My Days. My Life.

• Exams # Tie so far, 1-1
• Lost # Season Finale
• Linux # openSUSE 10.2, Fight 3

Exams

So far I’ve had 2 exams, Structure and Material Resistance. Last year when I took Structure, the exam, it was quite easy, but I failed to pass because I had below average knowledge of what the subject was about; frankly speaking. This year’s exam was quite tough, 7 questions, questions aimed at the very capable group of nerds; frankly speaking. I tried my best, insh2alah I’ll pass; not doing so well on the large scale is a good sign in our fancy college.

Material Resistance was not so bad, looking at the exam now I know I could have done better with just a little more effort; but oh well, we all live these moments – I still have a good chance of passing this year; ya rab (if you’re reading this, w law bet7eb rabena ed3eli ya she7` anga7 l sanady!).

I still have 4 exams to go; Irrigation, Construction equipment, Concrete, and Surveying – my exams are on Monday’s and Thursday’s, so I pretty much have 2 weeks to go. Irrigation I’m looking forward to, so as with the equipment. Concrete, mmm, not so sure; surveying I can, insh2alah.

Lost

Yesterday I downloaded episode 22 of season 3, and I was told episode 23 was also released, as the season’s finale. You know the kind of movies where you keep thinking something is going to happen during the entire movie, and when you see the end you stay silent for almost 15 minutes not saying a single word, because you can’t believe what just happened; this is exactly what happened with me, except that we were waiting for quite a bit longer (speaking of 3 months).

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The video speaks for itself.

Here’s the time of the year when you declare you’re not going to log online again until the exams are over – and you stick around for 3-4 hours trying to press that button, but you can’t!

I’m hoping the fact that my internet connection has 20Mb traffic left (I recharge on the 23rd, which is in 3 days) will keep me offline for quite some time, hopefully to get me some good grades this year – passing this year will result in an awful lot of pleasant events that will have a lifetime effect, insh2alah.

So I guess I’ll see you around in a -not so short, I hope- while (hopefully not before my exams are over, ed3oly ).

:muah:

To whom it may concern; Linux is by far the best encounter with an operating system.

As some of you might have noticed or know about my taste, I tend to lean towards looks as much as I lean to the core (usability and functionality), especially stuff I have to use all the time. Now when I was using Windows (I am still using Windows, though not as often thanks God) as my primary and only operating system, I had it customized exactly the way I want it, a theme and a few add-ons, :tada:

When I was eager enough to port over to Linux, on day one I had most of my things settled. My screen resolution, the enormous amount of fonts I have, the shortcuts, the look and feel, everything – I had to make it look perfect if I was going to enjoy my ride with it. I have to admit now that my Linux is by far sexier than my former operating system, Windows. Linux even parses Verdana the right way!

I know most people would rather have an operating system that will do everything for you – an “Operating” system – and I actually used to be one of those people, than have an operating system that will make you type in commands all the time – I know. The bad thing about that though is that in Windows if something goes wrong, you have to live with it, tough luck for you – and when you ask for help, you get the same answer over and over again “sorry, can’t help you” (da law 7ad rad 3alek mn aslo).

I had one issue I had to resolve sooner or later – my localhost. Having two friends which are actually RHCE’s pays off, I’m telling you! Everytime I tried to run apache2ctl start, I was getting a syntax error, obviously something was wrong – it could not include a file (apparently it wasn’t even there). I was determined to install apache again, looking back at that decision I understand what a disgrace it was! So when I asked Ahmed Soliman how to install apache again, he told me in shock that that’s not how we fix things in Linux, re-installing things is a Windows myth – I’d say. I asked him fine, how do I go around this? He gave me a few directions which reminded me of when I was taking the Linux course, and I actually loved the command habit! – having to enter commands all the time and all to fix things. When I noticed he was kind of busy – and thought that he will not always be there for me =P – I took things in my hands and tried to resolve my issue on my own.

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Something I noticed just today (or I knew of but didn’t get to actually give it a try until now) was their user file’s sharing, which gives each registered user a widget that he can post anywhere and thus upload any files to it for download to anyone who sees the widget. Owners of widgets can delete, move, rename, upload files through the widget without having to visit box.net.

Well, I changed my mind. All uploads through the flash widget failed, and the ones which didn’t fail were a mess – I uploaded a song and when I tried to play it back, I was surprised to how the singer sounded, he was definitely not a human being then – more like a monkey needing help! Anyway, let’s stick to the more reliable way, the public box.

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