Hi, Guest
02-27-2006, 04:29 AM
Lakehead has always been stupid that way. The people in charge of their IT infrastructure just have no clue. Never really had a clue.
When I was in the program there, we'd get kicked out of the computer labs because the forestry students had first dibs... and many of the machines were Unisys bread x-com machines... it was quite ridiculous.
Of course things have improved and they've embraced such buzzwords as high-speed and Fiber Optics and even own a couple Crays (yay, old and defunct super computers!)... but hasn't changed the fact that they're still about 80-90% clueless.
If the university is so well wired for highspeed, you really think that an underground wireless network WON'T pop up? It will.. students have been working around the administration for years... it's the only way to get things done!
If it weren't for the university's administration, I don't know how I would be such a good problem solver :P
Anyhoo.. it's a funny story. The ironic part is that the hospital, literally across the street (and the college) both have wireless access.
When I was in the program there, we'd get kicked out of the computer labs because the forestry students had first dibs... and many of the machines were Unisys bread x-com machines... it was quite ridiculous.
Of course things have improved and they've embraced such buzzwords as high-speed and Fiber Optics and even own a couple Crays (yay, old and defunct super computers!)... but hasn't changed the fact that they're still about 80-90% clueless.
If the university is so well wired for highspeed, you really think that an underground wireless network WON'T pop up? It will.. students have been working around the administration for years... it's the only way to get things done!
If it weren't for the university's administration, I don't know how I would be such a good problem solver :P
Anyhoo.. it's a funny story. The ironic part is that the hospital, literally across the street (and the college) both have wireless access.
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