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Next week I have two big papers duem a huge programming project where I'm simulating the execution of an 8-stage microprocessor, and a math test. So this gives me a great reason to give my first update in about three weeks!
Saturday was the Southeast Regional ICPC. Which means my team of 3 tried to program 10 different problems in the span of five hours. We didn't do so well (only got 2 to get 37th out of 75) but it was still a lot of fun. It's never a bad time when you get over 200 of the nerdiest computer people in the Southeast all in one room. Here's the makeup of the 2004 UF team.
Zook was also fired today, after losing to then 0-5 Mississippi State on Saturday. I didn't even watch the game as I was in the programming competition, and assumed we'd wipe them out. It'll be interesting to see who becomes his replacement, which hopefully it'll be Spurrier like everyone wants.
Midnight Madness was a few days ago, and we had William Hung as a surprise guest. Some people didn't like him, but I think he's awesome. Also one of the high jumpers on the track team won the slam dunk competition by dunking from the free throw line, which was really impressive. And as our football team isn't doing so well, I'm really looking forward to this years basketball season.
A survey by University of Maryland's Program on International Policy
Attitudes found some really interesting conclusions by asking what Bush
and Kerry supporters thought about various world events.
The highlights:
- 72% of Bush supporters believe Iraq had WMD's or had programs to make
WMD's at the time of invasion, which the Duelfer Report says is false.
- 75% of Bush supporters believe Iraq provided "substantial" support to Al
Qaeda
- 20% of Bush supporters think Iraq was directly involved in the 9/11
attacks (!)
- 69% of Bush supporters believe he supports the Comprehensive Nuclear
Test Ban Treaty
- 72% of Bush supporters believe he supports the land mine treaty
- 51% of Bush supporters believe he supports the Kyoto Protocol to curb
greenhouse emissions
- 53% of Bush supporters even believe that he supports the International
Criminal Court even as he denounced it during the debates.
- 66% of Bush supporters believe the world is either neutral or approves
the war, even as it has proven very unpopular overseas.
- 90% of Bush supporters believe other countries favor his re-election or
are evenly divided. In an international poll of 35 major countries, 30
of them favored Kerry by an average margin of 2 to 1.
And while I'm sure this survey won't sway anyone's vote (assuming they
already know the truth) it does anger me that Bush's administration has
mislead so many people into supporting him and his war, and they don't
even know the truth.
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