Rant: I'd like to say “Fuck you” to the Computer Science Department

And here I thought my ranting came to a premature end...But I've returned to rant another day

Before I get to the rant, I saw a comment saying something about me possibly being a very difficult person to deal with. Actually, I'm an easy-going, cool, down-to-earth person and these rants are for fun.

Back to the rant...

*sigh* I don't even know where to start...How about stop being fucking retards?

Maybe I'm naïve or something but whenever I hear the words Computer Science and main lab the thought of a modern computer lab comes to mind. *sigh* What a fucking disappointment.

The first time I ever used this supposedly modern computer lab (which was in 2005) I was anything but impressed. The still had old Dell optiplex (700Mhz) machines with CRT monitors running Windows 2000 on one side of the lab and some 1.8Ghz systems on the other side while other computer labs had machines with 2.4Ghz+ P4s. So at this point I'm wondering wtf is going here. Are these people serious? Those machines sucked so badly that throwing a smoke grenade in Counter Strike would make the machine freeze because the smoke was just way too much for those machines to render *roll eyes*.

The following year, they finally got newer machines (for half of the lab) but by then I said fuck the lab and bought myself a laptop. There was no way I was going to wait to use a computer when I had my own laptop. But what good is a laptop if wireless access isn't always available on campus?

So now, we'll skip ahead to last year when the other side of the same computer science lab finally had new machines brought in. These machines were supposed to be blazing fast with Core 2 Duo processors and 2GB of system memory. Yeah, right? More bullshit. First issue, all the machines came from Dell with ball mice...okay, but I thought optical/laser was what was being used. The second issue, the machines are slow like dog shit. Seriously, if I see an Intel Core 2 Duo sticker on a computer, I'm going to expect a fast, responsive system (ofcourse there are other components to consider, memory bandwidth, latency, hard drive speed and interface, etc). Disappointed again. Epic Failure once again. These computers are so slow it takes MSN Messenger about 5 minutes to sign in. That's just plain retarded. I only wish I were exaggerating but it is so.

After years and years of the same monotonous bullshit, the computer science department at my school finally decided to introduce some useful courses into the curriculum. So after so many years, it finally became painfully obvious that they needed to introduce some web design and computer and network security to their computer science programme? Are you fucking kidding me? Why did they wait until now? And they wonder why most business prefer students from the rival university (UTECH).

Hell yeah! The computer science lab just got about a dozen Intel-based iMacs, a Mac Pro and a cinema display. Oh wait a minute, these machines aren't actually available to computer science students. So, what happened here is that another faculty needed some space for multimedia classes and that was the reason why those machines ended up in the computer lab in what used to be a secondary lab/tutorial room. At first it was said that we could use the machines whenever there were no classes. Sure, turned out to be bullshit after a while. They restricted access to only those in that class. But that never mattered to me since Apple computers are overrated in my opinion. Not too long ago, a lecturer had to borrow that same secondary lab for a tutorial and the Mac-noobs started to get annoyed, showing signs of their disapproval. And this is something that has happened more than once.
I can only ask the following question: why the fuck do these people think they own the place which they borrowed in the first place? Maybe they think using Macs to design things makes them superior to other people.

Being caught in my own bit of problems and having to spend extra time in school part time, I decided that maybe I should just do web design since its just for credits. And after attending the first class I was somewhat disappointed. Hoping it would improve, I decided to stick it out. As class progressed, it became somewhat noticeable that the lecturer thinks the class is filled with a bunch of tech-noobs. Now, I'm not saying that I'm a genius, but in this day and age, how the fuck are you going to ask college students if they know what Google is? Or even Youtube? Oh...maybe they didn't want to assume anything (yeah, right).

Anyway, this about wraps up my rant for now. And yeah, there are cool lecturers and other people who are associated with the department who get my full respect.
I'll put more effort into getting a rant out on schedule and with the usual style.

Life: Weekly Review [29-Sep-2008]

This is a quick run-down of the week starting September 29.

Monday:

Had a Japanese test (yeah, I'm trying to learn Japanese) which was supposed to be an hour long but I ended up finishing in approximately 18 minutes which sorta pissed of some of the people in the class. Then it was of to the language lab for an hour.
After that I was off to the computer lab for 2 hours and then to the electronic lab for 4 hours directly after that. 8 Hours between class, work and doing lab experiments.

Tuesday:

Another morning I just had to wake up early to get to the computer lab for 8:00Am. 2 Hours later, I'm off to Japanese for 2 hours. It sucks having to walk half-way across campus for class.

Wednesday:

Again, I had to get up early so I could make it to the computer lab but this time for 9:00Am. At least I sold an old textbook which means money for me. My friends dragged me into playing basketball with them. And after such a long time of not playing any form of sports I could actually still play which was surprising. One huge problem, after 10min I was unable to continue the game. I'll blame school for me not actively engaging in sporting activities.

Thursday:

And away I go to the computer lab for 8:00Am again but this time I had to help underclassmen (mostly girls tho, ^_^) who are doing introductory computer science courses with their lab exercises for 2 hours. 10:00Am I was off to Japanese class which is actually pretty cool. And then back to the computer science lab which is pretty much the main hangout spot for my friends and I.
2:30PM, not may people showed up for the computer science club meeting which although a disappoint, was expected.

Friday:

Woot, Japanese class again but this time at 10. Ugh, I remembered I had an assignment that was due for the "Web design & Programming" course. I spent the rest of the day trying to finish and for some reason progress was rather slow. So slow that I didn't get to finish everything before the submission time. Disaster :(.

So now, its 7:30PM...maybe I'll pwn some n00bs in Combat Arms or study.

-xerosai