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What's the culture in Palo Alto? Is it one where it's not cool to be seen as embracing sports? (i.e., a variation of the "Reed Effect") The same dynamic exists with Northwestern and the Big 10. Sure, they will occasionally go nuts, but they're so much more laid back about sports than say are people that attend Michigan, Ohio State or Wisconsin.

It isn't seen as "uncool" to embrace sports in Palo Alto. Actually it is almost the opposite...if you know a lot about sports and athletics, you're kind of looked up to in the sea of nerds. :) It isn't that people stick their noses up at sports, it's that they don't understand them and were never good at them growing up since it wasn't a point of emphasis in their families.
 
I'll put my PSU MBA up against anybody's degree in here! :smiley-hvala:
 
Don't you mean a bad ass mofo who understands CAPM and can calculate d1 and d2 in Black-Scholes?

I'm not really into capital asset pricing model stuff. I'm sure I did it in grad school, but I don't use it as a part of my current job. I don't do the Black-Scholes-Merten stuff either.
 
havent been part of a civil war. But 2 years ago comeback at Autzen vs USC (that fell short) is the most electric I've ever seen Autzen personally. Had 2 Ohio State fans behind us, decent fellows (They were writing a book called Highway 2 Gameday where they were hitchiking to the weeks biggest games in College that year).. chatted it up with them afterwards. before the game I remember them saying there is no way a place so small as Autzen can get as loud as its reputation. After the game they automatically put it in top 3 and were debating putting it on top.

I know those guys, they ended up working down here in Laredo before taking a similar trip last season. I've talked to them about their rankings and they are uber high on SEC schools, probably for good reason. Been to Autzen once and it was loud, but I'll never go back thanks to douchebag *uck fans. When they are loud and rocking I'd say Autzen is the loudest of NW schools with surprisingly WSU 2nd. For 35,000 people it gets REAL loud and the fans are right on top of the field, too bad there hasn't been much to cheer for in the past decade. Husky would be 3rd if only because 80% of the crowd is between the 10 yard lines. And sadly I've never been that impressed with Reser and it's "noise" factor.
 
Don't you mean a bad ass mofo who understands CAPM and can calculate d1 and d2 in Black-Scholes?

Or, more importantly, understands why Black-Scholes sucks. Heck, us lowly engineers can do that.
 
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I think Maxiep must be a Stanford grad and he just can't accept that Kass is going to school there. I have no idea if she really does or not, but I'm willing to accept it. I suppose Kass could PM Maxie a pic of her at school and that could shut him up?
here's also a few of his shortcomings here that MaxiPad can't get past:


1. his whole goal is to bait me, but how can he bait me or address me when he is on ignored and I can't nor don't read his comments? sounds pretty pointless and futile to me. obviously, his end game will not play out to his wishes.

2. he is now in face-saving mode. he's been at this for a week, but it's only a couple days ago when he decided to start telling people that i had used my education at Stanford to belittle people. why did he not mention this the first few days when he was posting his nonsense? he's only mentioning this now to justify his trollng and it's not working for him. i've not tried to use my education to anyone belittle in the least. when you ask him for proof of this, he'll probably tell you that "it's obvious," that he's correct just because he says he's correct or won't provide any proof whatsoever.

3. he's never provided any proof that i do not attend Stanford. his best attempt at that is a generalization which he compelely botched in his interpretation. he failed miserably at trying to prove anything.

4. he boasts that he doesn't care about others' opinions, yet expects everyone to respect his; the definition of a hypocrite.

5. of all the people in life, he thinks i am required to answer to HIM. i will answer to those in my life, such as my parents and so forth, but not to some moron online with delusions of grandure who insists on spreading false accusations despite the fact he has no truth, evidence or proof of any single allegation he has made.

6. he.is 45 years old and is wayyyyyy to worried about happens on the internet involving a woman less than half his age. it's the internet for Christ's sake -- so much so, that he's hijacked at least five threads to do so. sounds like someone needs to turn off his computer every once in a while and go check out the real world.

anyway i've got more, but that should suffice for now. at this point, MaxiPad has only my pity.
 
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here's also a few of his shortcomings here that MaxiPad can't get past:a


1. his whole goal is to bait me, but how can he bait me or address me when he is on ignored and I can't nor don't read his comments? sounds pretty pointless and futile to me. obviously, his end game will not play out to his wishes.

2. he is now in face-saving mode. he's been at this for a week, but it's only a couple days ago when he decided to start telling people that i had used my education at Stanford to belittle people. why did he not mention this the first few days when he was posting his nonsense? he's only mentioning this now to justify his trollng and it's not workig for him. i've not tried to use my education to anyonew belittle in the least. when you ask him for proof of this, he'll probably tell you that "it's obvious," that he's correct just because he says he's correct or won't provide any proof whatsoever.

3. he's never provided any proof that i do not attend Stanford. his best attempt at that is a generalization which he compelely botched in his interpretation. he failed miserably at trying to prove anything.

4. he boasts that he doesn't care about others' opinions, yet expects everyone to respect his; the definition of a hypocrite.

5. of all the people in life, he thinks i am required to answer to HIM. i will answer to those in my life, such as my parents and so forth, but not to some moron online with delusions of grandure who insists on spreading false accusations despite the fact he has no truth, evidence or proof of any single allegation he has made.

6. he.is 45 years old and is wayyyyyy to worried about happens on the internet involving a woman less than half his age. it's the internet for Christ's sake -- so much so, that he's hijacked at least five threads to do so. sounds like someone needs to turn off his computer every once in a while and go check out the real world.

anyway i've got more, but that should suffice for now. at this point, MaixPad has only my pity.

I'm not baiting you, I'm calling you a liar. I really don't give two shits what you think about me.

Oh, and MaxiPad is right. It was my college football nickname. We wore white road unis and I had cut my nose and my arm. My defensive coach came up to me and said, "You're bleeding all over the place; you look like a fucking maxipad!" The nickname stuck. It was later shortened to maxiep.
 
here's also a few of his shortcomings here that MaxiPad can't get past:


1. his whole goal is to bait me, but how can he bait me or address me when he is on ignored and I can't nor don't read his comments? sounds pretty pointless and futile to me. obviously, his end game will not play out to his wishes.

2. he is now in face-saving mode. he's been at this for a week, but it's only a couple days ago when he decided to start telling people that i had used my education at Stanford to belittle people. why did he not mention this the first few days when he was posting his nonsense? he's only mentioning this now to justify his trollng and it's not working for him. i've not tried to use my education to anyone belittle in the least. when you ask him for proof of this, he'll probably tell you that "it's obvious," that he's correct just because he says he's correct or won't provide any proof whatsoever.

3. he's never provided any proof that i do not attend Stanford. his best attempt at that is a generalization which he compelely botched in his interpretation. he failed miserably at trying to prove anything.

4. he boasts that he doesn't care about others' opinions, yet expects everyone to respect his; the definition of a hypocrite.

5. of all the people in life, he thinks i am required to answer to HIM. i will answer to those in my life, such as my parents and so forth, but not to some moron online with delusions of grandure who insists on spreading false accusations despite the fact he has no truth, evidence or proof of any single allegation he has made.

6. he.is 45 years old and is wayyyyyy to worried about happens on the internet involving a woman less than half his age. it's the internet for Christ's sake -- so much so, that he's hijacked at least five threads to do so. sounds like someone needs to turn off his computer every once in a while and go check out the real world.

anyway i've got more, but that should suffice for now. at this point, MaixPad has only my pity.

Kass... Chill. Don't call him names like that. You are better than that.
 
Kass... Chill. Don't call him names like that. You are better than that.

Mags, I really don't care. I think he/she is a liar, and the only other person she has blocked is a Stanford grad. Yeah, I'm on a wild goose chase.
 
Mags, I really don't care. I think he/she is a liar, and the only other person she has blocked is a Stanford grad. Yeah, I'm on a wild goose chase.

I'm not getting involved, nor in the middle.

Personally you care because you keep harping instead of letting it die.

I'm done on this topic
 
Kass... Chill. Don't call him names like that. You are better than that.

just a play on the s/n. sad thing is ... he posted immediately after i did. ... and i don't give a fuck what he said! defiitely stalking me! count that as number 7! lol
 
I'm not getting involved, nor in the middle.

Personally you care because you keep harping instead of letting it die.

I'm done on this topic

I care about someone lying about their achievements then belittling others with that lie. I don't care about being called names.
 
saw his comment to you in the quote ... i have more than he and the other one ignored! 4 in all. once again. he is wrong!
 
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