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JD:
Also there is a high likelihood I am going to Uvic. Hoorah bunnies
calenlass:
So after 4 hours of sleep Sunday morning, I woke up at like 2:30 and then proceeded to pull an overnight working on two midterms that I did not bother to do earlier in the weekend. I went to sleep at 4:30 yesterday.
It is weird that I haven't done this in so long.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 19 Oct 2009, 16:37 ---when you re-write half of your code over two days only to find a misplaced or missing semicolon.
--- End quote ---
I fucking hate it when programming tools don't tell you what line the error was on. Obviously there's no way the compiler can identify run-time errors for you, but it should be easy for the compiler to highlight the line it was on when it was confused by a missing token or whatever, so whenever a compiler doesn't do that it's just because the person who wrote the compiler is a lazy idiot.
Also, people who think compile-time errors are bad are sadly mistaken; for the reason I just pointed out above, that most compilers can easily point out where the compile-time error is located, the real horrors are run-time or logic errors since the computer provides no clue where the error is and simply does something other than what you wanted (ie. what bastardous bassist was referring to.)
Jimmy the Squid:
I got an email back from the application people at the uni I'm applying for. They said that they didn't receive half the forms I sent through and that I'd need to send out new copies. I politely replied that it would be impossible for me to resend them by the closing date as I would need to get new original copies of the forms sent through from my old uni but that I sent the required forms in a separate envelope to a different section of the uni because that is what it said to do on the forms. I just got a reply today. Before I tell you what they said, know this: all the uni admin people I have ever spoken with over the last four years have either been rude, stupid, inefficient or a horrid combination of all three. The email I received in reply said "Oh, I'll check with the faculty to see if they received your forms. I'll let you know if there's anything you need to resend."
This is the fastest and most reasonable interaction I have ever had with an admin person. So long as they actually do what they say they will I might have to find them and hug them personally.
Barmymoo:
Jimmy, it sounds like things are maybe working out your way! I hope they keep up until you have finally managed to take the degree and do awesomely in it!
I have to send a bunch of stuff to the ice hockey team captain so that she can register us all for the game on Saturday, so I went to scan my driver's licence and college ID. It came out as an illegible black smudge but I've sent it anyway as you can just about see my name on both of them and there is no other option. I also need a letter confirming my attendance at the college, so I had to go to the tutorial office where the lady is up to her ears in passports and visas (we have a lot of international students) and ask her to write me a letter by tomorrow. I felt kind of bad but I need it by tomorrow and we were only told last night.
Today is a kind of grey day, both in weather and in mood. I think I'm still recovering from last night when I was really miserable and crying a lot (partly sleep deprivation). Hopefully sprint training and dance tonight will cheer me up completely! Also I've given myself the day off from work to get stuff like paperwork and shopping sorted, so that's nice. I might even watch a film later.
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