The Senile Tenured actually are in their office during their declared office hours, and often for most of the day, sometimes including when they should be in class. Often, when a student comes in with a question, they will begin answering, but trail off into a rambling story, then forget what the student asked (this behavior is often also seen during lectures). Sometimes they will ask students what their opinion is of the class, but remind them that they probably won't remember what they said after they leave. And they usually don't.
In fact, when educated, most people will use their powers for good, not evil..:)
Yes, until they have a power trip, turn to the dark side, turn against their former masters, then go on a wear-only-black-and-conquer-the-galaxy binge, only to be struck down by their own son, who they were trying to turn evil at the time.
Getting 0wn3d by your own son is bad enough, but it's somewhat more humiliating when you open your son's email only to get a nasty VB worm that pops up a message saying "h4x0r3d by j00r k1dd13 - l00k3".
I went to a public high school (J. T. Hoggard, Wilmington, NC, class of 2000), and I started the School Computer Service and Information club (Yes, SCSI.) Here's what I had to do to get one started:
First, find other interested students. You can't have a club unless you have interested students, so go find people who'll be interested.
Second, go find yourself an adviser/sponsor. I used my guidance counselor, who was both a good friend of mine, and was taking computer classes at the community college to help her keep up with new technology. Find a good teacher who's enthusiastic about this kind of stuff - not just one who'll sit around to make sure nobody breaks things, but one who'll actively help you lead the club. Unless you've got experience running clubs before, you're going to need some help. I had no clue what I was doing with fundraisers and such, but Mrs. Spackman helped me out a lot with getting things organized.
After I rounded up a good number of students and talked to our to-be-adviser, I had to talk to the Student Council. Usually, they're the ones who control the formation of official school clubs and such. I had to write up a club constitution and purpose and present it in front of the Student Council Association, and they voted on whether or not to instate us as an official club.
If you get approved... congrats. Now you have to run it. Service around the school and community is good. We set up a project where teachers could leave us notes saying they needed help, and when they were available, and we'd send out a club member to help them during free hours or after school. We also managed to help out some people around Wilmington, and helped a nearby school system build a few hundred computers after Hurricane Floyd destroyed all of theirs.
Finally - make sure you prepare next year's club leaders before the year is over. After I graduated, the club lasted for a few years (and our adviser got moved to a different school), and I currently don't know if the SCSI Club still exists. Better preparation may have helped us take care of that, but who knows...
I used to find people by pinging their computers! I'd ping a friend's laptop (using their Windows computer name), look at their IP, then go find them on campus. I think I scared a few people when I'd say "Stay right where you are" and walk over to the study room where they were hiding.
Although I guess using triangulation accurate to a meter would let me say "You're on my spot on on the couch. When I get back from class, you gotta move."
Games != music. Music will not hop into a Warthog assault vehicle and chase my flag carrying ass back to my base. Music will not intercept my touchdown pass and run the ball back to my ten yard line. Music isn't interactive.
You're not paying for some P2P "here's a static file exchange for another static file" - that doesn't work. You're paying for "Here's my game, join it and let's kick some ass."
We've got three computers in the house (two WinXP, one Solaris) all running through a shared dialup connection. My parents found a quick and easy way for them to get more bandwidth - it's called "Disconnect your computers, you're making our broswer time out."
They also tried sending me to college, which gives them a full 31.2k connection, but their bandwidth drops every ten weeks, plus around holidays and summers.
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The Senile Tenured actually are in their office during their declared office hours, and often for most of the day, sometimes including when they should be in class. Often, when a student comes in with a question, they will begin answering, but trail off into a rambling story, then forget what the student asked (this behavior is often also seen during lectures). Sometimes they will ask students what their opinion is of the class, but remind them that they probably won't remember what they said after they leave. And they usually don't.
In fact, when educated, most people will use their powers for good, not evil.. :)
Yes, until they have a power trip, turn to the dark side, turn against their former masters, then go on a wear-only-black-and-conquer-the-galaxy binge, only to be struck down by their own son, who they were trying to turn evil at the time.
Getting 0wn3d by your own son is bad enough, but it's somewhat more humiliating when you open your son's email only to get a nasty VB worm that pops up a message saying "h4x0r3d by j00r k1dd13 - l00k3".
I went to a public high school (J. T. Hoggard, Wilmington, NC, class of 2000), and I started the School Computer Service and Information club (Yes, SCSI.) Here's what I had to do to get one started:
First, find other interested students. You can't have a club unless you have interested students, so go find people who'll be interested.
Second, go find yourself an adviser/sponsor. I used my guidance counselor, who was both a good friend of mine, and was taking computer classes at the community college to help her keep up with new technology. Find a good teacher who's enthusiastic about this kind of stuff - not just one who'll sit around to make sure nobody breaks things, but one who'll actively help you lead the club. Unless you've got experience running clubs before, you're going to need some help. I had no clue what I was doing with fundraisers and such, but Mrs. Spackman helped me out a lot with getting things organized.
After I rounded up a good number of students and talked to our to-be-adviser, I had to talk to the Student Council. Usually, they're the ones who control the formation of official school clubs and such. I had to write up a club constitution and purpose and present it in front of the Student Council Association, and they voted on whether or not to instate us as an official club.
If you get approved... congrats. Now you have to run it. Service around the school and community is good. We set up a project where teachers could leave us notes saying they needed help, and when they were available, and we'd send out a club member to help them during free hours or after school. We also managed to help out some people around Wilmington, and helped a nearby school system build a few hundred computers after Hurricane Floyd destroyed all of theirs.
Finally - make sure you prepare next year's club leaders before the year is over. After I graduated, the club lasted for a few years (and our adviser got moved to a different school), and I currently don't know if the SCSI Club still exists. Better preparation may have helped us take care of that, but who knows...
Good luck with everything!
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Then you pretend you are psychic by explaining to the first person what they are wearing, what they are doing, etcterea.
Is that creepy or what?
Or you can type "INCOMING" and chuck a pen their way. Nothing like a virtual warning before getting tagged in the head with a flying object.
I used to find people by pinging their computers! I'd ping a friend's laptop (using their Windows computer name), look at their IP, then go find them on campus. I think I scared a few people when I'd say "Stay right where you are" and walk over to the study room where they were hiding.
Although I guess using triangulation accurate to a meter would let me say "You're on my spot on on the couch. When I get back from class, you gotta move."
I had a program called Topez Sound Studio that repeatedly gave me the error message:
Shit.
Sorry, I'd be lobbying against the DCMA and it's inherent shittiness, but Britney's bouncing around on MTV, and her current D cups have my attention.
Games != music. Music will not hop into a Warthog assault vehicle and chase my flag carrying ass back to my base. Music will not intercept my touchdown pass and run the ball back to my ten yard line. Music isn't interactive.
You're not paying for some P2P "here's a static file exchange for another static file" - that doesn't work. You're paying for "Here's my game, join it and let's kick some ass."
We've got three computers in the house (two WinXP, one Solaris) all running through a shared dialup connection. My parents found a quick and easy way for them to get more bandwidth - it's called "Disconnect your computers, you're making our broswer time out."
They also tried sending me to college, which gives them a full 31.2k connection, but their bandwidth drops every ten weeks, plus around holidays and summers.