Official bitch about daily life in UL

Oh and 2 idiots sent me an "I have 2 rooms free next semester" email today.

ITD has been notified and the offenders have a 1mb email to collect tomorrow:mad::mad:

How does one notify ITD about these lovely emails and do they do anything about it? I've gotten three this morning and it's really getting on my nerves as I'm waiting on an email from one of my lecturers, not that I need an excuse to be annoyed by it.

For me, it's not receiving the spam that is annoying, it's the fact that students can send it. I'm a Class Rep and I can't even email my course, all 5 of them, but then idiots can send an email about a room for rent to all students. ITD should be stopping students from sending an email to more than 5 persons, and anyone who sends out spam should be blocked from emailing anyone but lecturers. IMO anyway.

Edit: Before anyone says it, I know I can get permission to email them but I manage fine, it's the principle that matters.

Just got my 4th one of the day. This one was so big it instantly left my inbox full. I also got a response from Gordon Young who said he can't do anything and I have to go to the Disciplinary Committee. I'm sure they'd be thrilled to hear from me.

As usual, ITD does eff all. Do they actually do ANY work? I remember being in a lecture the other week and the computer wouldn't work. The lecturer got someone from ITD in. They couldn't fix it so lecturer announces the lecture is cancelled, and then one of students notices the computer is unplugged.

I wish I was joking.

Some guy had the bright idea to start those again about a week ago and they've been a dailly hassle since, just 1 of them generally being enough to fill my entire mailbox.

there stupid tbh, the ones about a room to rent and people replying to it are the worst.

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Was anyone else here told today they aren't allowed use their laptops in the library, and that it's "Reading only"??!!

Oh, that'll be fun tomorrow given that I'm planning on being there all day with all my notes and books on a screen. A screen that, incidentally, gets read.

Now, on to higher matters.

Firstly the bus service has been restored on Tuesday and Thursday nights (the bus to town that was suspended two weeks ago, not the nitelink, which I assume is running all nights during exams as usual). That's good. Especially given the unlikelihood of trouble from anyone on the buses given that everyone's concerned about exams, not going drinking and students aren't back till the end of January after next week.

Secondly I put something about the spam issue in the Limerick Indo that was out today. It's at the bottom of page 25, the page where December has an extra 'r' in it at the top of the page for some reason. Comments from some people and a reply from ITD included. Balanced and fair, y'see?

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Was anyone else here told today they aren't allowed use their laptops in the library, and that it's "Reading only"??!!

It's bloody ridiculous! People have notes and stuff on their alptops, and we can't use them because apparently typing on the keyboard is such a nuisance??!!

Next time that guy comes up to me and tells me to shut off my laptop, Ill tell him to shut off all the bleeding Leaving Certs who barge in every day!!!

That has got to be the stupidest thing I've heard in a good while. Why not say that laptops must be kept to the one area instead of banning them altogether? If I decide to go in tomorrow and they try and tell me to turn off my laptop, while I'm sitting at a laptop networked desk, they can run and jump. What's the point of having such desks if you can't even use our laptops? It's not our fault if people are idiots and sit at the desks with an internet cable sticking out of it. Go sit somewhere else. :mad:

ergonomics wrote: »

That has got to be the stupidest thing I've heard in a good while. Why not say that laptops must be kept to the one area instead of banning them altogether? If I decide to go in tomorrow and they try and tell me to turn off my laptop, while I'm sitting at a laptop networked desk, they can run and jump. What's the point of having such desks if you can't even use our laptops? It's not our fault if people are idiots and sit at the desks with an internet cable sticking out of it. Go sit somewhere else. :mad:

It's only on the 2nd floor on the left hand side that you're not allowed use its the gluckmans area or something weird like that.. I think its a good idea just to have that section laptop free, its quite then for studying there..

DJCR wrote: »

Oh for f00k sake .... the union spends the last few yeas getting the library to spread internet capability then then then they go shut down another area ................

Wireless coverage is very good (the best in fact) in the EDC. The old EDC, which now doesn't have any desks as it's now short loans. Big sections on floor 1 where bandwidth is 1Mps (compared to 54 in the old EDC) or zero and quality "fair" or "poor" (or non-existent). Feel free to tell the library rep that, especially considering the library was considering putting in for funding with Ulster bank to wireless-enable the main courtyard before I checked and found almost all of it to have excellent coverage already. Better library wireless required.

DJCR wrote: »

Great but demogaphic analysis shows there are now more laptops which leads to greater contention rates ..... slowing down the internet

Oh, you're definitely right there, it's easy to spot in the canteen if you're at the wrong end - usability (and by "usability" I mean opening a simple text page) depends on how many machines are being used in between you and the right side of the canteen.

Library's full of black and grey spots though regardless of contention, they need to put in a few more WAPs to sort the problem. Especially given that ITD are definitely considering the idea of not buying any more public access machines (ever) and assuming that everyone will have their own laptop, most of which will rely on wireless for network and Internet access, for convenience over wired if nothing else. It's probably about two years before they'll have to make that call (and obviously every few years again if they decide to continue buying new machines then) but they're seriously considering it already.

A minor detail, but wireless in the library is shoite.

I would have thought (given the institution we're in, that seems to have a fairly lofty opinion of itself) that it wouldn't be an issue but woah no.... barring a networked desk there is absolutely zero chance of ze interweb.