profQUOTES

"These blanks are virgin blanks, they haven't been looked at before... [giggles] I'm... not going to go any further with that analogy... [laughs] and then the head goes... oh dear."

Radge, CS 365

"Some dogs are poodles and not all poodles are dogs... Is that right?"

Muir, CO 487

[pseudocode on a slide] "return BS"

Lubiw, CS 240

"In many parts of the world, people butt in line at the ski hill. In Canada, this doesn't happen because people are polite. In the U.S., this doesn't happen because people carry guns."

Brecht, CS 350

"Points with zero amplitude in standing waves are called nerds. I mean nodes!"

Jayasundera, PHYS 125

Prof: "Name me some good amps..."
Mech Student: "Kenwood, Pioneer..."
Software Student: "Winamp!"

Jayasundera, PHYS 125

Student: "Wil the exams be like last term's?"
Prof: "Yes. 70% of the exam will be from the assignments, and the other 30% will be nearly impossible to do.

DeSterck, MATH 119

"Okay, that's great. Does anyone here really know what's going on?"

DeSterck, MATH 119

"Answering that question took longer than I thought[...] When the next chap comes by, can someone go out and tell him to go away?"

Jackson, MATH 239

"We need different kinds of exceptions... ArrayIndexOutOfBounds, NullPointer, CPUOnFire..."

Buhr, CS 343

"...even George Bush could do this."

Collins, MATH 237

(a loud thud at the back of the class) "Somebody pass out back there?"

Buhr, CS 343

"I'm going to show you the stupidest piece of code you've ever seen."

Buhr, CS 343

[on repaint command causing the screen to flicker] "There's a higher level word for it. It's called 'excessively annoying'."

Cowan, SE 382

"I should read the book before I try to teach."

Young, SE 362

"Have you guys ever heard of Apple Lisa? It was a big Mac."

Young, SE 362

"I hope I've made my point, because I'm losing coherence."

Young, SE 362

"Communication network (in the undergrad environment) is slow because the damn first-years are sending video valentines to their boyfriends and girlfriends... You all used to do that when you were in first-year."

Cowan, SE 382

Prof: "Is everyone ready to do something more difficult?"
Students: "No."
Prof: "Good. That's what we're going to do."

Buhr, CS 343

"The way to find out (geeky friends)... You go in the dark with them, and they glow in the dark."

Cowan, SE 382

(on how geeky some people can be) "They glow in the dark in the light."

Cowan, SE 382

"Please use your uwaterloo account to send me questions. If my wife sees one more 'sweet_baby_girlz_69@hotmail.com', she is going to start thinking I'm dabbling in porn."

Kline, RS 101

"Don't cheat. When I write the Dean my weekly letter, 'Hey Dean, how's it going? How're the kids? By the way—'... you don't want the 'by the way'."

Metzger, STAT 230

"Has anyone visited the tutorial centre yet? No one? Well, it's your funeral."

Collins, MATH 237

Prof: "Hey, the prof before me didn't clear the boards... if any of you are ever teachers, remember that the polite thing to do is clear the boards."
Student: "You didn't yesterday!"
Prof: "Yeah, I never do."

Kline, RS 101

"I shouldn't tell you the entire course in one lecture, but..."

Younger, MATH 235

"...and then I can tell you lies and you'll never know!"

Goulden, MATH 239

"Might as while get Maple to go and warm up your room a bit."

Goulden, MATH 239

"Now, that was not just put there to confuse the hell out of you..."

Goulden, MATH 239

"Pretend that n=7 and don't tell anyone!"

Goulden, MATH 239

"None of my examples are ever random, and I'm not going to apologize for that."

Goulden, MATH 239

(looking for board space) "Now, what can I erase? Oh, let's get rid of the School of Computer Science altogether!"

Malton, CS 246

"A monkey is a high tech broom -- it moves around and makes noises."

Tremblay, PHIL 259