[06:35] mornings [06:46] Greets [07:38] morning everyone [08:01] morning all [08:02] Morning everyone [09:21] hi pieter2627 barrydk Cryterion and inetpro [09:21] and thatgraemeguy [09:21] Hiya [09:22] 'lo [09:37] anyone have any experience of studying at Unisa? [09:58] yes - though its probably somewhat outdated by now [10:00] I mean I last studied there in 2008 - is there something specific you wanted to know? :p [10:04] mainly opinion on their CS course and service [10:06] there service is not the greatest, though ideally you probably shouldn't have to deal with them much [10:09] * pieter2627 observes that they may not know email has a reply feature [10:09] I found the CS course decent, in that it had a lot of the right subjects etc. - though I think what you get from it depends a lot on how much you put in as a person - I think if you focus on the exams and assignments only it is possible to come out without learning as much as you should have, if you 'play around' a lot with doing your own stuff on the side you can do well [10:09] MaNI: overall did the material seem up-to-date? [10:10] at the time mostly, though its been a while [10:10] the syllabus was busy geting changed when I left so I imagine its changed quite a bit [10:12] so you used the modules with 3 char codes? [10:12] yeah [10:13] well COS416-D etc. [10:14] depends I guess what you want to do in future as well, I enjoyed that they still had C++, while others in the industry will argue that everyone should be learning python now [10:14] MaNI: were you able to do the assignments on Linux? [10:15] * pieter2627 just happy that it is not java [10:15] or delphi [10:15] depends somewhat on the subject, for some subjects yes, others no [10:16] at the time they used bloodshed dev-c++ for quite a few subjects and wanted assignments that worked with that - but I imagine they've probably moved on to something else by now [10:16] at least I hope so [10:17] but atleast they did not have an issue if you didn't use Win? [10:17] well generally as long as it can compile on win when they get it [10:18] I can suggest the SOC forums to ask for recent experiences perhaps http://osprey.unisa.ac.za/phorum/list.php?668 [10:18] they aren't overly active but the people who do respond there are usually helpful [10:19] thanks MaNI [10:23] but yeah the not replying to email thing is I'm afraid the norm, especially for registrations they aren't great with that [10:24] yeah, also got that yesterday... "you will only be helped once registered" [10:24] once you are registered there is 'myunisa' with subject forums and stuff - and individual lecturers are a bit more responsive [10:25] in their defense they do have basically the largest number of registrations in the world to deal with, but yeah :( [10:25] guess so [10:26] I always found it easier to get help in person for registration stuff [10:26] if you happen to be in driving range from one of the main campuses [10:27] though they may have done away with that and gone online only - hmm [10:28] was there yesterday and got helped on questions that is not too advanced [10:42] what other unis you considering? [10:42] tuks, but not really interested in it [10:43] * mazal peaks in [10:43] Afternoon everyone [10:44] http://wikistudent.ws/Unisa/Category:Computer_Science < you may find that slightly helpful to get a glimpse into some of the subjects [10:44] Afternoon mazal [10:44] Gaanit oom barry ? [10:45] Sleg man baie besig nie eers tyd vir minecraft vandag nie [10:45] :( ook so die kant [10:46] thanks MaNI, wish some of the wiki entries had more info while also being very excited by others [10:46] yeah :( [10:47] there used to be this URL where you could get all the TUT letters for the previous years [10:47] so I used to trawl those to make my subject choices - but it seems that they took it down [10:49] dodging the crap subjects is probably key no matter what university :p [10:58] that wiki, two others that are also floating around and the module brochure atleast helped to gain inside to all the modules [10:59] * pieter2627 knows that he wants to dodge the visual modules [11:02] heh [11:02] personally I hated most of the INF subjects [11:03] I did a dual COS/INF major (don't know if they still offer that) and the INF stuff was mind numbingly boring [11:10] yeah, mostly looking forward to only the HCI and planning INF stuff [11:11] the various database subjects are a snore fest [11:11] though I suppose at the end of the day they have aided me in life a little [11:12] speaking of which, was stored procedures handled when you did it? [11:13] * pieter2627 knows he wants to cover that thoroughly [11:17] yeah, pretty sure they were [11:44] unisa.ac.za is running a phorum? [11:44] I'm not that into message boards anymore, but I kinda thought this was nice: http://flarum.org/ [11:45] Hipsters as F*** though. [11:45] Right, Kilos? [17:50] Good afternoon [17:51] hi gremble Cryterion [17:52] How arey ou Kilos ? [17:52] fine ty lad and you? [17:52] I am well thank you [17:56] hmm... === Kilos- is now known as Kilos [18:22] * Cryterion thinks Kilos is confused on devices logging in ;) [18:25] hahaha [18:25] went to lappy [18:26] easier and closer when lying down [18:26] hehe [18:32] grumbles ping [18:33] did you get the mail in our list from karl? [18:34] Yup. I will send him a message tomorrow [18:37] ok [18:40] ohi superfly [18:49] o/ [19:42] night all. sleep tight