How to Get into Medical School (Part 1)

From the horse’s mouth:

DeanDanielRemickMichigan (May 30, 2006 5:07:28 PM)
Americorps, Peace Corp, Teach for American, First author publication in either Nature or New England Journal of Medicine, 4 months of research in Antarctica, just to name a few.

RobertRuizMichigan (May 30, 2006 5:07:51 PM)
professional ice hockey player, National Champion football player, editor of campus newspapers, peace corp., teach for America, opening free clinic in Baghdad, former lawyer, Ph.D’s, etc.

DeanDanielRemickMichigan (May 30, 2006 5:07:56 PM)
Also biking across America to raise money for charity. Donating a kidney to a relative also comes to mind.

Too bad that Berkeley stresses out its students so much that they don’t have time to do any of those amazing things if they want to keep their grades high enough to be even considered in the application process. Perhaps that’s why I’m recommending to all of my friends’ siblings to go to UCLA instead.

Investigation of Linux Performance/Responsiveness Regressions

Hey all you faithful readers. I recently saw this article and was shocked to realize that yes, I too have noticed *Linux* (not Ubuntu alone) become slower and less responsive with the latest kernel and gcc releases. So, I’ve decided to gather more hard data and pinpoint the precise cause of this slowdown. My findings will be updated here and on Phoronix, where I’ve posted a thread.

Thanks and feel free to contribute your findings and experiences.