The 'keep it scecret' funda

I've been in DCE for approx 3 yrs now.. and since the 2nd sem, I have observed the 'keep it secret' funda in DCE. The deep sense of competition, which is expected to have a positive effect has had a real damaging effect on us dceites..

At DCE, its been a common practice to hide stuff from your classmates/batchmates.. sometimes even seniors.. people work alone and in secret.. with the philosophy that lesser the people who have the information about an opportunity, lesser the competition..

And the type of info that people hide.. is so petty.. its sometimes laughable.. whether its a good book on a subject (whose questions might appear in exams) or photostat notes of some senior/classmate.. a hint by the teacher that a particular ques might be there in exam or info whether a particular topic is in syllabus... an opportunity to apply for an internship/training or some previous years placement paper (i assumed people wud be doing that)... the projects that one is doing or the syllabus they have gone through for the test.. This is not the complete list.. there can be a zillion more examples..

And i m almost equally guilty of the same as the rest of dceites... it was done to me and i returned the favor.. and so the evil practice continued..

I used to think that I m the only who hated it (but does it).. but yesterday, when going thru the kshitij sudan's 'guide to sensible apping' I got to know that there are other dceites who hate it too.. I dont know how to end this.. I dont even know how to start ending this.. but I really hope it does come to an end some day.. And if someone has any ideas how to get rid of the practice, pls let me know..n maybe we can work together to put it to an end..

Dinosaurs and Operating systems

I have been reading the book "operating system principles" by Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne for my mid sems.. and everywhere in the book, there are pictures of dinosaurs. Even on the cover page. there's a dinosaur. Its not just the 7th edition.. there are different photographs of dinosaurs in different editions of the book.

I have spent more time on figuring out the relationship between OS n dinosaurs than I have spent in the content of the book. And still I have not been able to solve the mystery.. Anyone help me out?