The Cambridge Chat Thread

scarlet ibis

New Moon was utterly crap! But in such a clicheed, predictably hilarious way. The entire audience groaned and guffawed as the 'plot' unfolded, and the chests were exposed at every opportunity. Great fun.

I thought it was hilarious. Best line was easily 'omg, what a marshmallow'. I haven't come out of a film feeling that good in a long time :p:

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TheUnbeliever

Ah, I can understand that. I was referring mainly to the 'ribbon' interface, but even then with tongue firmly in cheek.

Ribbon interface? Whassat :lolwut:

If you mean the general layout, I found Word 2007 a million miles better. Word 97/03 took me years to be familiar with and even then I still had to refamiliarise myself with certain tasks that I didn't perform regularly. Word 2007 was instantly accessible.

Scipio90

Obviously, but "not allowed" is putting that a bit strangely.

No it isn't. I don't know if its written into the TSR rules, but it is certainly a TSR policy not to allow certain types of information to be disclosed on the site, and that is one of them.
I'm pretty sure TSR would have had contact with the University beforehand which may have inspired the policy. But it may just be a general preference on our part to be cautious.
As I said beforehand, several academics check TSR quite thoroughly during the interview period, and I know that my college Arts Admissions Tutor had people discussing him and gossiping about him (both applicants and current students) in the Peterhouse thread, and our Admissions Secretary read all of it and wasn't impressed.
If you're asking what not allowed means in practice, then it basically means we'll edit out any name mentions we find, and if a user persists in disclosing that type of information after being asked not to, they might be warned.

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Can we not access Athens journals online? We're not on the list of universities unless I'm being thick :frown:

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Tom

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TheUnbeliever

You must be the only person on the face of the planet who prefers 2007!

I infinitely prefer it :p:

It persuaded me to actually pay for it and switch from OO.

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Zoedotdot

Can we not access Athens journals online? We're not on the list of universities unless I'm being thick :frown:

I think we used to be with them and stopped somewhere along the line. But I could be wrong. Apparently its still possible to access their stuff indirectly, but I have no luck each time I try.

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Blaah Blaah

scarlet ibis

Just been to see Twilight: New Moon. The most (unintentionally) hilarious film I've seen for a long time! Plus there was lots of gratuitous male toplessness...

I had the same thing with the first one, thought it was one of the funniest films I'd seen in a long time, but I did see it very drunk. Did you have angry 15 year old girls glaring at you every time you giggled?

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Blaah

Did you have angry 15 year old girls glaring at you every time you giggled?

Roffle!

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Tom

I infinitely prefer it :p:

It persuaded me to actually pay for it and switch from OO.

Open Office?
That's also crap :grumble:

Or at least the version on my college hubby's laptop when I had to borrow it for an essay was...

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Craghyrax

I think we used to be with them and stopped somewhere along the line. But I could be wrong. Apparently its still possible to access their stuff indirectly, but I have no luck each time I try.

Balls

I really want to read a cool psychoanalysis article so that I can pretend that I'm clever when I write this essay that's due in at 9 :frown:

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Zoedotdot

Balls

I really want to read a cool psychoanalysis article so that I can pretend that I'm clever when I write this essay that's due in at 9 :frown:

Post up the details and I'll try.

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Scipio90

Craghyrax

No it isn't. I don't know if its written into the TSR rules, but it is certainly a TSR policy not to allow certain types of information to be disclosed on the site, and that is one of them.
I'm pretty sure TSR would have had contact with the University beforehand which may have inspired the policy. But it may just be a general preference on our part to be cautious.
As I said beforehand, several academics check TSR quite thoroughly during the interview period, and I know that my college Arts Admissions Tutor had people discussing him and gossiping about him (both applicants and current students) in the Peterhouse thread, and our Admissions Secretary read all of it and wasn't impressed.
If you're asking what not allowed means in practice, then it basically means we'll edit out any name mentions we find, and if a user persists in disclosing that type of information after being asked not to, they might be warned.

Agree with all that, and I agree posting "I was interviewed by Dr X: what a ******" is ill-advised, I just have a general bee in my bonnet that rules in online communities should be formed from community consensus over what's acceptable, not by what someone running the site dictates.

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BigFudamental

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Dynasty

To be honest the course isn't that bad, it's the lecturer who is awful. Doesn't explain enough and skips steps in working. Mind you, I've only made it to about half the lectures so I deserve to be confused ;o

Really? I think he's pretty good and the lecture notes are really thorough and nice to follow.

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Craghyrax

Post up the details and I'll try.

http://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=PAQ.002.0476A

Thank you :biggrin:

Have found some other stuff now so you don't have to try too hard. I might give my mum a ring and ask if I can use her OU account, just hope she's still awake!

EDIT: Success with the mother, hurrah :biggrin:

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Dynasty

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BigFudamental

Really? I think he's pretty good and the lecture notes are really thorough and nice to follow.

You what?? I find the notes almost impossible to follow and they're quite poorly organised. No summarys, topics are spread out which makes finding equations difficult (especially in the vectors section iirc).

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Scipio90

Rich19

Alright, although I'm considering switching to maths A next term. The B course is a little too fast paced and confusing...

Not sure if that would work. IIRC maths A and B do some stuff in different terms and in a slightly different order, so you could end up missing whole topics if you switch at this point. Can't remember if it's both the same in michaelmas though, so it could be ok.

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Dynasty

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Scipio90

Not sure if that would work. IIRC maths A and B do some stuff in different terms and in a slightly different order, so you could end up missing whole topics if you switch at this point. Can't remember if it's both the same in michaelmas though, so it could be ok.

My DoS said it's fine to drop down. I'm gonna review my maths over christmas and see how confused I still am with certain topics, with a view to dropping down if I don't get it.

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OP