garmana::blog

Hey, that's mine!

I'm in the home stretch for finals and finally almost done for the semester. I have to finish two papers and a project for Monday, and then my exam is next Thursday. I'll leave it to higher stress levels, but I've become increasingly territorial about "my" computer in the school's lab. I sit at the same computer each Tuesday in my J2EE development class, and I prefer to use it any other time I'm working in the lab. Most of the systems have non-working Web servers which means I can't test my work, but the server on my computer has worked consistently all semester (though Firefox quit working last week, which is killing me). Finding someone in my seat is getting more and more like getting cut off during rush hour.

I came in today to do some testing for my project, and I was happy to see that only four other people had signed in so far. There are three labs open, and so the odds of me getting my preferred computer were pretty high. As I walked towards that room the lights were off but the door was open. Great! However, when I walked in the door I could see that someone was sitting there in the dark, alone, at my computer. One out of thirty seats was occupied and it was the only one I wanted. I slinked into the chair next to the aisle two rows back and sighed...

I've logged into five computers so far and none of them have a working Web server. I wonder if I could take that kid?