tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post4642718892576041077..comments2024-03-18T17:27:11.613-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Rules for SuccessLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-220141165613238682008-07-29T14:38:00.000-05:002008-07-29T14:38:00.000-05:00I changed the youtube link above to the full lectu...I changed the youtube <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo" REL="nofollow">link</A> above to the full lecture.Lance Fortnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-52517475272111193382008-07-29T13:41:00.001-05:002008-07-29T13:41:00.001-05:00Despite hearing about this lecture from pretty muc...Despite hearing about this lecture from pretty much everyone I know, I'd resisted watching it until now, since I could never stomach the Oprahistic concept of a dying man sharing some ultimate wisdom about life. And I <I>still</I> can't stomach that concept, but nevertheless, this was a great lecture in many ways.<BR/><BR/>I liked Pausch's withering rejection of herbal and new-age cures. I liked what his mom told him when he complained about how hard his theory quals were: "at your age, your father was fighting the Germans." But most of all, I liked Pausch's departure from one the central conventions of this genre. This is not a dying man telling people to spend less time at the office, since he now understands that worldly success is just a chimera anyway. This is a dying man telling people to spend <I>more</I> time at the office if that's what's needed, to jump over brick walls, since achieving their ambitions in life is actually important.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456161078489400740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-2745733460445819732008-07-29T13:41:00.000-05:002008-07-29T13:41:00.000-05:00Where can one find the full version of his talk (v...Where can one find the full version of his talk (video or transcript)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-79900042275230567252008-07-29T07:37:00.000-05:002008-07-29T07:37:00.000-05:00How much of his advice applies to entrepreneurs? ...How much of his advice applies to entrepreneurs? Some of it seems aimed at people wanting to be employees rather than self-employed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com