{"id":114,"date":"2001-01-26T13:20:46","date_gmt":"2001-01-26T18:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sikander.org\/journal\/?p=114"},"modified":"2001-01-26T13:20:46","modified_gmt":"2001-01-26T18:20:46","slug":"graceful-degradation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sikander.org\/journal\/2001\/01\/graceful-degradation\/","title":{"rendered":"Graceful degradation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>my csc209 professor used that term in his lecture on the 24th. His words were something like, &#8220;but when it comes to accessing huge files, UNIX degrades gracefully&#8221;. Does the period go after the double comma ? or before it ? i cant remember. back in carleton&#8217;s library&#8217;s pc lab, when ed_mistress was proofreading my essay, he told me that i had it backwards.. but now i cant remember if this is the correct way or the wrong one.<\/p>\n<p>my timetable for this term is very good. just three courses [finally some rest] this time. mon, wed, and fri i have classes from 9-1 and then on tue and thursday, from 2-4. the professors this term are pretty good. most defnitely better than last term&#8217;s. 228&#8217;s prof is female.. and her early morning cheerfulness can get obnoxious sometimes.. but not always. 209&#8217;s prof has a strong personality that screams show-some-respect-u-fool.. but not in any arrogant or disrespectful way. i think its his voice.. heavy, deep, and powerful. 344 prof.. heh.. hes needs to find a way to connect to the students.. but i guess thats understandable since he was a visiting researcher in <a href=\"http:\/\/kurt.cla.kobe-u.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kobe University<\/a>, Japan for the past few years. His communication skills must have gracefully degraded. currently he&#8217;d be talking about a theorem and then say, and i quote, &#8220;so i mean.. this is.. ok.. i mean.. yes.. so the theorem really means&#8230;. &#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>remember my new years resoultion ? &#8220;<em>try not to kill the retard who takes my <strike>official<\/strike> seat in the lecture halls<\/em>.&#8221; heh.. well i kinda have official seats by now.. no one has, deliberately, taken them yet.. and thus no mysterious deaths have been reported to the campus police<font color=\"#ff0000\">:o)<\/font><\/p>\n<p>i finished <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forum2.org\/tal\/books\/ender.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ender&#8217;s<\/a> saga [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatrack.com\/osc\/about.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Orson Scott Card<\/a>] this month. There are four books in the series.. so that makes it a quartet ? [i think thats what they call a series that has four novels..] Personally, i loved the first two novels in the series. The rest had a different style and theme. Near the end of the series, the last few chapters of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0812522397\/o\/qid=980559636\/sr=8-1\/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1\/104-8781816-5575166\" target=\"_blank\">Children of the Mind<\/a>, you have to keep track of, and understand, some very weird concepts and theories to make sense of whats going on. Ofcourse this is science fiction so there <strong>are<\/strong> going to be weird manifestations of physical and\/or metaphysical concepts. But when an author conjures up a universe based on these concepts and theories <strong>and<\/strong> complicates them more than necessary, his\/her writing tends to get boring. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asimov.com\/src\/books\/asimov_catalogue.php\" target=\"_blank\">Asimov<\/a> mastered the art of keeping his writing simple. It didnt matter how wacky or complicated his ideas were since they flowed like a river when he presentedthem in his writings.<\/p>\n<p>I havent played any adventure games in ages. skid gave me <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/gamespot\/stories\/reviews\/0,10867,2594178,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Longest Journey<\/a> a few months ago and i installed it yesterday. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/gamespot\/filters\/products\/screenindex\/0,11104,198973,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">visuals<\/a> are stunning. Apparently it&#8217;s a very very good game. But its lonnnnnng. 4 cds !! And thats why, subconciously, i dont want to play it.. cuz i know i&#8217;ll get hooked.. games like these scare me.<\/p>\n<p>thrawn&#8217;s having eXams these days. ReadingWeek is coming up soon. Its getting cold again. Car&#8217;s front-left door&#8217;s lock is borked. Still looking for a decent part-time job. Have to reply to some emails..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>my csc209 professor used that term in his lecture on the 24th. His words were something like, &#8220;but when it comes to accessing huge files, UNIX degrades gracefully&#8221;. 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