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AAYA AAYA, GURU BHAI!Written by Zahra Zaheer I wonder how the gun-brandishing, mercilessly-murdering (yes, counter-strike-playing)-population would have reacted to the bubble-gummy, fairy-land-ish, orange and white balloons that greeted me as I entered Lab 2. This colorfully decorated lab was the venue for the IEEE Intra Lums CodinGuru on the night of 3rd December. Admittedly, coding is like German language to me, so I was quite misplaced in the world of myopic spectacle-wearing super (or not so much) geniuses. Enough with my whining and on to the part of the prototypical journalist. The event was supposed to start at seven, but it got delayed by some 40 minutes, thanks to us freshies and our CS (computer science :p) woes (a project was due). So last night, IEEE – the international society at LUMS with the longest history – organized the Intra-Lums CodinGuru. The preparations were extensive: the balloons and big-lettered banners were in place (*wink*), the internet connection to Lab 2 was severed, input files were saved in all the PCs, the frantic last-minute rush to grab comfy office chairs was over and handouts of the problem were distributed. The event was simple. The twenty-three registered teams had to solve a mathematical problems, from Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory (just writing about it scares me – I’m barely dragging myself through Calculus I), using either C++ or JAVA. The competition was being adjudicated by the grand masters themselves: Khawaja Muhammad Fahad and Amir Ali. Ten minutes into the speed-programming competition, people were scribbling and typing fiercely. When all efforts were in vain, they resorted to throwing vicious laser hate-beams at the monitor. Meanwhile, a few not-so-knowledgeable programmers were heard asking (read: shouting :p): “Ye output ki files kis folder mai hain?!”…I mean I’m no Khwaja Fahad but even I know that output is the thing you are supposed to dish out! The competition ended with Sarfaraz Raza, Abid Mahmood and Khurram Nasir being crowned the “CodinGurus” of the year, and bagged away the prize money of Rs. 4000/- in all its techie, geeky glory! Congrats Guys! (the rest of the winners will be announced later by IEEE through email) And finally, if you have had the patience of titanic proportions to read through this article, either I’m a captivating writer, or you are a certifiable geek. Since I thoroughly doubt the former, the latter must apply to you. If it does, say a silent prayer of thank. Without brilliant people like you, we would still be in the dark ages. Cheers to all the geeks out there.
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