Campus & Halls accomodation thread

Lord Oz

I'll be starting in trinity this year and I'll probably end up staying in trinity halls. I'm wondering about the internet access, is NNTP/newsgroups blocked?

Budo.Judo.Kev

join the internet society (netsoc) and you'll certainly have access.

dermot_sheehan

From remembering from my time in college 2 years ago, external nntp access was blocked (since all outbound requests must go through a http proxy), there is however the local college news.tcd.ie (or nntp.tcd.ie i forget which) server which is accessible.

If you join netsoc, you have access to their server matrix which is exempt from the firewall. You can setup an ssh tunnel on port 119 from your computer to matrix and tunnel out that way if you need to desperatly access a usenet server on the outside (for you know, downloading garbled text that may or may not be a split archive of a pirated intellectual property work). Tunnelling vast quanities of data this way will put a signifigant load on the netsoc computer and could lead them asking wtf?

cianclarke

I'm hopefully in the same boat next year. I have to admit that what gabhain just said makes very little sense but hey, hehe.. Tunneling to the netsoc computer, would this just mean an internet connection like any normal computer > broadband cable type setup?
What about simple things like FTP, etc? MSN, Skype?
Could somebody with a bit of know do a brief outline of what is and isn't available through the net if they get the chance.
Danke

Crash

netsoc will go spastic if you set up a tunnel through them. ISS would also be annoyed with netsoc. do not do it that way.

external NNTP traffic is doable, with a whole load of rigmarole. but ISS don't like you doing that either. though someone did say they'd look into opening ports etc.

FTP: can rarely get it working. the ftp proxy doesnt like me.

MSN: works using the http proxy.

Skype: apparently works - never tried.

cianclarke

No FTP? I'm f*cked so. :-(

There is ftp

I used to run a couple of websites last year

You have to use the ftp-proxy, go to isservices.tcd.ie and search for it

It wasy enough, none of my FTP clients worked though, had to use the old DOS one!

Lord Oz

How are they on games?

xeduCat

Whatever FTP client you use, it has to support the user after login method of proxy authentication. Fetch works on a Mac, but you have to do the settings within the app (i.e. the general System Preferences setting for ftp proxy won't work). Presume there's something similar for ye olde PC...

Budo.Judo.Kev

You're not allowed to play games on any college computers but if there are enough ppl in halls with their own pcs and own lan they play.

Nietzschean

your actually technically breaking college rules by doing that also, it is prohibited to use the college network to play any games, so that includes the one in halls, though wheither they'll care or do anything when yer out in halls is a whole different question...

bambamconscious

Hi people I joined this froum just to get an answer to this question, so would apreciate any help you could give me, I have applied as a 1st year for trinity halls accommodation, can you tell me when I will find out if I got in?
Thank you

You will get a letter from the accomodation office.

Give them a while! The results are only just out!

Agent Smith

where in the country are you from?

bambamconscious

Cill Ceannaigh.

cianclarke

I've also applied - you find out August 30th, its on the site. That said, it wasn't *very* easy to find, as always with the TCD website...

Crash

TCD website ftw. its like an exam in obtuse thought process every time you go online.

Zoodlebop

I've applied for Cunningham House. Sounds like a more fun and vibrant place to be, especially for 1st year. I hope I don't regret it.

cianclarke

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TCD website ftw. its like an exam in obtuse though process every time you go online.

And the most ironic thing is the CS department is the worst of all, dead links a-gogo...

Nietzschean

yeah i love that about the cs website,its somehow so ironic...

I've applied for Cunningham House. Sounds like a more fun and vibrant place to be, especially for 1st year. I hope I don't regret it.

It's fab, just don't expect 5 star luxury I advise making some friends in the modern apartments for when you want to watch something decent on telly or use the internet

London2005

Do the modern flats have internet in each bedroom? what about cunningham house? Btw are they close by?

all modern flats have access points in each bedroom, cunningham has no internet.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=dublin,+ireland&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=53.311839,-6.261799&spn=0.002859,0.010729&t=k&om=1

The builidings circled in red are the modern flats, the building circled in yellow is Cunningham house. The link to the map is above..

Hope that helps!

cianclarke

Halls lists are up, I got in

Haven't told me which type yet though, hopefully modern single.

You could have put up the list!

http://www.wardentrinityhall.tcdlife.ie/rooms/room_allocations.php

Zoodlebop

those are CAO numbers right? I was scared ****less as i searched the text for my no. and it wasn't there, but then I found it manually......phew!

cianclarke

CAO, yeah...
I think the CAO number becomes your student number, does it?

06xxxxxx student numbers!

I feel so old!

Thats a new way of presenting them - they used to say which room you got

Nietzschean

what i've an 06xxxxx student number...

cianclarke

A few questions regarding halls, since there was no info about it in the orientation pack, and I can't find any online:
1: What is provided and what do we need to bring?
Are there pots / pans, etc? I'm presuming not!
Bed linen - just a bare matress I'm guessing?

2: How to people organise cooking? Do people in the one apartment all tip in and buy a weeks shopping, and to a rota for cooking or do people just cook themselves? If the latter, how do people manage with just the one four ring hob!?

3: Anything I need to bring I mightn't suspect? How are people's food seperated in the fridge - just container type things? Same with cooking utensils, food stuff etc?

4: I see in the residents handbook they mention that all practice of musical instruments must be done in the music room thingy. I play acoustic guitar, no amp, none of that. You'd probably struggle to hear it in the next room. I have no intention of playing at four in the morning. Will they nitpick?

5: How secure is the carpark, has there been a history of break ins does anybody know?

I'm sure people will have more to add to the list, as will I. Answers would be much appreciated from past residents!

A few questions regarding halls, since there was no info about it in the orientation pack, and I can't find any online:
1: What is provided and what do we need to bring?
Are there pots / pans, etc? I'm presuming not!
Bed linen - just a bare matress I'm guessing?

You have to bring everything that isn't furniture/appliances. There's a microwave, kettle and toaster. No pots and pans, cutlery or anything, no bed linen.

2: How to people organise cooking? Do people in the one apartment all tip in and buy a weeks shopping, and to a rota for cooking or do people just cook themselves? If the latter, how do people manage with just the one four ring hob!?

If you're friendly with your flatmates you might cook together but no-one I knew did. We all bought separately and cooked separately. I never had any problems with the cooker, I often cooked alone, or had to share with one other person. I never had to wait.

3: Anything I need to bring I mightn't suspect? How are people's food seperated in the fridge - just container type things? Same with cooking utensils, food stuff etc?

It depends what you consider as essential. I brought an iron but most people don't bother, there aren't any ironing boards. You'll need to bring whatever you cook with and eat out of, and things like bin bags, pan scrubbers, tea towels and cleaning materials. In my flat we had a shelf for each person I think, which is the easiest way. When I lived in Cunningham people wrote their names on their milk so it didn't get nicked. We put all our pots, pans, and cutlery into the same drawers and cupboards and used them all. Each person had a whole cupboard for their food.

4: I see in the residents handbook they mention that all practice of musical instruments must be done in the music room thingy. I play acoustic guitar, no amp, none of that. You'd probably struggle to hear it in the next room. I have no intention of playing at four in the morning. Will they nitpick?

I wouldn't say you'd have a problem with the acoustic guitar, but bear in mind the walls are paper thin, and your next door person probably will hear it, so might be a good idea to ask if they minded out of consideration. Should be alright. If someone complains, the worst that will happen is you'll be told to play it in the music room anyway.

5: How secure is the carpark, has there been a history of break ins does anybody know?

As far as I know it's fine, there's 24/7 security right next to it.