tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.comments2010-01-19T19:41:35.580+13:00Graduate Rhapsody [closed]Gaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556494270770913766noreply@blogger.comBlogger384125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-74080700433590506342010-01-19T19:41:35.580+13:002010-01-19T19:41:35.580+13:00So long and thanks for all the fish.So long and thanks for all the fish.Bruce Houlthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01154028983849459678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-89116719471267594622010-01-19T12:50:25.402+13:002010-01-19T12:50:25.402+13:00It's been fun. Thanks for writing.
I'll c...It's been fun. Thanks for writing.<br /><br />I'll continue reading LitBlog.bk drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274208803479395825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-91692227819544267562010-01-01T17:37:42.310+13:002010-01-01T17:37:42.310+13:00It is now, in fact, the School of Electronics and ...It is now, in fact, the School of Electronics and Computer Science, shortened to either ECS or SECS depending on whether you are staff or student.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-11580378862711257452009-11-26T17:38:36.707+13:002009-11-26T17:38:36.707+13:00Yes, they were taught out of order this year due t...Yes, they were taught out of order this year due to staffing changes.Gaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556494270770913766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-61119167440231454252009-11-26T16:29:55.014+13:002009-11-26T16:29:55.014+13:00So you do macro B before macro A?So you do macro B before macro A?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-64030970883633529372009-11-19T13:53:52.657+13:002009-11-19T13:53:52.657+13:00Woohooo, congratsWoohooo, congratsMatt Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05615455113796090765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-79669103829600060202009-11-14T12:04:00.673+13:002009-11-14T12:04:00.673+13:00...but you're feeling fine?
I suggest ... tak......but you're feeling fine?<br /><br />I suggest ... taking some time off. Well, that, working, or graduate study :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968933018992426351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-22906584043037826842009-11-13T12:41:45.147+13:002009-11-13T12:41:45.147+13:00Congratulations!Congratulations!bk drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274208803479395825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-33594468321959602152009-11-12T09:53:46.189+13:002009-11-12T09:53:46.189+13:00As I mentioned in my post on this subject during t...As I mentioned in my post on this subject during the midyear exam period:<br /><br />1. There are almost always some students sitting exams under special conditions, and the university has never taken away their classmates' exam papers before.<br /><br />2. There is no reason on earth why such a consideration should apply to a class which is all sitting the exam together; the exam supervisors know whether their supervisees make up full class numbers or not, and should be instructed to take away the papers only if there are people missing.<br /><br />Neither of these mean that the stated reason is not the university's genuine reason; they just confirm that, if so, the university is overbearing, dictatorial and stupid.Gaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556494270770913766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-8220299887809122502009-11-11T18:27:56.772+13:002009-11-11T18:27:56.772+13:00I think the supposed reason for the swine flu thin...I think the supposed reason for the swine flu thing was that if a student misses the exam due to having the flu they would have to resit it at a later date, and so it would not do for someone to give them a question paper beforehand. There are still many holes in this plan though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-31715566705031346472009-11-01T18:41:25.810+13:002009-11-01T18:41:25.810+13:00I don't think they would have, but I don't...I don't think they would have, but I don't really know, as I left the building like a bat out of hell to avoid having to talk to anyone about it.Gaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556494270770913766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-3416911521638117042009-11-01T18:34:47.099+13:002009-11-01T18:34:47.099+13:00Or ... everyone else had the same problem ...Or ... everyone else had the same problem ...Bruce Houlthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01154028983849459678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-20317311857145980802009-10-26T17:03:37.607+13:002009-10-26T17:03:37.607+13:00Yes, I've done it a few times before. I just ...Yes, I've done it a few times before. I just particularly wanted to do it <i>yesterday</i>. Hopefully it will still be there in mid-November.Gaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556494270770913766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-37073831935402001192009-10-25T20:54:31.823+13:002009-10-25T20:54:31.823+13:00Oh, I recommend it. I walked the Skyline Walkway y...Oh, I recommend it. I walked the Skyline Walkway yesterday with some friends and there was good weather and good fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-86121463781170296452009-10-18T17:21:09.401+13:002009-10-18T17:21:09.401+13:00My many multiplugs at VUW got labelled with "...My many multiplugs at VUW got labelled with "DON" in marker pen. Well, or "Interface" by people who didn't know better. But I did manage to retrieve them, mostly, when I left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-9582799786762717432009-10-10T09:38:40.172+13:002009-10-10T09:38:40.172+13:00$oh,$ $no.$$oh,$ $no.$Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-19392784887786703682009-09-13T17:09:29.096+12:002009-09-13T17:09:29.096+12:00I know that feeling. Leaving university is odd, as...I know that feeling. Leaving university is odd, as any major change in life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-47212003643601330722009-09-09T10:58:22.126+12:002009-09-09T10:58:22.126+12:00I rewrote the function a little bit. What I had y...I rewrote the function a little bit. What I had yesterday didn't fully capture the impressive blindness of what I'd actually done.Gaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556494270770913766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-42332325687746260352009-09-08T16:25:09.462+12:002009-09-08T16:25:09.462+12:00It's my considered opinion that the wheel is n...It's my considered opinion that the wheel is not such a perfect machine that it can't stand to be reinvented periodically. Maybe, someone will chance across a better one.<br /><br />At least, this is how <i>I</i> rationalize it when I do stuff like that.bk drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274208803479395825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-33816219442557766272009-08-30T21:01:50.739+12:002009-08-30T21:01:50.739+12:00That's not really a problem I have; the sets o...That's not really a problem I have; the sets of {people who read my blogs} and {people with whom I regularly converse} have an intersection of... one. For loose definitions of "regularly".Gaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556494270770913766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-67219218972360943852009-08-30T07:57:55.245+12:002009-08-30T07:57:55.245+12:00Reserve Rhapsody? Bankers Rhapsody?
My already s...Reserve Rhapsody? Bankers Rhapsody?<br /><br />My already sporadic blogging became even more so when I ceased studenthood. Alas. Although this means I have more to talk about when I catch up with people, because they haven't heard about all the things I didn't blog about :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-42728923459849393582009-08-25T14:00:23.696+12:002009-08-25T14:00:23.696+12:00I'm inclined to agree with you there. In this...I'm inclined to agree with you there. In this case, the error arose from reading a number out of a column denominated in "$ millions". You never see anything denominated in "$ ten thousands" or "$ 100 millions" - only powers of multiples of three. I guess it's the way we're taught to read large numbers in primary school.Gaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556494270770913766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-69526779514190612292009-08-25T11:24:07.564+12:002009-08-25T11:24:07.564+12:00I hate that sinking feeling you get when you hand ...I hate that sinking feeling you get when you hand something in only to realize you've made a trivial error. Pet theory: three orders of magnitude out is more common than two orders of magnitude out.bk drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274208803479395825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-89866440355414078782009-08-15T15:57:42.384+12:002009-08-15T15:57:42.384+12:00Oh, and I also want it to change the angle of the ...Oh, and I also want it to change the angle of the screen when I lean forwards or backwards. But that's mechanical.Gaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556494270770913766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7346325551337481865.post-47524978454358531732009-08-14T22:26:45.777+12:002009-08-14T22:26:45.777+12:00Clever! That's internal to the app, though. I ...Clever! That's internal to the app, though. I want an operating-system solution that listens to the machine's own volume control.<br /><br />Besides, I almost never skip tracks, because it would stuff up the delicate statistical game that I play with iTunes and its play counts :)Gaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556494270770913766noreply@blogger.com