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Similarities:
- In both cases you have to explicitly say what it is you're going to do (for programmers, the design documents, specifications, etc.; for debaters, the policy, counter-policy, etc.)
- You have to deal with people asking potentially damaging questions
- You don't have all the time in the world

Differences
- No one asks you to write a fully working program in 7 minutes ("Hello World" doesn't exactly count here.)
- Debaters have more of a social life than [most] programmers
- You get to meet a lot of different people from different instituitions while debating, whereas for programming generally you only meet people within your company
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Bugged out
"The Bug" author Ellen Ullman talks about the Gothic terrors that lurk between the rational lines of computer code.

I can't reproduce it! )

Why she wanted to write it )

I think the history of software engineering is trying to find a way to write reliable code and miserably failing, year after year. It wouldn't be a perennial topic in software engineering if anyone had any idea how to fix the problem of bugs.
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There's this article (related to a book) about debugging, and it's fairly interesting reading. So if I don't exactly reply to you online, you should know why. I hope. ^^;;

About debugging )

Of debuggers and humans )
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I guess I should've seen it coming.

Basically, I spent about a whole day's effort in creating a web-based interface to our bulletin board, so that I could access it when I wasn't at my computer or in school (for example, when I was on holiday). It was a good intention -- I guess -- but it conflicted with the admin's policies, so I got a fairly nice notice telling me to take it down, which I did.

But that doesn't mean I'm not disappointed. Still though, I guess I can continue waiting for them to come up with an official, approved web-based system.

Grrr....

May. 9th, 2003 09:34 am
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I have to be an administrator to debug ASP.NET applications?!! *mumble* *grumble* So much for running as non-admin...

Oh well, hopefully it'll work now. ^^;;;
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I passed... 64/100. *very relieved*

But some of my friends failed quite badly.... *hopes they can do well for the exam*
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Why am I not really surprised?

DisorderRating
Paranoid:High
Schizoid:Moderate
Schizotypal:High
Antisocial:Low
Borderline:Moderate
Histrionic:Low
Narcissistic:Moderate
Avoidant:Very High
Dependent:Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive:Moderate

-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! --



In other news, still doing programming for OP...
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Fun, ain't it? ^_^

*continues writing code*
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I made a stupid, stupid mistake in trying to calculate the level of a node. For some reason, I confused it with the height...

That's at least 20 marks gone now. =(
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I'll be leaving home around 12:30, and the PE starts at 1:15 pm in PL5.

Checklist of things to take:
- pen/pencil/eraser
- paper
- textbook
- printouts of all my code
- inspiration
- my head ^_^;;;

Now talking to Chew Lin, earlier I talked to Rantra and some of the other guys, hope that they'll do well too for the PE.

*crosses fingers*
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MCQs (10 of them) - 25 out of 50
Structured questions (20 marks) - 18
Long question (30 marks) - 9

Okay... I think RE was right, I misread the questions.........

*hunts for food*
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It's on Thursday and Friday (i.e. tomorrow and the day after) at their offices. Here's part of the e-mail they sent to shortlisted candidates.

What they said )

I'm just worried that I'm going to screw up again, and I don't even really know what to prepare for. They have this (famous/infamous?) habit of asking candidates to code on the spot during interviews...

I also still have the oral presentation to prepare for. At least we're not presenting tomorrow but next Thursday ^^;;

And oh, did I mention that there's a practical exam this Saturday?
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But for some careless mistakes, I could've gotten it right on the first try. ^^;;

Anyway, that's one less thing to worry about. I still have the PE (practical exam) this Saturday though.
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Who are we looking for? Students who
1) Are Passionate about Microsoft
2) Still have 1 more year of school left after this semester
3) May know .NET Development (not a strong criterion)
4) Have the passion to learn
5) Are team players

Well, I meet the criteria, but I'm not entirely sure if I should join. It seems like it may need a lot of time, and I'm not sure if it'll affect my studies. Still though, it'll be a good thing to add to my CV..
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They're out.

And oh, I think I can look forward to more sleepless nights. When I haven't recovered fully from the last round yet ^^;;
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CS1102 Online Judge FAQ page

I feel happy that my program is actually useful. ^_^
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I managed to finish both my programming labs, one part which was due by tomorrow, and another part which had to be done in the lab today.. I got full marks for both of them, though for the first part, I had to use other people's algorithms...

Now, it's time to catch up on my other subjects, but first I need to relax, cause I've been working lots of late nights lately, especially on Friday night... when I went to sleep at 4:30 am and woke up at 7:30 am to go for two lectures...

So, well... I guess you could call that an exciting week. =P
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I had a nice talk with sotong (*^_^*) and by some lucky chance, the lecturer extended the deadline of the lab to 6 pm tomorrow, so I managed to submit and now I have full marks ^^;;;;

Now I just need to catch up on the rest of my outstanding stuff and that should be ok ^_^;;
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I hate the stupid lab.

And I hate myself.

'Nuff said for now, will write more later (perhaps).

At lunch

Jan. 2nd, 2003 08:30 pm
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Having post-lunch discussion and trying to forget my lack of sleep.. Still worried about Monday's presentation and the .net competition, for which we don't have anything going...

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