http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/categories/general/p182/feed.rss Sat, 13 Jun 2026 19:54:18 +0000 General - talkSFU en-CA http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7785/engineering Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:15:39 +0000 jeffB 7785@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7782/engl-199w-eng-199w-distance-education-anyone-taken-this-thoughts-how-heavy-is-it Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:18:43 +0000 dr4ke 7782@/forum/discussions I would take Eng 105, but the course outline for it for the spring 2011 semester doesn't sound too appealing so I'll be taking that further down the road.




So I'm wondering, for those who have taken ENGL 199W via Distance Education, how heavy is the course?

Is it a hard course in general? Is it easy? How did you like it via distance education?

Is this a course worth taking or should I wait until I find another interesting english course?

Any tips for taking this course?




If it helps in any way, I am planning to take BUS 237, ECON 105, and CRIM 101 (or IAT 100), on top of this course. Will it be too much?




Thanks in advance!

]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7773/anyone-taken-chin-100 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:53:24 +0000 Desolate 7773@/forum/discussions
I am worried that I will not do well. Is the class friendly enough for someone that has no knowledge of Mandarin? I know even having some knowledge of other Asian languages is often useful, but can I overcome that handicap? I'm willing to work hard, I just don't want to walk into something that I'll absolutely not understand in the slightest.

My friend is gonna take it with me, so that I'll have someone to study and practice conversations with. So that may help, but since there aren't many spots in the class, he might not get in because his enrollment date isn't until the 17th or 18th. We'll have to wait and see how that works out.

Thanks in advance :)]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7713/math-150 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:44:08 +0000 transferplz 7713@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7695/business Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:02:29 +0000 sim_34 7695@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7783/macm-316-and-cmpt275 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:39:12 +0000 Fogell 7783@/forum/discussions Sooo is it a bad idea to consider taking macm316 and cmpt275 together? ]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7745/an-american-and-two-japanese-researchers-win-the-nobel-prize-in-chemistry Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:54:13 +0000 Simon 7745@/forum/discussions http://on.wsj.com/axNolv]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7779/so-mr-campbell-resigned-as-premier-what-next Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:01:38 +0000 siuying 7779@/forum/discussions http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/11/03/bc-premier-gordon-campbell.html?ref=rss

personally.. i think it's about time he stepped down.. that is not to say i have beef with him.. campbell is a competent man and he's done great things in the past.. but for the last few years i feel he's lost sight of what constitutes as the 'best interests' of the province..

i must say it was rather smart of him step down as opposed to having someone bring him down.. that would've been both an ugly scene and an ugly mark on his political career.. with HST forever etched as his biggest failure.. lol..

the resignation really caught me off guard.. i wasn't expecting him to do that so soon after just issuing a province wide telecast.. but now that's all said and done.. i'm more worried on who's gonna take his place because honestly.. i don't see anyone competent enough to take on the job right now.. =x

thoughts? opinions? speculation on what's gonna happen next?


share away! =)

]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7777/sife-gets-silly-like-a-g6 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:35:24 +0000 Simon 7777@/forum/discussions We Are PR, SIFE's very own public relations agency. if you like it, check out SIFEsfuTV on YouTube for more videos

]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7776/sfu-entrepreneur-of-the-year Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:55:01 +0000 Simon 7776@/forum/discussions
By entering this competition, you'll not only gain valuable exposure for your idea but also get the support you need to move your business forward. The first year of a business is always the hardest, so this is definitely a great way to bypass some of the obstacles normally associated with starting your own business.

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More info: http://talksfu.ca/sfu-student-entrepreneur-of-the-year]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7775/talksfu-now-mobile-optimized Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:46:12 +0000 Simon 7775@/forum/discussions
In the tech world, its been obvious for many years that the future of computing is mobile. As smartphones become more powerful and ubiquious and mobile data speeds get faster, less and less people are going to spend time on desktop computers (unless they are doing work).

talkSFU is a social hangout for SFU students, so going mobile has been a personal goal of mine for some time. The recent upgrade to Vanilla forums finally made this possible, and I'm proud to say that you can now access and use the forum from wherever you are. I usually have my best thoughts while I'm waiting for a bus or drinking some coffee so now theres no need to wait before posting on the forum!

If you've already graduated from SFU or are interested in a wider range of discussion topics, make sure to sign up on my other site http://talkVancouver.ca

Enjoy and Happy Halloween!

(for further information feel free to email me at talksfu.admin@gmail.com)]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7771/chilly-winter-forecast-as-la-nina-returns Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:07:07 +0000 siuying 7771@/forum/discussions Yahoo! Canada News

For people living in a largely urbanized country, Canadians remain surprisingly obsessed with winter.

Back in the day, it mattered. Pioneers needed to know how much food to lay in, whether to chance long hunting trip.

First Nations people knew that observing nature revealed signs of what to expect. Gord Restoule, 73, of the Dokis First Nation near Sudbury, Ont., learned the skills from his elders.

He's retired from publicly prognosticating but says via email that knowing your local environment, especially the behaviour of birds, animals and plans, can reveal clues about the weather, even in the city. A frenzy at bird feeders means bad weather is likely on the way. If pine trees are loaded with cones, expect a long, hard winter

Maybe it doesn't matter anymore. Weather guru David Phillips says Canadians' image of themselves as a winter people is a myth. The best evidence: last winter, "the winter that never was."

"We boast about the fact that we shun blizzards and sneer at frostbite. Forget it," says Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment Canada, recalling the euphoria of last year's record-warm and short winter.

We loved it. Lower heating bills, no desperate need to flee south on a break, lower snow-removal costs for government.

"We're not all ice fishers and snowboarders," says Phillips. "The vast majority of Canadians were thinking, wow, if this is global warming, bring it on."

So now the payback. Word is this winter is shaping up to be colder and snowier than normal.

"The first half of winter will probably not be as winter-like, compared to the second half, where La Nina will kick in and be more of a dominant force," says Phillips.

La Nina is the evil twin sister of El Nino, a cooling of the ocean in the central and eastern Pacific region that heralds colder weather for North America. El Nino has the opposite effect, which triggered last year's balmy winter.

Scientists are predicting a moderate to intense La Nina this winter. But before you race down to Canadian Tire for another snow shovel, Phillips points out the winter's predicted coldness, if it materializes at all because such long-range forecasts aren't ironclad, is relative.

With global warming or perhaps cyclic weather trends, winter ain't what it used to be, he says.

"Anything that is even normal this year will seem more brutal, more difficult, than last year," says Phillips.

A look at the weather office's seasonal forecasts show Western Canada will bearing the brunt of La Nina's effect once winter really sets in.

"You see most of the West being colder than normal," says Phillips. "But from a little bit of the southern prairie through most of southern Ontario and Atlantic Canada we're showing conditions to be a little bit warmer than normal.

"So the full effects of La Nina may not necessarily get to the East."

But other factors, whether it's long-term weather cycles or climate change, could mitigate the bad girl's effects.

"It's a huge country and the signal can be very different on the west coast than it is on the east coast," he says.

Unlike El Nino, with its tropical vibe, La Nina can be capricious. It doesn't create weather extremes like ice storms or mega snow dumps. But expect frequent changes through the winter, says Phillips, "two weeks of this and two weeks of that . . . more surprises, something for everybody."

British Columbia will bear the brunt of a La Nina winter, colder and weather than normal, while the Prairies will see a late start and face the toughest part of winter from January on, especially in the north.

Phillips says Central Canada should expect warmer than normal temperatures, more snow and storms, "but not the ice age cometh," says Phillips. La Nina may not reach that far but he points out Ontario and Quebec enjoyed El Nino's full effects last winter.

Predicting Atlantic Canada's winter is tougher in part because north Atlantic waters are two to three degrees warmer than normal, which could delay things. But the region is vulnerable to the threat of consecutive dumps of snow.

If scientific forecast models generated by super computers aren't your thing, check out this guide to predicting winter from the Waterman and Hill Traveller's Companion Natural Event Guide.

The test with 12 onions looks especially entertaining.


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so.... is anyone excited for winter this month? =x]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/7770/a-phd-in-humanities Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:34:19 +0000 Ether 7770@/forum/discussions http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7451115/

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