Ok! SDN'ers decipher this! Please HELP!

[NewRx]

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So I was at a recent pharmacy interview and we were assigned a group project where we had to discuss an ethical dilemma. At first, everyone just wanted to impress the professor/interviewer about our communication skills and "working together" type attitude. However, the conversation grew more and more hostile. This one guy kept talking furiously and more than once, thumped the table. His neck tie was loose and he started to sweat profusely (in a temperature controlled room). On one thumping experience, his suit ripped from around the upper shoulder area. That led a guffaw from many of us. However, the professor/interviewer was hardly amused and kept pulling harder on his white beard. A sign he's losing patience?

The young man was quite bullish in his views. In any event, one very beautiful girl was left in tears... that, I could no longer accept. She was a sweetheart. I kept thinking a girl like her should never cry (perhaps only of happiness for love). She was so suave and to further her qualities, she seemed brilliant. I tried to comfort her by sliding her a box of tissue (we were forewarned about the issue's sensitivity) and I tried to put my arms around her. The professor pulled on his white beard and said: "Young man, keep your hands to yourself!", to which the girl smiled. That made me feel good.

Meanwhile the guy kept babbling something about the issue. I said finally: "hey man, shut the **** up, aiight!" The professor/interviewer's eyes lit and I could see that he furiously scribbled away some notes in his folder. A sign I might be rejected? "It should be over the counter... via..."

Clearing his throat, the professor/interviewer interrupted: "Today, I got to see your 'true colors' and I must say... I'm very impressed. You remained true to yourselves. You should hear from us soon." With that he disappeared behind a thick curtain into a conference room where I suspect the Dean was waiting. I have no idea what he meant. In the ensuing suspense, I got to exchange numbers with the Cutie; both she and I felt good. The moment felt like Titanic, when one of us will either be admitted or both. I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM.

What was the issue?

1) The derivative of T^2 /2
2) Clue 1 (attachment)
3) Decimal ASCII code 105
4) Clue 2 (attachment)

5) Hex ASCII code 69
6) OCT ASCII code 163

7) Clue 3 (attachment)

8) Clue 4 (attachment)
9) Hex ASCII code 72
10) Clue 5 (attachment)
11) OCT ASCII code 154
12) Clue 6 (attachment) !!

 

[Pharmpills]

this is honestly the dumbest post on sdn ive seen in my life. uhh this must be an attempt at a joke???

 

[Ricanrx]

If what happened was true I would have told that guy to shove it. The interviewer and the bully

 

[Ethyl Methyl]

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[piyi]

If you used profanity in the group interview, you can pretty much expect that you will be rejected. I know you were just trying to stick up for the girl, but I don't think they'll look at it that way. But who knows what will happen? Just keep your fingers crossed, and hopefully you'll get a positive response. On the other hand, I wouldn't think the guy that was getting all emotional and yelling would be accepted either, but you never can never really be too sure.

 

[Knickerbocker]

The answer:

"This is a troll"

Where's my prize?

I also can't believe that some of you (appear) to be taking him seriously.

 

[cycloketocaine]

The answer:

"This is a troll"

Where's my prize?

I also can't believe that some of you (appear) to be taking him seriously.

What's with all the crap at the bottom?

 

[Knickerbocker]

What's with all the crap at the bottom?

The doc files contain images of American Sign Language letters (rotated or flipped).

The OCT/HEX/DEC ASCII stuff is just a way of representing characters in decimal (base 10), hexadecimal (base 16), and octal (base 8) number systems. You can find a table here: http://www.asciitable.com/

 

[CaliCPhT]

This sounds like a dream he had the night before. I don't think this really happened. Sheesh...

 

[Knickerbocker]

This sounds like a dream he had the night before. I don't think this really happened. Sheesh...

The secret message is "This is a troll," so it's pretty obvious.

I expect a prize for being the first to decode it.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

It'd be tight if we invented, like, 20 new numbers and went base 30 style up in this. We'd save a **** ton of money. I'm runnin' for president, dammit.

 

[NewRx]

The secret message is "This is a troll," so it's pretty obvious.

I expect a prize for being the first to decode it.

Thank you for participating. Unfortunately, you are not the first to decode it. If a prize was to be given, METHYL ETHYL would have won it. Scroll up and you'll notice that she actually deleted her post, I think to make it more fun so that SDN'ers could read and try it for themselves.

You've already earned a 99% on the PCAT. That's your prize! 😛
Was it fun? Boring? or like PharmPills said, dumbest post?!

 

[PArTyKikI]

Thank you for participating. Unfortunately, you are not the first to decode it. If a prize was to be given, METHYL ETHYL would have won it. Scroll up and you'll notice that he actually deleted his post, I think to make it more fun so that SDN'ers could read and try it for themselves.

You've already earned a 99% on the PCAT. That's your prize! 😛
Was it fun? Boring? or like PharmPills said, dumbest post?!

Ethyl Methyl is a smart GIRL!!!!👍

 

[Knickerbocker]

Thank you for participating. Unfortunately, you are not the first to decode it. If a prize was to be given, METHYL ETHYL would have won it. Scroll up and you'll notice that he actually deleted his post, I think to make it more fun so that SDN'ers could read and try it for themselves.

You've already earned a 99% on the PCAT. That's your prize! 😛
Was it fun? Boring? or like PharmPills said, dumbest post?!

It always surprises me when people remember my PCAT score.

The post was ok. The worst part of this thread is that some people appeared to believe your post. Either that or they are good at appearing naive.

I wonder: will this forum become full of fake posts? The moderators have already given the green light for such posts by saying that they weren't going to do anything about the girlfriend thread. If they started moderating now, that would make them hypocrites.

 

[Ethyl Methyl]

Ethyl Methyl is a smart GIRL!!!!👍

Awww...thank you. 😍

 

[UES Girl]

It always surprises me when people remember my PCAT score.

The post was ok. The worst part of this thread is that some people appeared to believe your post. Either that or they are good at appearing naive.

I wonder: will this forum become full of fake posts? The moderators have already given the green light for such posts by saying that they weren't going to do anything about the girlfriend thread. If they started moderating now, that would make them hypocrites.

I honestly do not understand your negativity about the gf thread, it's entertaining - take it for what it is - extremely fun to read thread. I guess some of us are concerned with getting into pharm school - some wth getting laid. It's good to know what other people are thinking in their pre-pharmacy years. While I sleep and dream of UCSF ,Amerikaner wants to find a girl. His thread has made me laugh a dozen times and is certainly better than reading endless " Can I take my classes at CC" or " I have a 3.8 GPA, will I get into pharm school" posts.

 

[Knickerbocker]

I honestly do not understand your negativity about the gf thread, it's entertaining - take it for what it is - extremely fun to read thread. I guess some of us are concerned with getting into pharm school - some wth getting laid. It's good to know what other people are thinking in their pre-pharmacy years. While I sleep and dream of UCSF ,Amerikaner wants to find a girl. His thread has made me laugh a dozen times and is certainly better than reading endless " Can I take my classes at CC" or " I have a 3.8 GPA, will I get into pharm school" posts.

You have missed the point. When we allow and encourage troll posts, they will start to take over the forum.

If you want entertainment, there are forums on this website dedicated to that.

 

[Pharmpills]

I honestly do not understand your negativity about the gf thread, it's entertaining - take it for what it is - extremely fun to read thread. I guess some of us are concerned with getting into pharm school - some wth getting laid. It's good to know what other people are thinking in their pre-pharmacy years. While I sleep and dream of UCSF ,Amerikaner wants to find a girl. His thread has made me laugh a dozen times and is certainly better than reading endless " Can I take my classes at CC" or " I have a 3.8 GPA, will I get into pharm school" posts.

roflmao ive seen that will i get into pharm school with a 3.8 what a dork.if u dont have confidence in ur work with high stats dont expect to gain it here.

 

[Pharmpills]

Awww...thank you. 😍

whatd u say though?

 

[Ethyl Methyl]

Nothing profound. I just decoded the message. That's all.

 

[NewRx]

One of the things I did in my post is list clues that indicate the nature of the post itself (immediately). Somehow, I fully expected the most vocal person to be you, Knickerbocker! What I did not expect was that you'd also have the MOST fun (i.e. "where is my prize?"; you even did the research for one SDNer about ASCII code and sign language). So in the end, this post may have introduced people to ASCII codes and more importantly, sign language. Who knows, they may have to use sign languages to communicate with their patients/customers. Most politicians have a little history that always seems to surface during election year. You, as an SDNer, are no different. I dug up some of your recent posts and I managed to glean quickly how cold, indifferent and condescending they are. Maybe it is in your nature, but I don't think SDN's philosophy embodies this attitude here. On one post, you even confronted no less the indefatigable SDNer OMNIONE, simply because he suggested that you should be more polite. I respect your intelligence and congratulated you on your excellent PCAT results on this thread. Perhaps it inflated your ego such that you forgot to say thank you. Rather you responded: "It always amazes me that people remember my PCAT scores...." Fortunately, SDN is fair and welcomes attitudes even those such as yours!

Several posts you claim as trolls could very well be serious. For example, Amerikaner's thread (... Girlfriend) could be a serious attempt at finding love. What was funny for me, was the 'cold basement'. I responded less seriously... but by no means was it my true intention.

Some posts may call for a bit of "trollese" ( a term introduced on this forum by guess who?) but profanity free responses. I have been reading posts here for some time and I have not found many posts that seemed fake. I click on threads that are relevant to me; after all no one is forcing me to read. On here, I'd like to be known as the guy who advocate peace, one who absolutely LOVE WOMEN (and respect them dearly); one who knows when to be serious and when to play (even in cyberspace)! What do you want to be known as? Sure you might say, this is just the internet. However, remember some here will be your classmates and I have a good feeling that I would not want to be on a group project with you, such as the one described in my post! (here you are clearly, the guy who kept thumping the table, the big blabber mouth)!!

Remember have fun! Yes, SDN is educational, but it is also a place for fun!

A bit of your SDN History

The secret message is "This is a troll," so it's pretty obvious.

I expect a prize for being the first to decode it.

It always surprises me when people remember my PCAT score.

The post was ok. The worst part of this thread is that some people appeared to believe your post. Either that or they are good at appearing naive.

I wonder: will this forum become full of fake posts? The moderators have already given the green light for such posts by saying that they weren't going to do anything about the girlfriend thread. If they started moderating now, that would make them hypocrites.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Knickerbocker
So... Are you guys going to start policing the many tangent discussions in so many other threads?

It's sort of unfair to tell us this when the same behavior is ignored elsewhere.

Omnione: Well, I don't consider friendly advice to be "policing" nor is my response singling you out and imply that we ignore this everywhere. Like I said, just friendly, non-confrontational advice so that our OP can get his/her question answered. Nothing more....🙂

Omnione responded with remarkable equanimity.

Alas, you responded in your usual saturnine & churlish character:

Quote:
Originally Posted by omnione
Well, I don't consider friendly advice to be "policing" nor is my response singling you out and imply that we ignore this everywhere. Like I said, just friendly, non-confrontational advice so that our OP can get his/her question answered. Nothing more....🙂

Knickerbocker: "Sorry... I've been conditioned by forums elsewhere on the Internet to expect such treatment."


If you were a moderator, SDN's forum would be of hermetic nature. 😱

Phew! Fortunately, that is not the case. 😎

 

[Knickerbocker]

So, do I have a fan club or is it just one stalker out there on SDN?

 

[WVUPharm2007]

I stalk you, but I'm good enough that you don't know it yet.

Wait a second.....****.....

 

[DOPharmMD]

I stalk you, but I'm good enough that you don't know it yet.

Wait a second.....****.....

Oh man, I've been away for sometime. You guys are crazzzyyyy