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ever had mixed feelings ? I’m not talking about the ones where you’re nine shots down and want to puke, piss and take a dump at the same time … no not that kind of mixed feelings. These ones were like maggi sauce …. its different . I had my networks practical exam. ever had a situation where you learn 9 outta the 10 questions you have, and the question you didn’t read turns up on the question paper…. and turns out to be the only question on your question paper? well, I’ve been through that for about 15 years now.And the same thing happened in the networks exam. Usually i fill the paper up with crap or just equivocate. Pah these gre classes have been killing me. Anyway , I had an option of changing my question , but that would result in a minus 10. I had two options now .. change the question and write the paper for a 90 … or keep the same question and write the paper for 100 without having the slightest clue of what the answer is. I felt the most sensible thing to do that time was to change the question. But i didn’t. The question i got was … “simulation of File transfer using HTTP” .. I think the stress there was meant to be on the word HTTP. I was sitting there in a corner, with an empty paper. I could see the faces of the others around me. some were happy that they didn’t get my question and some were happy that I got this question. I love these people. So back to me , I had to write the algorithm first and get it checked from the prof. My theory on algorithms …. be as ambiguous as possible , use proper and misleading English , and go to a prof who doesn’t know the language. So , this part was over as I was asked to go to the computer and start typing the code. … Start typing the code. Horrible words i say. This is when it hit me. What if there is a way to fake the answer. I’m a man of principles. I have principles and follow them … principles like after drinking , always puke… and principles like never copy, take “bit” in an exam and stuff like that. But in this case , i didn’t know if i was going against my principles. I wasn’t going to copy or pass the paper or anything , i wasn’t going to ask anyone for the answer…. I was just going to “simulate” the answer. Good thing I knew little bit of c++ , i could get the “output” that i wanted. It was done in a matter of minutes. I still had 2 hours to go, and i was already done. I could see the screens of the others around me… some with about 20-30 errors and some who were smiling to themselves because their code compiled without an error.Now , I could have just got my “output verified” and walked out . But it was too early. What if she wanted to check my code and found out that i faked it. So i decided to play a game called waiting. I waited , and waited … and guess what ? I waited. Einstein was right about that relativity crap. The two hours in there were like twenty and the AC was right above me. At one point i was counting the number of lizards on the ceiling , was counting the number of people with “segmentation fault” error and stuff like that. I had half an hour to go. The last half an hour is the hardest period to get your output checked , because this is when all the other morons call the prof too. I knew she would be in a hurry and she wouldn’t have time to check my code. So i just decided to take advantage of this. And i did it. It was done , she was satisfied that i have “simulated the file transfer using HTTP”. And I walked out a happy man. I was going to get a 90+ , and some people who studied all night and put a lot of effort were only going to get 70 or an 80 because of some kutti problem like “segmentation fault” , but i was happy. Happy ? happy ? I just was. Even if i knew the answer to the question and then got the output , I wouldn’t have been happier. But i didn’t know if this was a good thing. On one side , I feel like an idiot (rather ashamed) , because i didn’t know the answer and I tried to bend the system … on the other side … i felt i PWND the system. There it was … mixed feelings. I’m going to stab the person who said mixed feelings were good.

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