Random thoughts from the computer lab

Not a whole lot happening, except for the standard stuff from the ?freshmen?, such things as forgotten passwords, and questions like ?how do i check my IP address?. The kind of stuff that makes you want to pull your hair out and switch to a different field of study. In other news, my Firefox 1.0.6 won't open up now. I reinstalled it, and it still won't function properly. Task manager says it's open, but it's not. However Deer Park Alpha 2 still works great. Can't wait for Firefox 1.5 to be released. On the non tech side of things. I've realized that women really dislike me. I don't know if it's cause i'm a computer nerd that knows nothing of the world outside of cyberspace. Or the fact that i'm a broke joke. Anyways, just had to moan and complain. And about the heading. Yes, the problems the 1st quarter students (I am currently an 8th quarter student ready to graduate with my first degree) make me want to use profanity in the computer lab. Which is now prohibited. And in a letter from the Dean to the entire school, my name was specifically mentioned as the reason profanity has no place in our new ?mega lab?. This made me laugh really hard and well, i said something i shouldn't have. LOL. Hope everyone has a good day, and don't yell at your users to much, some of them really don't know what they did to mess things up.

Today as I was sitting here downloading useless stuff off the net, i started thinking back to "the good ol' days" when everything was run from the command line. Now granted, i'm only 24, so i was knee high to a grasshopper back in the dark days of computing, but i still remember having to run programs using nothing but the DOS command line. Talking with my father he told me of how he took classes on Basic back when he was in the Navy. And now, he can't even check his own e-mail without asking me a barrage of questions. And this brought me to my random thoughts of the evening. What happened to the good ol' days when you could do pretty much anything you wanted with your PC, now you've got Windows asking if you really want to delete that file, and such. It also got me thinking about PC games these days. Doom 3 is really kick butt and all that, but when your computer isn't a cutting edge multi thousand dollar machine, you might as well buy a Ferrari with no engine. Pretty much i see it as a waste of money. Now granted, i could have put a little more money into my PC, but being a college student really drains the wallet. I actually wish we could go back to the ol pixelated games that would run on pretty much any PC with the minimum stuff. Well, i'll get off my soapbox now and face facts, technology is gonna change no matter how much i liked doing stuff the old way. I'd run linux (which would shut me up about the com line gripes) but Dell stuffed my PC with a Winmodem, and i can't get DSL in my area unless i'm willing to give up my first born). Aight, i'll shut my mouth and sit down now...lol

Yes, it's true, the end is near. I officially graduate with my associate's degree in Computer Network Systems on Sept 10th 2005. Granted i'm going on for another two years to get a Bachelors also, but it still is kind of sad since most of my new friends aren't going on. Anyways, today i was asked what i did in class this morning, and well, truthfully, the class sat in the computer lab, and did a whole lot of nothing. The teacher surfed the net, and we all played games (most of us are glued to our stations playing Unreal Tournament) and yes, i have learned things in this class. But see, a few weeks ago our teacher left us for greener pastures, and ever since, we've kind of been idle since we only had like 2 or 3 weeks to go anyways. Anyways, i'm moaning and complaining now because our classes' former teacher had become something of a friend, he's a member of this site, and i wonder if he's reading this..lol. anyways, enough for now, not much really happened today and i'm really tired. Well to anyone who reads this senseless rambling, good night.