Leaving Cert 2012-2013 OT Thread Part 2

jamo2oo9

They seem to switched to westerlies now.

Corvo Attano

Get yourself some colours fool

Peregrine

decisions wrote: »

You run Linux? If not play around with that for a bit.

Spent ages trying to install Linux on my current laptop


Damn you Windows 8 with your Secure Boot :mad:

decisions

I'm currently running Vista *shudder* Im going to have another stab at Linux next week. I had it running fine for a bit, and then I picked up a load of viruses from something I downloaded. And the only disk I could find afterwards was vista to get it going again.

Corvo Attano

I got a Raspberry Pi and for the life of me I cant find where I left the power cable

Peregrine

decisions wrote: »

I'm currently running Vista *shudder* Im going to have another stab at Linux next week. I had it running fine for a bit, and then I picked up a load of viruses from something I downloaded. And the only disk I could find afterwards was vista to get it going again.

I wouldn't use Vista again even if my life depended on it..

God that thing pissed me off so much. I had a laptop with the worst set up for it too. 'twas a notebook from 2007 running Vista, had 1GB RAM and the early Intel mobile graphics.


Horrible times they were I just ditched it for my XP desktop

Corvo Attano wrote: »

I got a Raspberry Pi and for the life of me I cant find where I left the power cable

I'd love a Raspberry Pi Looks like so much fun. How much did you get it for?

I got an Android Mini PC

ScummyMan

A what?

Corvo Attano

My Godfather got it for me for 25£

And its a tiny computer that runs Linux thats going to be used to teach programming in schools. And to me if i can fainf the Fúcking cable :mad:


And we had Vista before we got 7 on the family computer. 1GB of RAM.

I just... nobody warned... WHY WAS IT SO RESOURCE HEAVY

*Breaks down and sobs*

Daniel7740

Corvo Attano wrote: »

Play GTA of course

Preferably San Andreas.

I want it so bad, 4 just isn't the same

Corvo Attano

The one thing I really loved about 4 that they further improved in RDR is the reaction to getting hit by a bullet.

Kneecap a guy in RDR and he cant walk. He'll kneel up and fire til he dies of blood loss. Hit in the shoulder and you can see them get knocked back a bit

Daniel7740

Should I kill him or walk away? The game has given me the choice.

Corvo Attano

The guy on the roof?

Daniel7740

Yeah, the drug dealer you have to go after for officer mcreary. I kneecapped him on both knees then headshot. Then I saw a fast car down on the road and didn't realise how high up I was and jumped and died :rolleyes:

Had to restart the mission but this time I took him out with a rifle with out having to kill anyone else :cool:

randylonghorn

Daniel7740 wrote: »

I think corvo must be havin conversations with himself he has such a high post count :pac:

You saying he's a chaturbator? :cool:

Corvo Attano wrote: »

Here now what exactly does the government cover when it comes to college fees?

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

And what are the Tuition Fees that are displayed on the Grants page? I know Student Contribution is registration fees payable by everyone. That can be covered by the grants right?

Under normal circumstances, students are only liable for the Student Contribution Fee and any Student Levy / similar (the latter is usually quite small, and is a contribution towards sports / recreational facilities, etc.)

If you're on a grant, that will cover the Student Contribution Fee, but not any levy.

Full tuition fees are applicable to non-EU students, to those who have changed course and are repeating First Year, etc.

decisions

I never owned GTA

Corvo Attano

decisions wrote: »

I never owned GTA

I'll play Homer and you play kent brockman

jamo2oo9

randylonghorn wrote: »

You saying he's a chaturbator? :cool:



Under normal circumstances, students are only liable for the Student Contribution Fee and any Student Levy / similar (the latter is usually quite small, and is a contribution towards sports / recreational facilities, etc.)

If you're on a grant, that will cover the Student Contribution Fee, but not any levy.

Full tuition fees are applicable to non-EU students, to those who have changed course and are repeating First Year, etc.

Okay, if I were to get mechanical engineering in DIT but I wanted to do it in UL so I changed courses in 2nd year. Would I still have to pay tuition fees even though it's my first time in college?

Peregrine

randylonghorn wrote: »

Full tuition fees are applicable to non-EU students

randylonghorn wrote: »

You saying he's a chaturbator? :cool:
.

Anyone else read carburettor? No?

jamo2oo9

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

If you have received education in the state for the last 4/5 years, you're eligible for the Free Fees Scheme.

Corvo Attano

Nim how long have you been in Ireland?

Have you citizenship?

Do you speak the english?

Peregrine

Corvo Attano wrote: »

Nim how long have you been in Ireland?

Have you citizenship?

Do you speak the english?

Nah I'm covered, maybe..7 years? I was naturalised but my brother had to wait a year cos he couldn't afford to pay €28k+ over 4 years.


Yes I speak the English :pac:

randylonghorn

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

Okay, if I were to get mechanical engineering in DIT but I wanted to do it in UL so I changed courses in 2nd year. Would I still have to pay tuition fees even though it's my first time in college?

Basically, the state will pay for you to do each year once: First Year once, Second Year once, etc., regardless of which college.

If you transfer colleges during your course, and end up repeating a year, you will pay full fees for that year. If you transfer, say, after first year to the same / a similar course in a different college, but continue into second year in the new college / don't have to repeat a year, there won't be a problem.

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

It's not just down to where you were born, Nim, I think; if you can figure out this, fair play to you, because it always confuses the hell outta me. Best advice would be to contact the Fees Office in the college you're going to tbh.

Corvo Attano

Whats it like to have a job in college? Is it hard?

I'm 2 fúcking grand over the bloody grant limit :mad:

randylonghorn

Corvo Attano wrote: »

Whats it like to have a job in college? Is it hard?

Any more than with LC, if you are disciplined, you will manage a few part-time hours without too much bother.

These days, getting the job is probably the hardest bit!

Corvo Attano

How well do farms around Galway City pay :pac:

randylonghorn

Um, I think they're more likely to charge you tbh.

Especially the sheep farms! :pac:

Peregrine

Corvo Attano wrote: »

How well do farms around Galway City pay :pac:

5 spuds a day :pac:

Corvo Attano

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

5 spuds a day :pac:

Thats 5 more than I get now. Sold.

That I'll feed me for a month.

Daniel7740

randylonghorn wrote: »

You saying he's a chaturbator? :cool:

You said it, not me :pac:

decisions wrote: »

I never owned GTA

:O
well tbh IV was the first one I owned cos first they wouldn't sell it to me in the shop cos I was too young. Then I finally convinced me mother to get it for me but the shop person talked her out of letting me get it, so I ended up just getting loans of the games off of friends fairly regularly

Peregrine

I never owned IV

Started playing GTA when I was 10ish, I think Vice City Stories was my first one. Then bought Liberty City Stories, San Andreas, Vice City and III.