A dying professor's final lecture.

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A dying professor's final lecture.
Topic Started: Jan 21 2008, 09:57 PM (169 Views)
Some Polar Bears	Jan 21 2008, 09:57 PM Post #1
Chief of Staff Posts: 6,137 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 9, 2006	This is the final lecture given at Carnegie Mellon University by Randy Pausch, a professor of Computer Science who is dying of pancreatic cancer. [dohtml] <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> [/dohtml] The video is 76 minutes long. But it is also the most inspirational, funny and moving 76 minutes I've ever spent on the Internet, and by far, one of the best lecture I have ever heard. Don't be put off by its length - Dr. Pausch is a funny, engaging lecturer, and very upbeat for a man who knows he doesn't have long to live. And y'know, that's inspirational in itself, that a dying man has more life in him than a lot of people that I know!


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