Monthly Archives: November 2007

BEC – BEST Engineering Competition

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Toamna aceasta, BEST Cluj-Napoca, (Board of European Students of Technology, din Cluj) organizeaza un nou eveniment, numit BEC – BEST Engineering Competition. Mai multe detalii dupa o scurta prezentare BEST. (sau aici)
Cred ca marea majoritate ati auzit de BEST, sau cel putin de evenimentele pe care le organizeaza:

  • JobShop – Suna cunoscut? cred ca poate fi cu usurinta numit primul targ de forta de munca organizat de altcineva decat AJOFM (poate ma insel, dar nu cred), eveniment care se organizeaza de vreo 13 ani la Casa de Cultura a Studentilor in Cluj-Napoca.
  • PcParty – Festival Multimedia, o retea mare de calculatoare, internet gratuit 2 zile, competitii de jocuri etc.
  • Cursuri de Sezon – eveniment oferit strict studentilor din Universitatea Tehnica Cluj-Napoca, care permit acestora sa calatoreasca in Europa, destul de ieftin, si sa participe la cursuri pe diferite tematici timp de 7 – 14 zile, sa intre in contact cu alta cultura decat cea romaneasca, si sa se intoarca cu o multime de experiente noi in tara.

Dar bineineles, mai multe despre toate acestea veti gasi pe site-ul BEST Cluj-Napoca: http://www.bestcj.ro.

Acum, ce este BEC?

In anul 2000, BEST impreuna cu CFES (Federatia Canadiana a Studentilor Ingineri) au stabilit o colaborare de succes. unul dintre rezultatele acestei colaborari este competitia inginereasca (Best Engineering Competition), un eveniment ce reuneste in canada 51000 de studenti ingineri. Prima competitie inginereasca CFES a avut loc la Universitatea Waterloo in anul 1985, anul acesta ajungand la a 22-a editie. primul eveniment Best Engineering Competition organizat in Europa a avut loc in Eindhoven, Olanda, in anul 2003. Elementele cheie ale Best Engineering Competition sunt:
-Comunicarea
-Creativitatea
-Munca in echipa
-Abilitatile tehnice
-Abilitatile de prezentare si negociere
Acest proiect completeaza legatura creata deja de BEST intre studenti, companii si universitate.

Agenda BEC

Ziua 1 – 19 noiembrie – Ziua Procter&Gamble
Facultatea de Automatica si Calculatoare

Ziua 2 – 20 noiembrie – Ziua Siemens
Facultatea de Automatica si Calculatoare

Ziua 3 – 21 noiembrie – Ziua National Instruments
Facultatea de Automatica si Calculatoare

Ziua 4 – 22 noiembrie – Ziua Eckerle Gruppe
Facultatea de Mecanica

Ziua 5 – 23 noiembrie – Ziua BEST
Facultatea de Mecanica

Daca v-am atras atentia, aruncati o vizita pe site-ul evenimentului http://bec.bestcj.ro (daca va plictisiti, incercati sa va jucati cu rotitele 😉 )

Bancuri venite pe mail

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Evident ca toti avem problema si in acelasi timp placerea asta… Problema, pentru ca multe is vechi si se repeta, dar din cand in cand vin si unele care nu le-am auzit, si care ne starnesc un zambet tamp de la o ureche la alta, cateodata acompaniata de un hohot interminabil de ras… (Octav, daca citesti aici, gandeste-te la nudisti… )

Azi am citit un banc trimis de o boboaca BEST, domnisoara Mia, si am anuntat-o ca o sa o citez pe blog. Deci dupa cum spuneam:

Un inginer ii trimite un fax sotiei sale:
“Draga mea sotie, o sa intelegi ca acum cand tu ai 54 de ani, eu am anumite nevoi pe care tu nu mi le mai poti satisface.
Sunt foarte fericit alaturi de tine, te consider o sotie minunata si, sincer, sper ca nu te vei simti ranita sau jignita cand vei afla ca in momentul in care tu primesti acest fax, eu fac sex in hotelul Camino Real cu Nicole, secretara mea, care are 18 ani. Totusi, voi ajunge acasa inainte de miezul noptii.”
Cand se intoarce tipul acasa, gaseste pe masa din sufragerie un biletel in care scria:
“Dragul meu sot, am primit faxul tau si nu pot decat sa-ti multumesc ca m-ai anuntat. Profit de aceasta ocazie sa iti reamintesc ca si tu ai tot 54 de ani. In acelasi timp, te anunt ca atunci cand vei citi acest mesaj, eu voi fi in mijlocul unei partide de sex la Grand Hotel cu John, profesorul meu de tenis, care la fel ca si secretara ta, are tot 18 ani.
Si cum, pe langa faptul ca esti un inginer de succes esti si licentiat in matematica, vei intelege cu usurinta ca ne aflam in aceleasi imprejurari, dar cu o mica diferenta: 18 intra de mai multe ori in 54 decat 54 in 18. Deci nu ma astepta in aceasta seara, ma voi intoarce maine. Te saruta sotia ta, care te intelege cu adevarat. ”

Deci… da 😉

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

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BSG LogoI followed the series, I enjoyed the series, and I was waiting for the 4th season with my fingers crossed. Long time until April, but they surprised me pleasantly when Razor got out. Many people I spoke with did not like it, the way the camera moved, the dialogues, the fact that the story was dragging in the last season, but except the former, I think everything is part of the BSG charm. Cursing with “frak/frack“, or all those reports, notebooks, pictures or whatever piece of paper in the movie with the severed corners, making it “unique”.

Razor covers two time lines, the present, where Lee Adama becomes the Pegasus “Actual” and the adventures of Battlestar Pegasus in the 10 months between the attack on the colonies and the rendezvous with Battlestar Galactica through flashbacks, but I’m not going to spoil it here… I’ll let you decide for yourselves.

I don’t do movie reviews usually, but then again, this is not a movie… this is starting to become a saga, and deserves a special place in my “favorites list” right near Star Trek, Stargate and some others. Anyhow, this opened up my appetite for movie/series reviews, so I’m adding two new categories to my cloud: Movies & Tv.

Bula, papagalul si viagra…

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Am primit azi de la nimeni altul decat Dom’ Episcop, Mircea de la Moldova cunoscut si sub numele de “Stapanul matzei” sau in engleza mirifica “Za Pussymaster” acest preafrumos banc… Nu e tocmai nou pentru unii dintre voi, dar pentru mine a fost. Gata. Am citat sursa, poftiti bancul:

Bula cumpara o cutie de viagra. Ajunge acasa, si din greseala papagalul mananca toate pastilele! Tanarul, nestiind cum sa-l scoata din calduri, il baga in congelator, ca doar doar, s-o racori nitzel. Dupa cateva ore, isi aminteste de papagal… Deschide usa, si vede papagalul transpirat tot. Tanarul, mirat, intreaba:

– Ce ai facut ma??? Cum de esti tot transpirat???

La care papagalul: Buey varule… tu stii cat de greu e sa cracanezi puii astia congelati?

Trecand peste asta, imi spunea cineva ca nu scriu destule chestii personale pe blog, si e prea tehnice, si e prea rare, chiar si alea… Eh, c’est la vie… toujour parshive

Sfatul zilei: Feriti-va de struti (STRUTZI) . Cine stie cunoaste…

10 minutes later edit: gmail changed… something changed… Free IMAP? 20 MB attachments? no… it’s something else. the “Better gmail” tool doesn’t work anymore, whatever, but I feel it a little bit more fluid… It sort of moves better… did you notice?!

Internet Explorer vs. Firefox

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It sounds bad huh? everyone talked about it, and probably will talk about it some more…

You know that some people requested that Microsoft removed Internet Explorer from the Windows install CD’s? Yes, they did. Do you know what Microsoft replied? Some of you know, some of you probably don’t, so here is what they said:

“We can’t remove Internet Explorer from the windows install, because, if we do, you won’t be able to download Firefox… “

Well, I’m not here to take sides, I’ve been using Firefox for some years now, and I like it, I’m using it, I almost love it. But today I decided to download Internet Explorer 7. Guess what I used to download IE? Firefox of course…

Why did I do it? Well, I’m kind of sick of the memory leaks in Firefox, and the recent hiccups I’ve been experiencing, and since I have to use Windows for work, why not give a chance to IE also, and try the software that’s supposed to be “compatible”.

I’ll just give it a chance, for now.

You will know that I switched to Internet Explorer from Firefox, when this webpage will be Internet Explorer 100% compatible.

Also, using Office 2007 for the past weeks, made me like it quite a bit. Today I just added some of my RSS feeds to it, right next to the 5 IMAP accounts I’m using at the moment, if all goes well, I might change to it indefinitely… Bye bye Google Reader…

For wordpress users: If you didn’t update to WordPress 2.3.1 yet, do it. It’s nice.