Apr 15, 2009 20:59
KT: So, how's the cluster script going?
Me: Ummmm. Not good.
KT: Here, let me take a look.
*tries to run the thing, notes that script ends because computer runs out of memory--even though we have 4 gigs of RAM installed*
KT: Huh. Let's try that again. Uh oh! The computer seems to be frozen.
Me: Whoops.
KT: Congratulations!! You have a great potential career ahead of you as a hacker! All you have to do is package this thing up and send it out as a worm!
*both laugh hysterically*
(Note: Some people might find "compliments" like this maddening, but I like them--that's the way my dad, my siblings and I communicate with each other. If you aren't teasing someone, you don't like them.)
Yeah. So he's having me start ALL. OVER. AGAIN. That last incarnation took me almost 3 weeks to write. *sigh* I hope I get this stupid thing finished before the end of April, or I probably won't be able to finish my research project before the end of June.
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