Monday, August 4, 2008

Interactions with Professors at IIT-D uptill now

Chemistry Lab
Professor(addressing the students,in what most people would describe as a whisper):
Today whe hav ......practical and all ohf you.....
A student:sir,we cant hear
Professor:What I am sayn.........something which no one was able to hear
Another student: Sir please talk a little loudly
Professor:People who dont want to,wont be able to listen.Its an attitude problem.Students these days...something something...I am talking loud enough for anyone...(whatever he said after that is known only to him)

Maths class MAN100
:

Students gather in the classroom,waiting for someone looking like a typical geek professor to come and try to teach us something.
Half an hour later
Me:Sir,we all have gathered for our class,but theres no one there as yet.Could you please tell us who would teach us and how long should we wait.
Some Maths Prof:Am I supposed to take that course?
Me: I dont know,sir
Maths Prof:Well then,why have you come to me,go to your course advisers,or the HOD and ask them.I am only concerned with my courses.

5 mins later

HOD:Well even I dont know whos supposed to take your class.Go to the course advisors,son.
2 mins later
Course advisor 1's door is locked.
Course advisor 2 gone for lunch.
Course advisor 3 is doing some stuff on the computer.Enter RP.
Dr.Amitabh Tripathi(course adviser 3):Yes?
RP:Sir,we had a class...blah blah blah ..and no one is there.
Tripathi:so??what can I do for you?
RP:Sir,you are my course adviser.
Tripathi:So what?
RP(Dumb blank face)
Tripathi: Go and ask someone else.I am not responsible for this course.

Computer lab:

Teacher:Well,if you think you understood everything today,and got the commands of Linux ,you can go.
Me:Maam,may I leave?
Teacher:What! OK,So you got everthing right today?show me
Me:Ok maam
Teacher:Do this...do that and blah blah
I show every command,even the ones not taught.
Teacher:Ok good.Now you should just go to help directory and read more about these commands.
Me: !!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 mins later

Me: Maam,I used the command to create a new file named "Bloody boring practical",but instead the comp created 3 new files named Bloody,Boring and Practical.
Teacher(shocked at the audacity):Well,thats because you put spaces b/w the three words.You scan try underscore.
Me:Thank you,maam.May i leave now???
Teacher:no,just keep practicing.
2 mins later theres a file named Bloody_Boring_Practical in the directory.
After 5 mins:
Teacher:Hey! You know playing games are not allowed in this lab.(It was minesweeper)
Me:Sorry maam.May I leave now ,maam.
Teacher(with a sigh):ok go.


Chemistry Class:

5 mins into the class,a knock on the door,which was locked by prof.
Prof Kurur:Hey,You are late.Enter through the back door.
(Then addressing to the class)
"From now on every student who is late will enter through the back door,so I can know who is late,and I dont get disturbed by someone entering through the front door."

After 2 mins that student comes through the back door.
Prof Kurur:Now thats the differenece b/w a theorist ,and an experimantalist.Some scientists just put the theory,and then try to verify or test it.The experimantalists,on the other hand,first see the results,then come up with a theory,to explain those results.Your friend there did the experiment.He is the one more knowledgable than you now.You,who all just sat here,and just thought about the consequences of coming late.
Me:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, August 1, 2008

Being a Facha...part 3

No. of Classes got late for :3
No. of non-males talked to :2
Girls shortlisted :0!
No of pens lost:3-4

The first week of classes will be over today,and I have had many weird experiences already.Example: No matter how hard you try --- like sitting besides the likes of abhinav,archit and anupam,havin a good 10 hours of sleep before coming to class,having a full 20 mins shower,coming by rickshaw etc. etc.----you are bound to fall asleep in CSL 101 class.That cozy AC room and the boring course,combined with Prof Sen's monotonous tone, nullify the effect of all your preparations.
To talk about other courses,I'd like to reaffirm that Im probably the dumbest fresher.Losing my watch,mobile,bag etc etc.Well the only other thing left to do,which I duly completed,was attending the wrong lecture!That happened on Monday.
I am sitting here right now because of an announcement that we dont have a mechanical class today,which I forgot,and...walked into an empty classroom.So I had nothing else to do and I stormed right into the CSC to blog and propound my myriad foolish acts.
OK.Enough with self-critisicm.
I made a new friend in my branch--her name is Preeti.But as it turned out,it was not a smart move.Because all my floormates starting connecting me with her,which was the most false(or falsest,whatever the word is) allegation I ever got.Especially RP,usne pareshaan kar diya meri kheench kheench ke (whatever that means).Maybe he just doesnt like the fact that I already have the number of two girls in the campus while he has none.Another thing I'd like to mention is that I have made a promise(to myself)that I wont make a gf in the first year.Thats why I emptied my shortlist.
I played chess yesterday,where,archit(although I dint play with him) reinforced the fact that he is a big show-off.I played 2 matches,winning one and got hammmered by a CS guy in the other. So my career record stands at 5-3-1.
I'll take a leave now,and write whenever something interesting happens,as is bound to because the weekend is up next.

Things not to do at IIT-D

1.Attend the wrong lecture
2.Forget taking your towel while going for a bath
3.Ask your 6 foot tall,broad rajput friend to wash your undergarments
4.Sit 3 hours in the libary doing sums like:
prove a*0=0

solution:
a*0 = a*(0+0) = a*o+a*0
adding 0 on both sides
a*0+ 0 = a*0+a*0+0
hence a*0 + 0 = a*0 + a*0
which gives us a*0=0
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(courtesy:Elementary Calculus by Kenneth A. Ross)