[eric343]

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/200...-computer.html

This is a NEW idea in EE classes?

Damn, that's basically 3 years in the HeadWize/HeadFi DIY forums, except with final exams...

 

[zbuddah]

congrats, and thats a good thing right? cept for the finals

 

[Squalish]

I wonder if/when this will show up on MIT OpenCourseWare.

There's this, but it isn't the one mentioned.

 

[morsel]

Congratulations, Eric. MIT is a fantastic school, and Cambridge is a great town. Be sure to eat Suan La Chow Show at Mary Chung's.

 

[PeterG]

I think hes still a sophmore, not in yet.

 

[Squalish]

Somehow I don't think eric was serious...

IE: He's already done everything needed to complete an MIT course in EE, in 3 years at Head-Fi DIY.

 

[eric343]

Yes, that's more or less what I meant, Squalish. I'm only a sophomore (well, as of Thursday I'm between sophomore and junior) so I haven't even started applying to colleges yet...

Though I did mean it in a more positive way, as in if this is new to MIT, then I'm not terribly interested in anywhere else; "OK, I'm going to MIT" as in "OK, I'm GOING to go to MIT"...

Hopefully

...now if only MIT was in California, I can't stand the weather on the upper east coast...

 

[andrzejpw]

eric: continuing on our discussions on irc, CMU here in Pittsburgh has the EE students soldering. I took a couple days to follow around a student. He showed me the GPS reciever, voip, and simple robots that they have some of the students making.

 

[jasonhanjk]

Quote:

Originally posted by morsel Congratulations, Eric. MIT is a fantastic school, and Cambridge is a great town. Be sure to eat Suan La Chow Show at Mary Chung's.

Congrat!!

Is that dish sour and spicy BBQ pork???

 

[eric343]

Note to self: Consider wording of post titles better next time.

 

[morsel]

Google for Suan La Chow Show

Suan La Chow Show is a bowl of yummy wontons with pork potsticker filling on a bed of bean sprouts in a broth of deliciously hot and spicy garlic and ginger sauce. It is a stunning dish I have only seen served at 3 restaurants: Mary Chung's, and two others near by which are no where near as good. BTW, in Boston, potstickers are referred to as "Peking Ravioli". Don't ask me why.

When Mary Chung closed her doors for 3 years the entire Boston area went into withdrawal. Some of my friends froze large quantities of her Dun Dun Noodles with Shredded Chicken and Suan La Chow Show, breaking it out for special occaisions. There was much rejoicing when she reopened. Sigh, I miss Boston.

BTW, I am in the midst of moving two doors down to a tiny new apartment that is a bit more affordable. I'll be losing my DSL in a few days for at least 2 weeks.

 

[Gojira]

Quote:

When Mary Chung closed her doors for 3 years the entire Boston area went into withdrawal. Some of my friends froze large quantities of her Dun Dun Noodles with Shredded Chicken and Suan La Chow Show, breaking it out for special occaisions. There was much rejoicing when she reopened. Sigh, I miss Boston.

I can confirm those Dun Dun Noodles. They are excellent. Haven't been to Mary's in years though because I have to drive there and I can never find a place to park. Never tried the Suan La Chow thing though.

 

[jasonhanjk]

I am in a food heaven!!!

You should try the Chow Kuey Tiao (Fried noodles) here in Singapore.

Too much will give you high blood pressure.

 

[Won]

I live a few blocks away from Mary's, and one of my friends/roommates is an EE undergrad turned grad student at MIT. I was CS, but at MIT they two are two variations on the same major, so I got a good chunk of intro EE stuff, which helps alot in comprehending this mysterious blue smoke and wires magic. Jerry Sussman/Hal Abelson went to MIT before the CS major even existed. I think Sussman was a physics major before, but he's a computer scientest now.

One thing about MIT (and this is basically true for all majors) is that they don't make any effort to actually teach you practical stuff, they basically assume you'll pick it up on the way (which you must). Instead, they focus alot on more "universal" engineering principles/theory which can be applied to a variety of things. On the other hand, the lab courses in EE are very well run and very competently staffed in both instructors and student teaching staff.

Are there other MIT alums out there?

-Won '00

 

[Tomo]

Hello,

Most memory of college life consist of me sitting before a desk reading books and manipulating equations. Either that or working in obsecure dark places or life threatening places for 25 cents more than minimum wages. (I got 40 cent "raise" for working nightshift first year.)**

Profs comes into play when their researches converges with my interests. Also, few profs like to mentor. (Hard find, but worth every penny)

Tomo

P.S. Please ignore following outbursts.

** Darn it! How come I can't get a freaking job!? Every freaking companies tell me nicely to "get lost."