On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Michael Robinson <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > If you are a PSU staff person, please don't be offended. Some of > > > you are very dedicated good professors. Others, I honestly wonder > > > what you are doing there. I'm not going to list any names because > > > that would be stupid and rude. > > > > No offense, but you're a shithead. Do you see how that doesn't work? You > > can't be a dick and then say "please don't be offended". > > > > You also don't seem to know the difference between "faculty" and "staff". > > > > Wil > > I'm not using foul crude language, yet I'm the one with the problem? > > Faculty and staff, the former is a subset of the latter. Sure I am > talking about IT people in particular. The fire suppression system > shouldn't be improperly designed, not with the money the University > is literally throwing at buildings. I simply do not understand how > a UPS can be behind the power source for a server instead of in front > of it where it belongs. That is very strange. I can understand loss > of power due to a rodent building a nest in the breaker box, but the > servers should at least be able to shut down properly. Improper > design suggests that there is a competence issue and the people who > are affected are students paying frankly a lot of money to be > students in the first place. > > As far as the shithead comment, I didn't list any names and frankly > it is likely that most higher education institutions have problematic > professors and other problematic staff. Computer science at PSU > seems to be going through a period of change, not all of it good. > I have run into more CS profs with nasty attitudes than profs from > other disciplines. Granted, my view being a CS major on other > disciplines is fairly limited. > > Frankly, I didn't target all PSU staff or all PSU professors with > my original post and I purposely left the specfics out on who I > think has a problem. How is that being a shithead? > > I had terrible luck with CS311 this term. I feel it is being very > poorly taught. I'm hoping the other instructor who isn't teaching > it this term doesn't believe in giving homework that the students > can't solve and learn from. I saw the instructor, I won't name him, > get visibly angry with students on multiple occasions which is > unacceptable. I don't care what the student is asking, suck it up > and be professional. Seriously. It is disturbing to watch adults > have to put up with another adult's anger issues. I fell behind and > there was nothing I could do, so I got out of the class. It is > frustrating in that I really want to move on. > Please keep name calling using crude foul language to yourself. > > I've had to have this discussion with people who've never managed, administered or troubleshot an enterprise network. This seems like this is the case with you Michael. It is not a complete apples to apples comparison but the ideas still work. Automobiles have been around for some 100 years, there have been plenty of advancements and innovations, yet they still require regular maintenance in order to run efficiently and not break down. If you apply your logic to autos, they should never break down and never require any upkeep whatsoever and they should never have any type of recalls or something found after they are brought to market that was missed during the engineering and prototyping phase. In reality, it just doesn't work like that. Maybe you have an axe to grind with some of the professors, so be it, but that shouldn't become a blanket judgement about the intelligence of the IT staff at PSU. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
