ITT we talk about the most obnoxious shit we dealt with in university, CS related or not. I'll start.
> sophomore year
> Physics major, CS/Math double minor
> Taking second class in CS track
> OOP introduction
> Class uses C# and Visual Studio
> I'm a Linux user and haven't had windows since I uninstalled it after buying my computer
> Try to figure out if I can avoid Micro$oft
> Can't
> Partition my drive
> Install 10
> Get product key off EBay
> First day of class
> Professor is a chill dude
> First assignment is easy
> Never used VS, C#, or even Java, but complete it in about 30 minutes
> Semester goes along, nothing really interesting or difficult
> Worst case scenario, I google my problem
> Start making small talk with the professor
> Talk about FOSS, and the programming community in general
> Mention I use Linux and Emacs
> Professor laughs at me and says
> "I use Windows because I like being employed"
> Everybody fucking laughs at me
> I explain that I enjoy open source software, specifically the freedom and transparency it provides
> He laughs again and refers to OSS as "unsecured"
> I ask him why he would willingly allow companies to put unspecified software into his computer
> Ask why he isn't concerned about Windows spying on him
> Motherfucker literally uses the "I don't have anything to hide" argument
> This guy is like the anti-stallman
> Stop going to class and pass with a C+
I know I got completely dabbed on by this guy but I'm still pissed
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> the virgin FOSS student vs the chad proprietary professor
dont make small talk with your professor, autist
tfw first programming class at my uni is C programming where the prof recommends emacs.
freetard btfo
yeah, unless he is the kind of professor that initiates it himself i wouldn't recommend it
He was really friendly, outside these occurrences we actually talked a lot about programming and software beyond the scope of the course.
>he actually used Jow Forums memes in real life
Embarrassing.
>intro to programming professor is a diehard linux user, teaches us all the importance of bash scripting, and presents all of his lectures on his own custom linux distro that looks like its from the 90s.
>he teaches java
he's definitely from another era.
in that case he might have assumed that you were on good enough terms to joke around a bit and you didn't understand
OC, donut steel
But that's kinda appropriate in an OOP class.
dont worry, nobody is stealing that piece of shit
Cool story bro
:-(
sorry i was too mean :c
Edward Snowden said it best.
He said something along the lines of "Saying you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say"
If only OP said these words to his teacher. He would have been absolutely BTFO'd
God I'd commit war crimes to her ass
>inb4 her
It's a her.
I'm new to GIMP so I was doing my best broder
I work in the IT department of a University, the professors are all morons.
We had to send in an old greybeard tech to help one of them install a lab setup of Windows server 2016, then he had to go in and set up a DC, and place it on the network, and setup DNS and DHCP for him.
The professors are absolutely incompetent.
fpbp
>she
You could have used Visual Studio Code, you know that right? That shit runs on Linux. Sure, it doesn't have all the features Visual Studio has, but it'll compile and debug your shitty C# code just fine.
I'm also pretty sure it's open sores too.
Also you're an idiot for making small talk with your professor, faggot.
>chromium
How did the person in OP's pic become a meme?
The FOSS obsessed students were some of the weakest CS students when I was in school 12-16 years ago. They were also some of the dirtiest and most socially inept, and it takes a lot to distinguish yourself that way in a CS program.
We had a split between *nix profs and Windows profs. The Windows profs generally came from industry and knew infinitely more about what they were teaching. The other profs were generally in academica their entire lives and had no idea how to write real software (although they could tell you what would happen if you held down CTRL and typed your name in emacs).
>math tutors who spend their whole shifts dispensing useless life """advice""" to freshmen instead of helping them with their homework
>assholes who talk loud as shit (as in I can hear you shouting from across the room) about their personal lives or their shitty philosophies in the math tutoring center and then go "omg its always funny how the room gets quiet when I start ranting"
>lazy fucks who claim to be disabled to get an extra 45 minutes on their exams
>assholes who are always asking for help and solutions on homework, but always end up getting A's on exams
>the retards who decided that a remodeled lecture center should have small ass seats that are three feet off the ground with a pull out table who's length is LITERALLY half the size of a letter sized sheet of paper
>the retards who decided to make you take your three hour exam in that same lecture center multiple times
>when people talk about how great college was and how it changed them when all you remember is doing homework, getting frustrated and getting blasted in the ass by exams
Lets see how grad school goes
>be college student in 2009
>dorm common room PCs run turbo-outdated everything and are basically useless because they're locked down and IT can't be arsed to buy new licenses for anything
>dorm PCs sit gathering dust and never get used
>one evening I bypass lockdowns on all PCs and update them to current OS, browser, MS Office, Adobe CS, etc
>for remainder of semester, dorm PC usage goes through the roof because they're actually useful again
>at end of semester, IT guy comes around for regular checks, finds updated software and new admin accounts under the name of "Spike Spiegel"
>goes nuts about having authority being undermined, asks several students who did it, and puts big "zomg pirated software don't use" signs on all monitors
>I move out of dorm without ever getting ratted out or caught
Seriously, uni/college IT guys, please make sure your PCs are set up to be useful… there's zero point in a machine that can't even handle google docs properly.
Make a better one and I will steal.
Seething freetard
You must have been at a tiny ass college.
We use SCCM / App-V / MS Store / Jamf etc. to manage configs and deployments these days.
I manage just under 3,000 PCs.
>first year chemistry class
>forget to bring my mandatory, printed experimental report template one day
>ask cool tutor if I can just draw up the same categories (it's literally just headings and lines) on some blank A4 I have and submit that instead
>she says she'd be fine with it but it's not up to her, I need the document
>nobody has a spare so I go to print one
>lab's student printer is broken
>go to library
>printer line is massive, would not be able to collect in time
>forced to ask lab staff to print it for me (which they have made very clear they hate doing)
>they glare and scowl and huff but finally do it, taking 5 times as long as to just open the file from desktop and hit ctrl + p (which is exactly what I saw them do)
>so much time has passed that the experiment has started
>although I am still wearing my coat, I'm missing my glasses
>my glasses are literally 3m inside the lab, zero students, chemicals or apparatus between me and them
>closest "danger" is at least 10m from the path I would have to take and nobody has any reason to bring chemicals to our bag area in the first place
>go to get them
>cunt tutor screeches at me that I can't enter without full safety gear
>point out there's nothing dangerous in my way or even near me
>she insists I can't enter
>lab partner picks up my glasses and goes to bring them to me
>she screeches at him too, saying I have to get some from outside the lab now
>he shrugs and goes back to work
>have to go back to the staff desk and ask them for a pair
>they don't even say anything, just glare some more and push a dirty old pair over the desk
>less than 30 seconds later I have them returned and my own pair retrieved, defying all odds and emerging from my 3m foray unscathed
Most of university seemed to be people in positions of power being unnecessarily rude.
>both guys on each side of you are cheating on every exam by looking at answers on the ccnav#.com sites right there on the school network
All the PCs in the college building proper ran symantic crap that re-imaged every 24h. Dorm PCs didn't run any of that.
OP here, have a quick one that's pretty funny.
> Work in Physics department
> One of the professors carries an Ubuntu USB that he uses to convert computers around campus to fuck with the IT department
That guy is fucking great.
>be freshman in 2014
>Gamergate is a thing
>don't know anything about it
>friend says there's a talk about Gamergate
>The president of the school will be at the talk
>Convinces me and one other friend that it will be sperg central
>at talk
>heavily moderated
>starting to get boring
>Female game dev major is blabbing about how all the neckbeards oogle her in her classes.
>oof.mp3
>Another guy starts talking
>blah blah blah
>Anita Sarkessian
>blah blah blah
>blah something about the boyfriend blah
>blah blah blah
"FUCKING STOP!!!!! I CAN'T FUCKING TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
>Random autismo from the back of the room GOES FUCKING OFF
>megakek.jpg
>Starts ranting about how terrible sexism is in the gaming industry
>turns to the female game dev major
"It makes me so upset to hear your struggles! I hear them and I just want to give you a big hug!"
>bigyikes.png
>President gets involved
>Points at the autismo and starts clicking his teeth and going "stop it"
>The president of the university is literally using the same technique you would to a dog
>megalol.webm
>Autismo gets escorted out by a wrangler.
>MFW we got what we came for
>MFW we still have to stay so that it's not obvious that's all we came to see.
College man. Good times.
I'm pretty sure gcc has support for C#, not like you could have used virtualbox too, congrats on being a retard
>Start making small talk with the professor
>> Talk about FOSS, and the programming community in general
>Hey prof, did I mention I use Linux, as opposed to what you have requested of us? Pretty daring, isn't it? We're buds, right?
dotnet (.net core) is free and open source software that will build and run modern C# on Linux. Almost all new C# development in 2019 uses .net core unless it is for a desktop GUI (and who writes desktop GUI apps in 2019?)
OP is your typical clueless neckbeard who thinks he's good at CS because he once read a post by rms.
>Mentioning Goobergabber in 2020-1
Internet foul, 5 yard penalty.
>be in Intro to Database class
>Class is a joke
>Literally didn't remember professor's name for half the semester
>Some adjunct from the other university in the city
>Very monotone voice
>class was at 6pm
>naptime.pdf
>Literally slept through all of the classes for the first half of the semester
>Class was in a big computer lab
>All the computers were deepfrozen Windows 7 builds
>Every class for the second half of the semester my friend and I would download random shit
>Played Unreal Tournament and Quake pretty much every class
>Never paid attention AT ALL
>MFW i get a 95 in the class
>MFW the professor basically offers me a job doing DB work at his university
>> Motherfucker literally uses the "I don't have anything to hide" argument
It's a good one. Most objectors only do so because they have deviant behaviors that shouldn't belong in society
>professor says you must pay 200bucks for this program
>pirate last year’s version for free
>professor says only new versions are allowed in his class
Fucking kikes
>In today's edition if OP is a faggot
I smiled.
Underrated
In my CS department the professors are not even hired if they never saw a Stallman's talk in person.
Interacting with games dev majors is always a massive mistake. Kind of wonder what happens to them after uni.
>be me
>sophomore year
>OOP introduction
>class uses Java
>I'm a linux user and haven't touched wangblows in ages
>literally everything I need for classes works
>teacher uses linux too
>says he uses linux because the workflow suits his needs to be productive
>have some smalltalk with him and we get along just fine and he's a cool dude
>mfw my teacher was employed while using linux and probably had a better paycheck then OPs teacher
Nice roleplay!
Based on how shitty your attempt at a meme is, you're definitely using FOSS.
Did not even make this up
My teacher does use ubuntu with gnome though so he's not rms approved though but it's still pretty comfy to have a teacher like that compared to the once that use wangblows and are way more incompetent
Fuck it I got my freshman virgin story and my senior Chad story
Mind the phone posting
> be me freshman
> trying to get some with chubby engineering chick
> mentions that she can't get her Wi-Fi to work in dorm
> say I can take a look cause old af laptop that has Ethernet port
> get to dorm room
> connect from wall to router, then router to laptop
> doesn't recognize any connection
>"I think you need to get the it department to fix it"
> try to unplug laptop
> Ethernet cable is stuck
> the little lever to disconnect it doesn't do shit
> start sweating bullets
Don't remember too much else but I did manage to force it out and I was right about it department needing to white list routers to allow internet access. Never fucked her just Disney movies and cuddling until she ghosted me after I got a half Latina gf. Chubby> skinny for cuddling shit keeps you warm
> be me, switched to business from engineering taking last programming class
> professor is full Apple everything, don't really care cause at least he hates Windows as much as me
> everyone in class is either full retard gaming laptop browsing discord all of class or macbook
> also have gaming laptop but at least it's stealthy 15" save for fat msi logo up front (no hate pls freshman mistakes were made)
> casually using Linux for coding because why not and Windows for general business stuff cause ms office
> prof doing checks to make sure our shit works
> looks at my shit unity config with intelij running
> says nothing
> have to do everything for my team during group project because too lazy to split up work and fix everything they give me
> make sure professor knows this
> last week of classes
> professor says some shit about business majors being shit compared to comp sci
> immediately realized he fucked up
> askes if anyone in class is business
> I'm the only one, let him know
> he asks me not to let his supervisor know
> laugh and say he's alright
>mfw he knows in the only competent one in the class
A fellow fatfag? I can respect that.
Im in computer engineering and my teachers all use macs wtf
>Haven't used windows since I uninstalled it after buying s computer
What a worthless statement that you put no thought into. This is MEANINGLESS. When did you build your computer? A month ago? A year ago? When you were redpilled about FOSS at 13?
>Revealing your power level in public unprovoked
>Not having counters to the most popular arguments on hand
>Not bringing up third party accredited auditors for Open source software
>Not bringing up free speech if you have nothing to say
>Not directly asking him for his social security number and passwords and promising him under contract to not distribute it to other parties
I mean honestly. I'd give you like a 1200/9000 and that's only because you had the balls to go for it
They deserve it
This is the most likely story
You're a grade A autist, but I can't stand people who insult you like that when you're just trying to be friendly. How are you even supposed to respond in that kind of situation? If you laugh it off, you're basically bowing down to him and telling him you're a bitch. If you try to debate him you just come across as a desperate autist and he'll use his position of authority to make you look retarded. Anything you do will either make you look salty, stupid, or both.
>mfw only one wintoddler in my classes
Thank god. I would hate to have to modify my lectures to include shit about C:\ drives and other such outdated DOS nonsense.
show us on the doll where the big bad windows thug hurt you kid.
Are you in my networking class?
Is your teacher named Steve?
Steve let's you cheat, he knows about ccnav6
this, game dev's are the main source of cs related autism.
>assholes who are always asking for help and solutions on homework, but always end up getting A's on exams
That's called studying, you mouthbreather.
I rather fuck skinny chicks since they're easier to throw around. Chubbies pretty much are exclusively good for up to first maybe second base
> Professor laughs at me and says
> "I use Windows because I like being employed"
You can establish dominance conversationally pretty easily. Being of high authority doesn't mean jack shit.
You're right, to laugh it off is to bow down, and to debate or justify yourself is to look desperate.
Instead you should be making counter talking points and feeding into his responses.
>Of course I use windows for tasks the school or employer requires. It dominates the business environment. But for personal gain and flexibility I prefer the open ended solution that gives ME the most function.
Something like that. Where you establish that you somewhat agree with what he says because you know it's true, but also show that what YOU(self) need is far more important than whatever he has to say.
Attitude and delivery is important. If you're gonna be soft-spoken and unsure of what you're saying you might as well just Sudoku on the spot and save yourself eternal embarrassment.
Or you could just not sperg.
>I use Linux...
>I'm vegan...
same same
My point is that "not being a sperg" isn't easily defined or identified for most people who have no clue how social interaction works. Dud trampled OP and literally shidded alpha dominance all over his cuckbook running loonix in front of all of his peers. He clearly didn't send doesn't understand the situation
One of my professor uses literally Arch and emacs, ironically he had MATLAB break in one class.
I know this is bait but my prof is the opposite, shills linux like crazy and blames windows for everything.
>things that didn't happen
Aaaaayyy
>Kind of wonder what happens to them after uni.
Enslaved by EA to toil in the FIFA mines.
Why are you making stuff up?
You should have passed with a C++ instead ;)
Nah, no professor by that name. That's a shame. I cheated in the past but stopped because I wanted to challenge myself and actually learn something. Maybe I'm too paranoid but I would never access a cheat site on the school network but I guess nobody here gives a shit either.
>bragging about what OS you use
No one cares in the real world.
I don't get it.
>was in college in 2003
>some kids brought macbook g4's to school
>i had a 1994 thinkpad
>a couple teachers let me use it in class, even though using computers in class in general was pretty limited, at least i wasn't playing Halo on it like half the kids with g4's
>windows 95 and office 97 did the job
the only hurdle was the fact that the school was all macs, so there were very few floppy drives around, and my laptop didn't have usb, wifi, or ethernet
based and redpilled
Get your shit together faggot. Bet you dropped out didn't you?
Wow a post that somewhat understands social conventions on Jow Forums. Never thought I'd see the day.
Autistic freetard btfo. I hope you learned something from that.
>reddit spacing is now a Jow Forums social convention
yeah ok
>community college intro to computer science
>teacher introduces himself as computer engineering graduate from (nice institution)
>goes around class asking everyone their experience with computers
>everyone says they took this class because they needed 1 more class to graduate and dont care about cs
>my turn, say that i have a passion in computers and used them since i was 5, been programming for 6 years and building linux systems for 4
>"wow user thats very cool!"
>entire fudging class was just very basic c++ and very basic computer stuff
>payed $600
>1st year overseeing professor is a macfag
>but is redpilled on bitcoin and it's his research topic
how can someone be both based and a fag?
Had a similar situation with one of my teachers, I just used Linux the whole time because I didn't give a fuck. Passed everything he threw at me in half the time because everyone was using the 2GB of ram windows 10 machines.
should've pulled a snowden on him
> "arguing against because nothing to hide is the same as arguing to rid free speech because you have nothing to say"
or something like that
>that one cool ass dude that looks like Mac from it's always sunny walking around and shouting Jow Forums memes
>refers to everyone as gang weed gamers and calls himself chad unironically
> Mention I use Linux and Emacs
> Professor laughs at me and says
> "I use Windows because I like being employed"
This totally happened, guys. You're not at all replying to a bait thread instead of reporting it.
>Mention I use Emacs
You're a fucking retarded hipster.
>> Mention I use ... Emacs
>> Everybody fucking laughs at me
as they should. Doing things the hard way doesn't always make it magically better.
fug, I loved Win 95.
>community college intro to computer science
>entire fudging class was just very basic c++ and very basic computer stuff
Are you actually retarded? What did you expect?
I had a class like this. It was amazing. Too bad the rest of the course was shit, so I dropped out.
>Last/Second year at community college
>taking C/C++ and Java intro classes
>both taught by profs who didn't know how to program
I'm not even kidding, the java professor didn't even know what "this" does and when I explained it the fucking autist behind me said I was wrong and explained something completely different and the professor went with his definition. It was before I transferred to a state school so luckily I'm taking courses with actual professors who have experience in the field and know their shit.
>> Professor laughs at me and says
>> "I use Windows because I like being employed"
>Not responding "I didn't take this class to learn to use PowerPoint"
Baste