The Cambridge Chat Thread

Well, not quite. A lot of the "misc crap" I had to unpack in order to root out my misc travelling crap and my misc walking crap, so they are all strewn liberally over every surface in my room. I also needed the backpacks, so they were all unpacked. In fact now I come to think of it, the only thing that is still packed is the bag with my duvet and crockery in.

Well, not quite. A lot of the "misc crap" I had to unpack in order to root out my misc travelling crap and my misc walking crap, so they are all strewn liberally over every surface in my room. I also needed the backpacks, so they were all unpacked. In fact now I come to think of it, the only thing that is still packed is the bag with my duvet and crockery in.

An old supervisor of mine has put me in touch with someone he taught, who is looking for someone to fill a PhD studentship, after someone else dropped out. Its in an obscure area of building image modelling, that I know very little about but sounds interesting. However, it is in Reading, and although it doesn't require me to move, I would be based there pretty often. The other issue is that I have commitments to my research job in Cambridge, although I have never signed a contract they have been very good to me. I have a week to decide if I want to go for it... eep!

I mean its not every day you get an opportunity like this, but a PhD is not something to be taken on lightly...

I wouldn't do it, especially since it's in an area you don't know much about and assuming you're reasonably happy with how you're set up in Cambridge at the moment. Practically everything can sound interesting before you have to do it. Having to go to Reading often would get pretty annoying/stressful.

Are you back at college then? How's LSM?

Hmmm sounds like me! Every part of my room covered in stuff from university that I unpacked at some point because I needed it, or things like boxes of work which I'm not using but my parents insisted go in my room as they don't want it cluttering up the rest of the house. The odd still half-packed box here and there. I do sometimes wonder if I have two ordinary people's worth of stuff as I pack everything I need to take to uni (that is, fill the back of my dad's car) and my bedroom at home is still full of crap.

I just love TSR sometimes i just got negged with the comment "whats illegal about peer to peer sharing? Nothing you queer prik." over this post. I'm sorely tempted to become a sub just to find out who it was and neg them back for being quite so stupid!

But it is true - there's nothing inherently wrong with P2P technology. What is illegal is using it to share copyright material. (Analogously, there's nothing wrong with knives; what is illegal is using it to murder people.)

About time...

And I hope to, brim!