Switching to the Solaris machines as my primary lab machines was a mistake,
I think. Sure, I don't have to use Windows at all anymore, and all I was doing
from them was ssh-ing to the Solaris machines anyways. But I got to use a real
keyboard on the Windows machines, ones that weren't designed to be a pain.
All evening, I've been hitting \ instead of [delete] on my computer, all
because some goon had to go and move the ~ key on those keyboards.
When I find that person, I will rearrange a few random keys on his keyboard,
and see how he likes it.
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It's pretty amazing how much there is to learn from other students; it's way
beyond most of my formal education.
Today, I learned more about 3-D rendering of first-person games than I had
ever even thought to wonder, all from a 45 minute conversation with another
student. It seemed wildly more interesting and practical than so much of
what I learn in classes, that it makes me wonder if the CS department should,
instead of having so many classes, have a few classes and a ton of little
student-run workshops. It would be like the ACM talks, but all the time.
To graduate, you'd have to both attend a certain (large) number of workshops
and demonstrate your understanding (with little projects or bigger projects
tying multiple concepts together), and also teach some number of workshops.
It would be a choose-your-own-adventure major.
Sure, it would stand a snowball's chance in hell of being accredited, but
it would make the experience so much richer for those of us who actually want
to learn. Granted, we can do that some now (like I did today), but we'd
have so much more time for it in my system. I know it would not be for everyone,
but with a large group of interested people, I think it would be fantastic.
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