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Encrypted Pigeon · 21-12-2013 4:23pm

Does anyone know how far were they into the exam before this happened? I'd be well pissed if I was more than 1/2 way in and found I had to do it all again. Once is bad enough.

siblers · 21-12-2013 7:39pm

Not sure really but having exams at 4 on the friday before Christmas is a bit of a joke anyway.

JFlah · 28-12-2013 4:19pm

Jesus can't manage any study, head not in it at all

Encrypted Pigeon · 28-12-2013 5:31pm

Same. My time atm is 2% - Study and 98% - Anything but study

siblers · 29-12-2013 12:41am

Half an hour here and another half an hour there. Damn java is painful to study, could spend an hour trying to get an answer online for something that is worth 2 marks.

AntiRip · 29-12-2013 3:48pm

I need to switch wifi off when I'm studying!

It's a curse!

siblers · 29-12-2013 7:35pm

Total waste of time today, too many fecking distractions this time of year

JFlah · 30-12-2013 8:08pm

Wireless and Security or VOIP + STP ???? both look daunting!!

AntiRip · 30-12-2013 9:19pm

JFlah wrote: »

Wireless and Security or VOIP + STP ???? both look daunting!!

Wireless and Security 149 pages. From the looks of the past papers there's only 2 or 3 same type questions for VOIP. For example issues to be resolved, discuss the protocols (RTCP,H245,etc) and compare and contrast SIP/H323. Personality, I wouldn't touch wireless. Although L10+11 are pretty painful too

JFlah · 30-12-2013 9:20pm

AntiRip wrote: »

Wireless and Security 149 pages. From the looks of the past papers there's only 2 or 3 same type questions for VOIP. For example issues to be resolved, discuss the protocols (RTCP,H245,etc) and compare and contrast SIP/H323. Personality, I wouldn't touch wireless. Although L10+11 are pretty painful too

Yeah I,m leaning the same way, lesser of 2 evils

AntiRip · 30-12-2013 9:24pm

I don't see anything in the notes to answer the question to outline what you would do to incorporate VOIP into a LAN environment or am I missing it somewhere? I know about the issues to be resolved such as QOS,Security,Interoperability,Scalabilty. Will that also answer the question?

JFlah · 30-12-2013 9:33pm

AntiRip wrote: »

I don't see anything in the notes to answer the question to outline what you would do to incorporate VOIP into a LAN environment or am I missing it somewhere? I know about the issues to be resolved such as QOS,Security,Interoperability,Scalabilty. Will that also answer the question?

That probably does it there is also a VOICE VLAN type but it's barely mentioned

siblers · 30-12-2013 9:43pm

what have you guys been studying in relation to Threads for java? If she asks us about code i'm not really sure what i'll need to know?

JFlah · 30-12-2013 9:48pm

siblers wrote: »

what have you guys been studying in relation to Threads for java? If she asks us about code i'm not really sure what i'll need to know?

That they implement runnable and have a run( ) method , know synchronized and a few bits about threads sleeping but there is not much code to ask

AntiRip · 30-12-2013 11:46pm

I might skip threads altogether. Full question on LinkedList, binary search tree and graphs hopefully. Only problem would be if threads was to be half a question but maybe unlikely as it doesn't fit in with any of the other data structures. It was really done quickly at the end. We didn't even get to do a lab class in it, like 5 mins from the end of class.

The synchronization was covered a couple of times, may be asked if two threads were running why an inaccurate value may be displayed. She had trouble explaining that herself

. All we did was the bouncing ball and no previous questions to reference really.

siblers · 31-12-2013 5:34am

I have it my head that graphs and threads will be put together. Definitly marks to be gained from graphs just threads is going to be a wildcard. I'm also pretty drunk

AntiRip · 31-12-2013 9:07am

siblers wrote: »

I have it my head that graphs and threads will be put together. Definitly marks to be gained from graphs just threads is going to be a wildcard. I'm also pretty drunk

Being drunk makes it harder to retain information

JFlah · 05-01-2014 11:58pm

Something wrong....... info enters brain and immediately falls right back out !!

siblers · 06-01-2014 12:05am

I'm so sick of ****ing studying. How we did it last year with 4 exams after Christmas I'll never know

JFlah · 06-01-2014 12:26am

siblers wrote: »

I'm so sick of ****ing studying. How we did it last year with 4 exams after Christmas I'll never know

Must be less intelligent this year!

Encrypted Pigeon · 06-01-2014 12:42am

Why cant these things be 100% CA instead of these glorified ****ing memory tests. Examine what you can do, not what you can remember. Sigh

Edit: I'm tired, grouchy and seem to have lost the lost the ability to give **** any more. Perhaps sleep may help.

siblers · 06-01-2014 12:49am

CoderDozer wrote: »

Why cant these things be 100% CA instead of these glorified ****ing memory tests. Examine what you can do, not what you can remember. Sigh

Exactly, most people had really good CA marks going into our final exams (apart from java :rolleyes:) and all that hard work is undone by 2 hours where any numerous things can go wrong. My average is going to take an awful nosedive despite having really high CA marks. I've finished exams and on the drive home i've had answers pop straight into my head that I couldn't remember earlier in the exam. Nonsense really.

JFlah · 07-01-2014 6:38pm

Everyone that's finished with exams enjoy the break ... well deserved . For those unfortunates still grinding away ..best of luck

siblers · 07-01-2014 9:07pm

Thank ****, would not have handled another day of that. Have to go on a coffee and red bull detox over the next few days

JFlah · 07-01-2014 9:20pm

siblers wrote: »

Thank ****, would not have handled another day of that. Have to go on a coffee and red bull detox over the next few days

Same am a quivering wreck from the amount of caffeine in my system.

siblers · 07-01-2014 9:33pm

JFlah wrote: »

Same am a quivering wreck from the amount of caffeine in my system.

Tried to get some sleep when I got home, too tired to do anything productive but too wired to sleep. Can't be healthy

JFlah · 07-01-2014 9:57pm

siblers wrote: »

Tried to get some sleep when I got home, too tired to do anything productive but too wired to sleep. Can't be healthy

Definitely not good but at least time to recover now

. So many movies to watch.........:D

AntiRip · 07-01-2014 10:22pm

JFlah wrote: »

Definitely not good but at least time to recover now . So many movies to watch.........:D

And TV shows! Must finish off homeland and I have about 20 movies waiting for me also, oh and along list of jobs from OH

...and 14 cans of Heineken from over Xmas too

JFlah · 07-01-2014 10:58pm

AntiRip wrote: »

And TV shows! Must finish off homeland and I have about 20 movies waiting for me also, oh and along list of jobs from OH

...and 14 cans of Heineken from over Xmas too

Consume heineken -> do jobs -> too drunk to notice the work !

AntiRip · 07-01-2014 11:07pm

Encrypted Pigeon · 07-01-2014 11:46pm

Ill take those caffeine drips off ye're hands if ye are not using them.

JFlah · 07-01-2014 11:54pm

CoderDozer wrote: »

Ill take those caffeine drips off ye're hands if ye are not using them.

Nearly there now ... the caffeine comedown is not good !!

Encrypted Pigeon · 08-01-2014 12:54pm

And done! ... proper holidays at last, let the brain and liver bleaching process begin.

AntiRip · 08-01-2014 8:54pm

CoderDozer wrote: »

And done! ... proper holidays at last, let the brain and liver bleaching process begin.

Welcome to the club! Enjoy your downtime

JFlah · 16-01-2014 9:33pm

Best of luck with all the placements everyone... hope things go well for ye

JFlah · 24-01-2014 10:48am

Don,t suppose anyone has come across node.js and how to use it ??

Encrypted Pigeon · 24-01-2014 11:05am

Have ye started placement already? jez, I'm still on holidays

There is a ball of links here that might help - http://stackoverflow.com/a/5511507 - there will never be one comprehensive tutorial, you will probably end up mix and matching.

Also quick question, how is the work placement blog meant to work, wordpress is it? kinda missed that lecture

JFlah · 24-01-2014 11:17am

Encrypted Pigeon wrote: »

Have ye started placement already? jez, I'm still on holidays

There is a ball of links here that might help - http://stackoverflow.com/a/5511507 - there will never be one comprehensive tutorial, you will probably end up mix and matching.

Also quick question, how is the work placement blog meant to work, wordpress is it? kinda missed that lecture

Yes a wordpress blog .. we got emailed a list of supervisors also and you should have gotten an email with details about the blog and a few other documents.

Thanks for the link.

Encrypted Pigeon · 24-01-2014 11:25am

Got an email alright but wasnt too specific on the blog part. So thought it was something that was covered in a lecturer. So Ill just set up a private wordpress.com site so?

siblers · 24-01-2014 11:54am

Your supervisor has to have access to it to be able to view it each week so I guess you must make it public? Not really sure.

JFlah · 24-01-2014 11:57am

Encrypted Pigeon wrote: »

Got an email alright but wasnt too specific on the blog part. So thought it was something that was covered in a lecturer. So Ill just set up a private wordpress.com site so?

Exactly a private blog that only you and supervisor access , agree a day/time for weekly posts to be submitted by. You should have got an earlier email with links to details of content etc.

Here are the important parts for you

Please make sure you read through the following links. There are some important dates to remember. First up is the work placement plan - http://workplacement.ittdmc.net/semester-2/work-plan/

http://workplacement.ittdmc.net/semester-2/weekly-online-report/ - contains details on what to include in your blog.
SwDv and Games - yours will differ here in that you will be including code snippets. The digital content only refers to the MM side.

Please make sure you password protect the blog and always clear it with your employer if you are adding sensitive information.

Only your supervisor will be reviewing them. The blogs allow your supervisor to see that you are getting the required experience and will help you to write your report at the end of the placement.

You are expected to act in a professional manner at all times. If you encounter problems during your work placement please contact your academic supervisor or myself.

Your academic supervisors will be allocated shortly. Again, make sure you password protect and do not put any company private information on the blog.

siblers · 24-01-2014 6:22pm

How do you set it up so that only your supervisor can access it?

Encrypted Pigeon · 24-01-2014 6:57pm

If you can get to your dashboard (god I ****ing hate wp) go to settings > reading and set "I would like my site to be private, visible only to users I choose". Below that once done (refreshed) there should be a button to "Invite viewers to your blog". Just be careful with the permissions, best to probably setup a dummy a/c to see if it works.

I think you can do private posts instead (if you want to mix public/private??? ) but hardly worth the hassle, this thing will be thrown away once done anyway id say.

JFlah · 24-01-2014 7:01pm

siblers wrote: »

How do you set it up so that only your supervisor can access it?

open dashboard go to settings and then reading and make blog private , then either go to users and invite your supervisor as a visitor or else send them the address of your blog and your username and password

siblers · 24-01-2014 10:45pm

Nice one lads, thanks.
And yeah wp is a load of ****ing ****.

AntiRip · 25-01-2014 8:07am

JFlah wrote: »

open dashboard go to settings and then reading and make blog private , then either go to users and invite your supervisor as a visitor or else send them the address of your blog and your username and password

My supervisor didn't want anything private, actually he didn't even understand what I was talking about so I left my blog open.

siblers wrote: »

And yeah wp is a load of ****ing ****.

Once you get used of WP it's actually a great tool, I love it myself

JFlah · 25-01-2014 9:51pm

AntiRip wrote: »

My supervisor didn't want anything private, actually he didn't even understand what I was talking about so I left my blog open.

Once you get used of WP it's actually a great tool, I love it myself

I think the planning by college regarding placement, supervisors etc. may have been a little .....ummmmm not clearly thought out

siblers · 26-01-2014 1:48am

JFlah wrote: »

I think the planning by college regarding the computing course was not clearly thought out

EDITED FOR THE TROOOOTH

AntiRip · 26-01-2014 9:00am

JFlah wrote: »

I think the planning by college regarding placement, supervisors etc. may have been a little .....ummmmm not clearly thought out

Very very true.

JFlah · 30-01-2014 11:51pm

Best of luck with results everyone

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