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I heard this on EVE-Radio, and then spent half hour searching for it on Google. Mark from Greenacre contemplating the spelling of AC/DC

I saw something scarey today, it was a man having his head sawn off by al-Queda militants… the mans name is Nick Berg, I know many people have seen this video, many people have told me different things about the video some thought it was faked some thought it was real. I wanted to see for my self. Through the shield the media places in front of us i saw what happens when people get so enraged they kill another human being. ...

A Provisional exam timetable has been released for my course: IS345 - Network Management : 15th June 2004 : 0900 - 1200 : Watts 310 / Watts 502 CS333 - Design of Communication Protocols : 14th June 2004 : 0900 - 1200 : Watts 623 I also know what my hand in dates for my coursework: CS333 - Design of Communication Protocols (Due 19th May) Finite State Machine and Petri net are techniques for formally specifying protocols. Write an essay on the concept and introduction of the techniques. It is expected, the techniques are at least applied to two well known protocols commercially in use and form part of the argument for using formal specification and validation of protocols. [Reading: Holzmann, GJ Prentice Hall, Computer Networks Various] CS346 - Client Server Computing (Due 3rd June) Build a system to allow the playing of a game between co-operating users over the internet. As a minimum your game should involve two players on different computers. IS345 - Network Management (Due 3rd June) You will produce a case study, which will be a work of fact or fiction (or a combination of the two) of around 1,500-2000 words describing a situation where the five functional areas of network management (FCAPS) are not adhered to. Dissertation Presentations The presentations have not yet been confirmed with Richard Bosworth

I can only say that I am sorry, that is of course if anyone is still reading this, which I don’t expect for a second. I have been mega stressed recently, from my past posts you can probably see that there has been a lot going on with my course. I have got some stuff sorted out, Dissertation is all but over and done with, I have got my project defered until the end of the summer (if the course office and Saeed can communicate clearly with me regarding which forms they want me to fill in). the rest of the work is moving at an acceptable yet not brisk pace. ...

My degree isnt going to well, I got my transcript through for the most recent exams I took… I was dissapointed to say the least. Comparative Programming Languages (56%) Computer Enginering Concepts (43%) Object Oriented Design and Implementation (48%) I have spent most of the afternoon figuring out what I need to get to be able to get which grades: Average 85% on all remaining exams and assessments to get a First Average 70% on all remaining exams and assessments to get a Upper Second Average 50% on all remaining exams and assessments to get a Lower Second Average 32% on all remaining exams and assessments to get a Third Average less than 32% on all remaining exams and assessments to Fail My point average for this year is 49.3% it was 51% for last year so I have to pull my grades up just to get a 2:2… and to get a 2:1 i have to pretty much ace everything else… I have got a long two months ahead of me. I want to cry.

Because of the way that the Microsoft website is arranged it is near on impossable to find the download for the Word Viewer for Windows XP, so here it is for anyone who googles for it… Word 97 / 2000 Viewer (Windows XP / 2000 / NT / 98 / 98SE / 95)

I have totaly neglected this blog over the weekend, Catherine came to stay with me for the weekend which was great we had a really great time at both of the wedding shows we went to, we also spent quite a lot of time talking about stuff. I have been feeling quite ill, I have been having all sorts of problems with acid reflux over the last week, the doctor has put me on various things to help calm it down, but we will see. ...

Disclaimer: The medical and health information is provided in this post is for general informational and to document my experience only. It is not a substitute for professional advice. Accordingly, before taking any actions based upon such information, we encourage you to consult with the appropriate professionals. I do not provide any kind of medical or health advice. PHP Integers are really getting on my nerves at the moment, it seems that anything more than 32-bits is just plain not supported in PHP… to be honest that is awful… that is the most apauling degree of accuracy I have come across since BASIC. Oh well never mind rant over. ...

OK… so all of my old planetside chums have defected to this new MMORPG called EVE Online: The Second Genesis… so here I am writeing a dissertation about the future of MMOGs, thinking I wander what this game is all about… and I wish I could have a go just to see what it is like… so I did, got a 3 day trial of Dreeder (cheers matey) and started playing today… the tutorial was less than clear and I gave up after fiddeling trying to get it to work for a couple of hours, then I just spent some time mining stuff for seemingly no point oh well never mind… from what I see of the game so far it looks vast… there are a huge number of systems in the EVE universe and they all seem quite big in themselves. From a design perspective I imagine it is largely an illusion as there is little between each asteroid/station/planet and so on… the theory behind the game is very simple. However a huge amount of work has gone into the economy, which is a really good thing as it ads layers and layers of complexity to the game, anyway if you are interested in EVE take a look at this affilliate link you can then look round the website and if you sign up CCP (the makers of EVE) will give OC-PS.co.uk $7, which isnt bad at all.

On the Dissertation front I have got some work done today, I am fairly pleased with myself… could of done more though, you can see the fruits of my labor in the university section.