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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.

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    _Damian S_
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    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...

      ------------------------------------------- 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!!

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      MarkB777
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      I am postgrad. ;P, I'm more specifically talkin about PHD's

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      • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

        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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        MarkB777
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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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        • F Fernando A Gomez F

          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

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          MarkB777
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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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          • M MarkB777

            I am postgrad. ;P, I'm more specifically talkin about PHD's

            Mark Brock Click here to view my blog

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            _Damian 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!!

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              MarkB777
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              haha so true. :D

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              • M MarkB777

                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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                Jorgen Sigvardsson
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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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                • M MarkB777

                  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?!?!

                  Mark Brock Click here to view my blog

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                  Brady Kelly
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                  When people do that type of thing they make me feel smug, not like crap.

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                  • F Fernando A Gomez F

                    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

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                    rastaVnuce
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                    Hey... I'm pretty high in the chain.. yupeeee :) ( The hierarchy gets a 5 :) )

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                    • M MarkB777

                      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).

                      Mark Brock Click here to view my blog

                      modified on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:06 AM

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                      darkelv
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                      Well, you can tell them that, you can take their job in the future, but they are not able to take yours. ;) Quite a lot of people I know in this field are from engineering discipline, myself included.

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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?!?!

                        Mark Brock Click here to view my blog

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                        Lost User
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                        MarkBrock wrote:

                        Can't a guy have a beer without someone trying to make him feel like cr@p?!?!

                        Punch his lights out. That'll shut the wanker up.

                        Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                        • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

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                          There are CS courses that are mediocre at best.

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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. For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.

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                            Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:

                            For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.

                            Isn't that song of the Nymph* ?

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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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                              Josh Gray wrote:

                              A well timed fart might be appropriate

                              Wow! You Aussies know how to do everything! ^5

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                              • M MarkB777

                                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?!?!

                                Mark Brock Click here to view my blog

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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.

                                  Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                                  Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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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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                                  • M MarkB777

                                    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?!?!

                                    Mark Brock Click here to view my blog

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                                    shubumpkin
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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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                                    • M MarkB777

                                      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?!?!

                                      Mark Brock Click here to view my blog

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                                      Lost User
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                                      What what? You're having a beer and someone is making you feel like crap? Just throw your beer at them and get another one. Beer is good. Beer is the answer to life's problems.

                                      No trees were killed in the creation of this message. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

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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?!?!

                                        Mark Brock Click here to view my blog

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                                        ensoftrob
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                                        Sometimes their superior knowledge makes them blind to a more practical solution. A lot of the time, the concepts they're working on might be far superior in an academic sense, but completely impractical when applied to real-world problems.

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                                        • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                                          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. (It is akin to a Math Degree at a Science based university)

                                          I believe it's only difficult because it's so poorly taught.

                                          Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

                                          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.

                                          Yeah, I use to sigh up for linear algebra and topology classes just to make fun of those poor slow dolts majoring in math or physics, they were just soooo lame. I'd be all like "your family's so poor that when your momma got married your daddy had to use an abelian ring for a wedding band", or if someone got in my face I'd be all "your momma's so fat that when she sits around the möbius strip, she 'sits around' the möbius strip", yeah, un-huh. What was this thread about again? ;P :-D

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