Which Apache ?
Right. Which apache ? The Tribe ?, the French thug ? the dance ? the movie ? the novel ? Apache Indian ?. So much to differentiate. Well, i started to wonder what the hell this guy is asking me when he asked me the same question.
The context was a bit different.It was about my third year computer engineering project. My group was doing a game. Virtual Stock Market. A regular in college festivals, we thought we'd do a shift in code base from the existing disgusting VB to the eternal apache-mysql-php.
Ah. Now you know which apache i was speaking about. Nah, but my 'professor' didn't.
Unfortunately for me, he asked my group a project progress report. Well ,i don't like to be tongue tied at such times so i tried to exaggerate the little that we had done. He could have asked me so many questions. So many embarassing questions. I still wonder why he had to ask me that particular question.
Why am i being so nice? He didn't ask me one question ! He asked me three such questions. With great pain and shame i write them here.
after i tried hard to save my skin
Prof : "Ok. So which apache are you using ?"
Me : "Which apache ?. Sir , Do you mean the version ? I think it's Apache 2. something "
Prof : "No. not that. Which apache ? "
Me : "Sir, sorry i didn't understand you. "
Prof : "Ok. Are you using some scripting language "
Me : "Yes sir. PHP "
Prof : "PHP ? Ok. So are you using some database too ? "
Me : "Yes sir. MySql "
Prof : "Ok. Which MySql are you using "
Me : "Sir. Mysql version 5.0 "
Prof : "No but which mysql are you using ? "
Me : "Sir i didn't get you "
Prof : "Are you using mysql with linux or mysql with windows ?"
Me : "Sir, i am using it in Linux, my partners are using it in Windows "
Prof : "No.But how ?. Which apache are you using ? "
Me : "Sir,I use apache in Linux and the others in Windows.The binaries of apache are different"
Prof : "But the code ? Does it work everywhere ?"
Me : "Of course yes sir "
Prof : "Are you sure ? "
Me : "Yes sir"
prof leaves
Right, like the international cricket they play in MCG and Lord's is different.!
Nah, I would have understood it if it was some other lecturer. The lecturer who taught us Database Systems didn't know any crap about database systems herself.
But c'mon now.If you were in my place wouldn't you expect something better from the HOD ?
ah, feels so proud to be in SPCE, computer engineering.
Sometimes you feel there indeed is a God up there. Now why else would my HOD be changing the next month ? :)
The context was a bit different.It was about my third year computer engineering project. My group was doing a game. Virtual Stock Market. A regular in college festivals, we thought we'd do a shift in code base from the existing disgusting VB to the eternal apache-mysql-php.
Ah. Now you know which apache i was speaking about. Nah, but my 'professor' didn't.
Unfortunately for me, he asked my group a project progress report. Well ,i don't like to be tongue tied at such times so i tried to exaggerate the little that we had done. He could have asked me so many questions. So many embarassing questions. I still wonder why he had to ask me that particular question.
Why am i being so nice? He didn't ask me one question ! He asked me three such questions. With great pain and shame i write them here.
after i tried hard to save my skin
Prof : "Ok. So which apache are you using ?"
Me : "Which apache ?. Sir , Do you mean the version ? I think it's Apache 2. something "
Prof : "No. not that. Which apache ? "
Me : "Sir, sorry i didn't understand you. "
Prof : "Ok. Are you using some scripting language "
Me : "Yes sir. PHP "
Prof : "PHP ? Ok. So are you using some database too ? "
Me : "Yes sir. MySql "
Prof : "Ok. Which MySql are you using "
Me : "Sir. Mysql version 5.0 "
Prof : "No but which mysql are you using ? "
Me : "Sir i didn't get you "
Prof : "Are you using mysql with linux or mysql with windows ?"
Me : "Sir, i am using it in Linux, my partners are using it in Windows "
Prof : "No.But how ?. Which apache are you using ? "
Me : "Sir,I use apache in Linux and the others in Windows.The binaries of apache are different"
Prof : "But the code ? Does it work everywhere ?"
Me : "Of course yes sir "
Prof : "Are you sure ? "
Me : "Yes sir"
prof leaves
Right, like the international cricket they play in MCG and Lord's is different.!
Nah, I would have understood it if it was some other lecturer. The lecturer who taught us Database Systems didn't know any crap about database systems herself.
But c'mon now.If you were in my place wouldn't you expect something better from the HOD ?
ah, feels so proud to be in SPCE, computer engineering.
Sometimes you feel there indeed is a God up there. Now why else would my HOD be changing the next month ? :)
posted by Sharan Rao at 7:17 PM
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