canutethegreat

Thank you to everyone who was wishing me well and crossing their fingers, toes, eyes, et cetera.

I passed all my classes (one barely, got a C-) and officially finished my first bachelors degree! My B.A. in History with Computer Science minor is officially done!

I was waiting/holding my breath but as of this morning my transcript no longer reads "in-progress" and instead reads as...
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Two finals and two programs down, one final to go in the morning and the quarter is over!

Random thought for the day: in Star Trek: The Next Generation series final (All Good Things), does the future version of the Enterprise-D still have the ability to separate the saucer section from the drive section?

If not, then what became of the battle bridge and other separation-specific features?

According to star trek wiki and in star trek online it is referred to as a...
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I completely depleted my checking and savings to pay for tuition and (mostly) rent after financial aid refused to pay for summer quarter. Ever since this summer I have been falling a little farther behind on certain bills. Well that finally caught up and I woke up this morning to the cell phone disconnected.

I've been looking for either a full-time job or a second...
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I had one final and one programming assignment due on Monday. Next I have one final and one program Thursday, and then on Friday I have one last final and the quarter is over!

After all that crap is over with I need about two days of sleep to get caught up!

Why do I have to complete federal loan exit counseling when I'm not leaving school? Yes I'm graduating, but I'll be turning a minor into a major for a second degree and am still here next quarter. So why do I have to do "exit" counseling when I'm not exiting?

Also, what's the point of having final exams for classes that spend most of the...
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Computer Science is Not About Computers!

When most people encounter the phrase "Computer Science" it usually conjures up a vision of tech support or, to a lesser extent, computer repair.

It is simultaneously amusing and irritating that the majority of the population does not know what the field of Computer Science does.

The term "computer" has become more vague (or more broad) over the previous...
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If the infinite monkey theorem (1000 monkeys with 1000 typewriters...) is true, then wouldn't that be enough reason for patents, particularly software, DNA, algorithms, etc. patents to be unacceptable?

Or how about the scripts that they now have in the computer science department that checks a student's source code against classmates - both present and all previous classes? Wouldn't there eventually be a student that...
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I stayed in one of the computer labs on campus until 4am last night working on a programming assignment with a friend that's in the class. It was kind of weird being there when they started locking the doors at midnight. Kind of an erie feeling to see that place almost completely deserted!

I showed up around 7pm and there were probably 5 other people...
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It has been a while since I've been active on SG (or anywhere else for that matter). I have been so swamped with homework and life that I am lucky to get more than 4 hours of sleep during the week. I have been missing my morning class about once a week just to get a little extra sleep but will have to put an...
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