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JFlah · 25-01-2013 9:07pm

Hope these mess ups with class sizes are sorted for next week ... right pain in the ass.

AntiRip · 25-01-2013 9:24pm

JFlah wrote: »

Hope these mess ups with class sizes are sorted for next week ... right pain in the ass.

And computers that work! Routing was fun :eek:

JFlah · 25-01-2013 9:42pm

AntiRip wrote: »

And computers that work! Routing was fun :eek:

Yeah great craic .. be great if it's like that for the year!!!!!

AntiRip · 25-01-2013 9:57pm

JFlah wrote: »

Yeah great craic .. be great if it's like that for the year!!!!!

Hopefully

so far a nice handy start to the semester. I still feel like its the holidays. Full timetable next week so back to real work I say :pac:

JFlah · 25-01-2013 10:14pm

AntiRip wrote: »

Hopefully so far a nice handy start to the semester. I still feel like its the holidays. Full timetable next week so back to real work I say :pac:

probably be a bit busier alright but I'm liking the feel of the semester so far ..... nice mixture of modules

gbro800 · 27-01-2013 8:12pm

I'd definitely go with this being an enjoyable semester too... instead of all that theory of last semester, we get to play around with digital audio and animation which makes if feel like a real computer course. Java module is smaller so should be less pressure and more enjoyable. I'm looking forward to the project too, its very practical and its easier than java. The ugly module this semester could be Routing C&P, there are a lot of slides in those lectures and if that last lab is anything to go by, Thursday evenings aren't going to be that much fun! C Woods hasn't sent out the schedule for the project labs yet?

JFlah · 27-01-2013 9:05pm

gbro800 wrote: »

I'd definitely go with this being an enjoyable semester too... instead of all that theory of last semester, we get to play around with digital audio and animation which makes if feel like a real computer course. Java module is smaller so should be less pressure and more enjoyable. I'm looking forward to the project too, its very practical and its easier than java. The ugly module this semester could be Routing C&P, there are a lot of slides in those lectures and if that last lab is anything to go by, Thursday evenings aren't going to be that much fun! C Woods hasn't sent out the schedule for the project labs yet?

I,m sure she'll have it sorted early tomorrow , it's nice to have a few enjoyable modules at last - I reckon routing will be ok too once labs are sorted and Java won,t cover a lot of new material so should be handy too. We're in for a desperate shock if it works out differently

siblers · 27-01-2013 9:30pm

Im only really worried about the computing project, but that's mainly because i'm not too sure how we're supposed to approach it yet. That class we had on friday wasn't of much use.

JFlah · 27-01-2013 10:24pm

siblers wrote: »

Im only really worried about the computing project, but that's mainly because i'm not too sure how we're supposed to approach it yet. That class we had on friday wasn't of much use.

hopefully it's gonna be fairly logical I'm sure we'll all run into difficulties though

JFlah · 30-01-2013 7:26pm

Critical Thinking & Innovation wtf!!!!

gbro800 · 30-01-2013 7:46pm

I was hoping Critical Thinking would be opposite of Creative Thinking, as in it would be about solving logical problems and not creative airy fairy stuff... :rolleyes:

I showed our handout to a housemate who has done Creative Thinking and she said its very similar, same lecturer, same reference books even...

Her advice was to show up to all the double hour classes no matter how much you hate it, or else you won't get to fill out your journal on what you did in class which won't go down well. Also, be prepared to be asked bizarre questions in the double hour class such as if a boat was sinking and you had only two items, what would they be? Why do you think the person next to you is dressed the way they are today? :eek:

AntiRip · 30-01-2013 7:47pm

JFlah wrote: »

Critical Thinking & Innovation wtf!!!!

I love it! Nooooooooooooot:(

It's actually spoilt this semester for me. Was really liking it so far. It's like a self-help class. This weekly journal and "minutes", secretary, timekeeper BS, OMG.

It's absolutely ridiculous..

JFlah · 30-01-2013 7:50pm

AntiRip wrote: »

I love it! Nooooooooooooot:(

It's actually spoilt this semester for me. Was really liking it so far. It's like a self-help class. This weekly journal and "minutes", secretary, timekeeper BS, OMG.

It's absolutely ridiculous..

Same as definitely ruining a whole semester .... ridiculous module !

AntiRip · 30-01-2013 7:51pm

gbro800 wrote: »

I was hoping Critical Thinking would be opposite of Creative Thinking, as in it would be about solving logical problems and not creative airy fairy stuff... :rolleyes:

I showed our handout to a housemate who has done Creative Thinking and she said its very similar, same lecturer, same reference books even...

Her advice was to show up to all the double hour classes no matter how much you hate it, or else you won't get to fill out your journal on what you did in class which won't go down well. Also, be prepared to be asked bizarre questions in the double hour class such as if a boat was sinking and you had only two items, what would they be? Why do you think the person next to you is dressed the way they are today? :eek:

I'll wear a clown suit so tomorrow

Encrypted Pigeon · 30-01-2013 7:59pm

Ha ha, I told ye

sorry

ye better get lubed up so for next years entrepreneurship module.

JFlah · 30-01-2013 8:01pm

CoderDozer wrote: »

Ha ha, I told ye sorry
ye better get lubed up so for next years entrepreneurship module.

Can,t wait already!!.

JFlah · 30-01-2013 8:04pm

FFS the stupid required reading book is'nt even in the library!! and I'm F**ked if I'm forking out for it ..... according to the handout today it's VITAL !

siblers · 30-01-2013 8:11pm

I knew that module was gonna be a joke as soon as I saw the sideways text on the powerpoint slides. To think of all the other useful things we could have been studying. So frustrating.

AntiRip · 30-01-2013 8:16pm

JFlah wrote: »

FFS the stupid required reading book is'nt even in the library!! and I'm F**ked if I'm forking out for it ..... according to the handout today it's VITAL !

I've checked dozens of the usual sites and can not find it anywhere. Found the second book alright. $100 on amazon for it:eek:

gbro800 · 30-01-2013 8:17pm

JFlah wrote: »

FFS the stupid required reading book is'nt even in the library!! and I'm F**ked if I'm forking out for it ..... according to the handout today it's VITAL !

Its £100+ new on Amazon and the used books are only for UK delivery... stampede at the library when/if it comes in

JFlah · 30-01-2013 8:22pm

AntiRip wrote: »

I've checked dozens of the usual sites and can not find it anywhere. Found the second book alright. $100 on amazon for it:eek:

Yeah saw that one too , well at least we can,t read it if we can,t get it

siblers · 30-01-2013 8:27pm

What's the name of the book?

AntiRip · 30-01-2013 8:29pm

siblers wrote: »

What's the name of the book?

Exploring the Nature of Creativity

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Exploring-Nature-Creativity-Jon-Michael/dp/0757513131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359566643&sr=8-1

siblers · 30-01-2013 8:44pm

Couldn't find any pdfs or torrents for it, they can feck off if they think im gonna go buy it.

Encrypted Pigeon · 30-01-2013 8:49pm

For all you hipsters out there we now have Instragram for coders

http://instacode.linology.info/

This some how makes my code look worse which I didn't think was possible.

AntiRip · 30-01-2013 8:50pm

siblers wrote: »

Couldn't find any pdfs or torrents for it, they can feck off if they think im gonna go buy it.

Careful

. That probably tells a lot for demand for this book anyway!

JFlah · 30-01-2013 11:18pm

CoderDozer wrote: »

For all you hipsters out there we now have Instragram for coders

http://instacode.linology.info/

This some how makes my code look worse which I didn't think was possible.

That's just strange

JFlah · 30-01-2013 11:22pm

siblers wrote: »

I knew that module was gonna be a joke as soon as I saw the sideways text on the powerpoint slides. To think of all the other useful things we could have been studying. So frustrating.

Dead right ,could we not do something computing/technology related like more web design or something

Encrypted Pigeon · 30-01-2013 11:57pm

JFlah wrote: »

That's just strange

Well Facebook paid 1Billion for instagram so people could put pictures of what they are eating for dinner in their news feeds, I reckon its nice for us coders to have something similar.

I mean who wouldn't enjoy looking at my awesomely sexy java code strutting its stuff?

JFlah · 31-01-2013 12:04am

CoderDozer wrote: »

Well Facebook paid 1Billion for instagram so people could put pictures of what they are eating for dinner in their news feeds, I reckon its nice for us coders to have something similar.

I mean who wouldn't enjoy looking at my awesomely sexy java code strutting its stuff?

yeah the hidden beauty of code

AntiRip · 01-02-2013 6:03pm

Any of you guys having trouble connecting VB to your databases? I'm having troubles with the oracle.dataaccess.dll when compiling. I've downloaded the Oracle SQL Developer and followed the instructions in the doc and have that running.

Encrypted Pigeon · 01-02-2013 6:09pm

Try checking what you are compiling for i.e. target platform x86 or 64

Edit: I presuming your following a similar tutorial

http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/db/hol08/dotnet/getstarted-vb/getstarted_vb_otn.htm

AntiRip · 01-02-2013 6:30pm

CoderDozer wrote: »

Try checking what you are compiling for i.e. target platform x86 or 64

Edit: I presuming your following a similar tutorial

http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/db/hol08/dotnet/getstarted-vb/getstarted_vb_otn.htm

That's a handy doc thanks. I've changed that to x64 as I have a 64bit system. I have VB10 Pro (only 32bit versions). I have Oracle.DataAccess.dll in the C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\BIN folder. It's version 10.2.0.100.

Here's a screenshot also.
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/9809/captureou.png

Encrypted Pigeon · 01-02-2013 6:44pm

Have you tried deleting the Oracle data access dll in the references and re importing it.

AntiRip · 01-02-2013 6:48pm

CoderDozer wrote: »

Have you tried deleting the Oracle data access dll in the references and re importing it.

Yep. Think I'll take a break from it and try again tomorrow. Head wrecking

Encrypted Pigeon · 01-02-2013 7:18pm

Hard to diagnose from here but I reckon its the reference to that dll is the problem, when I was working with DB I just yanked a copy of the dll and kept it local and the referenced it for there. BTW are ye working with 10g or 11g Oracle?

Also this is the version info on the ODA i have been using ..

AntiRip · 01-02-2013 7:50pm

CoderDozer wrote: »

Hard to diagnose from here but I reckon its the reference to that dll is the problem, when I was working with DB I just yanked a copy of the dll and kept it local and the referenced it for there. BTW are ye working with 10g or 11g Oracle?

Also this is the version info on the ODA i have been using ..

Using Oracle 10g. My dll is in C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\BIN. Is yours similar? My OracleDataAccess.dll is version 10.2.0.100. Would you be able to share that dll with me maybe, 4shared, dropbox, whatever. Greatly appreciate the help

JFlah · 01-02-2013 7:50pm

Connecting to Oracle at home is causing issues for quite a few people I've spoken to including myself

very frustrating

AntiRip · 01-02-2013 7:52pm

JFlah wrote: »

Connecting to Oracle at home is causing issues for quite a few people I've spoken to including myself very frustrating

Hopefully it's only the version of that damn .dll file. I've an evening wasted with it!

JFlah · 01-02-2013 7:54pm

AntiRip wrote: »

Hopefully it's only the version of that damn .dll file. I've an evening wasted with it!

Sick to the teeth of it packing it in now for a while

AntiRip · 01-02-2013 7:59pm

JFlah wrote: »

Sick to the teeth of it packing it in now for a while

Yeah me too. If I could get it going I'd tear into the project and get as much as I could done before it gets too hectic with other modules. Might actually just work away with the UIs and just connect it at college I suppose.

Encrypted Pigeon · 01-02-2013 8:23pm

AntiRip wrote: »

Using Oracle 10g. My dll is in C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\BIN. Is yours similar? My OracleDataAccess.dll is version 10.2.0.100. Would you be able to share that dll with me maybe, 4shared, dropbox, whatever. Greatly appreciate the help

PM inbound

Btw the college should be using 11g, the last time I used it anyway.

Also I presume ye are not using source control this year (TFS / Team Foundation Server) which I can only imagine is a balls when working from 1 or more locations. Last year they introduced it to the games group but not the MM SW group which makes zero ****ing sense to me.

AntiRip · 01-02-2013 8:30pm

CoderDozer wrote: »

PM inbound

Btw the college should be using 11g, the last time I used it anyway.

Also I presume ye are not using source control this year (TFS / Team Foundation Server) which I can only imagine is a balls when working from 1 or more locations. Last year they introduced it to the games group but not the MM SW group which makes zero ****ing sense to me.

Cheers for that

. No not using source control. Never heard of it yet anyway

Encrypted Pigeon · 01-02-2013 8:34pm

It basically keeps a copy of every change you make, so if you make a royal **** up it is simple to revert back to a working version. Its saved my arse on more than one occasion. Dropbox kind of uses a versioning system although I have never tried shoving a VS solution in there.

Encrypted Pigeon · 08-02-2013 2:01pm

Exams all passed \o/

Would like to extend a huge thank you to entrepreneurship for helping with my GPA ಠ_ಠ

siblers · 08-02-2013 6:26pm

Delighted to have passed, most people in our class seemed to have done pretty well.

JFlah · 20-02-2013 2:28pm

We,re gone awful quiet lately .... any craic anybody??

AntiRip · 20-02-2013 2:42pm

JFlah wrote: »

We,re gone awful quiet lately .... any craic anybody??

I think the fact we found out who we all are in real life is probably why

JFlah · 20-02-2013 8:18pm

AntiRip wrote: »

I think the fact we found out who we all are in real life is probably why

you could be onto something !

siblers · 21-02-2013 12:54am

I was not impressed that there wasn't a physical roll taking at critical nonsense today, an hour that should have been spent on the computing project !

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