the site with the elite name and nothing else
 

Polaris Prime Interview
Pericles aka Joel

interviewed by Backstab on 11/06/2001


<Backstab> nice 
<Backstab> IRC mode 
<Backstab> go into irc mode if u haven't 
<Pericles> yo
<Backstab> sup dude 
<Backstab> aight let's do this 
<Pericles> not to much just hooking up headphones to audio splitter
<Backstab> oh u have one? 
<Backstab> why do u have it? 
<Pericles> head phone or splitter?
<Backstab> splitter 
<Backstab> for your speakers too? 
<Pericles> they are nice headphones the big over ear kinda
<Backstab> o 
<Backstab> anyway 
<Pericles> i use them for work
<Backstab> o 
<Backstab> Pericles = joel from waterloo 
<Pericles> the splitter is for making the cord longer
<Backstab> can u introduce urself 
<Backstab> ur background etc 
<Pericles> HEllo i 'm joel from waterloo
<Pericles> let me get confortable
<Backstab> ok 
<Pericles> this papasan rocks
<Backstab> damn u 
<Backstab> anyhow... heres the first question 
<Backstab> why the hell are u in cs134 
<Backstab> ? 
<Backstab> dont worry the questions get better at the end 
<Pericles> becayse my teacher at kci was from uwaterloo and he modeled the oac computer course after 130 and 134, most of the stuff is stuff i havn't done before just more detail
<Backstab> oh... are the TAs in 134 gay? 
<Backstab> like in cs130 wher e they take marks off for -2 for style etc... 
<Pericles> the ta are wondeful people 
<Backstab> wtf... 
<Backstab> well the markers are horrible 
<Pericles> in case they read :) 
<Backstab> in cs130 
<Backstab> lol 
<Backstab> anyway 
<Backstab> u have a night class today? 
<Pericles> they take alot of marks off 
<Pericles> i lost 25 cause it didn't compile :) 
<Backstab> omg 
<Pericles> it was my partners fault 
<Backstab> oh 
<Backstab> that is gay 
<Pericles> but he has fixed it and send in the request for recompile 
<Backstab> they prolly wont let u 
<Pericles> that would suck 
<Backstab> next question: soft eng owns u, do you agree? 
<Pericles> not really 
<Pericles> cause i will have no problem getting coop jobs 
<Backstab> haha... you knwo the ppl in stream 4 comp sci aren't getting interviews 
<Pericles> ya but i worked doign software development at the university for 2 years and have an amazing letter of reference from the profs who worked it 
<Pericles> and they said i can always get that job if i can't get any other ones 
<Backstab> oh 
<Backstab> that 's elite, i dunno if i 'm even gonna get one 
<Pericles> :) 
<Backstab> if not i'll have to work at calgary 
<Backstab> haha 
<Pericles> whats at calgary? 
<Backstab> anyway........ away from school now 
<Pericles> lol 
<Backstab> oh.. one of my close friends 
<Pericles> that would be enjoyable 
<Backstab> he said he'll offer me a job... that was bakc in summer when the economy was still doing ok 
<Backstab> would u rahter live in richmond hill than in waterloo? 
<Pericles> what is calhary like as a city 
<Backstab> yeah calgary as a city 
<Pericles> waterloo cause kci had amazing cs and all around 
<Backstab> wtf 
<Backstab> but richmond hill s got chinese food 
<Pericles> plus everyone says that st robs sucked 
<Pericles> they always say horrid things 
<Pericles> and i really enjoyed highschool 
<Backstab> lol... haha 
<Pericles> and not even the glorious tempations of chinesse food could rob me of that joy 
<Backstab> and they hav e real bubble TEA 
<Backstab> $$$ 
<Pericles> hmmm 
<Pericles> ya richmond hell 
<Backstab> wtf richmond hill owns 
<Pericles> but it wouldn't be catholic school 
<Backstab> there are public school sthere 
<Backstab> OK WTF why are we talking school again 
<Pericles> oops richment hell is a typeo 
<Backstab> lol 
<Pericles> hehehehe 
<Backstab> aight... muzak, what type of music do u like? 
<Pericles> you've read my list 
<Backstab> no i haven't 
<Backstab> i think i was a bit buzzed 
<Pericles> remember the time when we were drinking over here 
<Backstab> i only rememer dj shadow 
<Pericles> massive attack 
<Pericles> aphex twin 
<Backstab> oh right , yES!! 
<Backstab> oh and u played that tune by kid koala 
<Pericles> yea that song is incredable 
<Pericles> he can really mix 
<Backstab> aight next question: Gaming? 
<Pericles> quake 3 
<Pericles> unreal tourny 
<Pericles> jedi knight 
<Backstab> u only like FPS? 
<Pericles> aoe2 
<Pericles> warcraft 2 if i could find it 
<Backstab> u know civ3 just came out? 
<Pericles> yea i heard 
<Pericles> i want it 
<Pericles> but can't download 
<Backstab> i think someone has it 
<Pericles> and i wouldn't lower myself to "paying" for a game :) 
<Backstab> nah never 
<Pericles> if someone has it we should copy 
<Backstab> ya 
<Backstab> ok, what's this everything2.com site? 
<Pericles> but if its retail alot of them have protections 
<Backstab> mind if u tell us 
<Pericles> not at all 
<Pericles> i really enjoy this site 
<Pericles> it is basically the only webserfing i do because i'm not a big surfer 
<Pericles> anything you want to know about it has 
<Backstab> i dunno its pretty messed up 
<Pericles> you want to read Das Kapital 
<Pericles> its there 
<Backstab> someone wrote an article about V1 and resnet there. lol 
<Pericles> hehehe yea i thought that was wierd 
<Pericles> alot of funny storioes 
<Backstab> heh 
<Pericles> and alot of things you can learn 
<Backstab> aight : Why do drink so much? 
<Backstab> the fact that u're totally underage 
<Pericles> uh cause its fun 
<Backstab> u're not drunk right now are u 
<Pericles> although i havent for a while 
<Backstab> :P 
<Pericles> no i'm not drunk :P 
<Backstab> i dunno i think i aint' drinking until i get better 
<Pericles> get better? 
<Pericles> at being a person? 
<Backstab> i'm still taking antibiotics 
<Backstab> no not at being a person, lol 
<Backstab> oh btw... i heard from someone that u did drugs in highschool 
<Backstab> is that true? 
<Pericles> that is true 
<Backstab> wtf 
<Backstab> what kind 
<Pericles> weed and shrooms 
<Backstab> lol 
<Backstab> weed is pretty expensive 
<Pericles> not around here 
<Backstab> u dind't do it regularly did u 
<Pericles> there is nothing else too do 
<Backstab> ya right 
<Pericles> no regularly 
<Backstab> lol damn i dind't believe it when i heard that :P now i do 
<Pericles> anyways weed is much cheaper than alcohol 
<Backstab> cheap shrooms and weed here? damn 
<Pericles> shrooms aren't 
<Pericles> but my friend grew them 
<Backstab> LOL 
<Pericles> they are hard to get here 
<Backstab> u know what, if you're gonna make a weed field, u can burn it and just invite your friends to the field 
<Backstab> and just breathe in the fumes and voila 
<Pericles> or you could be more efficent and smoke it out of a pipe 
<Pericles> you don't know much a bout weed do you ehhehe :) 
<Backstab> nope not much 
<Backstab> heh i don't do that shit 
<Pericles> we gots ta edjukate yous 
<Backstab> wtf u are not jamaican seen? 
<Backstab> anyway... what do you think of the name Polaris Prime? 
<Pericles> ? 
<Pericles> you shouldn't have copyed it from uwaterloo 
<Backstab> wtf i didn't 
<Pericles> they had polaris prime first 
<Backstab> they copied me 
<Backstab> prime? 
<Pericles> polaris'(x) 
<Backstab> uh calc?? 
<Backstab> that sux 
<Pericles> away from school dude 
<Backstab> yes plz 
<Backstab> u started it 
<Pericles> no you did 
<Backstab> ok a rating from 1-10 
<Backstab> what do u think of the girls here at u of waterloo 
<Pericles> relative to what? larier girls? 
<Backstab> no, your scale 
<Pericles> is this like the elite or the average 
<Backstab> how about hte average 
<Pericles> like 6 
<Backstab> really? 
<Pericles> compared to the mean average 
<Backstab> what would be the top girl at waterloo be then 
<Pericles> of laurier 
<Pericles> a 10 / 10 on the laurier scale 
<Backstab> uhhhh 
<Backstab> wtf i haven't seen a 10/10 since i was born 
<Pericles> i don't think you understand 
<Pericles> 10 = top girl at lari 
<Pericles> er laurier 
<Backstab> oh.. 
<Backstab> well 6 is pretty high 
<Backstab> haha 
<Pericles> hhheeheh 
<Backstab> ok here's a question 
<Backstab> from a rating 1-10 
<Backstab> rate the gayness for the following ppl: 10=extremely gay 
<Backstab> 1. guru mike 
<Pericles> 0 being not a homosexual? 
<Pericles> 0 
<Pericles> i can do this on a binary scale 
<Backstab> omg.. 
<Backstab> 2. jason 
<Pericles> 11 
<Pericles> :P 
<Backstab> u give jason a 2? haha 
<Backstab> er i mean 3 
<Pericles> i mean 11 
<Pericles> but i'm just joking jay 
<Backstab> more like 3 then? 
<Backstab> haha 
<Pericles> jay i got aoe2 to work 
<Pericles> and to burn 
<Backstab> 3. jon mui 
<Pericles> 0 
<Backstab> 4. DAVID WONG 
<Pericles> i have to connect to ipx tho 
<Backstab> o 
<Pericles> 0 
<Backstab> 5. yourself 
<Pericles> 0 
<Backstab> damn... u believe jason is the gayest 
<Pericles> of those 4? 
<Backstab> ok would u rather have sex with a really fuckin ugly girl or a gay guy? 
<Pericles> girl 
<Backstab> why 
<Pericles> cause the other guy is a guy 
<Backstab> lol 
<Pericles> well i think we all learned somthing about georgy 
<Pericles> hey that guy on your floor that asked you out 
<Backstab> not true 
<Pericles> maybe he's still free 
<Backstab> no , hard to believe he 's going out with some real ugly girl 
<Pericles> hehehe 
<Pericles> poor sob 
<Backstab> oh btw 
<Backstab> did u seriously think Richmond Hill was china? 
<Pericles> no 
<Backstab> liar 
<Backstab> thats what jason and everyone else told me 
<Pericles> uhh 
<Pericles> when did i say this? 
<Pericles> cause mikes door said toronto 
<Backstab> when u wre drinking bubble tea 
<Pericles> and then i found your doors and they said richmond hill 
<Pericles> and mike told me is a suburb of toronto 
<Backstab> but u thought u were in china 
<Pericles> how? we drove there 
<Pericles> how did you get into software? 
<Backstab> dunno 
<Backstab> well i have 8:30 cs practicum tomorrow 
<Pericles> hehehe 
<Backstab> i think i should go to sleep 
<Pericles> i have 8:30 chem class 
<Backstab> damn 
<Backstab> aight 
<Pericles> so i agree wholeheartedlu 
<Backstab> o 
<Pericles> lates man 
<Backstab> laterr