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The Problem With CORS Redux
Because the previous entry was long enough (too long?), I decided to make a separate entry for the reactions from the two petitions. I've never been a believer in the effectiveness of online petitions, but they are pretty good for a chuckle or two. Please note that the comments here are reproduced from the petitions, and are in no way my own or under my endorsement.
458. Alex - [matriculation number] Online add/drop/swap of tutorials run from 2300 to 0900 the next day. bloody effing brilliant, someone should be fired for giving that timing.
416. CORS - Can Only Run Sometimes (Apt, but it's really Centralized Online Registration System)
414. Bill Gates - MS058888Z - I know why... cos CORS is running on Windows 3.1 with Service Pack 2
392. Silver- Our CORS is even worse than Warcraft III servers (I can say it's worse than Guild Wars server also)
383. CSJ - How come NUS doesn't have the money to maintain the servers? The fees was just increased not long ago. Where have our tution fees gone to? WHERE'S OUR MONEY?!
294. God - Thou shalt upgrade thy servers.
289. NATO -NUS students are No Action Talk Only. Sign peition for what? We should boycott the CORS bidding altogether. Let them have empty tutorial groups.
253. NUSSU - Isn't the Student Union supposed to do something about this? Or are they just another EMASCULATED union like NTUC?
220. James Bond - Why did they increase tuition fee and build the shiny uni hall instead of upgrading the dumb cors server?
212. Lu Huiru Grace - [matriculation number] (would just like to point out that staring at the screen for 6 hours may be a good exercise in patience, but a ridiculous waste of time, and even more ridiculous when one considers that this was completely avoidable) {She wins me... I spent four at most}
140. angry - with the dumb CORS system, bidding the modules and tutorials are MORE STRESSFUL than studying for the modules...
84. PSC - There's a reason why I don't send my top scholars to the 18th best university in the world.
77. disappointed. - come on lah, how can this be taken seriously when you have jokers like 's.r.nathan' and 'shih choon fong' signing it?! (So he signs off as "disappointed" instead.)
67. paranoid - Will they be blacklisting all the matric no. listed here?
38. S.R. Nathan - FUGGINGKNNCHEESEPIEXXX
796. NUSSU should rename theselves NUS Servile Union. They are only good at organising parties and bazaars, but will never dare to do anything that might possibly antangonise the NUS admin. Fight for students' rights? Dream on. (Ire at NUSSU... interesting)
726. I dun see free milo for a long time already! I want my free milo! wtf is NUSSU doing? Getting CCA pts and yet no milo! By the way, CORS sux, its just to a slacking scheme of the admin ppl to push work around!
723. CLOSE BIDDING is a stupid redundant system. after 3yrs the system is still so screwed up when traffic gets heavy. probably the R&D pple r dead or they are getting paid and not working to improve the system.
719. jean - isn't technology suppose to make life easier....?
718. not only were the servers down, the phone lines were jammed up too. utterly disgusted.
711. Instead of extending round 1a to 9am (thur) directly, CORS chose to extend the closing time bit by bit, so as to ensure that there's a constant stream of students to continously jam the servers.
707. When the website is working, the CORS team takes the credit for it. When the website screws up, they blame the students for overloading the servers.
695. I bet the NUSSU will only tell the students to forget about this incident, they wouldn't have the balls to demand for an apology. They only dare to talk down to the student body, which they are supposed to serve. Confront the admin? Forget about it.
694. Want NUS to apologise? Wait long long. They'll say, "It's a HONEST MISTAKE. Nobody is at fault, so nobody is going to take any responsibility."
673. Marcus Wong - CORS is nothing more than a glorified gambling programme for my academic future
640. CORS Sucks! Take students' money to implement this kind of system with this kind of appaling service! Top 20 University in the world? My foot!!!
636. candice - CORS: waste of time, waste of electricity, doesnt help to make the lives of uni students better with all these unnecessary frustration. Errors are inevitable, but hopefully it would be the last time.
505. If this is the 18th best standard in the world, I shudder to think how long the bidding of modules at lower ranked university will take.
357. Kok Hwa Siang: Whaa.. what? Extension of Round 1A is the solution? The "Magic Wand?" Just like raising ERP prices? Traffic jam, raise ERP prices? Network congestion, extend balloting deadline?
Filed under: Singapore, Education, NUS, CORS
458. Alex - [matriculation number] Online add/drop/swap of tutorials run from 2300 to 0900 the next day. bloody effing brilliant, someone should be fired for giving that timing.
416. CORS - Can Only Run Sometimes (Apt, but it's really Centralized Online Registration System)
414. Bill Gates - MS058888Z - I know why... cos CORS is running on Windows 3.1 with Service Pack 2
392. Silver- Our CORS is even worse than Warcraft III servers (I can say it's worse than Guild Wars server also)
383. CSJ - How come NUS doesn't have the money to maintain the servers? The fees was just increased not long ago. Where have our tution fees gone to? WHERE'S OUR MONEY?!
294. God - Thou shalt upgrade thy servers.
289. NATO -NUS students are No Action Talk Only. Sign peition for what? We should boycott the CORS bidding altogether. Let them have empty tutorial groups.
253. NUSSU - Isn't the Student Union supposed to do something about this? Or are they just another EMASCULATED union like NTUC?
220. James Bond - Why did they increase tuition fee and build the shiny uni hall instead of upgrading the dumb cors server?
212. Lu Huiru Grace - [matriculation number] (would just like to point out that staring at the screen for 6 hours may be a good exercise in patience, but a ridiculous waste of time, and even more ridiculous when one considers that this was completely avoidable) {She wins me... I spent four at most}
140. angry - with the dumb CORS system, bidding the modules and tutorials are MORE STRESSFUL than studying for the modules...
84. PSC - There's a reason why I don't send my top scholars to the 18th best university in the world.
77. disappointed. - come on lah, how can this be taken seriously when you have jokers like 's.r.nathan' and 'shih choon fong' signing it?! (So he signs off as "disappointed" instead.)
67. paranoid - Will they be blacklisting all the matric no. listed here?
38. S.R. Nathan - FUGGINGKNNCHEESEPIEXXX
796. NUSSU should rename theselves NUS Servile Union. They are only good at organising parties and bazaars, but will never dare to do anything that might possibly antangonise the NUS admin. Fight for students' rights? Dream on. (Ire at NUSSU... interesting)
726. I dun see free milo for a long time already! I want my free milo! wtf is NUSSU doing? Getting CCA pts and yet no milo! By the way, CORS sux, its just to a slacking scheme of the admin ppl to push work around!
723. CLOSE BIDDING is a stupid redundant system. after 3yrs the system is still so screwed up when traffic gets heavy. probably the R&D pple r dead or they are getting paid and not working to improve the system.
719. jean - isn't technology suppose to make life easier....?
718. not only were the servers down, the phone lines were jammed up too. utterly disgusted.
711. Instead of extending round 1a to 9am (thur) directly, CORS chose to extend the closing time bit by bit, so as to ensure that there's a constant stream of students to continously jam the servers.
707. When the website is working, the CORS team takes the credit for it. When the website screws up, they blame the students for overloading the servers.
695. I bet the NUSSU will only tell the students to forget about this incident, they wouldn't have the balls to demand for an apology. They only dare to talk down to the student body, which they are supposed to serve. Confront the admin? Forget about it.
694. Want NUS to apologise? Wait long long. They'll say, "It's a HONEST MISTAKE. Nobody is at fault, so nobody is going to take any responsibility."
673. Marcus Wong - CORS is nothing more than a glorified gambling programme for my academic future
640. CORS Sucks! Take students' money to implement this kind of system with this kind of appaling service! Top 20 University in the world? My foot!!!
636. candice - CORS: waste of time, waste of electricity, doesnt help to make the lives of uni students better with all these unnecessary frustration. Errors are inevitable, but hopefully it would be the last time.
505. If this is the 18th best standard in the world, I shudder to think how long the bidding of modules at lower ranked university will take.
357. Kok Hwa Siang: Whaa.. what? Extension of Round 1A is the solution? The "Magic Wand?" Just like raising ERP prices? Traffic jam, raise ERP prices? Network congestion, extend balloting deadline?
Filed under: Singapore, Education, NUS, CORS
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But seriously, call me jaded if you will, I don't think the petition will have any effect, even if the students were serious. The scales of power tilt too heavily to their end.
Now if only the CORS team would explain their logic as to why they believe extending the deadline is the solution... and why it so uncannily resembles Singapore's ERP system...
In any event, I don't think the petition even registered a blip on most administrators' radars..
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