Academic snobbery
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Josh Gray wrote:
well timed fart
Is that also clocked and scheduled? :-D
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Is that also clocked and scheduled?
Well there are many many considerations. It must start at the right time, have the correct duration, preferably increase in pitch towards the last third and maintain a constant intensity for the duration (obviously follow through must be avoided). I think to get the best result a cheek must be casually lifted in the offenders direction while the farter maintains a conversation with someone else.
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A good CS curriculum involves as much math as an engineering degree. While any hard science is probably a little more difficult I rank CS up there with math. Of course remember, I am speaking of CS and not MIS.
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good CS curriculum involves as much math
True. And good aptitude and reasoning power besides a logical coherant approach to problem-solving.
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:
Is that also clocked and scheduled?
Well there are many many considerations. It must start at the right time, have the correct duration, preferably increase in pitch towards the last third and maintain a constant intensity for the duration (obviously follow through must be avoided). I think to get the best result a cheek must be casually lifted in the offenders direction while the farter maintains a conversation with someone else.
Josh Gray wrote:
to get the best result a cheek must be casually lifted
That's known as the one-cheek-sneak!!
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I'm sorry, but if you undergrads are going to come in here and start whining, us qualified people are going to have to show you the exit...
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I am postgrad. ;P, I'm more specifically talkin about PHD's
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Computer Science is one of the most difficult programs available. (It is akin to a Math Degree at a Science based university) Admittedly, back in Uni, we did make fun of the education majors and soft sciences. My favorite method of doing so was taking a class no CS major would dare take and blow the curve.
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
Computer Science is one of the most difficult programs available.
Wouldn't that depend on someone's strength's? Not everyone struggles to understand computer concepts, but they may find physics, or even literature a struggle (or vice-versa).
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modified on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:06 AM
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It's like, you know, a programmer's disease. C++ers making fun of VBers and C#ers, C#ers making fun of C++ers and VBers, VBers making fun of HTMLers, everyone making fun of Java-ers, and Cers making fun of the aforementioned, and finally, asm-ers making fun of everyone else. This[^] is the hierarchy. :)
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haha, I like your sense of humour. I guess at the end of the day all you can do is sit back and laugh, and realise that none of us really know anything. I remember my old man once told me that no matter how good you get, there will most likely always be someone out there better than you.
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I am postgrad. ;P, I'm more specifically talkin about PHD's
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You know what PhD stands for, don't you? Piled high and Deep!!
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You know what PhD stands for, don't you? Piled high and Deep!!
------------------------------------------- Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Just bugger off and leave me alone!!
haha so true. :D
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One thing that really gets under my skin here at university is whenever i'm talking to someone who's doing a higher program than me, they always seem to make sure that I know how much harder their program is, and how much smarter they are. Can't a guy have a beer without someone trying to make him feel like cr@p?!?!
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MarkBrock wrote:
Can't a guy have a beer without someone trying to make him feel like cr@p?!?!
It's a penis complex/compensation thing. Just smile and walk away. ;)
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One thing that really gets under my skin here at university is whenever i'm talking to someone who's doing a higher program than me, they always seem to make sure that I know how much harder their program is, and how much smarter they are. Can't a guy have a beer without someone trying to make him feel like cr@p?!?!
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When people do that type of thing they make me feel smug, not like crap.
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It's like, you know, a programmer's disease. C++ers making fun of VBers and C#ers, C#ers making fun of C++ers and VBers, VBers making fun of HTMLers, everyone making fun of Java-ers, and Cers making fun of the aforementioned, and finally, asm-ers making fun of everyone else. This[^] is the hierarchy. :)
Stupidity is an International Association - Enrique Jardiel Poncela Die deutsche Sprache sollte sanft und ehrfurchtsvoll zu den toten Sprachen abgelegt werden, denn nur die Toten haben die Zeit, diese Sprache zu lernen. - Mark Twain
Hey... I'm pretty high in the chain.. yupeeee :) ( The hierarchy gets a 5 :) )
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Im doing engineering, not computer science, but I really hope that the computer science camp are not as rude to the students in lower program's as the engineers are.
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
Computer Science is one of the most difficult programs available.
Wouldn't that depend on someone's strength's? Not everyone struggles to understand computer concepts, but they may find physics, or even literature a struggle (or vice-versa).
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modified on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:06 AM
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One thing that really gets under my skin here at university is whenever i'm talking to someone who's doing a higher program than me, they always seem to make sure that I know how much harder their program is, and how much smarter they are. Can't a guy have a beer without someone trying to make him feel like cr@p?!?!
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:confused:
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_Damian S_ wrote:
I'm sorry, but if you undergrads are going to come in here and start whining, us qualified people are going to have to show you the exit...
And the college will sing 'The Brook' poem of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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MarkBrock wrote:
they always seem to make sure that I know how much harder their program is, and how much smarter they are.
A well timed fart might be appropriate
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One thing that really gets under my skin here at university is whenever i'm talking to someone who's doing a higher program than me, they always seem to make sure that I know how much harder their program is, and how much smarter they are. Can't a guy have a beer without someone trying to make him feel like cr@p?!?!
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MarkBrock wrote:
whenever i'm talking to someone who's doing a higher program than me, they always seem to make sure that I know how much harder their program is, and how much smarter they are.
That happens everywhere, not just school. People want you to know they work longer hours, get less sleep, have more bills, drive farther to work, make less money, have endured more broken bones, etc.
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There are CS courses that are mediocre at best.
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Trollslayer wrote:
There are CS courses that are mediocre at best.
True, but there are CS courses that are a real tough nut to crack as well.
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One thing that really gets under my skin here at university is whenever i'm talking to someone who's doing a higher program than me, they always seem to make sure that I know how much harder their program is, and how much smarter they are. Can't a guy have a beer without someone trying to make him feel like cr@p?!?!
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I work routinely with very clever people, unfortunately true brilliance takes far more than academic qualifications. Some have it, some are too arrogant to realize they don't. In fact academia is a bit of a farce, it just proves your ability to learn facts, it does not by any means prepare you for a working practical environment. The most important quality is continuous self improvement!
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One thing that really gets under my skin here at university is whenever i'm talking to someone who's doing a higher program than me, they always seem to make sure that I know how much harder their program is, and how much smarter they are. Can't a guy have a beer without someone trying to make him feel like cr@p?!?!
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