5punk

randomgazz wrote:
It's a Vorderman I think

Nope, that's a third.

Dog Pants wrote:
I've and HND and a B.Eng in electronic engineering. Lots of maths, of which at degree level contains only Greek letters, some circuit design, most of which is also maths (with numbers this time though), some programming in my case, although I don't know if that's standard, and some practical work that was actually quite interesting.

If you're good at maths you'll be okay. I'm not and I passed on the strength of my final project and the fact that I charmed the professors when I presented it As an example, our maths professor filled one side of his whiteboard, flipped it, filled that side, flipped it again and looks baffled as to why there was writing on it. That was all the same formula he was working on.

Thats actually a relief, maths is a stronger subject for me. Electronics is more of an interest. Woop! This course seems to also include some C and C+ Programming. Which may be similar to yours, but looks quite interesting for me. But alas, I have only done PHP so far, so different too.

I take electronics at A-level now. So will probably have a pretty good headstart when it comes to circuit design and stuff for the first few months. Heheh.. all the more time for "Enjoying myself".

yep, i can vouch that electronic engineering is all maths.

but if you like that kinda thing, you should be fine. oddball...

def go to uni if you get the chance. caus you won't again. and even if you fail it all, its an awesome laugh

ProfHawking wrote:oddball...

Tha'sa' me sir.

ProfHawking wrote:def go to uni if you get the chance. caus you won't again. and even if you fail it all, its an awesome laugh

Yah, I mean like, Half price (Compared to normal pubs) Beers, loads of people your own age. An excuse to leave home nice and soon. And *apparently* improved employment prospects at the end of it (Although I'm begining to doubt that last one the more I hear about it all )

I did telecommuncations engineering which included electrical and electronic engineering, telecoms and programming. I much preferred the logic and discrete maths of programming and integrated circuits over the calculus used to describe waveforms in transmission protocols and the movement of electricity through circuits.

pixie pie wrote:*Tries to understand*
*Fails*
*Decides probably shouldn't even apply for university*
*Probably will anyway though*

Went and looked at southampton University yesterday, slightly small chances, but any of you guys been there, or got any opinions? Or even better, anybody studied Electronic Engineering and want to share their experiences?

I went to Southampton Uni. I'd highly recommend it. Not only did I have a brilliant time there, but it also has one of the best computer science departments in the country.

I did history.

friznit wrote:I went to Southampton Uni.

Harsh luck on the course choice .. but you may be able to answer a question I have; is southampton a nice city? THe city itself? From what I saw it was a bit of a shithole. Possible chav breeding hole. Perhaps I just missed the nice bits of the town, or you don't bother visiting the town so much as its campusy.

I thought it was a very nice town narf. There's a very good pedestrian high street with the usual shops, plus a few more eclectic ones if you explore around the edges a bit - no, not that sort of....oh nvm Good cinema complex and some decent clubs if you're into that kinda thing. Shit load of pubs - awesome pub crawls from campus to end of town and back...well, I very rarely made it that far.

There's a big grassy common with a good pub on it (Cow Herds) which is awesome during the summer, or late at night when you want to fire your rocket filled with cylum glowing green shit into space (don't ask).

There's a river and of course the sea - booze cruises highly recommended. Isle of Wight next door for a change of scenery too. It's on the M3/M27 so easy access to rest of world. Airport does cheap flights to Europe.

In fact I enjoyed the town so much that I continued to live there on and off for 5 years after graduating and I'd go back there if I ever got a job nearby. The advantage of the campus layout is that the vast majority of people living near the university are either employees or students - i.e. like minded fools. Apart from the Flowers Estate down from Glen Eyre Hall which is kinda chav central. But Glen itself rocks - I'd highly recommend it.

Hmmm...I figure if you want more info this is best moved to PM or emails. Don't wanna bore everyone to death.

friznit wrote: There's a big grassy common with a good pub on it (Cow Herds) which is awesome during the summer, or late at night when you want to fire your rocket filled with cylum glowing green shit into space (don't ask).

/me asks

I once drank the contents of a cyalume stick at a mess bash because someone told it would make my urine glow in the dark.

I don't recommend it.

pixie pie wrote:Yah, I mean like, Half price (Compared to normal pubs) Beers, loads of people your own age. An excuse to leave home nice and soon. And *apparently* improved employment prospects at the end of it (Although I'm begining to doubt that last one the more I hear about it all )

Pfffft, that's how they sold the RAF to me

FatherJack wrote:I did telecommuncations engineering which included electrical and electronic engineering, telecoms and programming. I much preferred the logic and discrete maths of programming and integrated circuits over the calculus used to describe waveforms in transmission protocols and the movement of electricity through circuits.

Mine had some telecomms in it, and I did some during my training too. I'd have to agree that I preferred the logic and programming (apart from datacomms, which is the most boring subject I've ever sat through).

friznit wrote:I thought it was a very nice town narf.... Shit load of pubs... awesome pub crawls... pub... booze cruises...

So, how did you spend your uni years then Friz?

lol sod uni and all that pish, i dropped out of school at 16 and a half thinking id be working in Matalan for the rest of my life. Yet somehow im working as a W. Tech in the RAF on just shy of £22,000 a year after 3 years and 7 months of training and real work. Odd huh how life works

M4niachicken wrote: £22,000 a year

I know I'm quite ambitious, but I'd like to see myself earning 10 times that within 10 years. So thats why I want to go to university.

pixie pie wrote:
I know I'm quite ambitious, but I'd like to see myself earning 10 times that within 10 years. So thats why I want to go to university.

Never aim for anything, you'll only be disappointed.

Sheriff Fatman wrote:I once drank the contents of a cyalume stick at a mess bash because someone told it would make my urine glow in the dark.

I don't recommend it.

And don't ffs get it in your eyes.

The rocket firing thing was cool. We took one or your common rocket-with-parachute efforts, removed the parachute and filled it with green from a cylume. When it went bang instead of releasing said parachute and floating gently to the ground, it spurted glowy green all over us from a great height. We looked like we'd been 5punked on by a predator from a great height.

Next day we tried it with petrol. It was pretty.

Dog Pants wrote:

So, how did you spend your uni years then Friz?

In the Library.

I believe it's changed owners and it's called the Crown now

friznit wrote:...one of the best computer science departments in the country.

I went with pixiepie and thought it was quite awesome as well. There was mention of free Microsoft software for students. Is this true?
And how brilliant is the Comp Sci bit?

Any body else have recomendations for good Comp. Sci. universities?

Pixie and I are obviously both Lower Sixth, and so looking at the many Unis now

/future Comp Sci person

Stuk wrote:free Microsoft software for students. Is this true?

Most universities subscribe to the Select agreement which qualifies students to either a free or heavily discounted version of Office whilst they are members.

Well I was told we'd get multiple free copies of XP, and Fista (As that will be the current when we get there, Delay-pending ).

Which of course would be nice.

pixie pie wrote:free copies of XP, and Fista

Yeah, part of the same agreement IIRC, but rather an odd thing to pimp to potential Computers Scientists if the ones I know are anything to go by.