by Leo Fellmann <l.fellmann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 6, 2007 at 03:19 PM
Daniel Jones wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Well, now I'm studying at the Open University. Science. Go me. Or
> something.
Which science?
> It looks like the Government/OU are going to pay for it(most of it),
> though. Everyone earning under £25K or so now gets an award(assuming
> they apply) - a certain amount towards the fees and another amount
> towards miscellaneous expenses like buying a computer and getting
> internet access and stuff.
Sounds sensible. I thought anyone wanting any money off the UK state
nowadays for education was told to go and get a loan; is this the lone
hold-out?
> I /was/ going to do their CCNA course too but now I'm not so sure. The
> phrase 'You will need to set up your firewall to allow ‘pop-ups’ from
> the Cisco and OU sites.' had me wondering.
>
> What kind of academic computer scientist type person would think you
> block pop-ups with a ****ing FIREWALL?
None that I know. Mind you, what sort of academic computer scientist is
involved with with CCNAs? :)
