[PLUG] running a mixed Debian system

[Michael C. Robinson]

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 11:31, Aaron Burt wrote:
> On 31 Oct 2003, Michael C. Robinson wrote:
> > I took the course with the understanding it would be geared for Linux
> > systems ending up unsupported and criticized.
> 
> Whoops, you understood wrong.  Move on.  That's one instructor, one class
> and one screwup you're talking about.  Don't worry, you'll have the
> opportunity to experience many, many more of those.
> 
I've had trouble more than once.  I can exclude non Unix 
systems and still have plenty to do.  It would be good 
to know multiple systems, but I see no need to even 
work with the general public in Windows as Linux and 
other alternatives are quite mature.

It's not that I'm excluding Microsoft, they can't or won't
teach Linux at PSU where I'm not gay yet that seems 
to be a requirement as far as joining Cat.

Everybody I've met associated with Linux so far there is
probably gay and didn't me around because I understandably 
attract the boyfriend.  If that's not bad enough, I tried 
to take german so I can see my sister in Stuckartt but 
ran into some very nasty gender wars and probably 
prostitutes.  The way the women dressed in that course
was just plain vulgar.  That's Neuberger for you though,
smells like something has been burned recently where the 
paintings of bloodletting among other things can make 
you think your high just walking through some of 
corridors.

I've been through Karla's 202, but I didn't pass 
the course where frankly her you can't afford help 
is very discouraging considering how highly I respect 
her.  She said I only need to do the programs and I
did well on the midterm, but what comfort is that to
me?  At least she gave me a W on finals day.  I got 
through the computer science 1, 2, and data structures 
series with her doing very well in two of them.  It's 
like I didn't even know how to study when I hit 202.  

The catalog that says I should be a computer scientist 
because I passed intro to C++, CS II, and data 
structures is not definitive nor is it helpful.  Having 
Chris Carey three inches from my face yelling at me 
during a summer course because of a controversial 
speech topic doesn't warm me up to returning to PSU 
either.  Technically I have been academically 
dismissed, why argue with that even though I have
earned a degree after the fact elsewhere?

I've also heard that Intel does not want to hire PSU 
graduates because of a political fiasco that involved 
a donation which was supposed to be used to build a 
Beowolf cluster that was instead used to provide 
individuals in the University with their own personal 
computers.  I'd say that the Katie Harman fiasco is 
just another example of how little Portland State 
cares about student institution relations, I don't 
trust the place as far as I can throw it expecially 
considering that the CS dean, Cynthia Brown, came 
out to inform the CS students that they lose a 
physics credit as part of the major.  There's
a lot of talk about going to PCC probably 
because of this for these courses.

With Portland State not having math books for three 
weeks two Winters ago and then not being able to 
return one three days after getting it when it 
finally did become available, is not acceptable.  
I'm afraid to sign up for anything there if I 
don't know what the book requirements are six 
months ahead of time to allow for shipping.
The place sickens me, I don't think I can be 
there again and expect to accomplish anything.

     --  Michael C. Robinson