Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Brandon Invergo
> Except that we need to learn how to use the tools thst exist instead if > implementing our own. You shouldn't need programing ability for something > like this Every programming assignment you'll receive has already been written many times over before. The point isn't to create something novel.

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread v4hn
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 02:59:26PM -0400, Calvin Morrison wrote: > Except that we need to learn how to use the tools thst exist instead if > implementing our own. > You shouldn't need programing ability for something like this yes and no, there are two cases here. Either you could have done this

Re: [dev] [utmp] announcement

2012-10-31 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings. On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:32:20 +0100 Stephen Paul Weber wrote: > On inspection of the Makefile, I found that my `make install` had not ended > up with the g+s permission set on the binary, even though the command is > there. Maybe because the group is changed after that? I set that

[dev] [surf] some changes

2012-10-31 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings comrades. There are some changes for surf in the repository now: * The loading indicator will only appear on loading. * If using a proxy then the colors of the indicator are different. * Mod + / is now search. * There are now commandline options to specify

Re: [dev] [utmp] announcement

2012-10-31 Thread Stephen Paul Weber
Somebody claiming to be Christoph Lohmann wrote: There is a new project on suckless.org, which is utmp(1)[0]. This is a simple application which was created by Roberto E. Vargas Caballero in conjunction to be used with st(1) to have utmp handling. On inspection of the Makefile, I found that

Re: [dev] [utmp] announcement

2012-10-31 Thread Stephen Paul Weber
Somebody claiming to be Christoph Lohmann wrote: There is a new project on suckless.org, which is utmp(1)[0]. This is a simple application which was created by Roberto E. Vargas Caballero in conjunction to be used with st(1) to have utmp handling. This seems nifty, but when I run it I get

[dev] [utmp] announcement

2012-10-31 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings comrades. There is a new project on suckless.org, which is utmp(1)[0]. This is a simple application which was created by Roberto E. Vargas Caballero in conjunction to be used with st(1) to have utmp handling. Sincerely, Christoph Lohmann [0] http://hg.suckless.org/utmp/

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Anselm R Garbe
On 31 October 2012 15:21, Calvin Morrison wrote: > My 3rd year computer science professor just said: > > "In order to have a good program, it must be large" Your professor is a moron. -Anselm

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Calvin Morrison
Except that we need to learn how to use the tools thst exist instead if implementing our own. You shouldn't need programing ability for something like this On Oct 31, 2012 2:53 PM, "Brandon Invergo" wrote: > > I quickly overcame the assignment with: > > > > paste names.txt grades.txt > > > > My p

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Manolo Martínez
On 10/31/12 at 07:47pm, Brandon Invergo wrote: > Obviously, the assignment was simple for anyone with a couple of brain > cells to rub together but your professor wouldn't be able to assess any > of your programming capability from your solution, only that you've > somehow managed to wrap your head

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Brandon Invergo
> I quickly overcame the assignment with: > > paste names.txt grades.txt > > My professor responded by saying "you are doing it the wrong way". > > It's preposterous to not use the tools given to us by unix gods. You *were* doing it the wrong way. The assignment wasn't about the final result, whic

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Calvin Morrison
These days as long as you have a degree, it doesn't matter much where you attended, as long as you aren't in the bottom or top of the list. I do not attend this school to learn but for the degree. On 31 October 2012 13:54, Carlos Torres wrote: > You should think about transferring to another

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Carlos Torres
You should think about transferring to another school that's more challenging. On Oct 31, 2012 1:50 PM, "Calvin Morrison" wrote: > An example we had to do for a quick in class activity was writing a > program to student names (in a text files) into a list and print out their > respective grades

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Calvin Morrison
An example we had to do for a quick in class activity was writing a program to student names (in a text files) into a list and print out their respective grades (in another text file). With output like this: Joe 89 Bob 25 Mary 100 I quickly overcame the assignment with: paste names.txt grades.t

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Roberto E. Vargas Caballero
>My 3rd year computer science professor just said: >"In order to have a good program, it must be large" >*facepalm* This is something very common today. Teachers in the universities create minds that only can do very difficult things. I has to say that in my case was the same, and

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread hiro
wtf, you didn't expect this when you went to study?

Re: [dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Carlos Torres
Maybe your professor means it should be double spaced and times New Roman 14. On Oct 31, 2012 10:22 AM, "Calvin Morrison" wrote: > My 3rd year computer science professor just said: > > "In order to have a good program, it must be large" > > *facepalm* >

[dev] I don't want to live on this planet anymore

2012-10-31 Thread Calvin Morrison
My 3rd year computer science professor just said: "In order to have a good program, it must be large" *facepalm*