OT Re: PSU, was [rescue] ss2 under load

[Brian Hechinger]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 11:53:27PM -0600, Derrick D. Daugherty wrote:
> 
> so how many of you guys and gals are penn state alum?  i was there
> around 95/98... i've seen a couple people mention it in posts... we may
> have had classes together or shared terminals...crazy.  i prolly have
> some pics online somewhere from back then...i didn't graduate..had a
> lacrosse scholarship and the defensive coach physically threatened me
> and roughed me up so i quit..and i was offense only.

i was there from 92-94 and never graduated, but i hung out there from the
late 80s to the mid 90s.  i still get up there every once in a while since
i have friends who still work there. (hi bligh!)

> if we ever met i was prolly introduced as "tex" being one of only about
> 3 or 4 people there from texas :)

i was (and still am) wonko.

> it's a great school if anyone on here is in HS and looking for a good
> place.  however, if I knew what I know now and wanted a CS degree and
> were interested in security, i'd go to umich, purdue, cmu, or ideally,
> mit.

PSU is definitely a good place.  good people.  mostly.  :)

the geeks are all cool anyway.  speaking of which, how many of you were Lab
Ops at psu?  email me off list, we've got a private irc server that we all
hang out on.

-brian