Write It Up in LaTeX (Visit Days '09)

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The UW CSE Band is a computer science parody rock band composed of grad students (and a postdoc!) from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. We perform mostly at department events, and our music makes fun of anything and everything relating to computer science, programming, and life as a grad student. This performance took place during the 2009 Visit Days for prospective students. As of spring 2009, the band consists of:

Alex Colburn (lead guitar)
Laura Effinger-Dean (vocals)
Andrew Guillory (bass guitar and vocals)
Chloé Kiddon (sax)
Natalie Linnell (keyboard)
Kristi Morton (drums)
Pradeep Shenoy (vocals)

Huge thanks go to Jon Hsieh for recording this video and to Peter Henry for being our sound guy.

Write It Up in LaTeX (to the tune of "Dancing with Myself" by Billy Idol):

Well, my paper's due at midnight
And I can't get the layout just right
With an underfull h-box
And an emergency stop
And I write it up in LaTex

Well my labels may have changed
So I'll run my code again
Well I wait so long for my recompile
And I write it up in Latex

Oh oh oh write it up in LaTex
Oh oh oh write it up in LaTex
Well I'm cursing Knuth
As I typeset my proof
And I write it up in LaTex oh oh oh oh

So I looked all over the page
And I couldn't find my image
The placement's peculiar
Where the hell is my figure
And I write it up in LaTex

I'll spell-check star dot tex
To make sure that it's correct
If I had my way
I'd switch to Word today
But I write it up in LaTex

Oh oh oh write it up in LaTex
Oh oh oh write it up in LaTex
Well I'm cursing Knuth
As I typeset my proof
And I write it up in LaTex oh oh oh oh ...

Well, my paper's due at midnight
And I can't get the layout just right
With and underfull h-box
And an emergency stop
And I write it up in LaTex

I'll spell-check star dot tex
To make sure that it's correct
If I had my way
I'd switch to Word today
But I write it up in LaTex
Oh oh oh write it up in LaTex
Oh oh oh write it up in LaTex
Well I'm cursing Knuth
As I typeset my proof
And I'm cursing Knuth
As I typeset my proof
And I curse Knuth
As I typeset my proof

Oh oh oh ...
Write it up in LaTex...
Oh oh oh ...
TeX, TeX, TeX, TeX
LaTeX, BibTeX, LaTeX, LaTeX...
Oh oh oh oh

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• computer
• science
• rock
• tex
• latex
• billy
• idol
• knuth
• dancing
• with
• myself
• parody

[DonPaps]

I pronounce it LATEX, as in the gummi material, so I can think of catwoman while I write my reports. Fuck the greeks.

[jkalderash]

Oh, I'm definitely pronouncing it like a "k" not an "x", even if the bad-quality sound masks it. I consider "lay" vs. "lah" to be up for debate though.

[SEBASTIANFFX]

yep, the X at the end is the Greek Letter Chi and is not pronounced like an X of Text

[mju4t]

it's pronounced LAY-TECH!!!