Today was course registration. And to think, I was so looking forward to it. Apparently I had forgotten what course registration is exactly. So what did I forget? Well, for starters, the would-be five minute process takes upwards of an hour because of Peoplesoft, which seems to use elderly people as servers (they crash a lot). Peoplesoft crashed for everyone about 50 times in the course of 50 minutes, leading to a lot of extra stressed, already-stressed college students. Here's an analogy for you
Course registration
Is like putting all of the
School into one room
Really. The server, like a small lecture hall, is meant for maybe a hundred people at a time. However, when you have 3000 students from the freshman class using it at once, it tends to fail at its job miserably. So please, Cornell, get a new program that can handle more than Haverford's freshman class (about 200 people if you're wondering).
In the end though, things worked out and I got a number of classes which look awesome. I'm taking one on children's literature (I expect a lot of difficult reading for that one), another on sex and marriage in medieval times (in which we memorize difficult flowcharts, such as this one), another on current events and the news (don't really know what to expect here), and one on food and sexuality (where I presume I'll learn that my love of Izzes is considered feminine and/or homosexual). Then I need to take one more course, which I still need to figure out. Ta ta for now.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
World of War
Another beautiful day, I don't believe it. Enjoy it while you can, it's only a matter of time before nonstop rain.
The other day, I was looking at an article about Nobel Peace Prize nominees, and I stumbled across one, which I found rather odd. On the list of nominees, beside 236 others, is "the internet." That's right: that complicated series of tubes known as the internet we know and love has been nominated for quite the distinction. My thoughts?
The web is a great
Pacifier: Users turn
Thirteen years-old
Really, think about it. When it comes to the internet, there are no real wars- only flame wars. Why? Because everyone using it regresses to the maturity of a thirteen year-old. It's perfect for keeping peace. No pre-teens are going to go about starting wars (well, most of them, at least), at least not bad ones. And, if all goes according to plan, all our world leaders will start playing World of Warcraft, and become too addicted to bother with real war. Or maybe wars could just be settled without casualties and over WoW. Who knows. Consider this post to be my endorsement for the internet's nomination.
The other day, I was looking at an article about Nobel Peace Prize nominees, and I stumbled across one, which I found rather odd. On the list of nominees, beside 236 others, is "the internet." That's right: that complicated series of tubes known as the internet we know and love has been nominated for quite the distinction. My thoughts?
The web is a great
Pacifier: Users turn
Thirteen years-old
Really, think about it. When it comes to the internet, there are no real wars- only flame wars. Why? Because everyone using it regresses to the maturity of a thirteen year-old. It's perfect for keeping peace. No pre-teens are going to go about starting wars (well, most of them, at least), at least not bad ones. And, if all goes according to plan, all our world leaders will start playing World of Warcraft, and become too addicted to bother with real war. Or maybe wars could just be settled without casualties and over WoW. Who knows. Consider this post to be my endorsement for the internet's nomination.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Don't Thirst and Facebook
There's finally snow here! It started snowing around midnight last night, and has not ceased since then. It's beautiful outside. And now I don't need to worry about scooping up the dog poop littered around the yard. Yay for snow!
It would seem fitting for me to talk about snow now, since it is actually snowing- but that's exactly what they want. No, I will not talk about snow, no matter how much the front page of all of the news sites pressure me.
Today, I found a rather hilarious list of "fails" on Facebook. I would suggest looking at it, especially before reading the remainder of this post.
Now, that list, if you didn't read it, has a number of hilarious posts by stupid and/or naive people. To that effect, I've taken to write a haiku regarding this issue.
If you're on Facebook,
I would highly recommend
You try to be smart
The number of stupid people on Facebook is sort of astounding. Examples can be found in that article, but also can be found just by going to your home page on Facebook. For instance, people who post pictures of themselves blatantly drinking alcohol while they are friends with their parents on Facebook. Or people who let any other person get on their Facebook, and those people end up changing the statuses to ridiculous things. Facebook is really the perfect way to eliminate any dignity one might have, and it can come with just one stupid status update or wall-post. So I would urge all my readers to be careful, and to remember one piece of advice: Don't thirst and Facebook.
It would seem fitting for me to talk about snow now, since it is actually snowing- but that's exactly what they want. No, I will not talk about snow, no matter how much the front page of all of the news sites pressure me.
Today, I found a rather hilarious list of "fails" on Facebook. I would suggest looking at it, especially before reading the remainder of this post.
Now, that list, if you didn't read it, has a number of hilarious posts by stupid and/or naive people. To that effect, I've taken to write a haiku regarding this issue.
If you're on Facebook,
I would highly recommend
You try to be smart
The number of stupid people on Facebook is sort of astounding. Examples can be found in that article, but also can be found just by going to your home page on Facebook. For instance, people who post pictures of themselves blatantly drinking alcohol while they are friends with their parents on Facebook. Or people who let any other person get on their Facebook, and those people end up changing the statuses to ridiculous things. Facebook is really the perfect way to eliminate any dignity one might have, and it can come with just one stupid status update or wall-post. So I would urge all my readers to be careful, and to remember one piece of advice: Don't thirst and Facebook.
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