Fri Jun 09 2000 06:10:
For some reason, editor@segfault.org gets an incredible amount of
Japanese spam.
Fri Jun 09 2000 06:38:
UCLA is operating under the dual misimpression that:
- My mother lives with me in my apartment.
- My mother has a lot of money which she is just aching to spend on class
rings for me and various foundations.
At some point I'll tell you about the Henry Samueli School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences (couldn't they have changed the name after
I graduated?) letter they sent to my mother at my address.
Oh, and look at this hilarious non sequitur from the class ring
propaganda booklet:
After all, tradition isn't just about what each student receives
from UCLA - it's about what they leave behind. As upcoming graduates take
a particular joy in putting on the enduring symbol of a revered
university, this university finds an equal joy in the caliber of
those people who will be wearing a UCLA ring for many years to come.
I'm sure that made more sense in the original Russian.
Fri Jun 09 2000 09:17:
For the life of me I cannot obtain a follow set by using the algorithm.
Fortunately, I figured out a rule of thumb that should work so
long as the grammars given on the final don't have a lot of
rules or a lot of terminals (which they probably won't, since
the professor has to grade the exams).
Fri Jun 09 2000 11:49:
I just now noticed that the Tolkien Sarcasm page has a
serialized parody
of Lord of the Rings which, among other things, explains
why they're called "High Elves".
Fri Jun 09 2000 17:42:
UCLA's student health center doesn't accept any insurance other
than the student insurance they try to sell you every quarter. I
think I've bitched about this before. They can't stand the thought
of ripping off an insurance company instead of you directly. So when I
went to see a doctor about my horrible sore throat (the actual
visit is paid for by my registration fees, thank goodness), I got
a prescription for antibiotics, took it to the drugstore downtown,
and was told it would take over an hour. I really don't
think it takes them an hour to get a bottle and put it in a bag.
The big time consumer is probably paperwork. I'm at home
right now waiting for them to call me.
It's probably strep throat. I have a fever of 101.3 (power FM)
and I don't even feel it. That's how sick I am. I'm sick and tired
of being sick and tired.
Oh yeah, the CS132 final was easy.
Fri Jun 09 2000 18:42:
There's some problem with the insurance (it took them 2 hours to
discover this, so the question re-arrises, what exactly is taking all
this time?). They can't find out what the problem is because the insurance company is closed. I may have to actually buy the damn medicine with my
own money tomorrow. At least UCLA won't be getting it.
I hear tell that there are so-called "emergency" medical situations where
if you don't get help to someone they die. I hope I never end up
in one of those.
Fri Jun 09 2000 18:48:
I'm complaining because I can complain. Apart from my being sicker
than a dog and not being able to get any medicine, everything in
my life is great.
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