1 definition by Computer Scientist
(n): A discipline concerned with the physical sciences which seeks to explain the natural laws that surround us by way of inventing imprecise measuring techniques and devices, forcing computer science students into having to suffer through 5 credit hours of pure nonsense which will have no bearing on their goals or their future, minus the fact that physics really does play a part in daily life--albeit hidden in the shadows, not playing any part in earning the daily bread, and having nothing to do with algorithms or data structures. Anyone who believes this is an integral part of a computer science degree should go suck eggs.
"Chemistry and Physics make up the physical sciences." "Physics should play no part in a computer science degree." "Unless someone is a student of physics, introductory physics should be the most any computer science student should have to endure." "Physics is a punishing and traumatic event in the academic life of the computer scientist, even if they're a 4.0 (A) student." "I taught chemistry while earning my CS degree, so don't get me wrong, I simply have a distaste for physics because the lab instructor was determined to prove the law of conservation of pain--the herpes rash around his anus transferred into anal retentive atmosphere in his lab."
by Computer Scientist January 19, 2006