Shriphani Palakodety

So, I am now trying to while away time in this totally freaking awesome thanksgiving break when its just too hard to find vegetarian food (I don’t know why people are hell bent on making life difficult for vegetarians, aren’t plants easier to grow than animals?), or people in this dorm. Well, here is a life update — I have managed to get into the A slot (not the A+ though :( ). I applied to an REU and got rejected after which I decided to wait it out and apply for an REU in spring, it sure would be nice to take grad school admissions head on (considering I am still a lazy freshman, I should probably keep that enthusiasm for later).

I’ve managed to make life difficult for TAs by conveniently neglecting to read the homework description. This discrete math class I was in had an assignment on modular arithmetic and it contained the brilliant RSA…… I like this great dude submitted a program and the output to the TA who then told me that I had made life infinitely more difficult for him and that I should have used a pen and paper like everyone else (I hate pens / papers / pencils, I can’t understand what I write myself). Here is the worst RSA implementation in the world: http://shriphani.com/RSA/rsa.html.

Then I applied for an REU and got turned down thanks to the fact that it was just my first semester… anyway, I just hope I manage an A in CS etc…..

Got to get back to finishing a GUI programming assignment, ascend the PE ratings and finish watching 30 rock season two. It is just weird, it is snowing outside and I’ve got a fan running at full blast in my room thanks to our hyperactive heater.