Primadonna City...unfortunately, it exists most places ... people tend to believe that they can-do-no-wrong and substitute radical-views for logic. If you disagree with them, they'll raise such a stink untill you give in (most of the time)... more ego than brains...
On 23 Jun 2002 09:53:22 -0500 Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That just confirms my decision to swap instructors last year. > > You know, the sad thing is that education is the only place people like > this can exist and be successful. In my opinion it is also the WORST > place they could possibly be. Of course, where I work, there are a lot > of people like this also. Even though I have been there a while, I > still find it impossible to deal with people like this. There are so > many people in academia that are just worthless beyond spitting some > facts out that they learned in a book. Critical thinking and "learning" > are not taught anymore. > > It reminds me of when I was a kid and I would get a new expesive toy for > Christmas and my mother would punish me because the first thing I did > was take it apart to figure out how it worked. > > Pinnepali and all people like her should be run out of education and/or > go back where they came from. They are harming the entire system and > the "thinkers" of tomorrow. > > Shannon > > On Sun, 2002-06-23 at 03:27, Boyd Davezac wrote: > > It is his wife and she is more paranoid than a UFO abductee. I remember > > during a final exam she asked some guy to post a note on the door of the > > classroom (don't remember what it was) and when he came back to get his > > exam > > from her she flipped out and told him she already gave him one. It took 3 > > people to convince her that she had not given him an exam but something to > > post on the door. haha. > > > > I also remember another time during our first lab our lab instructor was > > lecturing us on what we were going to be doing in the robotics lab (we were > > in the computer lab) and he just walked out. Myself and a few others just > > looked at each other and decided to go to the robotics lab and get started. > > The rest of the class stayed. About a half hour later, she comes into the > > robotics lab with the rest of the class and gives us a lecture on hard > > working people that have to bust butt to get to college and these guys were > > sitting in the computer lab doing nothing. It was actually a > > miscommunication but she insisted that the lab instructor give them a minus > > 10 for the first lab. The lab instructor shook his head and said he'd do it > > but you could tell he knew it was bullsh*t and he wasn't going to do it. So > > she starts yelling at him to get out the sheet and mark off right then > > while > > she was watching. > > > > That woman scares me. > > > > Boyd > > > > >wOn Sat, 2002-06-22 at 20:33, Jeff Crosby wrote: > > > > she? I had Sai Pinnepalli and he was a very good instructor. He > > >certainly > > > > didn't take off any for anything extra we did in class or lab. Hmmm. > > > > > > > > > >Perhaps it is his wife or something.....? > > > > > >Shannon > > > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Shannon Roddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 6:41 PM > > > > Subject: RE: [brlug-general] Math/computer question > > > > > > > > > > > > > I hate Pinnepalli. I transfered to another instructors class when she > > > > > told me that on the first assignment, if I submitted ANY code > > >whatsoever > > > > > in addition to the assigned material that I would get a 0 for a grade. > > > > > > > > > > I have heard of deducting points for an incomplete assignment, but > > >NEVER > > > > > have I heard of being penalized for going the extra mile. I think > > >that > > > > > idiotic professors like that are one of the damn problems with the > > > > > educational system. > > > > > > > > > > Shannon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 16:57, Boyd Davezac wrote: > > > > > > Grey-code ...CS 2280 with Pinnepalli - oh yeah, I remember :) > > > > > > > > > > > > Boyd > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Banker, Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > >It appears to be 40 bits indeed. I bet Choppy has had some > > >experience > > > > > > >translating hex and octal into 4 and 3 bit binary groupings? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Anybody remember dealing with grey-code? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > > > >From: Shannon Roddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 3:58 PM > > > > > > >To: BRLUG-General > > > > > > >Subject: [brlug-general] Math/computer question > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I have a question: Since working with VPNs and manual keys, I have > > > > been > > > > > > >having to generate keys of varying lengths. Correct me if I am > > >wrong; > > > > > > > > > > > > > >a Hex number is base 16. In binary this would take four bits to > > > > > > >represent. Such as the hex number "a" would be 1011. Therefore a > > >hex > > > > > > >number of "05bde5b843" is 10 digits long. Therefore it would be a > > >40 > > > > > > >bit key right? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Just making sure that I am not crazy.... > > > > > > >-- > > > > > > >Shannon Roddy > > > > > > >__________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > >Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology > > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory > > > > > > >ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > > > > > > >fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > > > > > > >Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy > > > > > > >Calendar/Schedule See Home Page > > > > > > >Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > > > >General mailing list > > > > > > >[email protected] > > > > > > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > > > >General mailing list > > > > > > >[email protected] > > > > > > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: > > >http://messenger.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > General mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > -- > > > > > Shannon Roddy > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory > > > > > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > > > > > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > > > > > Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy > > > > > Calendar/Schedule See Home Page > > > > > Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > General mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >-- > > >Shannon Roddy > > >__________________________________________________________________ > > >Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory > > >ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > > >fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > > >Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy > > >Calendar/Schedule See Home Page > > >Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >General mailing list > > >[email protected] > > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- > Shannon Roddy > __________________________________________________________________ > Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy > Calendar/Schedule See Home Page > Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
