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thejoelpatrol says,

Of related interest, the girl who played Fred's love interest on The Wonder Years (and a minor role on The West Wing) has graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA and written a math textbook presented in the style of a teen magazine. Posted 08/09/2007 09:47 AM

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Kal Has Terrible Taste in Film

Posted by thejoelpatrol 08/08/2007 6:56 PM

...because Star Wars is not one of the top 10 most popular movies there, according to Facebook. Besides that, our Facebook statistics page is remarkably similar to theirs -- every category is nearly identical. They don't even identify themselves as dirty hippies much more than we do! While not so unlikely... MORE »

Latest comment by Cranky Kitten: lol, come on, everyone knows the whole Stanford/Cal "rivalry" doesn't really exist anymore. Or at least on the Stanford side. I can't even remember the last time Gaieties actually mentioned football.

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PAPD Targeting Red Light Runners

thejoelpatrol says,

Cars. Bikes running a red light risk more than a ticket. Posted 08/07/2007 6:44 PM

StanfordNews

PAPD Targeting Red Light Runners

Posted by thejoelpatrol 08/07/2007 5:40 PM

Forget bike light tickets. This week, the Palo Alto police are giving out $100 tickets for running red lights at a bunch of intersections, some near campus. Sounds like a good idea, but $100 might be on the low side of the curve -- in San Francisco, the violation will run you (insert Soviet Russia joke ... MORE »

Latest comment by thejoelpatrol: Cars. Bikes running a red light risk more than a ticket.

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Study Shows Kids Are Susceptible To Advertising, Clowns

thejoelpatrol says,

You beat me to it. Of note: the kids did not like the McDonald's branded burgers better, because turns out they really really suck. Posted 08/07/2007 5:20 PM

StanfordEvents

Azia Kim Could Have Used This

Posted by thejoelpatrol 07/31/2007 4:40 PM

Now for the low, low price of $1200, you can get an SUID that includes something like 1400 Cardinal dollars.

You see, someone living on campus for a little while decided to buy this to make life easier because she likes to cook!

Wait. That doesn't make any sense...

But I guess neither does advertisi... MORE »

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Journalism Prof Probably Thinks He's More Important Than Condi

Posted by thejoelpatrol 07/23/2007 4:35 PM

Uh oh! A Stanford journalism professor says our very own Dr. Rice isn't important anymore because she wrote a crappy op-ed once. I guess it's true if a professor said so. But wait...wouldn't the secretary herself say he's wrong? My head is going to explode!

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CS Research Ruins Lives of Some Already Sad, Lonely Dudes

Posted by thejoelpatrol 07/21/2007 10:27 PM

So let's check in on exactly what those cutting edge researchers are doing in Gates. Reinventing the internet? Building Terminators? Looking at pr0n?

No, they're just making a completely unbeatable checkers program. This took 18 years. Supposedly it's useful for something besi... MORE »

Latest comment by Cranky Kitten: Fortunately at least a few of the guys in the Gates geek squad are working for the side of truth, justice and air hockey-playing robots: http://www.stanford.edu/~paulr2/robothockey.mp4

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StanfordNews

They Forgot the Homeless Guy

Posted by thejoelpatrol 07/19/2007 1:17 PM

Highlights from the Daily's police blotter feature:

�It took someone a year to steal a light fixture

�Leaving a purse unattended at a random party is dumb

�Someone at Theta Chi had something worth stealing in their car

�Staff at the stadium continue to be jerks (this time: to little girls with bikes)

�A soccer game is a good place to get punched, even in America

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High Schoolers Actually Less Intelligent Than Previously Thought

thejoelpatrol says,

You can get books anywhere, but the real question is how do you read them upside down in Meyer? If they came from Green, why not do it there? Posted 07/19/2007 1:08 PM