Daniel Jones wrote, On 09/02/07 12:42:
> Flash Gordon wrote:
>> Daniel Jones wrote, On 06/02/07 15:28:
>>> Leo Fellmann wrote:
>>>> Daniel Jones wrote:
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, now I'm studying at the Open University. Science. Go me.
>>>>> Or something.
>>>>
>>>> Which science?
>>>
>>> All. It's the Science Foundation course(S103).
>>>
>>> I'll know a lot of it but my knowledge of some sciences, most notably
>>> biology and chemistry, is actually pretty poor. It's non-existent
>>> for geology and the like. It'll serve as a refresher course for
>>> physics and stuff; I haven't done science for years, except for a
>>> Planets short course I did a couple of years back.
>>
>> My parents both did OU degrees. IIRC my mum was in the first years
>> intake and she now has a BA(Hons) Sci, or is that a BA(Sci) Hons.
>> Well, an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Science.
>>
>> Do you already have a degree or will this be your first?
>
> Nope. Degree-less me.
So am I.
> Well you gotta be an undergrad without a degree
> already to qualify for sup****t. My sister's a little pissed at that as
> she already has 2 degrees from the OU which she had to pay full whack
> for.
Heh. Well, my parents had to pay full whack for theirs as well.
> I'm actually turning a small profit on the deal. :)
Good :-)
>>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> That's just it; it's not a hold-out. It's brand-new.
>>>
>>> There's no way the OU could afford to do something like this
>>> themselves, so I can only assume this must be some Government
>>> initiative.
>>>
>>> It looks like Tony Blair has done something right. Something is
>>> wrong in the Universe. :)
>>
>> Must be a mistake then. I would not qualify but I agree that it is a
>> good idea.
>
> Oh, what a pain it must be for you to be Paid Well... ;)
Yes, it is. I got paid a £300 bonus in my last pay packet, however I
only actually received about half of it. Puts you off doing the extra
work does that.
I'm sure that if my family could completely opt out of all government
sup****t and tax, paid the dustmen direct, paid for a street light or two
direct, paid for maintaining a stretch of road direct, etc we would be a
lot better off. We could probably pay your bonus for doing an OU degree
as well!
Enough rant. It's good to be well paid even if the government does waste
too much of my hard earned money ;-)
>>>>> 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? :)
>>>
>>> Well this one you can count as a 30-pointer towards an OU degree.
>>> (You need 360 IIRC for a degree)
>>>
>>> 'tis weird though. The course is on networking and they say
>>> something as dumb as that.
>>
>> Well, my firewall can block ActiveX and all sorts, so it is possible
>> that some firewalls can block popups ;-)
>
> I guess it may be possible with an Application Layer firewall. But how
> many actually do?
Mine doesn't, and I doubt that most consumer grade units do more than
mine.
Of course, SW firewalls might do it as well knowing what they are like
for bloat.
> I'm guessing not that many. Besides, if they mention that why not
> mention the little fact that people's browsers may block pop-ups and
> they may need to disable that, since most people block pop-ups at
> browser level?
>
> Or is this some strange usage of the term 'pop-ups' that I wasn't
> previously aware of?
Or some strange usage of the word "firewall" that you were not
previously aware of?
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Flash Gordon
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