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Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was, what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the Greek Theater are blessedly awful.

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Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.

This is better:

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If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.

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John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc 

lunatic fringe electronics
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John Larkin
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Except for the Engineering Building (Cory Hall), which is really dated. Some students prefer UCLA for newer and better buildings.

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edward.ming.lee

Please convey my congratulations to your daughter. Perhaps you'll now stop referring to her as the "brat" ?:-}

(I cut my ASU MSEE graduation... probably even hotter ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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     Thinking outside the box... producing elegant solutions. 

"It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that 
is the secret of happiness."  -James Barrie
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Jim Thompson

After I got my masters degree there was none of this celebration stuff. I received a simple post card in the mail, gray, post-consumer recycling paper, that my degree was ready to be picked up at room 121 at the so-and-so building. Not even a letter which would have cost 5c more in postage. Well, that way the mail man knew I had my degree.

Our "commencement" was self-organized. We rented a place called "Motor Bar", all of it, then had one wild party there. To this day I do not remember how I got home on my road bike but I did (even crossing a border that still existed back then).

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Regards, Joerg 

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Joerg

That, and a couple of other modern buildings, are hideous. Just look away.

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John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc 

lunatic fringe electronics
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John Larkin

I won't call her The Brat to her face, of course. She might fire me.

We're taking her and A Guy to Ruth's Chris Steak House shortly. The meat is amazing.

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John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc 

lunatic fringe electronics
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John Larkin

Yep. Good place to celebrate! ...Jim Thompson

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| James E.Thompson                                 |    mens     | 
| Analog Innovations                               |     et      | 
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    | 
| STV, Queen Creek, AZ 85142    Skype: skypeanalog |             | 
| Voice:(480)460-2350  Fax: Available upon request |  Brass Rat  | 
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com |    1962     | 

     Thinking outside the box... producing elegant solutions. 

"It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that 
is the secret of happiness."  -James Barrie
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Jim Thompson

Congratulations, I guess now she can officially play the role of bean counter. You better show some progress from all those paper scribblings with no component values ;)

Cheers

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Martin Riddle

I only have a B.S. but that was all I needed since my designs got me all the jobs I needed.

BUT the University changed my degree 30 years after graduation from B.S.E.E to B.S. Electronics And Computers. How can they do that ? At least they did not change it to M.D. 'cause I would not like that responsibility ... working around nukes was bad enough.

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Retired

Well, some can't. If you are Engineering student, you pretty much live in that building half of the time. At least one student i knew turns down UCB for UCLA.

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edward.ming.lee

Yes, seems the Americans likes to celibrate, what ever they can :-)

In Denmark, where I live, When I received my diploma, we just went out and got drunk (that's what the Danes exceed at)

Cheers

Klaus

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Klaus Kragelund

Same in Germany. No official celebration but we also know how to drink... That reminds me that this happened looong ago, I'm getting old.

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Reinhardt
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Reinhardt Behm

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