Chilly8
2010-08-25 09:47:28 UTC
Of course, that's total bullshit. By 2014 she'll be out of college and
I'll be very surprised if she's even still skating competitively. But
even if she is, she'll have at least 1/2 a dozen competitors who'll be
able to skate rings around her.
That might be a possibility, I will give you that. I don't see howI'll be very surprised if she's even still skating competitively. But
even if she is, she'll have at least 1/2 a dozen competitors who'll be
able to skate rings around her.
she could possibly balance skating and school. Anything that
requires travel can be a problem.
I know that from the years I have run my online radio station.
I originally started it to help pay for college, but it did make
things difficult at times. I had to travel a lot, and I always
made sure to get professors of "pass the final, you pass
the course, regardless of what else happens".
One thing she might also want to do, if she wants
to try doing skating and school at the same time
is to have the right software programs, to do
all the "donkey work"
First, for term papers, a program like EndNote
or Term Paper Writer is a MUST, because it
can keep track of all the sources used and
insert the bibliography, in the correct form,
when the time comes. Just enter each source
used, and the type of source, into the database,
and either program will take care of the rest
when the time times. All I had to do in my
day was enter the data into the program, and
the computer did all the "donkey work"
For science, math, and some business courses,
MathCad can do a lot of heavy problem solving.
Just tell is the equation, all the knowns, and unknowns,
and the program will cough up the answer.
For graphing, CA Cricket Graph, if she can
still find a computer that can run it (32/64 bit
versions of Windows cannot run it, but
16-bit can). It can do things like regression
analysis. Microsoft Excel can do a pretty good
job of it, but CA Cricket Graph, if she can
find a computer that can run it, is the absolute
best for this.
A program like Microsoft Publisher to put
it all together is also a good choice, as it
can put everything together quite easily for
the final document. Word can do it, ok
but MS Publisher, FrontPage, First
Publisher, or programs like it are far
better at putting the final document
together.
A sophisticated graphing calculator is
a must. I recommend she get the TI-92,
becuase it can solve ANY problem. There
are some courses I would have NEVER
gotten through without it.
Like Mathcad and Mathematica, The
TI-92 uses a problem solving system
invented in Canada, Maple, named
after the maple leaf (Canada's national
symbol). This system, invented by students
at the University of Toronto, allow virtually
any kind of problem to be solved on a
computer. Its a sophisticated system
that can solve very complex problems,
even equation systems with multiple
unknowns.
Also, one good idea I recommend is that
she find professors that will allow computers
and/or calculators (not all do). And one way
is to Email a professor anonymously, using
an anonymous mail system of some kind.
I always did that before choosing classes,
and it did save me a heap of trouble on a
couple of occasions, being able to weed
out those professors that did not accept
computerised homework. The professors
had no idea of who sent the mail, because I
was using an untraceable system.
ALso, a good proofreading program, such
as Grammatik, is essential. While MS Word
has a spell checker, Grammatik does a LOT
more. It can find and correct grammar errors,
such as the "comma splice", what many
teachers, especially English teachers, consider
the "felony crime" of essay writing. Having a
program do that will cut down on the work
she would have to do in preparing any kind of
assignment for submission. Just load in the
document, and Grammatik will find the
errors, fix spelling errors, and recommend
changes for grammatical errors it finds.
Grammatik, and programs like it, can be
quite handy.
One problem with Stanford is that the closest ice rink she
could practice it is 2 hours drive away from Stanford.
And navigating the traffic on San Francisco surface
streets day in and day out is bound to drive her nuts
sooner or later. That is why, in misc.transport.road,
I have adovcated building the northward extension of
the Junipero Serra Freeway to Doyle Drive, so that
people going between the Peninsula and the North
Bay will have a faster route through San Francisco.
There is NO rink she could get to, from Stanford,
without having to drive on surface streets in SF,
for some part of the drive. Although she could
make it a little faster by having one of these
new sophisticated radar jammers in her car,
that, instead of giving no reading, will give
a reading, but one much lower than she is
really going. There are some stretches on
I-280 where you can safely drive 75 MPH,
despite speed limits of 55 to 65. These newer
jammers, which are connected to your speedometer,
will send out a signal which will cause radar guns
to read a set percentage of what you are really
doing. For example, she could have such a device
set at 70 percent, and be doing 70 on the freeway,
and a radar gun would display 49 MPH.
These newer more sophisticated jammers are
becoming the trend in jammers, becuase it
is quite obvious a jammer is being used, when
NO reading can be obtained, but by causing
the radar gun to get a reading, but slower
than you are actually going, a cop would never
have any CLUE that a jammer was being used.
All our vehicles, here at Alpha Crucis Media
group, are equipped with these newer jammers. This
is mainly to avoid automated speed cameras,
especially in Australia. When in the Brisbane
area, it makes it possible to drive on the M1
motorway at 130kph (about 80 MPH), and
fool the speed cameras into thinking the
vechicle is being driven at a much slower
speed. I, myself, have driven on the
Cuota roads in Mexico, at about 80
MPH, when the speed limit is about
65, and have never been busted for it,
becuase I have used one of these new
sophisticated jammers, and the Mexican
cops have no clue that the readings they
get are lower than you really are going.
I used such a jammer when I travelled to
Worlds in Ensenada in 2009, and neither
US or Mexican cops had any clue that I
was using such a jammer. I was able to
cruise at 80 MPH much of the way from
LAX to Ensenada on I-405, I-5 and Mexico 1D,
without getting a ticket. Set at 80 percent, any
radar guns would have displayed 64MPH,
with the cops on both sides of the border
never being the wiser.