http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/categories/general/p517/feed.rss Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:55:26 +0000 General - talkSFU en-CA http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/566/great-website Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:39:36 +0000 S.Polano 566@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/447/casino-royale Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:10:28 +0000 KarEntropy 447@/forum/discussions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvfCzQgM6r4]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/558/social-causes-for-marijuana-use Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:01:26 +0000 Mac83 558@/forum/discussions
We are supposed to write an essay on a social issue or social event and apply social psychology principles to it. I will handle the social psychology principles if you guys can give me your opinions on why people start smoking weed and the social causes for it...or if any of you guys that hang out in think tank have some deeper realizations that would be great (sum smart cookies over there)...thanks a bunch TS]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/528/sfu-vs-langara-vs-korea Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:22:08 +0000 BryanL 528@/forum/discussions
Now another thing that has popped into my mind is that I am interested in a Korea student exchange program. This program is designed so I pay the low tuition cost of Langara, but able to go to Korea. They pay $800 for the flight and I cover the rest, also free room and $160 USD a week as an allowance and a free cell phone while i'm there. It is a really good deal because basically I just get to go to Korea and learn there and I don't have to pay any extra fees. I just have to make sure the credits I get from there can transfer to SFU. If not, then I am not sure what I would do.

So what do you guys think? Go to SFU in Jan or stay at Langara for the spring semester or stay at Langara and go to Korea for the spring? Any advice would be great! Thanks guys :)

Also, is SFU fun? Because Langara sucks! Just go to class and go home. No activities, no clubs, no way to meet new people unless you are classmates.]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/560/love-corner-pretty-funny Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:10:38 +0000 Smartso 560@/forum/discussions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2xIEXpA3UY]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/510/intense-medley-of-drums-and-piano Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:46:54 +0000 Smartso 510@/forum/discussions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqumbhfxRo]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/559/keep-getting-logged-out Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:04:13 +0000 PoliChic87 559@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/557/yo Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:30:58 +0000 the machine 557@/forum/discussions neways imma first yr student enrolled in the dept of arts....ahahahhah
I dont know what i wanna do with my life...just taking random courses

Cheers:beer:]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/556/the-hare-and-the-fox Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:12:59 +0000 Rhea 556@/forum/discussions Make It Happen Tipsheet: The Hare and the Fox

by Randall Craig

An old master was with his disciple, walking in the woods, when they observed a hare being chased by a fox. The student observed that it would not be long before the hare would be caught, and eaten by the faster (and probably smarter) fox.

The master replied that this particular rabbit would get away, and that they should stay and watch. Sure enough, after five-ten minutes of watching, the rabbit did get away, leaving a tired (and probably hungry) fox. The student was impressed with his master's knowledge, and asked him to explain how he knew. The master smiled, and then answered: the fox was running for his dinner, but the rabbit was running for his life.

People will often ask a similar question: why am I not motivated to do one particular thing or another? Or they ask why success eludes them, either personally or professionally. Those who do not achieve success are like the fox: they are running for their dinner, not their life. They have yet to understand the relationship between desire and achievement: if it is really important, it will get done no matter what. The challenge is to find these important things, both at home and at the job.

This week's action item: Look at how you spent your time last week: list all of your activities, and then decide: on balance, are you running for your life, or running for your dinner? If you want to get something done, choose to make it important enough to do - just like the rabbit did.

Randall Craig is a Toronto-based management consultant, speaker, and author of "Leaving the Mother Ship," a career-planning book. For more information and resources: www.LeavingTheMotherShip.com and www.PersonalBalanceSheet.com]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/552/my-signature Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:42:46 +0000 illicit 552@/forum/discussions
secondly: the signature i have with the attacking rabbits cracks me up. always have to watch it twice no matter whenever i see it haha.]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/545/customers-fight-over-water Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:38:33 +0000 PoliChic87 545@/forum/discussions Vancouver Sun
Published: Friday, November 17, 2006

Vancouver Sun reporter Randy Shore was at a city Costco store today as the region reacted to a boil-water order. This is what he saw:

A fight broke out and several people were knocked to the ground as customers grappled over limited supplies of bottle water at the Grandview Highway Costco Friday morning.

Several hundred people had lined up, some of them as early as 4 a.m. for the store's 10 a.m. opening, in a bid to get safe drinking water after a boil water advisory was issued on tap water in the Greater Vancouver area Thursday. Some people had already found water sold out at the Real Canadian Superstore just down the block and Canadian Tire stores on Kingsway and at Lougheed Highway and rushed to Costco in hopes of finding a supply.

The surging crowd was unsteady on the concrete floors slick with rain water. Costco staff tried to control the situation as people scuffled over cases of fruit flavoured mineral water after the 20-litre bottles of regular drinking water and cases of 500 ml bottles ran out.

The store placed no limits on the quantities customers could purchase. Racks containing large jugs of water were stripped bare within three minutes of opening. One man bloodied his hand in the struggle.

The police arrived to help control the crowd by 10:15 a.m.

A distressed Asian woman begged store staff to wade through the crowd to get a case of bottled water for her, as she was unwilling to leave her child behind sitting in her shopping cart on top of two cases of Perrier. Others grabbed cases of fruit flavoured mineral water from piles that other customers had pulled from the shelves and were trying to protect.

Some customers waiting in the aisles jammed with carts shook their heads at the scene and muttered, "This is crazy." Costco staff were similarly disgusted by the display as they looked on with a uniformed police officer.

"It's raining outside. Put out a bucket," said Kitty Brodie, whose cart was one of the few that did not contain any sort of water.

Those who were in line early enough pushed flat-bed trolleys piled high with large bottles of drinking water and cases of mineral water to the cashiers.

Others who were not so lucky settled for cases of more expensive sparkling Perrier and Pellegrino. By 10:30 even those shelves were cleared and staff began rolling out fresh pallettes of the high-end beverages.

Lisa Jenkins headed to the cashier with six cases of Pellegrino sparkling mineral water in her cart after she was unable to get near the regular drinking water.

"There was such a panic near the shelves you couldn't get near it."
Jenkins had already tried to beat the crowds by going to Canadian Tire first, thinking it was a less obvious source for water. Others had the same notion and earlier. The cost of the imported water was of little concern to her.

"I have no idea how much it costs," she said. "But the water at home is yellow and brackish."

Store staff told disappointed customers still streaming into the store just before 11 a.m. that water was sold out and to check back later in the afternoon.

Samira Assaraski asked this reporter to pass a message to store management to implement quantity limits, particularly on people buying large quantities for their businesses.

"I have a niece and a son, who is three years old who can use this water," she said. "This is not a time for business, it is a time for people."

As we spoke a man rolled his shopping cart wheels over my feet.

Down the street at the Superstore, large jugs and bottled water sold out just after 9 a.m. Employees distributed large refillable water jugs to a frenzied crowd at the back corner of the store straight through the door to the warehouse.

The cry "Water's all gone" went up just a few minutes after the store opened and the shouts were relayed through the store.
© Vancouver Sun 2006]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/553/videos-to-make-you-ball-out-laughing Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:32:05 +0000 illicit 553@/forum/discussions FUN WITH PHONES - prank calls

--pies, transexual ordering lipstick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g0XGKuC-ek

--transexual ordering lipstick continued, universal remotes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RleadtrKmDk

URBAN SPRINTING - shoplift and try to get away with it by running out the main doors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96OljGZapv4

Kicked in the Nuts TV SHOW with carrot top wanna-be - awkwardly funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcuFbtrVM9M]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/263/lsat Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:52:34 +0000 Law Student 263@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/527/law-forum-with-lawyers-and-admission-officers Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:55:15 +0000 Law Student 527@/forum/discussions
I'd like to invite you all to this year's biggest event at SFU. UBC Pre-Law Student Society and Kaplan bring you 6 law schools from across Canada with an opportunity to meet with them one on one. Please read below:

Free Law Forum

Meet with admissions officers from:
York University (Osgoode Hall), University of Western Ontario, University of Alberta, University of Saskatchewan, University of British Columbia, and the University of Victoria.

Listen to a panel of 5 lawyers discussing what it is like to be a lawyer followed by a Q & A session.

Thursday, November 23, 2006
6 pm to 8:30 pm
SFU Harbour Centre, Downtown Vancouver
515 West Hastings

Call 1-800-KAP-TEST to register for FREE!]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/547/diet-industry-failure Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:01:46 +0000 Smartso 547@/forum/discussions