Quotes
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"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization" -- Gerald Weinberg |
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"Most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training." -- Alan Kay (Kay is the creator of smalltalk) |
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"Can we assume that 1 inch = 2.54 cm? Or was there another value that you were using in the construction of the pipe network?" -- Anna Karpinski |
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"I'll give you the children and you can apply the killing procedure" -- Dr. Ivan Bruha (wrt tree searching algorithms in CS4IB3) |
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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -- Naiem Aboushakra |
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"What is a web server?" -- Sarmad Shubber (In 4C, after passing 3B and the project that was to use a web server. Did i mention this was weeks before getting his iron ring.) |
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"`unzip; strip; touch; finger; mount; fsck; more; yes; unmount; zip; sleep;` "Who says Software Engineers don't have any fun?"" -- SE T-shirt 03/04 |
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"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute." -- Unknown |
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"Engineering does not require science. Science helps a lot but people built perfectly good brick walls long before they knew why cement works." -- Alan Cox |
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"Duct tape is like the force: It has a dark side and a light side and it holds the universe together." -- Carl Zwanzig |
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"The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing." -- Mr. Cole's Axiom |
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"Slackers are people who don't pull their weight, which can't be us because by not being in class we effectively have no weight." -- Robin Ali |
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"To say that Simulated Annealing should not be used to solve TSP-type problems would be "throwing the baby out with the bath water."" -- Shithead (One of Terlaky's web-references for 3C) |
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"Step 1 - Fire Profs, Step 2 - Hire Monkeys" -- Patrick Stanzel (overheard in materials) |
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"McMaster Software Engineering: Providing a Fundamental Knowledge of Everything, and a Practical Knowledge of Nothing" -- The Engineer Formerly Known as Shithead |
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"I don't understand slackers. I bet it's because they know that they suck and can't do anything. Which, in turn, they know that they'll just be getting in the way if they try to do work or show up at meetings. So, by not doing any of those things, they are essentially helping the group. Which is equivalent to proficient people doing work to help the group." -- Baron Lam |
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"I'm convinced school teaches you that you hate it and gives you a reason to look at the real world." -- Robin Ali |
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"Virtual memory - it's like virtual happiness, virtual wealth, and all of those nice things you may or may not have been sold on" -- Anthony Hurst (Introductory OS) |
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"Do you know how to program in CGI?" -- Mike Stover |
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"Internet Explorer alright.. it lets the Internet explore the contents of your computer" -- Robin Ali |
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"Why would I go to a make-up class that I intended to skip anyways?" -- Baron Lam |
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"Always kill your children." -- Robin Ali (wrt SIGKILL vs. SIGTERM and threads) |
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"I rather not know what to study and study blindly than to go to classes I don't have to." -- Baron Lam |
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"I'm not willing to study unless it gives more than 20% increase on the midterm, which i doubt." -- Robin Ali |
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"Dreamweaver is the industry standard. Buy it. It has a zero learning curve." -- Mark Yep |
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"Who writes HTML by hand? That's crazy." -- Mark Yep |
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"Sleep is overrated." -- SE T-shirt |
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"If at first you don't succeed, redefine success." -- Anonymous (3H Textbook) |
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"If I can't sleep, I'll go to class." -- Robin Ali |
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"I need examples. The book is crap." -- Mark Pavlidis (3C/3X summarized) |
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"The more we learn, the more we realize that we're not learning at all." -- Baron Lam |
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"Is that a one?" -- Guy that sits in front (Referring to a pipe character) |
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"All the things you need to do in math you're never allowed to do." -- Robin Ali (The moral of SFWR3C03) |