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Griefmaker · 04-19-2005, 12:05 AM

Heh, speaking of professor's who should be learning new things--I am finishing my last semester of a computer engineering degree, and I have an instructor who refuses to teach any other processor besides the Motorola 68000. This processor, while cheap and able to show basic functionality of a microcomputer, is outdated and now officially obsolete. This guy should be teaching us something like an ARM 7 processor or something that is being used today. The problem is that he finally learned how to use the 68000 processor a few years ago after spending almost 10 years trying to figure it out. Needless to say, he is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Fortunately, he is no longer using the Motorola 6800 series processors anymore (these are the ones found in the 8-bit Nintendos from the 80's) and it is also fortunate that he is the only bad professor that I have. All of the rest are excellent.

How can anyone in technology, especially a professor teaching computer engineering classes, not keep up to date with modern concepts and products? It is pretty pathetic!

Sorry about taking up everyone's time with my rant, but I do indeed feel better! Now I will not have to go one a wrathful rampage... [img]smile.gif[/img]

04-19-2005, 12:05 AM	#6
Griefmaker The Magister Join Date: January 29, 2005 Location: Chico, CA Age: 45 Posts: 141	Heh, speaking of professor's who should be learning new things--I am finishing my last semester of a computer engineering degree, and I have an instructor who refuses to teach any other processor besides the Motorola 68000. This processor, while cheap and able to show basic functionality of a microcomputer, is outdated and now officially obsolete. This guy should be teaching us something like an ARM 7 processor or something that is being used today. The problem is that he finally learned how to use the 68000 processor a few years ago after spending almost 10 years trying to figure it out. Needless to say, he is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Fortunately, he is no longer using the Motorola 6800 series processors anymore (these are the ones found in the 8-bit Nintendos from the 80's) and it is also fortunate that he is the only bad professor that I have. All of the rest are excellent. How can anyone in technology, especially a professor teaching computer engineering classes, not keep up to date with modern concepts and products? It is pretty pathetic! Sorry about taking up everyone's time with my rant, but I do indeed feel better! Now I will not have to go one a wrathful rampage... [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ I am a peon.