My itec professor is a genius

[mb]

This guy is such a geek but he's clueless about new technology.

He loves to brag about great his latest and greatest fast computer with a "dual core pentium running at 3 gigger-hurtz" with an entire one gigger-byte of RAM. And don't forget his awesomely huge 19" LCD.

We were going over some powerpoint slides about hardware. As we got to the part about disk drives, he mentioned that they are just starting to come out with 500GB drives and they're trying to make 1TB drives. Wow, thanks for keeping us current. I'll keep an eye out for those 500GB drives.
Also, all RAID setups have built in fault tolerance. Isn't that special?

Then on the subject of flash drives, he was talking about how he finally saw a 2GB flash drive for sale. Yippie. Then later, he was amazed at a 6GB micro drive. I guess he isn't aware of 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB flash drives currently for sale.


Hopefully after we move on from this introduction crap, this guy actually can teach us something.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I've noticed that most non-gamers don't bother keeping up with what's new in the tech industry.
Gamers are always on the lookout for new GPU/CPUs, drivers, hacks, patches, tweaks etc.

Those working in IT obviously know what's new in computing (but not necessarily in audio/video)
Other people just...don't care much, I think.

 

[acid45]

1GB OF RAM!!

 

[Looney]

I see stuff like this all the time. We have a developer at work who's simply amazing at coding, really like a machine. Sits infront of the monitor 12 hrs a day and can work literally nonstop (he even has Ensure's by his desk just to ensure he has enough calories going in him), but he knows absolutely NOTHING about hardware (ie one time he asked me if W2K would run on a particular machine).

 

[JDMnAR1]

Originally posted by: supafly
Also, all RAID setups have built in fault tolerance. Isn't that special?

If by "special" you mean "incorrect". RAID 0 has no fault tolerance.

 

[ThePresence]

Those professors should be 16-year old kids.

 

[franksta]

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1

Originally posted by: supafly
Also, all RAID setups have built in fault tolerance. Isn't that special?

If by "special" you mean "incorrect". RAID 0 has no fault tolerance.

It also fails in the "R" part of RAID.

 

[randay]

And this, my friends, is why certifications are completely useless. Its pathetic really. Kids with all these fancy certs and degrees fresh out of college and don't even know how to plug in a computer.

 

[James Bond]

Originally posted by: randay
And this, my friends, is why certifications are completely useless. Its pathetic really. Kids with all these fancy certs and degrees fresh out of college and don't even know how to plug in a computer.

?

I thought it was the professor who didn't know anything?

 

[j00fek]

nothing new here, most of my classmates knew more than the proffs in school

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: supafly
This guy is such a geek but he's clueless about new technology.

He loves to brag about great his latest and greatest fast computer with a "dual core pentium running at 3 gigger-hurtz" with an entire one gigger-byte of RAM. And don't forget his awesomely huge 19" LCD.

We were going over some powerpoint slides about hardware. As we got to the part about disk drives, he mentioned that they are just starting to come out with 500GB drives and they're trying to make 1TB drives. Wow, thanks for keeping us current. I'll keep an eye out for those 500GB drives.
Also, all RAID setups have built in fault tolerance. Isn't that special?

Then on the subject of flash drives, he was talking about how he finally saw a 2GB flash drive for sale. Yippie. Then later, he was amazed at a 6GB micro drive. I guess he isn't aware of 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB flash drives currently for sale.


Hopefully after we move on from this introduction crap, this guy actually can teach us something.

Does he have a time machine he drives to and from school?

Worse, how can a professor not know the differences between RAID?

 

[Jeff7181]

At least he didn't call it a "jiggabyte" ...

"1.21 jiggawatts!"
"What the hell is a jiggawatt?"

*EDIT* As far as education goes, I'm learning that it's who you know, not what you know that gets you a job. Then it's those pieces of paper that get you good paying jobs. What you actually know comes in a distant 3rd as far as importance it seems.

 

[JDMnAR1]

Originally posted by: franksta

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1

Originally posted by: supafly
Also, all RAID setups have built in fault tolerance. Isn't that special?

If by "special" you mean "incorrect". RAID 0 has no fault tolerance.

It also fails in the "R" part of RAID.

How so? By definition, you have multiple disks in an array, thus meeting the "redundant" portion. Fault-tolerance <> redundancy in and of itself.

 

[NuAlphaMan]

I don't understand why noone in the class called him out on his lack of knowledge?!?! Point him to newegg, he may lose his mind.

 

[JDMnAR1]

Originally posted by: randay
And this, my friends, is why certifications are completely useless. Its pathetic really. Kids with all these fancy certs and degrees fresh out of college and don't even know how to plug in a computer.

And just how did you divine that the professor in question holds any certifications?

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: NuAlphaMan
I don't understand why noone in the class called him out on his lack of knowledge?!?! Point him to newegg, he may lose his mind.

That would require use this newfangled thing called the interweb.

 

[Leros]

The professor in my computing class who actually does processor design for major companies (intel, etc) is pretty clueless about modern computers. He was telling us about how there is a card in our computers that holds the keyboard registries. I'm pretty sure they keyboard registry has been on the motherboard for a long time. He talked about all sorts of archaic stuff like it was still standard.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: NuAlphaMan
I don't understand why noone in the class called him out on his lack of knowledge?!?! Point him to newegg, he may lose his mind.

I think I'm one of the few people that could call him out on it, but I'm too lazy to do that.

 

[franksta]

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1

Originally posted by: franksta

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1

Originally posted by: supafly
Also, all RAID setups have built in fault tolerance. Isn't that special?

If by "special" you mean "incorrect". RAID 0 has no fault tolerance.

It also fails in the "R" part of RAID.

How so? By definition, you have multiple disks in an array, thus meeting the "redundant" portion. Fault-tolerance <> redundancy in and of itself.

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[randay]

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1

Originally posted by: randay
And this, my friends, is why certifications are completely useless. Its pathetic really. Kids with all these fancy certs and degrees fresh out of college and don't even know how to plug in a computer.

And just how did you divine that the professor in question holds any certifications?

The same way that I divined that he was a kid freshly out of college.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1

Originally posted by: randay
And this, my friends, is why certifications are completely useless. Its pathetic really. Kids with all these fancy certs and degrees fresh out of college and don't even know how to plug in a computer.

And just how did you divine that the professor in question holds any certifications?

The same way that I divined that he was a kid freshly out of college.

Nah my prof is at least in his 30s or 40s. FWIW he has a PHD.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: supafly
I think I'm one of the few people that could call him out on it, but I'm too lazy to do that.

I'd just say, "Bu... but... I have two 750's in my server at home" :laugh:.

Sadly enough, my crappy PC I built for kicks (got a free motherboard with something) probably has better specs than his and it just sits in a closet doing nothing (I know it's at least got one gigger-bite of high-speed RAM!).

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: supafly

Originally posted by: NuAlphaMan
I don't understand why noone in the class called him out on his lack of knowledge?!?! Point him to newegg, he may lose his mind.

I think I'm one of the few people that could call him out on it, but I'm too lazy to do that.

Well he's pretty correct. 500 gig drives are pretty new to the commercial arena.

 

[munisgtm]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
I've noticed that most non-gamers don't bother keeping up with what's new in the tech industry.
Gamers are always on the lookout for new GPU/CPUs, drivers, hacks, patches, tweaks etc.

Those working in IT obviously know what's new in computing (but not necessarily in audio/video)
Other people just...don't care much, I think.

totally agreed.

 

[ForumMaster]

show him the 1TB drive Seagate and Hitachi both released. also, show him the 80GB iPod Video. i'll bet he'll ****** his pants. :laugh: