Weird science

Advantages: some good humour and entertainment
Disadvantages: lame in parts

...Director: John Hughes Producer: Joel Silver Writer: John Hughes Stars: Kelly LeBrock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ian Mitchel-Smith and Bill Paxton Released in 1985 this hour and a half teen flick show how two nerdy American kids use a computer to change their love lives for ever?. **BRIEF PLOT** When Gary Wallace, (played by Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt Donnelly, (played by Ilan Mitchel-Smith) are two geaky kids who struggle to meet girls at their school, so they come up with an idea to create a 'virtual' woman using the computers in their bedroom?. After imputting a lot of data they soon realise than their computers are not very powerful and they need help from higher sources, so hacking into the US Government computers gives them the extra kick their project needs?. Things go wrong when a freak lightening strike hits...

blissman70 04.09.2008 · Read review
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It's tough in Computer Science

Advantages: Good job prospects
Disadvantages: It's tough!

...This is from another female computer science student. I came as a mature student, so was more willing to stand up formyself. The ratio here is 1 female : 10 males. I was perhaps fortunate that in being a bit older I certainly wasn't hit on, and in general wasn't given any sexist comments. It was noticible, though, that if you had to go to see a lecturer about something that it was always "Oh..isn't it very hot in here..I'll just prop that door open" They should be so lucky! All that changed, though starting the PhD. I started going out with one of the lecturers and my supervisor refused to have anything to do with me so I had to change supervisors. One other lecturer repeatedly let go of doors in my face - literally - and even kept it up for years after I married. I do love the research but I know I have virtually no chance...

nikir 03.12.2002 · Read review
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Not Weird Science - Bad Science

Advantages: debunking some of medicine's myths & misinformations, funny read
Disadvantages: man on a mission and with an agenda but who can blame him

...Ben Goldacre is the very outspoken mouthpiece against really rubbish claims made by modern medicine or television charlatans. He is a medical doctor and journalist with a column in the Guardian newspaper with an uncanny bullsh*t detector second to none. I can?t remember when I first came across his ways of thinking but it must have been when I was looking for an answer to Gillian McKeith, a woman that makes my neck hair stand on end, someone I find appalling to the n-th degree. Lately I have seen him voice his opinion on London?s 6 o?clock news regarding LBC?s Jenni Barnett and her rather stupid musings on the MMR back in January and the other week on Watchdog when he was asked what he thought about some modern detox products. I bought the ?Bad Science? paperback when I was ordering a number of books from Amazon quite a few months back...

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The London Science Museum

Advantages: Its free entry and your chilren learn as they play
Disadvantages: A nightmare to get to, very busy at peak times

...coordinated polo shirts on the exhibit they are working at. They have the exhibit name on the back of the shirt and London Science Museum on the front in small lettering. ~~~ What to Expect on each floor ~~~ Basement: Cafeteria, The Launch Pad, The Garden, The Secret Life Of the Home, The Picnic Terrace. Ground Floor: Deep Blue café, Energy hall, Imax 3D cinema, The Modern World, Simulator Ride, Space, The Bridge and Talking Points. First Floor: Agriculture, Materials, Megabite, Pixar - 20 years of animation, Telecommunications, Weather and Time Measurement. There are no food and drink facilities on this floor. Second Floor: Computing, Docks and Diving, Energy, Inside the Spitfire, Ships and Marine Engineering. There is no cafeteria on this floor. Third Floor: Flight, Flight café area, Health matters, In future...

mrsmopples 21.04.2006 · Read review
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Nottingham Uni - Computer Science

Advantages: new campus, great atmosphere, great department, BCS accredited
Disadvantages: some lecturers, communication between staff

...I'm currently in my second year at Nottingham University reading BSc in E-Commerce and Digital Business - a degree course offered by the School of Computer Science and Information Technology (CSiT) and also run in conjunction with the Business School. My course is VERY similar to the single honours Computer Science degree. Why CSiT @ Nottingham Uni? -------------------------- The major factor for me was the brand new campus built in 1998 which is a wonderful piece of modern architecture and very environmentally friendly. It has a very nice lake and an upside down shaped library and computer centre - a nice peceful environment in which to study. The School of CSiT has up-to-date technologies and loads of computers for students use. Lecture theatres are very ncie and modern and contain all the latest projection...

jsbnotts 06.05.2003 · Read review
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BSc Computer Science - my degree UPDATED

Advantages: Structured timetable, responsibility for own work and how I approach this - others may view this as a disadvantage.
Disadvantages: Each module leader wants his / her work to be your top prioroty, not enough hours in the day to complete all tasks,

...-> Me I am a student who has spent the last 2 years studying for a BSc (Hons) computer science degree at De Montfort University, Leicester. I completed my IT A-Level back in 1999 and decided that computing was to be my degree path. My time at university has been great to say the least. But here I intend to focus on my actual degree and its content not the countless nights filled with alcohol, kebabs, scrapes with the law etc... -> My University The academic year is divided up into 2 semesters each 13 weeks long, after each semester is a 3-week break and then a 3-week exam period. Each week of the semester is divided up into hourly lecture slots that occur Monday to Friday between 9am and 6pm. The lectures themselves usually involve an OHP or a PowerPoint slide show projected onto a screen. The lecture theatres tend to hold...

Eddie45 12.07.2001 (06.09.2001) · Read review
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A Sunday full of Science

Advantages: Never hearing yourself say "Don't touch that to the kids"
Disadvantages: An expensive day out and not fully functioning

...When I first moved to Glasgow just over 6 years ago and while working as a temp, I found myself working for the Director of Buildings on what was effectively the building site of the planned Glasgow Science Centre. Added to the fact that the centre was based on the science centre in Canada and designed by many of the same Canadian designers who had been responsible for the Toronto centre, I have always felt a strange sense of loyalty to what is now the Glasgow Science Centre. However, this does not mean I am blind to the defects of the project. I have decided to review the Glasgow Science Centre following several visits with my boys as a mum and a visitor and with an unbiased approach. ***First Impression*** The Glasgow Science Centre can be seen for some distance from almost any angle as you approach. The entire centre is made up...

ally2kc 23.05.2007 · Read review
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University of Teesside - Computer Science

Advantages: Accredited by the British Computer Society. Sandwich Course.
Disadvantages: New university reputation, so there are a lot of home students.

...Despite Teesside's reputation as being a new university, the course was rated as excellent by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), which is the highest grade available. The course structure itself is very varied, so each student can pick the courses that they want to take, but within certain minimum constraints (as the course is accredited by the British Computer Society). There are even opportunities to build in courses from other departments, i.e. German, Business Studies, etc. Core requirements on the course are networking, hardware, various programming languages/methodologies, systems design & analysis, databases, etc. A one year's placement in industry is included in the course. It may seem a bit of a drag, having to break up the studies to go away. But it is worth it in the end. For one thing, it gives...

q0620228 29.09.2000 · Read review
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Chatty Science (The Canon: The Beautiful Basics of Science)

Advantages: real basics, mostly well explained & kept interesting
Disadvantages: all those quips & witticisms become a strain, VERY full of US references

...In the introduction to "The Canon" Natalie Angier laments modern science illiteracy, and even more so, she regrets the way science lost the cool factor it might have had in the time of Apollos & Sputniks. It is, apparently, now considered a thing for kids and a tiny proportion of grown-up (but possibly maladjusted) eggheads. She then proceeds to remedy this sorry state of affairs and presents what she distilled from numerous interviews with scientists and mountains of research: the canonical basics of science for modern times. "The Canon" starts with the most important - and often overlooked in formal education - idea that science is a way of thinking, a live process and not only the body of facts and theories that are result of this process. A very decent introduction to numeracy and statistics comes next, followed by succinct...

magdadh 18.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Canon: The Beautiful Basics of Science - Natalie Angier

Science can be fun!

Advantages: Free, lots to see and do
Disadvantages: Can get busy

...things are, so I set it as a task for you to find out! Nonetheless, some remarkable pieces of equipment to see - some real pieces of history, as well as science, here. And finally, at the rear of this floor, is a section dedicated to us as humans. There are lots of little bits and pieces to have a go at here, including some really revealing ones. One particular exhibit takes a snapshot of your face, and allows you to see how it will look at various points in the future. This can be remarkably frightening if you are young, when you suddenly start to see your face morphing into mums! Learn all about genetics, a touch of psychology, and marvel at the completely white peacock that is currently displayed there, and what it represents.  . : Second Floor : . Heading up one floor gives an unusual mix of aviation, mathematics, computing...

ts902 31.12.2007 · Read review
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