OT:Incredibly inspirational

Spot|DSE wrote on 10/3/2007, 9:20 PM

Dr. Randy Pausch, his last lecture is very inspirational. It is relevant; he's the genius of VR, and he talks about how he arrived ath this point in his life.
He is dying of cancer, and has an amazing outlook.
Worth the 1.5 hours if you can listen, or put it on your iPod.

oops, fixed link.

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MH_Stevens wrote on 10/3/2007, 9:23 PM

The link took me to "http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=362421849901825950&hl=en" which said "400 Bad Request."

John_Cline wrote on 10/3/2007, 9:32 PM

I'm sure Spot will fix this. Until that happens, right-click on the link and then copy the shortcut, paste it into the address window, remove the quote mark at the end.

MH_Stevens wrote on 10/4/2007, 12:11 AM

Thanks John. Really worth watching. It's 12.06 here on the west coast and just come to the end of vid and I must admit there was so much here to be learnt that it actually held back the tears.

farss wrote on 10/4/2007, 2:45 AM

Spot and John,
thanks for that, I'm at a loss for words to describe the experience of watching that.

Bob.

birdcat wrote on 10/4/2007, 4:47 AM

I don't know if I'll watch (still a bit raw from my son's journey) but if anyone is interested in end-of-life clarity of thought, I can't recommend Mitch Albom's "Tuesdays With Morrie" any more highly. You can read it in an afternoon and it will leave an impression on you forever.

FuTz wrote on 10/4/2007, 5:09 AM

VR = virtual reality ?

farss wrote on 10/4/2007, 5:39 AM

"VR = virtual reality ?"

Yes.

riredale wrote on 10/4/2007, 8:20 AM

This last lecture has become a big thing on the Internet, and rightly so. Nice guy, great life lessons.

My favorite takeaway is the Brick Wall.