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Title: Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on April 30, 2004, 09:34:53 AM
Considering at the moment everyone is having these joyful, wonderful, marvellous, fantastic, easy, i-can-do-it-standing-on-my-head exams then i think we should hav a thread to say good luck to these people.

Firstly a special mention for Say who did fantastically well  ;D

and my first good luck of this new thread goes to....(drum roll please, followed by a fanfare)....

NEIL, who is having his last exam tonight, go neil, go neil!!!!!!!!

EDIT; maroon 5 sent me somethng thru the post for Say...
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Yonkey on April 30, 2004, 09:39:20 AM
Awww hahaha thanks!  <3 I know this exam won't be nearly as hard as some of the other ones I had this term, but thanks for the guesture!

Good luck to everyone else!  :)
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on April 30, 2004, 09:43:24 AM
No probs, we gotta hav good vibration in this thread...and i know i sed a few threads ago that I would be leaving you all to *study* as it is called...somtimes...but i just cant tear myself away from u all  :lovegoggles:  :suffer:...nah i will be goin soon, but back in random spurts of depression when im really bored or something  ;D

im sure u will all miss wen wen im gone  :P

but anyway,
QuoteI know this exam won't be nearly as hard as some of the other ones I had this term
ur still gonna *rock like a boulder* and i should know...being a boulder myself  ;P[/glow]
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: dew7 on April 30, 2004, 10:43:51 AM
What exams have you taken, Yonkey?  Also, what exams has Say taken?  I am just curious so I can be up to date on this topic.  Hope you do well, Neil.
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Yonkey on April 30, 2004, 10:51:07 AM
I've taken a lot hahah, but if you mean this term:

Operating Systems Principles
Elements of Discrete Mathematics
Analysis and Design of User Interfaces
Professional Software Engineering Practice
Introduction to Geology

are the ones I've had, and the one I have tonight is:
Advanced Object Oriented Analysis and Design  ;D
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on April 30, 2004, 10:53:30 AM
QuoteAdvanced Object Oriented Analysis and Design
i doubt i could remember the title of the exam let alone anything else  :suffer:[/glow]
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Yonkey on April 30, 2004, 10:56:08 AM
Haha, I don't remember the titles either.  I had to go to the my program's courses page to find out what they were all called.  We usually just call it "OO" or "Bennett's class".  ;D
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on April 30, 2004, 10:58:02 AM
 :suffer: sounds about right...hey we cant usually remember our teachers name so we call her *miss sociology*
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on April 30, 2004, 10:59:47 AM
Oh yeh, and new message.

Alex had a music exam today I think...so i hope that went well 4 ya hun  :)
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: MangoMercury on April 30, 2004, 12:16:43 PM
GOOD LUCK TO ALL :O
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on April 30, 2004, 04:04:18 PM
Say, dont go thru the emotional breakdown alone...I wish there was an ecard to express well wishes against such an evil force, perhaps there is, the internet has such a wide market as regards to these occasions  :S if i find one, i will send it to you, coz i didnt send the congrats on the thesis card bcoz it was just this book that moved around a bit and it wasnt very exciting...anyway i will stop rambling now, coz i hav had too much sugar and my tooth hurts  :'(
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: racx_00 on April 30, 2004, 04:08:47 PM
I know you will do well Neil :D, and Say we all lubs ya ;D
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: copycat on April 30, 2004, 05:28:09 PM
Quote from: racx_00 on April 30, 2004, 04:08:47 PMand Say we all lubs ya ;D
Exactly!
Oh well, good luck to anyone who has to take some more exams before he/she graduates in the capacity he/she wants to be in. 8)
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on May 01, 2004, 06:45:33 AM
oh yeh, and please tell us how u did in this thread too, coz i am nosey and want to know every last detail,

thank you  ;D
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: koko_99_2001 on May 01, 2004, 07:01:50 AM
Well, as we're talking about good luck and what not...I offer congrats to Alex for doing so well with his performance yesterday (not like he's going to find this thread, but can't say I didn't try).  For all those who are about to start exams, I wish you luck...you'll be in my thoughts!  At our school, exams start on Wednesday, but my first two are on Friday...then one the following Mon and Tues...then I'm off for about 5 days, and then the May-mester starts (a three week course during May).  So, as I'm sure I'll say later...I may begin to disappear over summer...between classes and work, and driving (poo on the 1 1/2 drive!), who knows when I'll be able to get on!

Cat
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Yonkey on May 01, 2004, 07:51:44 AM
My last exam was pretty good!  There was one question that took ages to do.  If it weren't on there, everyone would have finished in the first hour for sure.  It was a 50 mark question, and the first 2 parts of it were fine, then the 3rd was

Write out as completely as possible the code for ALL the functions above.  

Ugh, how annoying, writing code without a compiler is hard enough, but doing it for twenty functions on an exam was just ridiculous.  At least he said do it in whatever language you like, including pseudocode.  So I used some form of Java, pseudo and abstract methods (lol for all the non-programmers out there, that means the code I wrote was highly simplified  :suffer:).

Anyway, I think he just put it on there so that people took the full 3 hours to do the exam instead of leaving after the 1st hour.  ;-D
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on May 01, 2004, 08:01:40 AM
Quote(lol for all the non-programmers out there, that means the code I wrote was highly simplified  
woohoo, im learning the jargon!  XD

Wel congrats neil for finishing...whilst others are just begining...like me and cat ...*breaks donw into a teary strop* :'([/glow]
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: koko_99_2001 on May 01, 2004, 09:14:22 AM
*breaks down with Kimmie*   Here, Kimmie dear, *sniff* have a hanky!  *sobs* Why us??   :'( :'(

Cat
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on May 01, 2004, 09:15:52 AM
i know...i know *sniff*

i ask myself that everyday, lol

:'( :'( :'(
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: racx_00 on May 01, 2004, 11:23:24 AM
What are you doing Kimmie that is so upseting :S ???
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: copycat on May 01, 2004, 03:24:06 PM
*hands out a box of tissues to koko and Kimmie*
All I can say is: it will end (sooner or later ;B).
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on May 01, 2004, 07:02:25 PM
but for now i shall party hard while is still can...its 2am, just got in and i am sooo tired...no more liverpool trips for me until exams are over  :'( glad 2nite was a goodun  ;B
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Say on May 01, 2004, 09:52:33 PM
Quote from: copycat on May 01, 2004, 03:24:06 PM
All I can say is: it will end (sooner or later ;B).

I say that to myself when it gets crappy too... sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: copycat on May 02, 2004, 10:54:39 AM
Quote from: Kimmie on May 01, 2004, 07:02:25 PMno more liverpool trips for me until exams are over  :'(
That's the only drawback to school: exams. :-\
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on May 02, 2004, 11:10:09 AM
QuoteThat's the only drawback to school: exams.
that, and the fact u hav to do work  :suffer:[/glow]
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Questing Character on May 02, 2004, 12:30:48 PM
And homework.  And pass your classes. :(
There's lots of drawbacks to school.
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Questing Character on May 02, 2004, 02:37:01 PM
Yes, but try having health problems on top of it, CC.  More work than I like to do.  Plus, being in class with health issues is an issue in and of itself...
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Say on May 02, 2004, 02:50:12 PM
I always loved sitting on the back in highschool, because I hated highschool and I felt always molested by stupid classmates, on the other hand, when I got in college I used to sit on front till the very last days of my class, cuz it was better to get all the atention and hear better the teacher, I did sit exactly on the left side front, RIGHT UP where the desk of the teacher is... yeah Im that nerd :P
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Questing Character on May 02, 2004, 03:39:23 PM
I can be comfortable anywhere in a classroom, except the seat closest to the door or any seat with my back up against a window.  My favorite place to sit, however, is the back corner of the room away with my back against the wall.  I hate sitting straight in desks.
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: B'rrr on May 02, 2004, 07:52:31 PM
i never enjoyed sitting in any class... no matter what position... but i found out that the teachers were much more pleased with me if i sat in the back, because they didn't liked it, when i was sleeping in the front ; ) ...hahaha, of course i only did that (ie.sleeping) at highschool  ;-D ...i was a serious student at college (ehh.... ; )
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Say on May 02, 2004, 08:00:02 PM
HAHAHA sleeping at class wtf rob?! :P bad bad rob ;P
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: B'rrr on May 02, 2004, 10:14:59 PM
well.... actually it isn't my fault! ; ) ...it is the teachers, they have to make those classes more intresting...

lol, ok, guess it is my fault ; ) ...but .... ; )

Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Yonkey on May 02, 2004, 10:39:48 PM
I tend to sit either at the middle or back and almost always the aisle seat.  ;D  I like being able to get in and out of there quick.  ;)

Oh and passing classes is not the same as passing homework and tests. ::) I'd say passing classes is very similar to passing exams though (especially finals).  XD
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Jael on May 02, 2004, 11:25:29 PM
QuoteI tend to sit either at the middle or back and almost always the aisle seat.    I like being able to get in and out of there quick.  

Always important. Never leave yourself without a quick escape route !!!

Personally, I'm one of the front row nerds :). I just like being able to see and hear the lecturer.

And good luck to everyone with exams at the moment  :D
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: J-ROC on May 03, 2004, 12:17:20 AM
I just always sat where there was an available seat in class.

Some people just don't like me on their laps.

I KNOW, I KNOW! It's hard to believe....but it's true! :D
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Questing Character on May 03, 2004, 08:41:01 AM
You must not have gone to my school.  There's plenty of people who I'm sure would let you sit on their laps.  Heck, they might even let me sit on their laps.
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Storm on May 03, 2004, 10:52:20 AM
I never cared too much where I sat in class. Sitting in the front may let me see the blackboard better, but that benefit is counterweighted by the embarrassment of falling asleep right under your teacher's nose :P

And the worst part of highschool wasn't exams or homework or boredom... it was spending all day with other people  :X
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: B'rrr on May 03, 2004, 11:07:28 AM
is it embarrasing for you to fall asleep? ...i guess it is more embarrasing for the teacher ; ) lol, I always like to sit next to the window, cuz looking outside helped me to kill time when i failed to fall asleep ; )

lol, serious, at highschool, most math and sience classes i fell asleep or wanted to ; )  

...i never fell asleep in college, although i did read the newspaper sometimes when the teacher started to explain something for the 8237494th time (or the 2nd time) to someone, ...nothing wrong with that(explaining), but not really worth my attention ; )
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Storm on May 03, 2004, 11:35:20 AM
It is embarrassing when the teacher wakes you up screaming in front of the whole class... plus there's the drool factor  :X

Falling asleep in college was much easier, especially in the computer labs. I could always hide behind the computer and take a nap (when I wasn't busy doing my home exercises on it, that is) :P
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: B'rrr on May 03, 2004, 12:07:49 PM
I never really did home exercises, unless they were needed to get my grade... I tried, but there were far 'importent' things to do ; )

...lol, but i never fell asleep in the computer labs cuz we always played network games there... yeah, I was a serious student the first year in college ::), after that i got myself a laptop and never played those games anymore, and i never got into those lab classes either...
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: J-ROC on May 03, 2004, 12:12:53 PM
I only did the sleep and drool during french class in grade 10.  Very sexy.  The ladies loved it.
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Jeysie on May 03, 2004, 01:13:22 PM
Never fell asleep in class... due to my inability to fall asleep in anything other than a lying-down position, not for lack of ever desiring to. ;)

Instead I spent boring classes reading science fiction novels carefully hidden behind my textbooks.

Peace & Luv, Liz
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Questing Character on May 03, 2004, 02:01:31 PM
Yeah, I don't fall asleep in class often.  I have to be *very* tired and the room has to be *very* dark and the class has to be *very* boring and the stars have to be aligned just right....
But it does happen occasionally.  And last time, somehow, I managed to take notes anyways.  It was eerie.
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Storm on May 03, 2004, 04:57:02 PM
The only trouble I had with sleeping in class is keeping myself from doing it. I was constantly tired and all I needed was a table to put my head on... sometimes even one of those wide armrests you write on was enough :P
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Yonkey on May 03, 2004, 05:47:42 PM
I haven't literally fallen asleep in class before, but I have been unable to keep my eyes open during several lectures. XD  

I've seen people sleeping and doing the same as me in class before to, so I don't really feel that embarassed if it happens. :P  Plus, I think it's good if the prof actually notices you falling asleep; they finally realise they're boring as hell!  :D
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Oldbushie on May 03, 2004, 06:51:23 PM
Sometimes I'm taking notes and I start falling asleep during the note-taking, and when I jerk myself awake I find an odd illegible scribble on my paper. ;)
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Questing Character on May 03, 2004, 07:11:04 PM
Yeah, but these notes were legible!  Well, as legible as anything in my handwriting.
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Drunken Chinchilla on May 03, 2004, 07:21:58 PM
Recently I've been kinda nodding off almost to the point where i get that neck jerk thing going on lol. The worst thing was last year in Paris when everyone there had been up till about 7AM (apart from teachers of course) and we had to go to a conference on economics and politics for 6 hours. About half an hour in, and the entire row was just asleep with like everyones head on the shoulder of the eperson next to them. But the seats were comfy and it was warm so i guess thats the only time i did actually fall asleep...
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: koko_99_2001 on May 03, 2004, 08:37:33 PM
Oh my gosh, that's hilarious!!  Let's see...I don't know if I've ever fallen asleep in a class, unless I've been sick!  I've had many times (especially in one class this semester) where the teacher is so boring and I just doodle...take a couple of notes...and then doodle some more!

Cat
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: etgadsby on May 04, 2004, 07:43:02 AM
Class? Yea once upon a time I used to go to those…

*represses bad memories  XB*

Oddly I would fall asleep typing notes on my PowerBook, wake up a few moments later and find that I’d kept typing and kept up with the lecture ok… sadly the effect was never reliable enough to do try on a regular basis.

Right now I’m watching all our students prepare for papers, exams, and final projects. Good work to everybody who’s already gotten through their “obligations” good luck to those who still have a little to go!   :D
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: Kimmie on May 04, 2004, 08:04:29 AM
if i am tired, i sleep in my free periods under the study areas desk with my best friend dionne, with our stereos, some food and  coats over our heads, it really quite comfy...ah school, the second home...which doesnt necessarily supply a bed- but  you can just make one!  ;D
Title: Re:Good Luck thread
Post by: copycat on May 07, 2004, 05:02:07 PM
Quote from: B'rrr on May 02, 2004, 10:14:59 PMwell.... actually it isn't my fault! ; ) ...it is the teachers, they have to make those classes more intresting...

lol, ok, guess it is my fault ; ) ...but .... ; )
Nope, it's the teacher's fault.
I sometimes have to attend afternoon sessions to keep up-to-date about new develoments in my field of expertise. If the speaker doesn't make it interesting enough, I feel a strong urge to close my eyes. If it's interesting, that doesn't occur.

Quote from: Jeysie on May 03, 2004, 01:13:22 PMNever fell asleep in class... due to my inability to fall asleep in anything other than a lying-down position, not for lack of ever desiring to. ;)
Even when in a lying-down position, I have trouble falling asleep if my biorhythm doesn't signal the rest of my body it's time to sleep. Besides, when I sleep, I sleep for hours, I can't do short naps.

I've never fallen asleep during classes though, the seats were never comfortable enough. ;D