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04 Sep 03
04 Sep 03
Crikey, what a night. Last night, I realized that procrastination made it imperative that I read Wright's Native Son, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Faulkner's Light in August, and Williams' Streetcar Named Desire before my literature class started today...a hair over 1000 pages in about 11 hours. Total waste of some good books. Never do it, those few younger than me. The horror. The horror.
The wee hours are a great experience, but not with demonic teachers breathing down you neck.
Anyone have a similar experience?
(Note: This should affect the content of my posts at least until this weekend. I hope I have postedthis in English. Don't start on my chess.)
04 Sep 03
Originally posted by royalchickenNothing quite that bad, but a few years back i had to read Frankenstein and some other book the night before an exam, plus revise two other books. Got a HD though😛
Crikey, what a night. Last night, I realized that procrastination made it imperative that I read Wright's Native Son, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Faulkner's Light in August, and Williams' Streetcar Named Desire before my literature class started today...a hair over 1000 pages in about 11 hours. Total waste of some good books. Never do it, those ...[text shortened]... s at least until this weekend. I hope I have postedthis in English. Don't start on my chess.)
04 Sep 03
Originally posted by royalchickenchocolate? and i organise my study into managable chuncks!... or try too anyway. i usually cram. tis the only way...but i usually like to get a good nights sleep befroe and exam. stops you from paniking as much...
What DO you use if not coffee? Benzedrine 😛?
04 Sep 03
Originally posted by royalchickenI've pulled more all-night study sessions than I care to remember. The most harrowing, and most recent all-nighter was stretched over the course of 72 hours. In the University of Washington Phil. program, a Master's degree requires the submission of three papers, one in each of three areas of philosophy. The areas break down broadly into 1: history of philosophy , 2: metaphysics, epistemolgy, phil. of mind, phil. of science, logic, etc., and 3: value theory (ethics, aesthetics, political and social philosophy). These areas are affectionately known to us as the Dead, the True and the Good. My epistemology paper and my Descartes paper were completed in late Feb. My social philosophy (race theory and the social contract) was only a gleam in my eye a week before it was due. I didn't even have time to get this third paper read by a faculty before it was officially due. It took my three straight days of coffee, cigarettes, and dexedrine (at the end) to complete this paper. I hate this paper for what it put me and my wife through. Over Glenfiddich I burned this paper in a trash can to exorcise evil spirits. I would not speak of this paper to my fellows in the department, remarking merely that "area 3 is dead to me". After the month of waiting they put us through before telling us if we get our Master's or get kicked from the program, I found out that all three papers of mine had passed, though one "bore unmistakable traces of slapdash construction".
I see. And you bennett, you must have pulled a few here and there. Care to entertain us with your late-night scholastic debacles?
04 Sep 03
Originally posted by royalchickenSome of the stories I could tell about all-nighters trying to resurrect customer's databases and file-systems (both at MSFT and DEC) are not for the faint-hearted - no names possible but they include major stock exchanges, brokers and popular e-commerce companies.
Crikey, what a night. Last night, I realized that procrastination made it imperative that I read Wright's Native Son, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Faulkner's Light in August, and Williams' Streetcar Named Desire before my literature class started today...a hair over 1000 pages in about 11 hours. Total waste of some good books. Never do it, those ...[text shortened]... s at least until this weekend. I hope I have postedthis in English. Don't start on my chess.)
You think its bad having teachers breathing down your neck - imagine working all day and night for several days with DBAs or SAs who will lose their jobs if you can't bring the system back up for them... major adrenalin rush :-)
Paul