SAM_Hard8 50 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Randy Pausch lost his battle with liver cancer this morning. Who you say? He was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who was an expert in virtual reality.He gave a lecture about life last September after learning that his cancer was fatal. If you haven't seen this lecture you must. It is one of the most inspiring lectures I have ever seen.Do yourself a favor, skip that poker or reality TV show you were going to watch and view this lecture instead.Links to videos at CM Link to post Share on other sites
rdtedm 0 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Randy Pausch lost his battle with liver cancer this morning. Who you say? He was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who was an expert in virtual reality.He gave a lecture about life last September after learning that his cancer was fatal. If you haven't seen this lecture you must. It is one of the most inspiring lectures I have ever seen.Do yourself a favor, skip that poker or reality TV show you were going to watch and view this lecture instead.Links to videos at CM My dad linked me to his "last lecture" a few months ago. Very inspiring, and a tear jerker at the end. Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 354 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Sad, particularly since he had kids- and pancreatic cancer sucks balls, lost a grandmother to that- but overall, I'd say generally 'went out good'. He had a cool albeit short life, a strong 15 minutes, what seemed to be an awesome family, an amazing job- there are a lot of people who live 80 years and only get the slightest taste of what he had in life, and consider themselves lucky.He seemed to be a happy person, so all in all, I don't think anyone can cry too much for him. You know the old cliche about it not mattering how you die but how you live- that applies to him. Link to post Share on other sites
El Guapo 10 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 This is the guy that did the pushups on stage, correct? (cant watch the video at work) Link to post Share on other sites
rdtedm 0 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 This is the guy that did the pushups on stage, correct? (cant watch the video at work)Yes, in the beginning. Link to post Share on other sites
Jeepster80125 0 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 good stuff. The lecture, not the dying. Link to post Share on other sites
outsider13 0 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 That's too bad. I read about him and watched that video months ago. Pretty inspirational guy Link to post Share on other sites
aadams_22 3 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 and pancreatic cancer sucks ballsclaimed my dad Link to post Share on other sites
wwmoon85 0 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 "...we don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well..."The guy was truly an inspiration. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites
king1305 0 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Taken away too soon as are so many good people in the world. Link to post Share on other sites
Actuary 3 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 thanks Sammarking this for later viewing. Link to post Share on other sites
Dawson Leery 12 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Very inspiring, thanks for the link Link to post Share on other sites
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