05-21-2014, 04:18 PM
(05-21-2014, 03:00 PM)Mick link Wrote:[quote author=Papa John link=topic=10020.msg89872#msg89872 date=1400690355]
I also found it interesting that the author chose to feature Reed Hastings as Stanford's Famous Alum.
Perhaps he has a large outstanding balance on his Netflix account....
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Actually, Mick, I find it interesting because of this Hastings quote, in reference to his applications to comp sci grad program, from the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/jobs/17boss.html?_r=0
"I didnt get into my first choice, which was M.I.T. I got accepted to Stanford."
Now that's downright scary.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)