October 2008
12 posts
How Not To Get Your Product To Consumers
I saw an ad on tv today for a computer repair service online where they help to speed up your computer and make sure your Internet connection is running as fast as it should. That’s great I’m all for fixing computers and making use of the ones we already have however to utilize this product you have to browse to their website and download their product. FAIL.
New comments Idea
I want to hear y’alls feedback and comment directly. In order to do that I need a way for you to easily get your ideas to me so I have set up a new special email account just for reader submitted comments. Emaill all comments to comments@blogofastudent.com. I will try to remember to put a note at the bottom of each of the posts but it will also be on the main page. any questions or concerns...
Belief vs. Faith
What is the difference between belief and faith?
My Shepherd
What do you call a German Shepherd if you are in Germany?
Hookah Bliss
I was in Chapel Hill this past week for the NC state fair and I was wondering around Franklin Street with a buddy of mine when we discovered this amazing hookah bar. It’s called Hookah Bliss and it is just a couple doors to the left of Ham’s restaurant. Amazing customer service, great atmosphere, just an all around great place to go if your looking for something fun to do for a couple...
Theory of Finite Number of Musical Combinations
Theory of Finite number of musical Combinations
by: George Decherney
There is there a finite number of combinations of sounds to make music. Not just music that people listen to but all possible noise.
For example on a guitar the number of possible notes that could be played would be the number of strings strummed(1-6) combined with number of frets (21) and number of strings held down (1-4)....
The "Unapproachable"
I am looking for internships for a summer “job” to try to get some real life experience in the field of Philosophy and so I have been emailing a few different people trying to get ideas for the sort of people I should try to contact. Well one person told me to try an author who I really enjoy. So I emailed a Mr. Randy Cohen of the NYT. Although, He ultimately said that he...
The Theory of Finite Number of Senses
The Theory of Finite Number of Senses
by: George DeCherney
I believe that our senses can “receive” a limited number of inputs at one particular time. From that, if it is possible to create 1 more than that number, then none will be sensed or all but that 1 extra will be sensed thus making that +1 input appear not there.
For example, an ear can hear x amount of sounds at once. If...
Retention vs. Knowledge
What is the point of mid-term exams? On one hand it allows the teacher to check to make sure we learn all the stuff from the first half of the semester but on the other hand doesn’t it encourage us students to forget the material from the first half of the semester that much faster? On the other hand if we didn’t have them we would have to know all of the specific details at the end of...
70 things I think I learned in College So Far
Partying
How ever much you think you need: cut it in half
Take a night off every once in a while… your body will thank you
Drinks are a precious commodity guard your stash with your life
Share with your friends; they would do the same for you
Nobody likes watching tonsil hockey: get a room
We are at a party to have a good time if you don’t want to be there you don’t ...
What's mine is yours?
When does an idea become mine and not yours? If we can share ideas then do they become ours or your idea and I am just using it? is it even possible to share ideas? Does it have to do with the creation of the idea? What if two people come up with the same idea at the same time but separately? Is it the first to publicly announce the idea that is credited with its ownership? Can we own ideas?