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I'm doing an Open University course this year in an attempt to formalise my vast (for which read 'miniscule') amount of programming knowledge. The trouble is they break you into this course really, really gently. One of my assignment questions is describing 'email' in one sentence. To me this seems a bit like asking someone to describe the colour blue.
I can describe email in three sentences, like this:
It's. Electronic. Mail.
But a one sentence definition is somehow beyond my capabilities. Help :P
I can describe email in three sentences, like this:
It's. Electronic. Mail.
But a one sentence definition is somehow beyond my capabilities. Help :P
unknown kernel wrote:
> The plan at the moment is to go for a BSc in Maths and Computer
> Science, but my maths is a bit rusty so I'll probably have to do a
> refresher course before I move on to the interesting stuff.
MU120 is a great refresher, takes you into O Level territory and beyond, but about 25% of it concentrates on 'Distance Learning Skills' which could get a bit boring for you considering you're already doing two level 2 units.
MST121 is pretty good, but you'd need to cover MU120 first to really get to grips with some of the content, because it follows on from the first unit in a lot of places. If you've studied A Level Mathematics already then MST121 shouldn't be a problem.
> The plan at the moment is to go for a BSc in Maths and Computer
> Science, but my maths is a bit rusty so I'll probably have to do a
> refresher course before I move on to the interesting stuff.
MU120 is a great refresher, takes you into O Level territory and beyond, but about 25% of it concentrates on 'Distance Learning Skills' which could get a bit boring for you considering you're already doing two level 2 units.
MST121 is pretty good, but you'd need to cover MU120 first to really get to grips with some of the content, because it follows on from the first unit in a lot of places. If you've studied A Level Mathematics already then MST121 shouldn't be a problem.
I've got a 3 hour exam on OO Patterns and Components in just under 3 hours, I need a Number Johnny 5 brain transplant where I can read books at lightspeed.
I'm doing two courses:
T223 Microprocessor Based Computers, which uses C and assembly language (I think) to explain processors at a low level.
M206 Computing: an Object-Oriented Approach, which is based on the (not very useful in real life) Smalltalk language. It is, however, totally OO, so it should be useful on a theoretical level.
The plan at the moment is to go for a BSc in Maths and Computer Science, but my maths is a bit rusty so I'll probably have to do a refresher course before I move on to the interesting stuff.
T223 Microprocessor Based Computers, which uses C and assembly language (I think) to explain processors at a low level.
M206 Computing: an Object-Oriented Approach, which is based on the (not very useful in real life) Smalltalk language. It is, however, totally OO, so it should be useful on a theoretical level.
The plan at the moment is to go for a BSc in Maths and Computer Science, but my maths is a bit rusty so I'll probably have to do a refresher course before I move on to the interesting stuff.
What's the course code for the one you're doing? (I did my BSc Maths with OU).
Cheers people.
This 'question' was really doing my head in. Everything I came up with up was a poncy way of saying 'it's electronic mail'. My mum would probably come up with a better answer than me on this one. It's worth a whole one mark anyway; just a nice way of easing the less experienced people into the course I guess.
I think even ftozzi would manage full marks in this first assessment.
This 'question' was really doing my head in. Everything I came up with up was a poncy way of saying 'it's electronic mail'. My mum would probably come up with a better answer than me on this one. It's worth a whole one mark anyway; just a nice way of easing the less experienced people into the course I guess.
I think even ftozzi would manage full marks in this first assessment.
Its harder to describe the colour blue
Someone try describe it without using the word close to green
Someone try describe it without using the word close to green
2 steps ahead of c-mail.
If you're struggling to fit everything into one sentence, I've seen some newbies around who could help...
;^)
E-mail in one sentence:
High speed electronic transfer of data directed between personal accounts, usually for text-based messaging.
Hmm, it's harder than it sounds...
;^)
E-mail in one sentence:
High speed electronic transfer of data directed between personal accounts, usually for text-based messaging.
Hmm, it's harder than it sounds...
I'm doing an Open University course this year in an attempt to formalise my vast (for which read 'miniscule') amount of programming knowledge. The trouble is they break you into this course really, really gently. One of my assignment questions is describing 'email' in one sentence. To me this seems a bit like asking someone to describe the colour blue.
I can describe email in three sentences, like this:
It's. Electronic. Mail.
But a one sentence definition is somehow beyond my capabilities. Help :P
I can describe email in three sentences, like this:
It's. Electronic. Mail.
But a one sentence definition is somehow beyond my capabilities. Help :P