Archive through August 03, 2002
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Archive through August 03, 2002
Tntitanfan | Sunday, June 23, 2002 - 06:02 pm     It was suggested in chat a few nights ago that I start a thread about this project that I am taking part in, so here goes - It has been said that person A and person F are separated by at most five other people (B, C, D, and E) because A knows B and B knows C, etc. Columbia University currently has a study in progress called Small World to prove or disprove this theory. My target person is: Name: Lisa Levenson Currently lives in New York, New York, USA. Occupation: Reporter at Bloomberg News. Previous Employment: Mercer Management Consulting, Washington DC. Education: University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (BA 1997) Bloomberg News is a financial reporting newsletter. I need a link to take me "toward" Lisa, either geographically or professionally or in some other way - can you help? Each link must be a "personal" contact, moving from one known person to another. I can't just look up her place of employment and contact her there, for example. |
Bob2112 | Sunday, June 23, 2002 - 06:12 pm     Cool! Unfortunately I can't be your person E, but I will watch to see if I can be B, C or D. Since I don't believe we have a connection (other than TVCH) I think B is probably out. Or is it? If you need a connection to SpongeBob, I'm you sponge, er, man!  |
Grooch | Sunday, June 23, 2002 - 08:00 pm     Tntitfan, have you ever lived or have friends that lived in NY at some point? Have you ever been in the news business or have friends that do (or did)? The only way that I can see as how to complete this is finding more info on Lisa and working backwards to you. |
Whit4you | Sunday, June 23, 2002 - 11:40 pm     Six degrees of separation ya it is all so interesting sometimes how small a world this truely is I dont quite know how your project works but maybe I can fit in there somewhere for you? Since I've been to NY many times - date(d) a guy who works for the NY POst (news) who also works in NYC - names John DSilva - I mean I could go on forever with my connections to NY and your connected to me via the TVCH and our common interest here etc...so? If that works.... |
Weinermr | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 12:01 am     Tntitanfan, my mother graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. Does that help? Also, I have relatives in New York and New Jersey. Also, I work for a company that has a subsidiary in New York. |
Sia | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 01:31 am     Um, Titan, just curious: are you doing this for a college project, or what?  |
Tntitanfan | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 06:24 am     Grooch - You may be just the person for my second link! Our connection through TVCH is a legit one as the questionnaire asks "friend or acquaintance?" Emails are sent to the next link through the project website, and there are a few questions to answer there. I would email you through there, and you would get an email from them. You would then email your best next link through their website, etc. Would you be willing to do this? I would need your email addy - Weinermr - thanks for the offer of help. I may use you on the next one! Sia - no, just curiosity to see if the theory is true Can you believe that on my first target - a guy in India I had five possible links in 24hours/ |
Weinermr | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 06:32 am     Tntitanfan - I don't understand your project then. I offered three possible links from you to me to a person in New York. Grooch gave you an idea as to how to link from a person in New York backwards to yourself. How does that make Grooch a better candidate for your project? It's not clear to me what you're really trying to find. I'm just curious. |
Grooch | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 06:40 am     Maybe because I am from NY? ;) Tnt, my email address is in my profile. |
Weinermr | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 06:54 am     Well Grooch, being from NY would indeed make you a better candidate, only I don't see that information in your post. Perhaps Tntitanfan already knew you were from NY and I didn't, or at least I didn't remember. In any case, I'm just trying to understand how all this works, because I thought I did, and I guess I don't. Have fun with the project. |
Tntitanfan | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 12:49 pm     <tntitanfan hangs her head, glances ashamedly at weinermr, turns very red and begins to type> My dear weinermr, well might you wonder! You do indeed understand how to play the game - the problem is that I don't understand how to read! |
Tntitanfan | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 12:54 pm     Apologetic explanation to Weinermr continues - I responded to Grooch about Whit4you's post. W. has journalistic ties to NYC so that seemed like the closest link anyone had offered. It was only a coincidence that it turned out that Grooch lives in NY! I truly appreciate your generous offer to be a link! I just thought the journalism connection might be the way to go on this one! |
Tntitanfan | Monday, June 24, 2002 - 06:30 pm     Don't quit reading this thread, folks! After I get the NY chain started, I will be back with another target person - maybe in your neck of the woods or career field!! |
Tntitanfan | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 07:26 am     NY chain is underway - here is the new target person! Name: Sally Stansmore Currently lives in North Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Occupation: Travel Consultant at Abercrombie & Kent Education: University of Melbourne (resident of Trinity College) Anybody with friends/relatives in Australia and/or the travel business? |
Schoolmarm | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 08:23 am     TNT... My dissertation advisor is from Australia and she brought a researcher over from Melbourne (I think). She is traveling for the summer, so an email link probably wouldn't be fast. I also know a professor at the University in Aukland, New Zealand... I'm leaving VERY soon for Iowa then Europe, so I don't know whether I would be of any help |
Babyruth | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 01:16 pm     My Mom lives in Woollongong (has for 5 years) and lived in Fremantle for 15 years before that. But I doubt she would know anyone in the travel biz. Hey, Aussiedeb is an Aussie, ya know! |
Mamaanja | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 01:44 pm     A former sorority sister of mine lives in Queensland, Australia. We still communicate once or so a month. |
Juju2bigdog | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 02:31 pm     I could get you right to Melbourne with cousin Chairfree, but he doesn't have a computer at home and just got jumped on for getting non-business e-mail at work, so I wouldn't want to ask him. |
Whit4you | Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 10:15 am     Tnt - If you dont find the Melborne connection you need drop a note in Judy's message board thread. her and I spent 2343243 hours watching / conversing with the OZ BBers last year and she continued to do so this year so probably has a few good connections that way (I would cept I didnt get involved with the OZ BB this year) |
Hootyhoot | Friday, June 28, 2002 - 05:47 pm     Could you see if you can find Ralph Steinman while you are at it? He is a long lost friend of mine ... we worked at newspapers years ago. He married an English girl named Rhoda and shortly after we visited them in California, we lost touch ... that was 35 years ago! I know this isn't quite the game you're playing here, but I'm sure someone knows Ralph! (A couple more facts: from Zanesville, Ohio originally, lived in Walnut Creek, CA in the 60s, would be about 65 now ...) Is there a web site I should know about to try to find someone with so little information? |
Aussiedeb | Saturday, June 29, 2002 - 08:27 am     Hey I finally am having time to read the threads ...been a hectic week with college.. Now that hubby and I both go. Plus I started my new job at the college this week.. Im an Aussie LOL My brain is a little fried from studying pyschology this week and accounting.. So I am going to have to think how this all works out. My ex sis in law was a travel agent manager in Sydney, Adelaide then Perth. American hubby has a cousin who's hubby has a brother that is seeing an Australian girl. I call a local business here to enquire about me getting an electric scooter to get around campus with (back is completely messed up now) and they have friends here this weekend from Queensland in Australia, I lived in Queensland for 3 years, my son was born there, they are now in Perth. Dont know if I am doing this right or not, you will have to excuse my fried brain lol |
Aussiedeb | Saturday, June 29, 2002 - 08:48 am     I have 5 whoohooo... The one with Hubbys cousin lol oops recount...6 lol Dont mind me  |
Tntitanfan | Saturday, June 29, 2002 - 01:23 pm     Aussiedeb - I wasn't sure whether you would check here or your folder first, so I will leave the information in both places. If you are still in contact with your ex-sister-in-law in the travel business, I would love to use that route! How this works is I send you an email through the project's page. You would then email sis, or whoever you think might be able to help, through the project's page. We have to go through the project's page each time so they can track the links - |
Tntitanfan | Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 01:16 pm     All you guys with Australia contacts - here is one of my new target people! Name: Scott Mitchell Bermingham Age: mid thirties Location: South Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Occupation: Police Officer School: WA Police Academy 1984-1985 Grew up: Kalgoorlie |
Tntitanfan | Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 01:18 pm     And here is my other target person - contacts to Germany anyone? Name: Christopher Schrader Current location: Munich, Bavaria, Germany Employment: Journalist, Science-editor at Sueddeutsche Zeitung School: Universitaet Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York |
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