This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica • Hacker News Board

Re: This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

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Post by kieftrav » Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 9:04 PM UTC

ianchanmanu wrote: post #10

go Travis go! you're the bomb! for 27 dollars he will go wild!

Thanks Ian! woOOOooohooOOOOooo!

Re: This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

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Post by mhartl » Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 9:18 PM UTC

Travis: if you ever want to learn web development with Ruby on Rails, you've got a free PDF+screencast bundle from http://railstutorial.org/ waiting for you. :-)

Re: This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

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Post by dtran » Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 9:22 PM UTC

Congrats Travis! Long-deserved recognition for all that you do for Gumball

Re: This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

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Post by gxs » Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 9:22 PM UTC

I'm usually not a stickler for details, but Stanford is not an Ivy League school.

Re: This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

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Post by kieftrav » Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 9:30 PM UTC

dtran wrote: post #13

Congrats Travis! Long-deserved recognition for all that you do for Gumball

Thanks David!

Re: This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

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Post by kieftrav » Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 9:30 PM UTC

gxs wrote: post #14

I'm usually not a stickler for details, but Stanford is not an Ivy League school.

My apologies. I meant to say Ivy League caliber... ;)

Re: This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

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Post by corin_ » Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 9:30 PM UTC

gxs wrote: post #14

I'm usually not a stickler for details, but Stanford is not an Ivy League school.

Upvoted in agreement, although as an "Ivy Plus" Stanford is the next closest thing to an Ivy League school.

Re: This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

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Post by kieftrav » Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 9:31 PM UTC

mhartl wrote: post #12

Travis: if you ever want to learn web development with Ruby on Rails, you've got a free PDF+screencast bundle from http://railstutorial.org/ waiting for you. :-)

Thanks for the offer but I'm a pretty big PHP guy (yeah, I know, snide comments)... ;)

Re: This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

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Post by nowarninglabel » Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 9:46 PM UTC

kieftrav wrote: post #18

mhartl wrote: post #12

Travis: if you ever want to learn web development with Ruby on Rails, you've got a free PDF+screencast bundle from http://railstutorial.org/ waiting for you. :-)

Thanks for the offer but I'm a pretty big PHP guy (yeah, I know, snide comments)... ;)

I for one support your use of PHP. I'm thinking now my donation request will consist of you putting up some permanent ice monument in support of PHP in Antarctica.

Re: This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

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Post by js2 » Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 9:48 PM UTC

hugh3 wrote: post #2

Interesting details missing: how does one run a marathon in Antarctica anyway? Firstly, how do you get down there? And secondly, where do you find a good place to run (ie somewhere where you won't slip on ice or fall into a crevasse?)

One way to do it:

http://www.marathontours.com/index.cfm/page/Event-Informatio...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica_Marathon

Though that's not on the continent itself. There was previously the South Pole marathon:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/siadventure/14/sou...

http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/marathon/SouthPoleMarathon.html

http://www.marathonandbeyond.com/tocvol6.htm (scroll down to South Pole Marathon).

(Aside, for anyone interested in running, I highly recommend a subscription to Marathon & Beyond.)