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Calderio
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Posted - 2005.12.07 02:32:00 -
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today while taking a skills exam i locked myself out of one of the routers, by setting the console password, this lasted for about a half hour.
so i spent about half my alloted time trying to figure out why i cant get in. even when i had the log infront of me that showed the password i typed in. tried copy and pasteing it tried retypeing it in all sorts of ways.
in the end i telneted in from another router and reset the password and got the hole thing to work with 10 mins to spare.
but boy did i feel like a dumbass when i relized that i locked myself out of my own router
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Grimwalius d'Antan
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Posted - 2005.12.07 11:56:00 -
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Had a programming exam and messed up. Suddenly I couldn't compile my code anymore, since the disk and memory was full. I was thinking "crap, I cannot reboot this comp, it will wipe my project clean", so Im starting to face the fact that I might not be able to restore it. Luckily, just closing Visual Studio and opening it again helped. I passed the test, something that 60% of participants failed at.
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Lord Aradon
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Posted - 2005.12.07 12:18:00 -
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Edited by: Lord Aradon on 07/12/2005 12:17:49
Finished my specialist subject about an hour before everyone else, got woke up by the examiner who said my snoring was distracting everyone
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Posted - 2005.12.07 19:00:00 -
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Not a final exam, but I did a spanish test mainly in french accidently once
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Aaronus
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Posted - 2005.12.07 19:34:00 -
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Not really embarassing but in high school in Junior year my math teacher told everyone he didn't care whether we came to class or not, it was our education.
For the whole year I never showed up at class and ate three lunch time periods to see my girlfriend. I paid another guy to do all my homework for me.
I showed up for the last test we had, barely passed it. Most of it wasn't too bad even though I hadn't been there.
When I went to pick up my test and check out my grade he gave me a confused look, I just grabbed it and walked out. Passed the class with a B. I had paid Andrew West 5.00 a week for my homework. Was well worth it imo.
Footnote to that true story:
I never was into school, the girls were my interest. When I moved to my dads in another city I knew no one and the girls weren't all that hot. I actually did well in school and wish I had put more effort into it. I really enjoyed getting good grades. Oh and even though I got bad grades most of my school years and never went to college, I have a hot ass wife and am rich as hell.
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RedClaws
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Posted - 2005.12.07 19:46:00 -
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 Originally by: Aaronus
Not really embarassing but in high school in Junior year my math teacher told everyone he didn't care whether we came to class or not, it was our education.
For the whole year I never showed up at class and ate three lunch time periods to see my girlfriend. I paid another guy to do all my homework for me.
I showed up for the last test we had, barely passed it. Most of it wasn't too bad even though I hadn't been there.
When I went to pick up my test and check out my grade he gave me a confused look, I just grabbed it and walked out. Passed the class with a B. I had paid Andrew West 5.00 a week for my homework. Was well worth it imo.
Footnote to that true story:
I never was into school, the girls were my interest. When I moved to my dads in another city I knew no one and the girls weren't all that hot. I actually did well in school and wish I had put more effort into it. I really enjoyed getting good grades. Oh and even though I got bad grades most of my school years and never went to college, I have a hot ass wife and am rich as hell.
I hate you ... why are you rich while being a lazy ass (the wife might just be because of good looks or the money)
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Derovius Vaden
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Posted - 2005.12.07 20:02:00 -
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Originally by: RedClaws
Originally by: Aaronus
Not really embarassing but in high school in Junior year my math teacher told everyone he didn't care whether we came to class or not, it was our education.
For the whole year I never showed up at class and ate three lunch time periods to see my girlfriend. I paid another guy to do all my homework for me.
I showed up for the last test we had, barely passed it. Most of it wasn't too bad even though I hadn't been there.
When I went to pick up my test and check out my grade he gave me a confused look, I just grabbed it and walked out. Passed the class with a B. I had paid Andrew West 5.00 a week for my homework. Was well worth it imo.
Footnote to that true story:
I never was into school, the girls were my interest. When I moved to my dads in another city I knew no one and the girls weren't all that hot. I actually did well in school and wish I had put more effort into it. I really enjoyed getting good grades. Oh and even though I got bad grades most of my school years and never went to college, I have a hot ass wife and am rich as hell.
I hate you ... why are you rich while being a lazy ass (the wife might just be because of good looks or the money)
Don't take offense, but your wife is either going to:
a. cheat on you with someone more successful and intelligent.
or
b. divorce you and take half your undeserved earnings because she wants someone intellectually stimulating.
Every female friend I have says they'd trade looks, charisma and money for an hardworking, intelligent provider. Success is the ultimate turn on, everyone wants to have the "best" provider, its instinct. You see this all the time in University, the cutest girls are almost always dating an Engineer, or Business student, while people majoring in history and linguistics usually get the bottom of the barrel. 
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Derovius Vaden
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Posted - 2005.12.07 20:05:00 -
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And, on topic, I've had a few odd exam situations while in University. For my statics midterm, I knew my stuff inside and out, and could do trusses in my sleep. When we finally turned the test over and began, I took one look at the first question, and muttered "What the **** is this...". One of the guys beside me burst out laughing and hit the person infront of him with his calculator. Moral of the story, never mutter to yourself during a test, people can get hurt.
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Aitrus
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Posted - 2005.12.07 20:13:00 -
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Originally by: Aaronus
Oh and even though I got bad grades most of my school years and never went to college, I have a hot ass wife and am rich as hell.
General rule of thumb: If you feel you have to tell people how cool you are, you're not.
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Aaronus
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Posted - 2005.12.07 20:15:00 -
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I guess I am replying to those who didn't like my history.
I have a beautiful wife because because I chose to have one. That is what I wanted and what I got. She got a great guy and I got a great girl.
I am rich because me and the misses make a great income and I live on less than I make and have no debts. Not a credit card or car payment or any of that 90 days same as cash crap that others have.
I might not have put forth the effort in school but I am smart at business and can see the value or non value in things which others miss. I wasn't bragging, was just pointing out that even if you do bad in school it's what you do after that determines what lifestyle you lead.
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Derovius Vaden
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Posted - 2005.12.07 20:20:00 -
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Originally by: Aaronus
I guess I am replying to those who didn't like my history.
I have a beautiful wife because because I chose to have one. That is what I wanted and what I got. She got a great guy and I got a great girl.
I am rich because me and the misses make a great income and I live on less than I make and have no debts. Not a credit card or car payment or any of that 90 days same as cash crap that others have.
I might not have put forth the effort in school but I am smart at business and can see the value or non value in things which others miss. I wasn't bragging, was just pointing out that even if you do bad in school it's what you do after that determines what lifestyle you lead.
No, you're advocating sloth. The world would be a better place without people like you in it. I'd rather see the migrant janitor making 100k a year because I KNOW that they work themselves into the ground for less than nothing, and are eager to do it again the next day.
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Aaronus
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Posted - 2005.12.07 20:29:00 -
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Originally by: Derovius Vaden
Originally by: Aaronus
I guess I am replying to those who didn't like my history.
I have a beautiful wife because because I chose to have one. That is what I wanted and what I got. She got a great guy and I got a great girl.
I am rich because me and the misses make a great income and I live on less than I make and have no debts. Not a credit card or car payment or any of that 90 days same as cash crap that others have.
I might not have put forth the effort in school but I am smart at business and can see the value or non value in things which others miss. I wasn't bragging, was just pointing out that even if you do bad in school it's what you do after that determines what lifestyle you lead.
No, you're advocating sloth. The world would be a better place without people like you in it. I'd rather see the migrant janitor making 100k a year because I KNOW that they work themselves into the ground for less than nothing, and are eager to do it again the next day.
How am I advocating sloth? I find it offensive you say the world is a better place without me in it. You don't know me or how hard I work. I look at money as apples on the ground. I am rich because I have collected as much as I could and can and I don't give my apples to anyone.
I could be like the rest and buy everything on interest and have a car payment the rest of my life and buy things with credit cards knowing I am spending more just to do that. I could finance my education then get upset about having to work to pay it back, I chose not to. The money I could earn I didn't need to go sit in a school for four years.
Kudos to those that do. My wife works fulltime and is finishing her last year of college which we paid for with cash. When she gets out our income will go up even more. If I and her stay on track our net worth should increase ten fold and could technically retire in 10 or 15 years when I am 45 with more money than I care to add up right now.
I chose to be rich and do the things that will make me rich. You can do what you want. It isn't about what you did in school or how hard you work, it is about working smart and doing what you have to do to get what you want.
How do you like them apples? No be nice as I have been nice to you.
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Garik Daemon
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Posted - 2005.12.07 21:05:00 -
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Please keep this on topic. Its about exams. Not how you choose your life. Keep that out of the thread. If you have issues take it up ingame.
Please play polite 
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Lord Aradon
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Posted - 2005.12.07 23:05:00 -
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i thought my post would have got some chuckle, but noooo people have to go off on one *blows a raspberry at the spoil sports*
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Aaronus
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Posted - 2005.12.07 23:16:00 -
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Originally by: Lord Aradon
i thought my post would have got some chuckle, but noooo people have to go off on one *blows a raspberry at the spoil sports*
I thought it was funny and I was being attacked, had to say something.
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d'hofren
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Posted - 2005.12.08 13:52:00 -
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My degree ended with a batch of three hour exams. I remember that during one exam I became aware of a stabbing pain in my right side. The exam wore on and at the one hour mark the pain had risen to a level where I found myself trying to remember which side my appendix was on.
At the two hour mark the exam was going well but I had hot sweats, the pain in my side had reached a level where I had started wondering if I needed to bail out and ask the supervisor to call me an ambulance.
At the two hour 30 mins mark my entire right leg had gone numb. I had sweat dripping from my brow. I dotted the last I , crossed the last T and raised my hand. "I've finished but I feel very ill". The supervisor looked at me, (by now I was as white as a sheet), and agreed to let me go. I hauled myself to my feet. My keys shifted and dropped down to the bottom of my right hand pocket. The pain vanished. Yep, my front door keys had been sticking in my kidneys for the last two and a half hours.
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GouldFish
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Posted - 2005.12.08 15:55:00 -
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I remember a few funny things from exams.
One was an English exam, in which we had to read a small part of a story which went:
"Bob worked in a shop, he was a bender."
Given this was still at high school and most of the people were 14 it took ages for all the muted laughing to go down.
The other thing to do is start humming the Erasure song "Little Respect" just before going in. then listen out as the song travels around the exam hall :)
The best one was when I was asked to point a mate out just before the exam started. My mate being the help chap he was helped me out by breaking the seat he was just sitting down on :D
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Najek Yuma
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Posted - 2005.12.08 20:59:00 -
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I walked into the final exam for my Ancient Astronomy class and saw the prof at the front handing out papers. I walked up to him and snagged a paper I had turned in, on which I got a B+. Not too bad. I'm about half an hour early for the exam so I sit right in the middle of the room and pull out my notes to do some last minute studying.
This was a big class, about 200 people, but I had a couple of friends in it. Five minutes till the exam starts I realize that none of my friends have shown up yet. Hmmm... where could they be? I start chatting with the person sitting next to me, and we both talk about what a pain the final project was. A TA starts handing out exams. One gets passed to me, and I see a ginormously complex math problem on the front, when I'm expecting star charts and ancient Mayan constellation names.
I turn to the person next to me and say "Dude, what class is this?" He responds: "Differential Equations." Me: "Holy ****, I thought this was Ancient astronomy!" That exclamation came out at about 90 decibels and got the entire 200 person class looking at me as I bundled up my gear and headed for the back door as quickly as possible.
The exam I was looking for had already taken place in the same room the time slot previously. My prof was handing out papers at the end of the exam, not at the beginning. I was wondering why the guy next to me seemed to be so much more stressed out about his final project than I was.
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Wanoah
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Posted - 2005.12.08 23:49:00 -
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Not too embarrassing, but I did look a bit stupid and it was something quite worrying at the time.
A couple of years ago I was working towards getting my (private) pilot's licence. The flying was going pretty well, and I'd been doing plenty of background reading too, so the training seemed to be going pretty well. You have to pass a load of exams to get your licence - but they seem pretty easy as they're just multiple choice. I said that to my instructor too, as I laughed confidently. I also mentioned that I'd always been pretty good at exams. My instructor just smiled.
Obviously I was setting myself up to look stupid. First exam was Air Law. The school made you take that one before you were allowed to fly a plane solo, so I was keen to get it done pretty soon. To be honest, a lot of the Air Law stuff was pretty dull (it is law after all). A lot of it was really important too: fundamental things that get you killed if you don't know them, like which way to turn when you see a plane coming towards you...
When it came to the exam, I was still reasonably confident. Multiple choice gives you the right answer after all. What I hadn't bargained for was that they put deliberately misleading answers that looked right for all the other choices. Normally with multiple choice you get one correct answer and three that look blatantly wrong if you know your stuff. This exam had answers with the same sentence repeated four times, but with one word changed - a 'may' became a 'will' and a 'should' became a 'could.' Even if you knew the material pretty well, you could still be fooled into choosing the wrong answer.
I walked into the room smiling and confident. I left it miserable and defeated. Oh, and don't get me started on meteorology...
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Justus Imperius
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Posted - 2005.12.09 00:51:00 -
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Originally by: Lord Aradon
Edited by: Lord Aradon on 07/12/2005 12:17:49
Finished my specialist subject about an hour before everyone else, got woke up by the examiner who said my snoring was distracting everyone
Did same in psychology. Through the entire semester I just sat with my head on my desk while the prof lectured and everyone took notes. I didnt even bother buying the book. Was always first done in all the tests, and was the only one who had a perfect score on the final.
As long as I hear the prof lecture I KNOW what she is teaching. That like photographic memory? I remember everything I hear.
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Ikvar
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Posted - 2005.12.09 01:03:00 -
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I had my ********* examined once.
Ooooooh yeah
Originally by: Avon
I actually enjoy crafting in EQ2.
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Lord Aradon
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Posted - 2005.12.09 10:25:00 -
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Originally by: Ikvar
I had my ********* examined once.
Ooooooh yeah
LMFAO
Ikvar 4 president!!!!
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Lunaticdie04
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Posted - 2005.12.09 15:45:00 -
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Originally by: Ikvar
I had my ********* examined once.
Ooooooh yeah
Did they sort out the problem?
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Shade Widow
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Posted - 2005.12.09 15:48:00 -
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So I was walking to the exam early in the morning a 7:30 AM one for sakes. When I finally made it no one was there, after sitting there like a moron for a few minutes I trudged back and checked my email. Oh, figures, campus was closed due to an inch of snow... ya.
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Pehova Mindtriq
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Posted - 2005.12.09 16:51:00 -
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I fell asleep during pc-technology exam and failed. I signed up for the exam 6 months later but didn't study for it since i had already done it before, i failed that one too. I then signed up for it a third time but couldn't attend because i had another exam at the same date. The 19th december i will do this exam once more and if I fail it again I think I'll go with a suicidebomber career or something.
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Deja Thoris
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Posted - 2005.12.09 17:57:00 -
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I pitched up 45 minutes late for a 3 hour final exam once
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Thomus
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Posted - 2005.12.09 23:36:00 -
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Originally by: Wanoah
A lot of it was really important too: fundamental things that get you killed if you don't know them, like which way to turn when you see a plane coming towards you...
so um, which er, which way do you turn if, you know er, a plane is um, coming, towards you?
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Kaeten
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Posted - 2005.12.09 23:40:00 -
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i failed my french 
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