Daily Conversations with Khendon

[Khendon Sevon]

Programmer: "Fish and clouds are the same thing."
Khendon: "Is that supposed to be philosophical?"
Programmer: "No, it's in the code."

[Jeseth Cloak]

That belongs on a Starbuck's cup. :lol

[Khendon Sevon]

Cam: "Is that green?"
Khendon: "No, it's yellow, see, it just has a green halo. The green one has a yellow halo."
Cam: "What? Why is it yellow!!! It's supposed to be green!"
Khendon: "..."
Cam: "Oh... it's 2 instead of 1. @#!$ you and your enums!"

Moral of the story: Listen to me when I tell you to use an enum in your code.

[Khendon Sevon]

Professor: "What is iconography?"
Class: "..."
Professor: "Okay, I'm going to get the attendance and call on someone."
Student (hand raised, excited to answer): "Symbols that represent something else."
Professor: "Good! Symbols that represent something else."
Khendon (grumpy face and in his head): "Redundant!!!!! REDUNDANT!!!! REEEEEEDUNDANT! A symbol that represents something?!?!?! Are you saying there are symbols that don't represent something?!?! GHAAA!!!!"

...

I've been doing a lot of coding. That makes me cranky.

[Khendon Sevon]

Khendon: "Fine, I'll look this way so you won't see me cry while you write that ugly code."





If you're wondering why so many are about coding... it's what we've been doing all day.

[Zeke]

Are you a student, or is it your job?

[Karl Valten]

Khendon: "Fine, I'll look this way so you won't see me cry while you write that ugly code."





If you're wondering why so many are about coding... it's what we've been doing all day.

I just started a C++ class. :p

Any advice or should I just shoot myself at about midterm?

[Khendon Sevon]

Are you a student, or is it your job?
I'm a student; however, the code we're currently working on is for an international game development competition.

We actually finished the last of the code and balancing last night at 2 am. I just have to update a single graphic and it's done.



I just started a C++ class. :p

Any advice or should I just shoot myself at about midterm?

Ask lots of questions. Don't understand something? Ask questions.

Programming and math are both a lot about epiphanies. After having something explained to you for the third time or researching something for several hours there'll be a moment of clairvoyance where you actually understand, surprisingly, what's going on.

Introductory courses often find students falling into one of two categories: people who get it, and people who don't get it.

I've seen students really, really try to understand. As soon as I start talking, it's like I'm speaking another language. They just can't pick it up.

The real solution is to constantly try and write your own applications. Also, start assignments very early. Beginner programmers (and even advanced ones) tend to not give themselves enough time to test or rush through the writing of their code because it's due in six hours. Make sure you give yourself enough time to ensure that there aren't any unforeseen events.

And, if you're having major issues and are stressed/freaked out: shoot an IM my way and I'll talk you through it.

Really, it's an introductory course. So, if you have a head for it or are willing to problem solve and learn, you should cruise through it.

Besides, C++ is a fun language (even if it's flawed).

It's mostly the people who say, "I don't want to program, I'll never program in life" that get C's and D's.

I can babble about coding, computational theory, and everything related to my major for hours... sorry.

[Karl Valten]

Sweet thanks. Yeah, C++ is required for my major, so I have to take the intro course (but that's it for some reason, nothing more advanced than that.)

[Zeke]

Are you a student, or is it your job?
I'm a student; however, the code we're currently working on is for an international game development competition.

We actually finished the last of the code and balancing last night at 2 am. I just have to update a single graphic and it's done. Awesome job. :) I was a Computer Science major for a while, so I did a little bit of coding. Simple stuff which I don't remember anymore. >.>

[Khendon Sevon]

I'm overloaded with dialogue from my last class... It went something like this:

Professor asks insane question mixing math, music, philosophy, biology, computers, and psychology.

We (the students, all 5 of us) answer with a combination of math, music, philosophy, biology, computers, and psychology.

Khendon: "Creativity can't occur in a void. We need references."
Professor: "Well, that's interesting. Is that true? If we were to see something completely new and original, something that we had no reference for, what then?"
Khendon: "We wouldn't be able to understand it."
Student: "All we could really understand is that it isn't like x or y. In that sense, we would know something."

Oh, man. I love college. I'm getting credit for this class?

[Khendon Sevon]

In the middle of class, two tables away. Instant messaging (aren't we cool at this tech school?).

Khendon: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/420606
Cam: hobo wars?
Cam: or is that an ad?
Khendon: It's an ad.
Cam: im sorry its just that whoever designed this site must have thrown up on a piece of paper then scanned it in

[Zeke]

Talking about Newgrounds? Yeah. That place is vile.

[Khendon Sevon]

Khendon: "So, we have the octopus holding up the scoreboard and--"
Cam: "Don't we already have the Victory Hugs?"
Khendon: "Oh... yeah. Well, it'll have, like, 'hit s to see your score results' or something."
Cam: "Or, you could animate it, and he takes out the scoreboard and holds it u--"
Khendon, angrily: "..."
Cam, as he walks out of the room: "What? All you need to do is draw a thousand images."
Khendon, angrily: "..."

[Khendon Sevon]

In reference to the Victory Hugs screen for our game.

John: "Why is the octopus so angry!?!?!?!?!"
Khendon: "..."

[Khendon Sevon]

Khendon: "The internet is where real people go to get absolutely nothing done."

[Khendon Sevon]

Sara, with a rebellious lock of hair covering her dark eyes: "Let's have an affair."
Khendon, after a moment: "...Doesn't that imply something...?"

Khendon: "Come over here and watch the sunse--OUCH!"
Sara: "Are you okay?"
Khendon, rubbing head vigorously after having banged it: "Yeah, that's not the first I've done that."
Sara: "You're being real smooth tonight."

[Khendon Sevon]

Khendon: "My mom got me a Spanish coin necklace from a shipwreck."
Cam: "Cool. It's probably cursed. Spanish gold that makes ships crash is cursed."
Khendon: "Nah. It's just silver."
Cam: "Oh."
Khendon: "Of course, Judas was paid in silver."
Cam: "In that case, it's probably the same silver. That's ULTRA cursed."

[Yuri Thrice]

LMAO! That is just great....

[Khendon Sevon]

Watching that new Terminator tv show.

Khendon (in regards to River, or whatever her name is): "She does robot so well."
Cam: "Yeah, she does robot better than the other one (Sara Connor) does human."

[Khendon Sevon]

As we watch Dragonwars (horrible):
Khendon: "How do you come up with the name 'God-zilla'."
Cam: "I dunno, but whoever did is pretty brilliant."

Every time there's a super poorly written or acted part in the movie:
"Hey, it's better than Hitman."

Oh, Hitman, The Movie. So bad. So very bad.

[Khendon Sevon]

I dunno...

Imagine lots of cursing and your mom jokes.

I knocked over a jar my roommate had in the bathroom full of knives and water and... applesauce.

Haha. My response was to attach a roll of paper towels to a pipe over the bathroom with climbing gear and curse at him as he cleans it... Yeah, I now... I'm good.

I put on the Beatles so he'd be happy. He likes the Beatles... and threatened to kill me if I played metal.

Picture:
http://www.roxxu.com/linkedimages/poorcam.jpg

[Yuri Thrice]

:lol So, is the series THAT bad?

[Khendon Sevon]

hah, which series? The Sarah Connor Chronicles?

It's enjoyable. Just, predictable and some of the acting is spotty. Also, there's a lot of corny dialogue.

[Khendon Sevon]

Samantha: "So, how does it feel to be the only straight guy in the bar?"
Khendon, with a shrug as he sips his jack and coke: "It's not the first time."

[Rossos Atrapes]

I've been there. Once I was invited to the club for a co-workers' night out or something like that. What the girl failed to tell me was that it was Goth-Industrial night at a Gay-bar.

[Khendon Sevon]

While facing away from each other on our laptops in our dorm room:

Khendon: "U R Z HAKR KING"
(Rammstein playing over my speakers)
Cam: "ZEGERNFLOCKTEN. FLOCTEHN. FLOCHTEN."
Khendon: "..."
Cam: "U R GR33K HAKR KNG. HAKRKONIGE."

...

I blame the copious amounts of Chinese food we've been eating.

[Yuri Thrice]

Thus, I don't eat Chinese....unless it's a woman;) ; also the reason I avoid going out to clubs. Plus, I'm not much of a clubber per se.....

...and you misspelled hacker, Khendon. :twak :p

[Khendon Sevon]

Khendon: "I'm bored. I was thinking about going down to the street near the Hudson river and climbing some boulders... but, I don't have a spotter... and I don't feel like breaking something and not having anyone there to help me out."
Nick: "Climb your walls."
Khendon: "Climb my walls? Are you kidding?"
Nick: "Climb your walls."
Khendon: "Why would I ever do that? Sounds way too easy."

Well...
www.roxxu.com/downloads/boulderhell.avi

It is pretty easy. I'm looking for ways to make it artificially harder. That last hold on the left side is a light switch ;) Oh yeah.

[Khendon Sevon]

Cam: "You looked threatening, as if you were going to kill me with that sock."
Khendon, not moving: "..."
Cam: "You're going soft."