Randy Pausch——卡内基梅隆大学（CMU）计算机学院（令人向往的一个信息科学研究生院）终身聘用教授，一个充满创造力和幽默感的胰腺癌晚期患者，一个最大的孩子也才五岁（见上面的照片）的父亲。昨天凌晨时分在Slashdot上随便翻看的时候经过多次链接后到了这里—— http://slashdot.org/articles/07/09/21/1448229.shtml 。
也不多做介绍了，在Google上可以找到很多有价值的消息：
Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, the 'indeed' last lecture by Randy Pausch.
其他信息和演讲的视频：
http://cmu.edu/uls/journeys/randy-pausch/index.html 。
视频中文字幕和演讲全文：
http://www.myoops.org/cocw/independent/20071108-01/Randypausch.srt
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Randy/pauschlastlecturetranscript.pdf
演讲的ppt文档：
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Randy/Randy/pauschlastlecturelowresolution.ppt
相信大家看了都会有所启发和领悟，最后用Randy演讲中的给我印象深刻的若干段话作为结尾：
-- The brick walls are not there to keep us out, the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who dont want it badly enough!
-- When you are screwing up and nobody is saying anything to you, that means they give up. Is that when you see yourself doing something badly and nobody is bothering to tell you anymore, that is a very bad place to be. Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.
-- Did you figure out the head fake?（这是演讲最后快要结束的一段的第一个head fake，第二个是说“这个演讲不是为了you guys而是my three kids”）It is not about how to achieve your dreams. It is about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself.
去吧，停止抱怨，勇敢地迎接挑战和笑对人生。