The Thread For Those Who Feel The Need To Share With Us All The Banal Details Of Their Lives — Page 110

"And Alan Turing was a computer science pioneer, BTW, who ended up killing himself after being convicted of gross indecency for having a gay relationship."

It really is sad. Many of the early computer pioneers met tragic ends. It's rather interesting to learn. We spent a week learning about them in my Into to Digital Communication class. (Which was an amazing class. How often do you get one of the former presidents of the National Communication Association as a professor for an introductory class?)

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Updated On: 1/6/06 at 09:25 AM

that's not banal...

Aaaargh! I just found a one night stay and flight for $184, but I don't want to stay in a hostel. Damn damn damn damn damn.

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I just bought tickets for Sweeney Todd in March.

Anyway, depending on where you are, SorryGrateful, it might be easier/less expensive to take a train or a bus.

Updated On: 1/6/06 at 12:18 PM

Depending on which hostel it is, it may be alright. I stayed in a Hostel up here on the Upper West Side that was not bad, it had private rooms, on bath per floor.
It was a little junky, but for a total of $184, I would snap it up.

Especially to see
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I was JUST thinking that about feeling completely fine about hostelling it in Europe, but not so much in the major American cities. I'm not sure why this is... maybe it's just because staying in hostels is more popular on trips to Europe so there seems to be more of a market for it (and thus more options) there than in the U.S.? Or maybe it's just a perception thing where we feel fine roughing it in Europe but uncomfortable doing so in our own country.

brdlwyr, if I had your sensitivity, I'd be screwed. My parents' house is in the direct path between the White House and Camp David. 3 Black Hawks going over your house definitely ruins a backyard barbeque.

Why do you have to have a passport to stay in a hostel in NYC if you're an American citizen? It's just weird that they would have higher security standards considering you're paying like $30 a night, while nice hotels won't even bother as long as you have a credit card.

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Updated On: 1/6/06 at 02:42 PM

SP - I am in my book keeping office balance the various checking accounts.

Skittles, sorry for your family!

that's next weekend for me... cleaning that is...

ain't he purty?

Tiff, are you serious? I was just about to say, "anything but LaGuardia." Maybe it's only departures from that place that are truly godawful. Then again, JFK charges $3 for a luggage cart. Grr.

And maybe money is considered to be a security pass. :)

Really, Plum? I've done roundtrip from JFK and flown out of LGA. Every time I've gone to JFK I've had a headache and a half to deal with, but it's always been a dream flying out of LGA (not to mention much closer and cheaper to get to from midtown).

Thanks, Sorrygrateful. Have you looked at Hotwire for your hotel? Apparently you can get real steals for 4-star midtown places for well under a hundred bucks at the right time of year.


ETA: Is it just you or you and a companion? Do you really just want to fly in for one night or make it two? There's some reasonably good package deals on Expedia, and the airfare alone only costs US$140!

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Updated On: 1/6/06 at 05:21 PM

LaGuardia has been awful for me on flying out around Christmas, but most of the time it has been fine.
Each of them has their ups and downs, but they seem to even out so I usually go "cheapest."

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