Comments for GregSchwartz.net http://gregschwartz.net Geek, Eagle Scout, Punster. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:11:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on My project for ME203 by Phamburger http://gregschwartz.net/2008/10/10/my-project-for-me203#comment-5127 Phamburger Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:06:09 +0000 http://gregschwartz.net/?p=59#comment-5127 That's really cool, Greg! Again, I haven't been around lately. lol. Hope all is going well! I noticed that your "waterfalls" are thin in diameter. What about increasing the surface area of the waterfall? Making the waterfall longer covering more ground than single streams? A diver who belly flops will make a huge sound (and splash) compared to the Gold Medal Olympian who cuts through the surface with no splash. Every few weeks or so I fill up our 5-gallon water dispenser with five 1-gallon containers. The first 2 gallons always makes much more sound, when there is little water in the 5-gallon dispenser. Maybe it also depends on how much water is in the bucket below? ALSO, hehe, when we go fill up our 1-gallon containers at one of those "Water Gourmet" treated/filtered water places, multiple 1-gallon containers filling with water is really loud (when the containers are empty/half empty). Louder is when they push a button that shoots pressurized water into the empty containers to rinse them out. And that, my friend, is the observation of an extreme water drinker. =) Hope you post progress on your project! Good luck! That’s really cool, Greg! Again, I haven’t been around lately. lol. Hope all is going well!

I noticed that your “waterfalls” are thin in diameter. What about increasing the surface area of the waterfall? Making the waterfall longer covering more ground than single streams? A diver who belly flops will make a huge sound (and splash) compared to the Gold Medal Olympian who cuts through the surface with no splash.

Every few weeks or so I fill up our 5-gallon water dispenser with five 1-gallon containers. The first 2 gallons always makes much more sound, when there is little water in the 5-gallon dispenser. Maybe it also depends on how much water is in the bucket below?

ALSO, hehe, when we go fill up our 1-gallon containers at one of those “Water Gourmet” treated/filtered water places, multiple 1-gallon containers filling with water is really loud (when the containers are empty/half empty). Louder is when they push a button that shoots pressurized water into the empty containers to rinse them out.

And that, my friend, is the observation of an extreme water drinker. =)

Hope you post progress on your project! Good luck!

]]> Comment on My project for ME203 by tristin http://gregschwartz.net/2008/10/10/my-project-for-me203#comment-5126 tristin Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:03:40 +0000 http://gregschwartz.net/?p=59#comment-5126 i'm going to preface this by saying: very cool project! and good on you for figuring that out! that said, that second picture looks incredibly wrong... i’m going to preface this by saying: very cool project! and good on you for figuring that out!

that said, that second picture looks incredibly wrong…

]]> Comment on Official GRE Scores by Sara http://gregschwartz.net/2006/10/16/gre_scores#comment-4594 Sara Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:28:59 +0000 http://gregschwartz.net/2006/10/16/gre_scores#comment-4594 Those are AWESOME scores. How close were your V&Q scores to the ones you saw immediately after taking the exam? Those are AWESOME scores. How close were your V&Q scores to the ones you saw immediately after taking the exam?

]]> Comment on What is your purpose in life? by Rebecca http://gregschwartz.net/2006/02/20/what-is-your-purpose-in-life#comment-3540 Rebecca Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:18:59 +0000 http://gregschwartz.net/2006/02/20/what-is-your-purpose-in-life#comment-3540 Fantastic exercise from Steve Pavlina's blog... Personally, I got the tears in under 4 minutes... Fantastic exercise from Steve Pavlina’s blog… Personally, I got the tears in under 4 minutes…

]]> Comment on 50 Things by Navid Azimi http://gregschwartz.net/2007/03/31/50-things#comment-1368 Navid Azimi Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:01:03 +0000 http://gregschwartz.net/2007/03/31/50-things#comment-1368 This is a fantastic start. The amazing thing about the list, and its evolution, is that you can see a reflection of yourself and your changes throughout the years. It was truly an eye-opener when I found that what was most important to me years ago was completely laughable (and slightly embarrassing) less than five years later. On the other hand, the satisfaction of knocking off something that I've always wanted to do is simply unparalleled. To give you some advice (having maintained my list for almost a decade now...), I would urge you to look at your list and notice that almost 14 of the 16 listed have financial facet to them. I think that although fiscal responsibility is something exceptionally important (and relatively easy) to aim for (and measure against), I would make a point to ensure that the remaining 34 or so items have a much more humanitarian and "life" experience ring to them. I only say this because I think if you look back on your life fifty years from today, what you did is much more important than the money which enabled it all (because, yes, ultimately you do need the money to live a full life). Good luck, Greg! This is a fantastic start. The amazing thing about the list, and its evolution, is that you can see a reflection of yourself and your changes throughout the years. It was truly an eye-opener when I found that what was most important to me years ago was completely laughable (and slightly embarrassing) less than five years later. On the other hand, the satisfaction of knocking off something that I’ve always wanted to do is simply unparalleled.

To give you some advice (having maintained my list for almost a decade now…), I would urge you to look at your list and notice that almost 14 of the 16 listed have financial facet to them. I think that although fiscal responsibility is something exceptionally important (and relatively easy) to aim for (and measure against), I would make a point to ensure that the remaining 34 or so items have a much more humanitarian and “life” experience ring to them.

I only say this because I think if you look back on your life fifty years from today, what you did is much more important than the money which enabled it all (because, yes, ultimately you do need the money to live a full life).

Good luck, Greg!

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