The Hangout: Only the </strong> survive.

[Raype]

Not as bad as living in the fucking future.

Whoa.

The "fucking" future?

Sexbots!

[Dr Mario]

Not as bad as living in the fucking future.

Whoa.

if I lived in the future, I daresay I'd be much as I am now: Drunk, belligerent and unsociable.

I'm gonna go get another beer, If I'm gonna drink, might as well go all the way.

[Ahkei]

Yeah I'm lame. Thought everyone knew that already.

Why are you going back to school?

Nah you'r pretty awesome. We need to hang out some time.


I dunno.


I dropped out because I had a hard time with some subjects that I absolutely despised, and couldn't change, and realised that I'd sort of totally fucked up the next two years of my life if I had continued.

And now that I've dropped out, I realised that it's gonna take a lot more than I expected to get into uni.

So I'm pretty much saying fuck it all to everything and starting again after 9 months of doing not much.

[Dr Mario]

I dropped out because I had a hard time with some subjects that I absolutely despised, and couldn't change, and realised that I'd sort of totally fucked up the next two years of my life if I had continued.

And now that I've dropped out, I realised that it's gonna take a lot more than I expected to get into uni.

So I'm pretty much saying fuck it all to everything and starting again after 9 months of doing not much.

Interesting. What subjects are you doing?

[Ahkei]

Interesting. What subjects are you doing?

Haven't seen all they've got to offer, yet. But I've got my thoughts set on Adv. English, Chemistry, IT and Ancient History.

[Dr Mario]

Haven't seen all they've got to offer, yet. But I've got my thoughts set on Adv. English, Chemistry, IT and Ancient History.

Do high school IT if you're looking for an easy mark, not if you're looking for good education. Maybe it's different where you're from, but any IT short of TAFE and Uni always rang kinda hollow when I was doing school. Admittedly, I never did SACE but that's also the impression I got from my HS graduate friends and my knowledge of IT before year 11 and 12.

The rest sound like they'd be fairly interesting.

[Ahkei]

Do high school IT if you're looking for an easy mark, not if you're looking for good education. Maybe it's different where you're from, but any IT short of TAFE and Uni always rang kinda hollow when I was doing school. Admittedly, I never did SACE but that's also the impression I got from my HS graduate friends.

The rest sound like they'd be fairly interesting.

But I like IT.

It was fucking easy last year (The same year I'm going into now) at least for the 2 months I did it. I'd be finished all the shit way easy, and I asked if I could just do the next piece of work. The dude said that at the rate I was going, if he did that, I'd finish the year's coursework in about 2 terms. So he just gave me extra work. I learnt quickly that I could bludge pretty much the whole lesson, and just do the shit at home in 15 minutes. Which is what I did.:X

[Evans]

if I lived in the future, I daresay I'd be much as I am now: Drunk, belligerent and unsociable.

I'm gonna go get another beer, If I'm gonna drink, might as well go all the way.

Cute.


God, I'm bored. Wish I hadn't finished Xenosaga already.

[Dr Mario]

But I like IT.

It was fucking easy last year (The same year I'm going into now) at least for the 2 months I did it. I'd be finished all the shit way easy, and I asked if I could just do the next piece of work. The dude said that at the rate I was going, if he did that, I'd finish the year's coursework in about 2 terms. So he just gave me extra work. I learnt quickly that I could bludge pretty much the whole lesson, and just do the shit at home in 15 minutes. Which is what I did.:X

I'm not saying that IT is a bad subject (hell, it's head and shoulders above business maths), just that it ain't exactly a hard course to do well in. Beyond HS, IT is a little bit harder. Not by much, but it is a step up if you do any work beyond SACE bludge level. It doesn't get intellectually taxing until you hit diploma level TAFE or degree-type Uni courses.

[Ahkei]

I'm not saying that IT is a bad subject (hell, it's head and shoulders above business maths), just that it ain't exactly a hard course to do well in. Beyond HS, IT is a little bit harder. Not by much, but it is a step up if you do any work beyond SACE bludge level. It doesn't get intellectually taxing until you hit diploma level TAFE or degree-type Uni courses.

You'd be surprised. There were people in my class who took 3 lessons to complete a one period piece of work.

[Dr Mario]

You'd be surprised. There were people in my class who took 3 lessons to complete a one period piece of work.

Given what I recall from my HS work in IT, the vast majority of students were surprised to hear that the internet consists of more than myspace and google.

Not exactly good measuring sticks for computing skill. Or maybe I'm just an alpha nerd. Not really sure.

[Evans]

The "fucking" future?

Sex boots!

I like where this is going.

...

/shower

[Ahkei]

Given what I recall from my HS work in IT, the vast majority of students were surprised to hear that the internet consists of more than myspace and google.

Not exactly good measuring sticks for computing skill. Or maybe I'm just an alpha nerd. Not really sure.

Heh. Yeah indeed. I think the majority of students pick IT because they get to use computers.

[Ivolt]

Cute.


God, I'm bored. Wish I hadn't finished Xenosaga already.

You shouldn't have rushed through it, now should you?

Also, my nephew is here. Much chasing as well as him not listening to me is expected.

[Dr Mario]

Heh. Yeah indeed. I think the majority of students pick IT because they get to use computers.

If by that you mean use myspace, then yes.

The average person has no more understanding of computers than that which was displayed in 2001: A Space Oddysey.

I'd like to consider todays students above that, but I'm an expert in self-delusion.