Put an infrared lamp on each side of licence plates and all that the cameras will see is a blank white area, as they register this wavelength of light. Done.
I have been a T.A in Electrical Engineering for a couple of years and i have this to say. A T.A is not a lecturer, though he might be a lecturer in training or PhD student. He/she is here to help you individually and in lab work. He is not here to spoonfeed you. If this is what you expect, look elsewhere. If the varsity is replacing lecturers (on a large scale) by T.A's then you are in trouble... Make a noise.
Even if you are studying EE you HAVE to take courses in pure physics. Many students opt not to do that by saying it's too hard. Let the readers deduce the reasoning. It is vital that students have a *broad* overview of engineering itself. So they should take courses varying from power electronics to telecommunications, leaving the specialised courses only for the last year. Engineering education is a test against time and pressure - don't forget that. When you are out of varsity, you are better equipped to handle real problems. Finally i would like to point out that teaching engineering is not about showing you all the problems that are out there as new ones keep on cropping up all the time. It is geared towards showing you how to solve new problems using a set of tools, though i must admit examples can be useful.
Let me tell you a little bit about Mauritius.
My background: I am mauritian and currently working towards a master's degree in EE in South Africa and i have/. for breakfast...
The internet revolution has started here, in a sense. The price of a decent ADSL(128/64) line has dropped drastically during the last few years (abt USD 29 / month). It used to be *much* higher. Now they are introducing wireless internet soon. Things like video-on-demand, internet tv are all being planned here. These are all very nice but educating the public should also be happening hand in hand - and this area of things sucks big time.
I would also like to mention that people have no idea as to what is F/OSS! There are very few businesses that use Linux here. People don't even know about FreeBSD (and i suddenly feel alone). I don't need to mention what is the favourite pirated OS in this place. i am sure you can all guess.
But what is really annoying is the politics that exists in the government system. It really makes you think twice before trying to get a job here.
Meritocracy is not very prevalent. i could go on and on... Curiously it only seems to happen when the General Elections are close!
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How many of these Windows based machines will have the OS scrapped as time goes by, to be replaced by Linux or FreeBSD etc ... ?
There is an old adage in French that goes "La nuit porte conseil", which literally means " The night brings counsel".
Put an infrared lamp on each side of licence plates and all that the cameras will see is a blank white area, as they register this wavelength of light. Done.
You ever tried FreeBSD? Once you decide to go this way, you will most probably never look back :-) Give it a try if you've got a free machine!
I have been a T.A in Electrical Engineering for a couple of years and i have this to say.
A T.A is not a lecturer, though he might be a lecturer in training or PhD student. He/she is here to help you individually and in lab work. He is not here to spoonfeed you. If this is what you expect, look elsewhere. If the varsity is replacing lecturers (on a large scale) by T.A's then you are in trouble... Make a noise.
Even if you are studying EE you HAVE to take courses in pure physics. Many students opt not to do that by saying it's too hard. Let the readers deduce the reasoning.
It is vital that students have a *broad* overview of engineering itself. So they should take courses varying from power electronics to telecommunications, leaving the specialised courses only for the last year.
Engineering education is a test against time and pressure - don't forget that. When you are out of varsity, you are better equipped to handle real problems. Finally i would like to point out that teaching engineering is not about showing you all the problems that are out there as new ones keep on cropping up all the time. It is geared towards showing you how to solve new problems using a set of tools, though i must admit examples can be useful.
I don't want to sound like a jerk but i believe that NetBSD runs on the toaster and not Linux.
If you read the Specification section it is mentioned that this beast does run Linux.
The mathematician says: It's the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
The scientist says: 3.1415926535....bla bla bla
The engineer says: about 3!
Let me tell you a little bit about Mauritius. My background: I am mauritian and currently working towards a master's degree in EE in South Africa and i have /. for breakfast...
The internet revolution has started here, in a sense. The price of a decent ADSL(128/64) line has dropped drastically during the last few years (abt USD 29 / month). It used to be *much* higher. Now they are introducing wireless internet soon. Things like video-on-demand, internet tv are all being planned here. These are all very nice but educating the public should also be happening hand in hand - and this area of things sucks big time.
I would also like to mention that people have no idea as to what is F/OSS! There are very few businesses that use Linux here. People don't even know about FreeBSD (and i suddenly feel alone). I don't need to mention what is the favourite pirated OS in this place. i am sure you can all guess.
But what is really annoying is the politics that exists in the government system. It really makes you think twice before trying to get a job here.
Meritocracy is not very prevalent. i could go on and on... Curiously it only seems to happen when the General Elections are close!