Went to a NIN concert today. Holy shit, it was so good I fell in love with the music all over again. Trents stage presence is staggering, and I want to have his babies.
In other music related things, I got the new Fiona Apple CD, and Im obsessive about the song Parting Gift. Its funny because I dont find the lyrics very interesting, but the way the lyrics are sung is very interesting.
Time for some ranting: I really dislike the grader for my theory of prob and stats class. The score is out of 20 points, and he or she took off a point for something thats not mentioned in the question. Let me explain: I used my calculator to find the answer, but I got a whole point knocked off because he/she said Im not supposed to use a calculator. I dont see why this would be the case, since the question never states you cant use your calculator. By way of practicality, why would I NOT use my calculator being that its the most efficient method of finding the answer. Given a choice, why would I choose the indirect and more time consuming method of solving? Its pretty ridiculous. I got another point taken for not explaining something, but honestly, I wrote everything except the equation used. The equation is the only one relevant to the chapter, so I didnt think it was necessary. Other then the anal retentive, nitpicky, showing work stuff; all my answers were correct. WHY ISNT THAT ENOUGH?! This is a level 5 (ie 5xxx or 5xx depending on the schools system) class; were not all cheating little morons at this pointass hole. Oh, by the way, I showed my professor the homework, and he gave me my points back. Yay!
Speaking of problems, my friend did a take home programming quiz. If he passes, he is granted an interview to this cool company. One of the problems took him a couple of days, and I asked him why. He basically said, the answer is so simple, that its almost trivial. The problem is, given an 8-bit value; find the number of bits without using any repetitive functions and use as few processes as possible. He got it down to two lines of code, and I was like, thats hot, and I want to eat your brain. No, I didnt actually say that, but I did think it!
In other music related things, I got the new Fiona Apple CD, and Im obsessive about the song Parting Gift. Its funny because I dont find the lyrics very interesting, but the way the lyrics are sung is very interesting.
Time for some ranting: I really dislike the grader for my theory of prob and stats class. The score is out of 20 points, and he or she took off a point for something thats not mentioned in the question. Let me explain: I used my calculator to find the answer, but I got a whole point knocked off because he/she said Im not supposed to use a calculator. I dont see why this would be the case, since the question never states you cant use your calculator. By way of practicality, why would I NOT use my calculator being that its the most efficient method of finding the answer. Given a choice, why would I choose the indirect and more time consuming method of solving? Its pretty ridiculous. I got another point taken for not explaining something, but honestly, I wrote everything except the equation used. The equation is the only one relevant to the chapter, so I didnt think it was necessary. Other then the anal retentive, nitpicky, showing work stuff; all my answers were correct. WHY ISNT THAT ENOUGH?! This is a level 5 (ie 5xxx or 5xx depending on the schools system) class; were not all cheating little morons at this pointass hole. Oh, by the way, I showed my professor the homework, and he gave me my points back. Yay!
Speaking of problems, my friend did a take home programming quiz. If he passes, he is granted an interview to this cool company. One of the problems took him a couple of days, and I asked him why. He basically said, the answer is so simple, that its almost trivial. The problem is, given an 8-bit value; find the number of bits without using any repetitive functions and use as few processes as possible. He got it down to two lines of code, and I was like, thats hot, and I want to eat your brain. No, I didnt actually say that, but I did think it!