| BobJonkman | ...at Ubuntu Hour with dscassel and txwikinger | 01:11 |
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| BobJonkman | Both of whom are computerless | 01:11 |
| dscassel | Woo! | 02:34 |
| ultimoore | hello everyone | 03:32 |
| BobJonkman | Hi ultimoore | 03:42 |
| ultimoore | oh hey | 03:44 |
| ultimoore | i didnt think anyone was online | 03:45 |
| BluesKaj | hey folks | 13:22 |
| dscassel | Morning, BluesKaj :) | 14:04 |
| BluesKaj | hey dscassel , how's the heat ? :) | 14:05 |
| dscassel | Not intolerable yet, but that's coming, I'm sure. :) | 14:23 |
| BluesKaj | 28 here already | 14:24 |
| dscassel | Just passed 30 here. :) http://ubuntuone.com/p/15eR/ | 14:37 |
| kenjy | hi guys | 16:40 |
| dscassel | Hi kenjy :) | 16:40 |
| kenjy | dscassel: hi dude :) | 16:40 |
| kenjy | I would like to study a master degree in Canada but I dream with something related to Linux and OpenSource hehehe | 16:41 |
| kenjy | any idea? | 16:41 |
| dscassel | What field? CS? Engineering? Law? Sociology? | 16:42 |
| dscassel | What's your undergrad? | 16:42 |
| kenjy | dscassel: Iam a Computer Networking Engineer | 16:43 |
| kenjy | dscassel: so information technology or computer science should be the field or the area | 16:44 |
| dscassel | I'm only a little bit familiar with grad programs, and then only really the University of Waterloo... | 16:45 |
| dscassel | The Engineering grad programs there would probably be a better fit. The CS programs are very theoretical and math-focused. | 16:46 |
| kenjy | dscassel: but I have an issue here, months ago I applyed for a Permanent Resident Card, it should be here in January | 16:46 |
| dscassel | Ah, and immigration is something I have almost zero exposure too. :) | 16:46 |
| kenjy | dscassel: and I don't if I should apply as a PR or International Student | 16:46 |
| kenjy | and I don't know* if ... | 16:46 |
| dscassel | If you can apply as a resident, that would amost certainly be a lot cheaper.. | 16:47 |
| kenjy | Engineering grad programs should be the better option | 16:47 |
| kenjy | dscassel: the University of Waterloo requires an English test? I mean for Canadian or residents? | 16:48 |
| kenjy | you know ... I don't have the best english here and obviously Im not a native speaker ... | 16:49 |
| dscassel | kenjy: Both. I had to take the ELPE. :P | 16:50 |
| kenjy | dscassel: hahaha okay | 16:50 |
| dscassel | What's your native language? | 16:50 |
| kenjy | dscassel: spanish :) | 16:50 |
| dscassel | Cool. Where you from? | 16:53 |
| kenjy | dscassel: Mexico | 16:53 |
| kenjy | I have been here for a while but more than a listener hehehe | 16:54 |
| kenjy | I mean in the channel | 16:54 |
| dscassel | Well, everybody's welcome. Sorry we're kind of boring. :) | 16:55 |
| dscassel | Where are you planning on settling, or have you figured that out yet? | 16:55 |
| kenjy | dscassel: I applied to immigrate to Canada last year and now I'm close to finish the process however I am interested in a master degree and well here you usually speak about free software and linux meetings at universities, I would like to study a masters in technology area in a university where I could find a good and strong free and open source software community as a plus | 17:02 |
| dscassel | kenjy: Awesome. | 17:06 |
| dscassel | If you're here in October, FSOSS/Toronto Linux Fest is looking for speakers. First round deadline is this weekend. http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2011/PresentationProposal | 17:07 |
| dscassel | The Free Software community seems to be a bit diverse and spread out. We're pretty active here in Waterloo, and I hear there's interesting stuff in Vancouver and Montreal... | 17:09 |
| dscassel | Not a lot of people working to bring it all together. I'm trying, but I'm just one guy. :) | 17:10 |
| kenjy | dscassel: tnks for the invitation :D | 17:10 |
| kenjy | dscassel: when you say Vancouver you mean at the Vancouver university? | 17:12 |
| dscassel | Vancouver the city. | 17:13 |
| dscassel | They've got a couple universities. University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser, I think. | 17:14 |
| BluesKaj | university of victoria or uvic , is on vancouver island , small city but very nice | 17:18 |
| BluesKaj | son studied there , dunno how techie that school is tho...might worth checking | 17:19 |
| kenjy | BluesKaj: okay | 17:19 |
| dscassel | BluesKaj: Yeah, I've been to Victoria. Nice place. Haven't been to UVic, tho. | 17:20 |
| kenjy | tnks for all your information guys | 17:21 |
| dscassel | np. :) | 17:21 |
| BluesKaj | but I guess waterloo is the ultratech/computer engineering school in Canada | 17:21 |
| dscassel | It's definitely up there, yeah. | 17:22 |
| dscassel | Other universities (Toronto, Queen's in Kingston, probably others outside Ontario that I'm less familiar with) also have good engineering programs... | 17:22 |
| BluesKaj | I 2worked wth some guys that graduated from waterloo in the 70s ...already had a decent engineering school and reputation by that time | 17:23 |
| kenjy | what about the weather? I come from a tropical weather country and I only have been on Vancouver in summer 6 years ago and past january (1month), is the weather really hard in Waterloo? | 17:24 |
| dscassel | It's current 34 degrees celcius. :P | 17:25 |
| dscassel | The winters can get nasty, but the've been reasonbly mild the last few years. | 17:25 |
| dscassel | Still, prepare for snow and really cold (-20 or below) days come January or February. | 17:26 |
| dscassel | Vancouver's much milder. Also much wetter. | 17:27 |
| kenjy | dscassel: hoooooooooooooooooooooo my ... -20? wooooooooooooooW | 17:27 |
| kenjy | frightening but terrific as a challenge :P | 17:28 |
| BluesKaj | kenjy, I live 300km north of dscassel , an we seldom have -20 anymore Jan/feb , even at night | 17:29 |
| kenjy | BluesKaj: ain't you from Waterloo? :O | 17:30 |
| dscassel | Well, yeah, it doesn't happen very often, but it does happen. | 17:31 |
| BluesKaj | no ..never attended university ..except for some Ryerson courses on gas chromatography | 17:32 |
| kenjy | is the life in Waterloo expensive for an student? | 17:32 |
| dscassel | BluesKaj: There are lots of people in Waterloo who haven't been to university. :) | 17:32 |
| dscassel | kenjy: I was never the drinking and partying type, so I can't give you that perspective. | 17:33 |
| BluesKaj | went out to work after high school, no student loans in those days ...siter was the smaert one so parents helped her financially | 17:33 |
| kenjy | dscassel: I am not the drinking and parying type either | 17:33 |
| dscassel | But it's good, I think. Now even moreso than when I was a student. If you're not too busy with school, there are plenty of things to get involved in. | 17:33 |
| BluesKaj | sister | 17:34 |
| kenjy | partying* | 17:34 |
| dscassel | Waterloo isn't a big city. About 500,000 for the whole region (Waterloo proper is only 100,000). | 17:35 |
| dscassel | So it may be a bit disappointing for people expecting big city amenities. | 17:35 |
| dscassel | But I grew up in a town of 35,000, so it seemed pretty exciting to me. :) | 17:35 |
| * BluesKaj lives in a town of 5000 ppl | 17:36 | |
| BluesKaj | grew up in a city of 50,000 ...it's 100k now | 17:36 |
| dscassel | BluesKaj: where's that? | 17:36 |
| BluesKaj | Sudbury | 17:37 |
| kenjy | dscassel: I sadly live in one of the biggest countries in the world | 17:37 |
| BluesKaj | I'm 40 mins outside of Sudbury ... 30 mins from manitoulin island..tourrist trap | 17:39 |
| dscassel | Waterloo might seem downright rural (I'm looking out at cornfields from my office window. :) | 17:40 |
| dscassel | BluesKaj: Nice, though. Save for the mosquitos. :) | 17:40 |
| BluesKaj | no real mosquito porblem nowadays ...the odd time , but not a constant thing like previous yrs | 17:41 |
| BluesKaj | this heat will wipe them out for a while | 17:42 |
| BluesKaj | kenjy, Toronto is just an hour away from Waterloo, if you need to get to the big city occasionally. | 17:45 |
| kenjy | BluesKaj: Iam taking all this information into consideration because my first goal was vancouver but waterloo sounds like a good destiny too | 17:45 |
| BluesKaj | not like Mexico city , but large enough | 17:46 |
| kenjy | BluesKaj: the size of Mexico city its horrible | 17:46 |
| dscassel | kenjy: I certainly think so. :) | 17:47 |
| BluesKaj | yes , I've seen some documentaries , but I'm sure it has some nice areas | 17:47 |
| dscassel | (the part about Waterloo, not Mexico. :) | 17:47 |
| kenjy | BluesKaj: for sure | 17:47 |
| BluesKaj | never visited there , unfortunately | 17:48 |
| dscassel | Back to weather for a minute, this was last winter: http://uwweatherstation.blogspot.com/2011/03/winter-20102011-summary.html | 17:48 |
| kenjy | BluesKaj: if yo do one day and I am still here just write me | 17:48 |
| kenjy | well guys tnks for all, I will go back later to share whats going on about this | 17:53 |
| dscassel | Glad we could help. See you, kenjy :) | 17:55 |
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