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[Bella]

@stew: if it's a CS class, then you should get used to strange and "off" smells. haha

Hahaha, makes me think of what a techie friend (and computer science-major-dropout >>) once told me... something to the effect of, "If you ever get into computer science classes, you won't believe the weirdos you'll meet." I paraphrase.

[Pitkin]

Hum, maybe that's not a global occurrence: the computer science classes I took for minor were full of such super-average people that no one really stuck to my mind. Oh, one exception, this guy who felt necessary to interrupt the GUI class teacher EVERY TWO SENTENCES by declaring "how easy it would've been to do on Linux". I was embarrassed to use the same OS as he when he did that... xD

Oh well, on the other hand... most of the LGBT student group actives are CS majors. Dunno if they're just more likely to seek student groups, or if there's other correlation. ^^

[SleepyD]

@stew: ah. wet stuff (especially old wet stuff) always has a weird funk to it. heh

@Bellz: Maybe I'm weird myself, so I didn't notice, but it took the university anime club for me to find the crazy weirdos.  Good weirdos though. haha People in the engineering school in general are an eclectic group anyway.

But yeah. Big computer science project + big 24-hour uni computer lab = awfully smelly computer lab.

[Paul]

The computer labs in my school are also incredibly smelly, but the people there are quite nice

[Pitkin]

What do people do in your computer labs? ._.; Never smelled anything strange in Tampere, now I'm too afraid to go back to make sure I wasn't imagining when I thought there were no odours... -.-

[Paul]

The teacher teaches and the students code <3

Useless fact: I'm writing this off a Computer running HP-UX

[Dr. Kraus]

I figured out some admin codes for my school's computers, teachers and the tech department weren't happy about it though...

[svx]

OOP isn't... that bad... right?

OOP is evil! Kyuubei loves OOP because it obfuscates real functionality and insight behind layers and layers of intangible, unsettling magic that... they... designed to... confuse you!

I hates it a lot because it teaches poor programming practices
And is unreadable in terms of control flow
And it's annoying to reverse-engineer once compiled
And is annoying to link to when used for libraries
And it is inefficient, given that colleges teach only "the right way" to do things; that is, to focus on readability versus functionality (svx ams against this paradigm)
(and svx is Batman)

Anyway,

Who do you trust more??? Kyuubei? That little... thing? With its... ears and, eh, eyes? And fur? And its eerie cuteness? Or me? With my assortment of *Pods and technology? Actually, Kyuubei is pretty awesome, and I only one the one *Pod...

Touche Kyuubei...
Touche.

[Chocofreak13]

@svx: you get funnier every time i read your stuff.
@everyone else: i wish i knew how to program....
and i haven't had an actual 'computer' class since 8th grade, and i only took it cause i failed french the previous year. (je nais parle francais.) it was filled mostly with the slacker-esque kids, and those who didn't want to take a language. :\ otherwise, it was a good class (the teacher was semi-strict, but nice). :3
i don't remember much about my middle school's computer lab outside of the fact that it was small, had no windows, and was carpeted. -w- my high school's computer lab had 2 rooms (though one was usually used for a class), and the teacher who moderated it (Ms. Wilmarth) was very, very nice. ^^ i had a couple classes in there, and it was usually quite peaceful . ^^

[SleepyD]

What do people do in your computer labs? ._.; Never smelled anything strange in Tampere, now I'm too afraid to go back to make sure I wasn't imagining when I thought there were no odours... -.-

People spend the whole day and night in the labs here working on projects and things, (Operating Systems class, I'm looking at you).  That implies they don't shower. Ever been to a crowded arcade? Anime con panel? Yeah. Smells like that.

OOP is evil! Kyuubei loves OOP because it obfuscates real functionality and insight behind layers and layers of intangible, unsettling magic that... they... designed to... confuse you!

I hates it a lot because it teaches poor programming practices
And is unreadable in terms of control flow
And it's annoying to reverse-engineer once compiled
And is annoying to link to when used for libraries
And it is inefficient, given that colleges teach only "the right way" to do things; that is, to focus on readability versus functionality (svx ams against this paradigm)
(and svx is Batman)

Anyway,

Who do you trust more??? Kyuubei? That little... thing? With its... ears and, eh, eyes? And fur? And its eerie cuteness? Or me? With my assortment of *Pods and technology? Actually, Kyuubei is pretty awesome, and I only one the one *Pod...

Touche Kyuubei...
Touche.

Hm. Interesting viewpoint.
well you probably already know this, but as someone who took a CS Minor course at my university, it's pretty much Java and C++ they work with for all the core courses.  Not to mention the AP course in high school is also an OOP course in Java. Not to mention all the jobs I've been applying to want experience in OOP.   Given a good (documented) design, OOP shouldn't be some sort of magic box of mystery anyway.  Unfortunately, I hardly ever see well-documented code, even if it is brilliant.

As far as programming goes, OOP is really all I know (Java, C++, Python). haha That and MATLAB. And some SQL. but... that's not really programming, that's just databases.

Also
/ 人◕‿‿◕人 \

[Chocofreak13]

sleepy, you should stick around this time, since besides you, svx is our only real programmer, and he's drunk. :\

[Krizonar]

I've never had a computer class, not even a typing class!

[Chocofreak13]

we had typing in 5th grade, and i sucked at it. funny now that i can type faster than alot of people i know. :\

[Bella]

I've never had any computer or typing classes in school either....

[Chocofreak13]

be thankful, i guess...?