Originally Posted by TurkishDelight

Do you even learn anything in that period?

Is it accredited like any other University?

Breaks are bear minimum, classes are sporadic and months are filled to the brim with classes.

fullsail.edu is the website, too tired to think much more right now.

After you have completed a course at the school, you can return to audit classes that you have previously taken to brush up on the new techniques and technologies (which is great, especially if say something revolutionary like the iPhone comes around and new web software is developed to program on it, I can always just call up and ask to audit a class I have previously taken for my degree.

The school is actually really strict, fast-paced, and almost unorderly in it's organization of class schedules and etc, but it is focused completely on only doing the necessary classes for your degree program rather than making you take GenEd classes for the first year(s). And yes, it is accredited.







I was speaking with my uncle today and I've got a lot accomplish in the areas of getting some software...
(1) Got Snow Leopard and installed it early, since my brother had to have a copy of his own for his computers at home (anyone who owns a mac, there is no actual reason to buy the family package, as far as we can tell. It has no CD-Key registrar, so it seemingly can be installed on multiple machines). I installed it early to get access to Bootcamp 3.0 earlier, which is like getting drivers... or something... installed so that the OS functions properly on the Mac system.
(2) Got a Windows XP Pro 32-bit install disk (Uncle's copy). Unfortunately, it appears the disk was unreadable in certain areas (the i386 files, to be exact, meaning it would lose pretty much all network functionality, which is no good when it's supposed to be for gaming.
(3) Got a Windows Vista Upgrade disk Package (Again, Uncle's copy. Wasn't used, though, so a bit of a different situation). Both 32-bit and 64-bit CDs are available; if for any reason the 64-bit will not install on my machine, then I have the 32-bit as a backup to at least keep my system content until I can get a XP 32-bit install or a Win7 32/64-bit install. The Vista Upgrade package was never used due to the fact that the computer he ordered it for actually came installed with Vista, so he just stored the disk away since it was useless for him. Lucky me.
(4) Found out that he is becoming a gamer these days, currently playing EVE Online and I told him about PR. He was in the services, and he says he enjoys the wargames a bit, and the slower pace and more strategy-than-skill based PR would probably suit him a little better than a fast paced FPS (He's blind in one eye, so his twitch FPS skills probably aren't the best, but at the same time he still has one pretty good eye, so playing something like PR should be just fine), and I bookmarked the v0.5 and v0.8 trailers for him so he could take some time later and watch them, see what he thinks. Since he's a bit new to the gaming scene, he doesn't know much about like secondary programs like Ventrilo (which I installed for him today), I'll be giving him that kind of help as well as recommending and letting him demo some of the games I own. He's also got the money I don't have for things like memberships and etc, so we'll kind of work along with each other in that respect.
(5) Also found out that his Desktop, a Vista 32-bit is actually pretty sturdy; there is an 8400GT card I believe in it, and it's a dual-core 2.XGHz. It should be able to handle PR pretty decently, I think, since it can run EVE Online and has those specs.


So, a couple advancements of just today. There's been a lot of questions, a lot of learning how to use BootCamp for installing Windows, and a lot of waiting for it to install, then frustration of XP not working, then the sweet relief of a Vista 64-bit package. I'll be trying to install it, BF2, and PR within a couple of days; Tomorrow my brother goes home, and I don't start classes as far as I can tell until Tuesday, so that leaves 2 (and a half, classes start at 5:15pm) days to work on getting Vista installed, and stable...

If anyone perhaps knows of some tips using Vista from XP, since I've never actually used Vista on one of my computers (current computer is Vista, but it's my Grandmothers decrepit dinosaur that can't play much of anything at all, so I don't know about the whole run as administrator shebang and such), I would greatly appreciate it if you could PM/Post them, or even link me to a guide for those kinds of things.

I'd also like to try to strip the install down to it's bare essentials (I won't need WinMedia player, etc, so I'd love to find someone/somewhere that can tell me what I can get rid of and how to do so), since it's only on a 50GB partition, and will only be used for gaming, there's no real need to have the junk weighing me down if I can help it.






Lots of stuff. If anyone can help me with the Vista questions, PM me or Post here and either link me to a site with the info or provide the info straight. I'd be greatly appreciative.