Balta1701 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Hmph. Turns out the guy who's lab I'm working in just wound up with an extended time in Italy after a meeting for the DAWN mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 11 years later and we're still spooked over Columbine. http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=137212 http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/20/20...ecurity-countr/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Facebook is down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 11:58 AM) Facebook is down Working for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 10:58 AM) Working for me... It's down for a lot of people: http://twitter.com/#search?q=facebook%20down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 It's back up for me now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Anybody ever travel abroad by themselves? Is it recommended? I say this because I am most likely going to study abroad in Hong Kong Spring 2011, and I really want to explore Asia, possibly other places before the semester begins (it starts late, on Feb 1st so I would have about 3 weeks to travel, depending on how much I want to spend). I would go with someone but I most likely will not know anyone traveling there at the same time, and none of my friends will have the time or cash to do it too. I do have friends from Taiwan and other places offering to let me know where to go, and I have no problem traveling alone, just dont really know the whole international traveling alone thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 From everything I've heard about my China trip, traveling abroad when you don't have a ton of experience traveling is strongly not recommended. There are just too many things that can go wrong, and having some type of buddy system works the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 12:38 PM) From everything I've heard about my China trip, traveling abroad when you don't have a ton of experience traveling is strongly not recommended. There are just too many things that can go wrong, and having some type of buddy system works the best. Makes sense. I havent even applied for the trip yet (the application isnt due for a few months for priority deadline) so I dont know if others would want to do a trip beforehand, so Im hoping atleast one other person going on the study abroad trip would want to do the same as me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 01:48 PM) Makes sense. I havent even applied for the trip yet (the application isnt due for a few months for priority deadline) so I dont know if others would want to do a trip beforehand, so Im hoping atleast one other person going on the study abroad trip would want to do the same as me. If you're worried about "Trouble", I wouldn't not go because of that, although I might avoid doing obviously silly things like going to areas that have civil wars. The way around that is to have a plan for it beforehand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 12:09 PM) Anybody ever travel abroad by themselves? Is it recommended? I say this because I am most likely going to study abroad in Hong Kong Spring 2011, and I really want to explore Asia, possibly other places before the semester begins (it starts late, on Feb 1st so I would have about 3 weeks to travel, depending on how much I want to spend). I would go with someone but I most likely will not know anyone traveling there at the same time, and none of my friends will have the time or cash to do it too. I do have friends from Taiwan and other places offering to let me know where to go, and I have no problem traveling alone, just dont really know the whole international traveling alone thing. Go for it. It may be risky, maybe foolhardy, but live life. You will always regret more the things you don't do than the things you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Im really probably going to go, no matter if I get someone to go with me or not. Since I have friends who will help plan out the trip (giving recommendations on where to go, etc) I dont feel like I would be in too lost, and Im not one to freak out about traveling alone anyways. Also, tuition and room and board at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is ridiculously cheap, even with flight and books the total is under $9,000 for the semester, and combined with my savings from the semester and summer jobs I could plan a decent trip I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 12:09 PM) Anybody ever travel abroad by themselves? Is it recommended? I say this because I am most likely going to study abroad in Hong Kong Spring 2011, and I really want to explore Asia, possibly other places before the semester begins (it starts late, on Feb 1st so I would have about 3 weeks to travel, depending on how much I want to spend). I would go with someone but I most likely will not know anyone traveling there at the same time, and none of my friends will have the time or cash to do it too. I do have friends from Taiwan and other places offering to let me know where to go, and I have no problem traveling alone, just dont really know the whole international traveling alone thing. I spent a month in India on business. One of the best things I've ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 01:37 PM) I spent a month in India on business. One of the best things I've ever done. Did you ever go out at night? As a 21 yr old at the time of the trip, Im going to be looking for some nightlife (which will be easy to find is my guess) to go along with the cultural experience, was it easy to go out and meet people? India is a place that I wouldnt mind spending a few nights, if not on this trip then in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 01:40 PM) Did you ever go out at night? As a 21 yr old at the time of the trip, Im going to be looking for some nightlife (which will be easy to find is my guess) to go along with the cultural experience, was it easy to go out and meet people? India is a place that I wouldnt mind spending a few nights, if not on this trip then in the future. Ive been there and yeah I wouldnt worry about it not being safe, Im sure there are areas you will want to avoid but you can say the same about Chicago. Night life is a blast there as well, China men get drunk easy lol and alcohol is cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 12:09 PM) Anybody ever travel abroad by themselves? Is it recommended? I say this because I am most likely going to study abroad in Hong Kong Spring 2011, and I really want to explore Asia, possibly other places before the semester begins (it starts late, on Feb 1st so I would have about 3 weeks to travel, depending on how much I want to spend). I would go with someone but I most likely will not know anyone traveling there at the same time, and none of my friends will have the time or cash to do it too. I do have friends from Taiwan and other places offering to let me know where to go, and I have no problem traveling alone, just dont really know the whole international traveling alone thing. I did it (Albeit in Europe) in the Spring of 2003 (probably America's lowpoint in popularity). I had not problems and was continually surprised by the kindness and welcoming I received. I have had friends travel alone in Asia (mostly China, Thailand and Japan) and they didn't mind at all. Just be smart. It's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Well that was a fun morning. 800 or so random computers started rebooting all over my company. I thought we had some new zero day worm that was infecting our company. Well my bad, some genius at McAfee decided to screw up the virus signature files which detected one of the windows system files "svchost.exe" as a virus and then would delete it. So basically most of the day has been steering teams all over my company to remediate a mess up that could of been avoided with some testing on McAfee's part. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 01:40 PM) Did you ever go out at night? As a 21 yr old at the time of the trip, Im going to be looking for some nightlife (which will be easy to find is my guess) to go along with the cultural experience, was it easy to go out and meet people? India is a place that I wouldnt mind spending a few nights, if not on this trip then in the future. I never, ever get drunk on overseas trips. Just too risky. But if you avoid that, you should be OK. Just ask some locals you get to know (and trust) what areas or behaviors to avoid. I did indeed go out at night in India, and it was fun, but pretty tame, where I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 12:58 PM) Go for it. It may be risky, maybe foolhardy, but live life. You will always regret more the things you don't do than the things you do. Unless you get kidnapped, shot, stabbed, etc. I'd certainly regret doing it more than I would've regretted not doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 05:29 PM) Unless you get kidnapped, shot, stabbed, etc. IF you don't do anything stupid, this won't happen. That includes "trying to hold onto my money if I put myself in a situation where I get mugged" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 04:29 PM) Unless you get kidnapped, shot, stabbed, etc. I'd certainly regret doing it more than I would've regretted not doing it. Which can happen driving home from a Sox game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 09:00 PM) Which can happen driving home from a Sox game. I'm being a bit facetious of course, but I think it's also a little stupid to say you would regret something you don't do more than some of the possible consequences of an action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 10:06 PM) I'm being a bit facetious of course, but I think it's also a little stupid to say you would regret something you don't do more than some of the possible consequences of an action. I was going to use a condom, but then I thought, "When's the next time I'm going to be in Haiti?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 09:09 AM) Anybody ever travel abroad by themselves? Is it recommended? I say this because I am most likely going to study abroad in Hong Kong Spring 2011, and I really want to explore Asia, possibly other places before the semester begins (it starts late, on Feb 1st so I would have about 3 weeks to travel, depending on how much I want to spend). I would go with someone but I most likely will not know anyone traveling there at the same time, and none of my friends will have the time or cash to do it too. I do have friends from Taiwan and other places offering to let me know where to go, and I have no problem traveling alone, just dont really know the whole international traveling alone thing. I'm in Shanghai right now and its a beautiful city, but by yourself you will have a lot of trouble if you can't speak or know anyone (i.e. friend, translator, tour guide, etc) who speaks Chinese, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 22, 2010 -> 01:38 AM) I'm in Shanghai right now and its a beautiful city, but by yourself you will have a lot of trouble if you can't speak or know anyone (i.e. friend, translator, tour guide, etc) who speaks Chinese, imo. Hmm, Ill have to keep that in mind, my friend was saying that atleast in Hong Kong everyone speaks english, Ill have to make sure where I go I either have a friend along to help or english is common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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