February 10, 2005

Know the difference

Oz says, "Yeah, I tell them at work how you rip on the IT people."

Indignant, I say, "I do not. I rip on the computer science people. There are two different programs. The IT people learn how to do things and the computer science people are too slack to study either IT or engineering."

"Well, somebody has to know how things work," he says and starts talking about read heads and software design.

Okay, so computer science people learn some of the stuff that computer engineers do. "But computer engineers are cuter. And they all have better skin."

"And they stand up straighter?"

I nod. "They do. And, based on an admittedly very small sample, I have to say that computer science students read Robert Jordan, while computer engineering students read Umberto Eco." Of course, in all fairness, I should say that if you remove me from that sample, you'd have to say that computer engineering students don't read at all.

163 words | February 10, 2005 10:24 PM | Ivory tower
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In theory I once resembled a CE student, but I have no idea who Jordan or Eco are. Of course I probably fit into the later catagory:

>> you'd have to say that computer engineering students don't read at all.

We read stuff, it just has to be on the web.

Posted by: Derek at February 12, 2005 05:07 AM

Okay, I guess some links would have helped:

Robert Jordan vs. Umberto Eco

Eco wins.

Posted by: Nee-chama at February 13, 2005 07:50 PM

Oh, you're talking fiction. I'm more of a hard sci-fi person myself. Brin, Asimov, Stephson, Hogan, Flynn, EE "Doc" Smith. That probably dates me a bit.

Posted by: Derek at February 14, 2005 02:49 PM

It's more of a hack fantasy versus magic realism/history of Western civilization sort of thing.

Posted by: Nee-chama at February 14, 2005 09:07 PM