The question was posed on the whiteboard in the CS student lounge:
Over n semesters attending Acadia full-time, how many laptops m have you used as your primary mobile computing device?
The answers were as follows:
| n | m |
|---|---|
| 8 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 16 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 |
Later, a corrolary question appeared:
Over n semesters, how many laptops m have you bought for school?
It received the answers:
| n | m |
|---|---|
| 8 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 8 | 1 |
The two takeaway points for me are yes, my laptop consumption is considerably above average (8/4 for the first question, 8/1 for the second) and hardly anyone below fourth year ever sticks their head through the door of the lounge. In fact, these numbers make me wonder if first- and second-year students are aware of its existence.