The Cambridge Chat Thread

OP

psyche87

Also am back home halfway across the world where TSR takes about a minute for each page to load. :frown:

Internet is always a pain when I visit my parents in SA. Stuff like it breaking down for two days at a time and very restricted bandwidth and stuff :sigh:

Reply 161

I might have a job interview in Reading :teeth:

Reply 162

OP

FadedJade

I might have a job interview in Reading :teeth:

What sort of job?

Reply 163

In an estate agents. Although they can only interview me a 2pm, and my train gets in at 230 :sad:

Reply 164

OP

FadedJade

In an estate agents. Although they can only interview me a 2pm, and my train gets in at 230 :sad:

Do you have any nearby friends you can stay overnight with? Or go to a cheap youth hostel.

Reply 165

It'll cost me a fortune to get back another day though, and I've already paid for my tickets, and I then have to get to Cambridge for 1130 on Thursday. It's all just a bit of a nightmare. I called them and have emailed them my CV and stuff though so fingers crossed!

Reply 166

OP

I see. Even going to London the night before, bedding with a friend and then travelling to Reading the next day would make it much easier. But meh. Hope you get it sorted. Why Reading btw? Is that where Richard works?

Reply 167

That's where my Masters is.

Reply 168

OP

FadedJade

That's where my Masters is.

You're doing a Masters? :confused:

You didn't tell us how you got on after your exams and stuff, so I'm completely lost as to what's going on :p:

Reply 169

psyche87

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Zhen Lin

One of the links will take you to a Raven log in, after which you will be at the normal CamSIS front page. Then you'll have to log in again.

It's not that, I suspect that they have stopped my access to CamSIS due to graduating (no problems logging in the first time, but it's said variously authorisation error/invalid username/etc for the second login)...

Craghyrax

Internet is always a pain when I visit my parents in SA. Stuff like it breaking down for two days at a time and very restricted bandwidth and stuff :sigh:

Well internet here in Singapore is generally pretty fast (absolutely no problem with most websites), but it just doesn't seem to like a number of UK-based sites including TSR. :frown:

Reply 170

harr

My dad told me that I'm going to run a marathon. This surprised me.

Reply 171

Tom

psyche87

Well internet here in Singapore is generally pretty fast (absolutely no problem with most websites), but it just doesn't seem to like a number of UK-based sites including TSR. :frown:

If you want to try and test why, you could open a command prompt window (Start--Run--type 'cmd' in the box and click ok) and then type 'tracert www.thestudentroom.co.uk' and press enter

It'll give you a list of the hops the connection makes between your house and TSR's servers, with the time in ms each one takes. If you see it getting interrupted, or a huge delay on one hop, that's the problem. And knowing that, you might be able to use a proxy somewhere or something to avoid that route.

(a more thorough set of instructions here: http://www.mediacollege.com/internet/troubleshooter/traceroute.html if you want)

Reply 172

OP

harr

My dad told me that I'm going to run a marathon. This surprised me.

Hopefully not a bad surprise?

Reply 173

smilepea

Craghyrax

Hopefully not a bad surprise?

If my Papie had told me that it would certainly be a bad surprise!

Reply 174

OP

smilepea

If my Papie had told me that it would certainly be a bad surprise!

harr might like running :dontknow:

There's a noisy party in the garden right outside my window :dry:

Good excuse for extra loud music.

Reply 175

smilepea

Craghyrax

harr might like running :dontknow:

There's a noisy party in the garden right outside my window :dry:

Good excuse for extra loud music.

from what I know of him I would say that this is unlikely (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong harr!)

Nice, currently my room is boiling, this is not fun

Reply 176

harr