[scribus-dev] Possibly some (slightly!) bad news

[Elvis Stansvik]

2011/5/26 Craig Bradney <cbradney at scribus.info>:
> On 5/25/11 11:48 PM, Elvis Stansvik wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Yesterday I had my exam in linear algebra, the first of my two big
>> exams before summer, and it didn't go well at all. I don't want to be
>> a pessimist of course, but I'm very much afraid that I flunked it.
>> Guess I've been focusing too much on the multivar calculus, which is
>> the exam on Saturday, thinking I had the linear algebra pretty much in
>> the bag. Or I was just very unlucky with the questions. But in short;
>> I'll probably have to take the linear algebra exam again.
>>
>> The reason I bring this up is that the next chance for me to take the
>> linear algebra exam again is on June 9 already, which is unusual;
>> usually it's not until the end of the summer. But I really need to
>> nail this one.
>>
>> This means that up until June 9, in addition to GSoC, I'll have to
>> dedicate at least some of my daily brain power to doing maths. I'd say
>> a couple of hours or so.
>>
>> But don't worry, I fully intend to start working full time on my GSoC
>> after the exam on Saturday, just like planned. I'll schedule these few
>> hours a day I need to spend on making sure I finally pass linear
>> algebra to early mornings, leaving a full work day + evenings for my
>> project.
>>
>> Just thought I should keep you posted, so you know why you won't see
>> any commits from me in the early morning hours, as then I'll be
>> inverting matrices and other fun stuff, *shrug* :) Hope I didn't scare
>> you too much with the subject of this mail.
>>
>> I contacted my professor and he promised that because of the unusually
>> short timespan up until the re-exam on June 9, they would have the
>> results in before the weekend. So by then I'll know for sure.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Elvis
>>
>
> Hi Elvis
>
> Thanks for the news.. and bad luck for that exam.. that sucks.
> Importantly, you are keeping us informed - we know what to expect.
> Concentrate on your exams as much as you need!
>
> Good luck!

Thanks! And let's hope it's not all down to luck next time ;)

Elvis