Bored

Imagine the briefing for the Normandy invasion going something like this:

"Men, this is a bullet. This is a gun. The bullet goes in the gun. You shoot the gun, but point it at the Germans first. If you want me, I'll be in my bed."

That's what this lecture was like. We're seniors in computer science. Most of our friends have either switched to business or dropped out altogether. We're about to do the hardest coding of our lives and the professor (who knows nothing about the projects) is wasting our time explaining what the word 'virtual' means. This won't likely change over the course of the term. Meanwhile, playing chess on one's laptop remains the more entertaining alternative.