More retarded BS from my IT teacher... is he correct?

[asim18]

Ok, so my IT teacher seems to think that Taxi companies don't charge by distance travelled, but use a database of millions of routes with predefined fixed prices instead.

And he made this quick spreadsheet to explain it to me:

He told me the list continues for every other possible door-to-door combination.


When I asked him about the "meters" used in cabs, he replied..

"What? NO"

...in an extremely weird way, it was as if he was thinking "oh crap, I've failed, I'd better back up my BS with even more BS, or he'll think I'm an idiot"

...and then he started saying more crap to back up his stupidity.

 

[asim18]

I thought they used meters with pre-determined price per mile prices.

Yes that's what I told him, he's never seen a metered cab in his life.

 

[asim18]

Oh, and another example...

He said hard disks don't make any noise AT ALL, and are completely SILENT while reading/writing. He said if your HDD makes noise it means its broken.

He managed to convince the other kids in the class, but his BS will never pollute my brain.

 

[asim18]

Are you sure he didn't say 'take for example a cab firm who want to keep a database of the costs of each journey' - i.e. it was just a theoretical (though rubbish) example to get you to create in excel what really should be in Access.

No, he was talking to me 1-to-1 at his desk, and not to the whole class. He was very clear and was not using it as an example for creating a database in excel.

 

[asim18]

I want the hard drive he's using.

Yep, me too, if there was no risk of me getting kicked out of college, i would have started a big, big, keyboard warrior argument.

 

[asim18]

is he an old 60 year old man?

Nope, I'd say he's in his mid 30's

 

[asim18]

How much do your parents pay to send you off to this private boarding school?

Actually, I get paid £30 a week to attend it

 

[asim18]

EMA?

Yep