cause it's kind of embarrassing. If the appeal fails I will probably apply to other schools ASAP, might even leave CA.
NeighborhoodP
Smash Hero
hyuga, give me some recommended philosophical / psychological / other studies i might not like but the books are so good and accessible that everyone should read them anyway reading.
SuperRad
Smash Master
Sheridan:
If you don't get into the program at UCSC, how long would you be staying in the Deep for? What are your other prospects for places to get your PhD at?
I really hope this works out for you, but sadly that is not how real life always works.
If you don't get into the program at UCSC, how long would you be staying in the Deep for? What are your other prospects for places to get your PhD at?
I really hope this works out for you, but sadly that is not how real life always works.
sidefx
Smash Champion
its pretty boring.. im still on the look out for another job closer to home.. cause that **** is just temp for some quick cash.
good **** on your test, sorry to hear about the unfortunate dumb **** =( ill be playing wow again once the xpac hits, its just pointless right now =( ill get on every now and then though
sidefx
Smash Champion
i stopped playing smash =D and went back to full time job =( and im not really on the computer much anymore
SuperRad
Smash Master
where did you come from?
where did you go?
where did you come from, cotton eye boback?
where did you go?
where did you come from, cotton eye boback?
HyugaRicdeau
Baller/Shot-caller
Brian, I'd probably be around SC for about another month, since I have to give 30 days on my apartment. Luckily this place doesn't force you to sign a year lease, which is really ****.
As for where else I would go, if I decide I want to stay in CA, UCLA, UCSD, and UC Irvine are all pretty good. I mean obviously like Stanford, Berk, Caltech are preferable, but I doubt I have a real shot at those. For outside CA, my first choice (that I have a decent shot at, so no Princeton, etc) would probably be University of Washington. I was never 100% set on getting a Ph.D, so if a good enough job opportunity comes along I may go with that, as long as it's in science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ancestor's_Tale
I also really liked this one called "The Emperor's New Mind" by Roger Penrose (who worked with Stephen Hawking for a while). The premise is to try to gain insight about how the brain and consciousness work, and to explain Penrose's idea that the brain can't be modelled by any kind of digital computer (as opposed to a quantum computer), AKA that the brain is "not just a computer." The first 2/3 or so of the book is about various topics in science (AI, chaos, quantum theory, math, etc) and how they might connect to understanding of the mind, and the last 1/3 is actually talking about brains and psych experiments and directly applying stuff from earlier in the book. The science parts are challenging, for sure, but you don't have to get them 100% to read or understand at the end what he has to say about the mind. You can almost just start at each chapter, read until it doesn't make sense, then skip to the next one, on until he starts talking about brains without losing too much as far as the main idea of the book is concerned. Which is good, because I really doubt anyone without formal education in math or science will have the patience unless you have mad tech skill. Sounds daunting, but the stuff on the brain I found insanely interesting, it's ALMOST worth it JUST for that. I also think it does a good job of explaining some of the weirder things about quantum junk.
And you can't go wrong with A Brief History of Time. It's a tad bit dated but it's a great explanation of why we think the universe is the way it is, and what experiments led us to these theories. It's a very natural way to explain modern theories with the historical buildup to them, so you get like a science and history lesson in one.
And lastly, I know this sounds like something that would come from every pseudo-intellectual in the world, but Socrates is awesome. I mean yeah a good amount of the time he's talking about "is this art" or some crap like that, so you have to sift through it to find the more interesting dialogues, but I like him mostly for the way he conducts his arguments. I think probably the best example is "Euthyphro." Some guy claims to know what "piety" is, and Socrates just asks him questions about his beliefs to show him how ******** and full of contradictions they are, Socrates himself never says anything about what he thinks "piety" is. It's hard to overstate how much I respect the power of Socratic Method. And also I mean, about Socrates being awesome, this is a guy who when he was found guilty of 'corrupting the youth of Athens,' and asked what he thought his punishment should be, his suggestion was that he should be given free meals and wages for the rest of his life.
Whatever you do though, do not go out and get books by like the classic philosophers like Kant, etc. I've tried to read stuff like "Critique of Pure Reason" but it's just turgid and practically unreadable really, and I stop like 10% of the way in. If you really want to know what they have to say, just look it up on wiki.
As for where else I would go, if I decide I want to stay in CA, UCLA, UCSD, and UC Irvine are all pretty good. I mean obviously like Stanford, Berk, Caltech are preferable, but I doubt I have a real shot at those. For outside CA, my first choice (that I have a decent shot at, so no Princeton, etc) would probably be University of Washington. I was never 100% set on getting a Ph.D, so if a good enough job opportunity comes along I may go with that, as long as it's in science.
About a month ago I finished reading a book called "The Ancestor's Tale" by Richard Dawkins, and it's definitely one of my favorites. The premise is that it's like a backwards journey in humans' evolutionary history, and each "step" along the way, there's a lesson or story about biology or evolution or DNA or what have you, but they are all really pertinent and not esoteric. The wiki entry on the book actually explains it all pretty well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ancestor's_Tale
I also really liked this one called "The Emperor's New Mind" by Roger Penrose (who worked with Stephen Hawking for a while). The premise is to try to gain insight about how the brain and consciousness work, and to explain Penrose's idea that the brain can't be modelled by any kind of digital computer (as opposed to a quantum computer), AKA that the brain is "not just a computer." The first 2/3 or so of the book is about various topics in science (AI, chaos, quantum theory, math, etc) and how they might connect to understanding of the mind, and the last 1/3 is actually talking about brains and psych experiments and directly applying stuff from earlier in the book. The science parts are challenging, for sure, but you don't have to get them 100% to read or understand at the end what he has to say about the mind. You can almost just start at each chapter, read until it doesn't make sense, then skip to the next one, on until he starts talking about brains without losing too much as far as the main idea of the book is concerned. Which is good, because I really doubt anyone without formal education in math or science will have the patience unless you have mad tech skill. Sounds daunting, but the stuff on the brain I found insanely interesting, it's ALMOST worth it JUST for that. I also think it does a good job of explaining some of the weirder things about quantum junk.
And you can't go wrong with A Brief History of Time. It's a tad bit dated but it's a great explanation of why we think the universe is the way it is, and what experiments led us to these theories. It's a very natural way to explain modern theories with the historical buildup to them, so you get like a science and history lesson in one.
And lastly, I know this sounds like something that would come from every pseudo-intellectual in the world, but Socrates is awesome. I mean yeah a good amount of the time he's talking about "is this art" or some crap like that, so you have to sift through it to find the more interesting dialogues, but I like him mostly for the way he conducts his arguments. I think probably the best example is "Euthyphro." Some guy claims to know what "piety" is, and Socrates just asks him questions about his beliefs to show him how ******** and full of contradictions they are, Socrates himself never says anything about what he thinks "piety" is. It's hard to overstate how much I respect the power of Socratic Method. And also I mean, about Socrates being awesome, this is a guy who when he was found guilty of 'corrupting the youth of Athens,' and asked what he thought his punishment should be, his suggestion was that he should be given free meals and wages for the rest of his life.
Whatever you do though, do not go out and get books by like the classic philosophers like Kant, etc. I've tried to read stuff like "Critique of Pure Reason" but it's just turgid and practically unreadable really, and I stop like 10% of the way in. If you really want to know what they have to say, just look it up on wiki.
SuperRad
Smash Master
if sheridan leaves norcal im gonna...
i dont even know.
something will happen. something bad.
i dont even know.
something will happen. something bad.
Zoap
Smash Master
way to kill the moment : /. Bye Sheridan have fun in Rainy Washington
EazyP
Smash Ace
Kirby Super Star Ultra and Castlevania: DoS (short hop canceled samurai swords are too good)
choknater
Smash Obsessed
pokemon duh
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easyp do a sh katana right before you land, cancel into another one, backdash into a third (pressing L to backdash then canceling before you move anywhere), and special into 4th attack in like 1 second.
also self promo:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFB5qZEFuPA
also self promo:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFB5qZEFuPA
malva00
Smash Master
If Sheridan leaves norcal I'm going to get some robeks
Naota21t
Smash Champion
Sheridan I personally think you have a pretty good chance to get into Berk. I think people overestimate the difficulty of getting into Berkeley. I mean if I somehow got accepted outta high school, I'm sure you can transfer it.
Though I don't know how competitive it is to go undergrad at berk for physics, so I might just be talking outta my ***.
Though I don't know how competitive it is to go undergrad at berk for physics, so I might just be talking outta my ***.
replicate
Smash Lord
so here's what's happened to me just in the two weeks or so I've been up in norcal
summer: I try to get the socal smash scene together some
zhu moves down to socal, I move up to norcal
fall: socal steps up its melee scene with riptide's house tournament, crazy often smashfests and keeping melee alive 2
HUGO starts playing MELEE AGAIN
and now, sheridan leaves?
I couldn't handle that ****, man
you got this sheridan
summer: I try to get the socal smash scene together some
zhu moves down to socal, I move up to norcal
fall: socal steps up its melee scene with riptide's house tournament, crazy often smashfests and keeping melee alive 2
HUGO starts playing MELEE AGAIN
and now, sheridan leaves?
I couldn't handle that ****, man
you got this sheridan
Miztik
Smash Master
**** replicate that hella sucks hopefully a quakfest or something comes up to where you can get into the NorCal melee scene
replicate
Smash Lord
yeah, but, no johns
I'm still playing and getting better, just gotta wait awhile
I'm still playing and getting better, just gotta wait awhile
NeighborhoodP
Smash Hero
replicate
Smash Lord
WHAT ARE YOU SELLIN??
Ahh, I'll BUY it at a HIGH PRICE
/re4
Ahh, I'll BUY it at a HIGH PRICE
/re4
Naota21t
Smash Champion
iunno, honestly it didn't ever feel that selective.
it just could be b/c i know so many people from my area who got in, or are already going to berkeley.
it just could be b/c i know so many people from my area who got in, or are already going to berkeley.