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Yes, it`s been done before.
No, it won`t be as lond as the FOG version.
Why am I trying it out anyway?
The PS2 forum is a very interesting place to be, but it can also be a little quiet. I though perhaps if we had a topic with several hundred replies lurking at the top, things would look more popular.
Feel free to use the topic to talk about anything. Either the latest PS2 game, latest ideas for including some female star in a game etc... or even just the usual chat that happens all over.
As I expect this to fail, I`ve decided to spend a little while pushing up the replies. No spamming, just lots of nonsense :-)
Any help would be great, it`d be boring to have a whole topic with replies from only me.
No, it won`t be as lond as the FOG version.
Why am I trying it out anyway?
The PS2 forum is a very interesting place to be, but it can also be a little quiet. I though perhaps if we had a topic with several hundred replies lurking at the top, things would look more popular.
Feel free to use the topic to talk about anything. Either the latest PS2 game, latest ideas for including some female star in a game etc... or even just the usual chat that happens all over.
As I expect this to fail, I`ve decided to spend a little while pushing up the replies. No spamming, just lots of nonsense :-)
Any help would be great, it`d be boring to have a whole topic with replies from only me.
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Morning
Been very busy all week, and just to make matters worse our email server has just run out of disk space .... now trying to clear out as much garbage as possible from 170 odd users.
Arrrrggghhhh
Been on the cycle all week, trying to save a bit of money on petrol and get fit (stop laughing) but flip me my legs are killing me .. still nice weather for a bike ride :)
Been very busy all week, and just to make matters worse our email server has just run out of disk space .... now trying to clear out as much garbage as possible from 170 odd users.
Arrrrggghhhh
Been on the cycle all week, trying to save a bit of money on petrol and get fit (stop laughing) but flip me my legs are killing me .. still nice weather for a bike ride :)
Very well now you ask :)
A bit cooler here today, but looking good for the weekend.
Any plans?
A bit cooler here today, but looking good for the weekend.
Any plans?
Morning all, it's gonna be another scorcher today already 23 deg at the mo.
I have been at RAF all week for support to the systems used for the Royal Air Tattoo show, got free tickets to this fridays open event, B52 Bombers here I come :)
How is all?
I have been at RAF all week for support to the systems used for the Royal Air Tattoo show, got free tickets to this fridays open event, B52 Bombers here I come :)
How is all?
Glad that helps! Obviously it depends on the supervisor, but most should be willing to have regular meetings and provide helpful input. Sometimes it requires the student to make the effort to ask questions and make arrangements for meetings though - I knew somebody who waited for his supervisor to contact him, a very bad idea! The first thing he got from his supervisor was "You need to submit your project tomorrow". If he'd actually got off his butt and asked his supervisor a question the lecturer would happily have answered. Most definitely a two way thing.
Thanks for the wishes on the PhD! It takes around three years, although most people take slightly longer (and if I make it at all, it'll almost certainly take me longer). There are about 30 people doing PhDs here in the department, most of which are super talented types from various countries like Russia, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany and China, then there's me sat in the corner wondering how they know so much! The key, again though, has been my supervisor. He is a very nice guy and most importantly, seems to (so far, touch wood) tolerate the fact that I'm, you know, slow. :D
Thanks for the wishes on the PhD! It takes around three years, although most people take slightly longer (and if I make it at all, it'll almost certainly take me longer). There are about 30 people doing PhDs here in the department, most of which are super talented types from various countries like Russia, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany and China, then there's me sat in the corner wondering how they know so much! The key, again though, has been my supervisor. He is a very nice guy and most importantly, seems to (so far, touch wood) tolerate the fact that I'm, you know, slow. :D
It does actually, thanks. It helps a lot. I will be assigned a supervisor but you are the first person who has eased my worries a little with regard to their input.
So you are now doing a PhD? I wish you all the best with that. How long does it take to get a PhD? I don't think I could commit the time to doing one of those and the wear and tear it would subject my poor brain too... :(
So you are now doing a PhD? I wish you all the best with that. How long does it take to get a PhD? I don't think I could commit the time to doing one of those and the wear and tear it would subject my poor brain too... :(
Congrats on the HNC and HND! Lets hope you can maintain the standard to the end. On that subject, would you have a supervisor for the project? When I did a project in my masters year, I was supervised by a lecturer who is now my supervisor for my PhD. He was able to provide a rough structure for the project and give hints and help along the way. At that level there wasn't too much I had to do beyond what was already somewhere in the literature - I just didn't know where to find it at the time.
If you will have a supervisor, or the option of meeting with one, then it can be a big help. As long as you're happy to do your bit and come back with plenty of work done, they are usually happy to keep supplying ideas. Don't know if that helps though!
If you will have a supervisor, or the option of meeting with one, then it can be a big help. As long as you're happy to do your bit and come back with plenty of work done, they are usually happy to keep supplying ideas. Don't know if that helps though!
Afternoon,
I slept in this morning for a whole 2 and a half hours! I hate to do this for the simple reason that the traffic is a nightmare at 9.00 am compared to 6.30 am :(
I never took A levels and my second year at uni definitely counts. The first year was a doddle, a lot of fun, and apparantly I got a HNC for it. Breezed through the second year and found that also really easy. It was the second year that has put me in line for a 2:1 and I was recently told that I have now qualified for a HND (more qualifications then I've ever had in life before :D).
The switch from the second year to the third year has been the nightmare for me. Two of the modules I had to take I wouldn't have choosen to do and I definitely did not make the best of things which is totally my own fault. Next year I have to do an Individual Project with the onus being on academic research and it has given me the urge to curl up in a corner and die somewhere.
If I undertake a projec that I could use at work it will only net me a mid 2:2. This puts a lot of pressure on me to get 60%+ in the only remaining module I have left. I know that I'm just doing this for fun but I'll be sick as a pig if I drop my standard at what literally is the last hurdle.
I slept in this morning for a whole 2 and a half hours! I hate to do this for the simple reason that the traffic is a nightmare at 9.00 am compared to 6.30 am :(
I never took A levels and my second year at uni definitely counts. The first year was a doddle, a lot of fun, and apparantly I got a HNC for it. Breezed through the second year and found that also really easy. It was the second year that has put me in line for a 2:1 and I was recently told that I have now qualified for a HND (more qualifications then I've ever had in life before :D).
The switch from the second year to the third year has been the nightmare for me. Two of the modules I had to take I wouldn't have choosen to do and I definitely did not make the best of things which is totally my own fault. Next year I have to do an Individual Project with the onus being on academic research and it has given me the urge to curl up in a corner and die somewhere.
If I undertake a projec that I could use at work it will only net me a mid 2:2. This puts a lot of pressure on me to get 60%+ in the only remaining module I have left. I know that I'm just doing this for fun but I'll be sick as a pig if I drop my standard at what literally is the last hurdle.
The thing that got me wasn't so much the transition from A-level to first year, but first year to second year. After cruising through the first year, the jump caught me off guard and I wasn't ready for that set of exams at all. Fortunately they didn't count, but many people's second year exams do. Thankfully only my third and fourth did.
In the rankings you mentioned, I'd probably put Medicine in with the sciences (and I don't mean because its a science), mainly due to the style of learning necessary for the degree. Some would disagree, but I find the easiest part of preparing for an exam is learning the material. Actually applying and extending things is the hard step and constitutes a large portion of many of the mathematics and engineering exams. They're all very difficult to compare though really, particularly across universities.
As for the shared first year in computing degrees, that makes perfect sense - there are definitely going to be methods that just have to be absorbed into a students routine before they can branch off on their particular topics. Did your passing interest lead you to anything? Are you going to do a degree like ineedsleep whilst working at the same time?
In the rankings you mentioned, I'd probably put Medicine in with the sciences (and I don't mean because its a science), mainly due to the style of learning necessary for the degree. Some would disagree, but I find the easiest part of preparing for an exam is learning the material. Actually applying and extending things is the hard step and constitutes a large portion of many of the mathematics and engineering exams. They're all very difficult to compare though really, particularly across universities.
As for the shared first year in computing degrees, that makes perfect sense - there are definitely going to be methods that just have to be absorbed into a students routine before they can branch off on their particular topics. Did your passing interest lead you to anything? Are you going to do a degree like ineedsleep whilst working at the same time?
Now that I've read all that rubbish below:
ssxpro wrote:
> Its always the way isn't it! Everyone seems to get a bad result at
> some point during their degree - I guess its humanity coming through.
Damn right. Though I blame it more on the transition from A Level "cared and nutured for" lifestyle to first year uni "do it all yourself".
ssxpro wrote:
easy courses that
> require little effort (not going to name any though, that'd be
> unfair).
In short: medicine > engineering & sciences > Business & Management > Social Sciences, Humanties.
ssxpro wrote:
> Anyway, hope the computing is going well! Sounds like you might have
> something more in common with FinalFantasyFanatic soon. His degree
> sounded like it was more on the gaming side of computing, but there's
> bound to be some overlap.
I've been looking at some game related and more generic CS courses (out of passing interest), they all seem to share a common first year. Which makes sense really.
ssxpro wrote:
> Its always the way isn't it! Everyone seems to get a bad result at
> some point during their degree - I guess its humanity coming through.
Damn right. Though I blame it more on the transition from A Level "cared and nutured for" lifestyle to first year uni "do it all yourself".
ssxpro wrote:
easy courses that
> require little effort (not going to name any though, that'd be
> unfair).
In short: medicine > engineering & sciences > Business & Management > Social Sciences, Humanties.
ssxpro wrote:
> Anyway, hope the computing is going well! Sounds like you might have
> something more in common with FinalFantasyFanatic soon. His degree
> sounded like it was more on the gaming side of computing, but there's
> bound to be some overlap.
I've been looking at some game related and more generic CS courses (out of passing interest), they all seem to share a common first year. Which makes sense really.
Have they started doing the rounds again, not had one in ages. When they first came out in the late 80's early 90's one of the directors of the company I was working for at the time thought it was for real and contacted my boss to see what we needed to do. Needless to say he felf rather stupid when it was explained to him what would happen.
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