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I can haz general discussion?

Rozabeez · 2009-03-13 23:52:08

To move aside from banquo and I exchanging sandwiches and pennies in the grant cheque thread, and any other random off topic ramblings we all do now and then, I propose some general discussion! I didn't go all cheesy and name it after a pub, go me! So why is everyone on here on a Friday night? I'm broke, moody and have…

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#7052 08-01-2011 6:50pm
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N. 1 The act or an instance of erecting; the state of being erected. 2 a building or structure[...] Latin erectio.
Thompson, D. ed., OE Dictionary Ninth Ed., (Oxford University Press 1993).

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#7053 08-01-2011 6:51pm
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Or le boner. As they call it in France.

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#7054 08-01-2011 6:53pm
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But...why would they knock such a thing down??? How could someone be so cruel????

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#7055 09-01-2011 3:41pm
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amyputz wrote: »

WUT?

The footbridge's name is St Patrick's Erection. For realz.

I Arcade Fire. Keeping me calm (well as calm as I can be) at the moment.

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#7056 09-01-2011 4:27pm
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Just bought myself tickets to this and this!

Super excited for these exams to end.

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#7057 09-01-2011 4:36pm
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The second one looks really good! I love And So I Watch You From Afar ^_^

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#7058 09-01-2011 4:38pm
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Your Text Here wrote: »

The second one looks really good! I love And So I Watch You From Afar ^_^

I saw them twice in one night there in December (FMC gig in Whelan's and Abedisi Shank after-party in Button Factory). Just amazing. You got the 'Straight Though the Sun' for a status update / Tweet yet?

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#7059 09-01-2011 4:46pm
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BuroniKiisu wrote: »

I saw them twice in one night there in December (FMC gig in Whelan's and Abedisi Shank after-party in Button Factory). Just amazing. You got the 'Straight Though the Sun' for a status update / Tweet yet?

No

Adebisi Shank, another class band! The production on their second album is amazing.

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#7060 09-01-2011 4:49pm
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Your Text Here wrote: »

No

Then do so right now here!

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#7061 09-01-2011 5:00pm
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Just logged into my twitter account for the first time in ages to do that :P

I think I'm getting a cold

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#7062 09-01-2011 5:02pm
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Your Text Here wrote: »

I think I'm getting a cold

Snap I managed to go without one the whole damn winter! :mad:

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#7063 09-01-2011 9:53pm
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Your Text Here wrote: »

Adebisi Shank, another class band! The production on their second album is amazing.

I reckon they're the best current Irish band around at the moment.

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#7064 09-01-2011 9:59pm
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Yeah, I'd agree with that. Totally obsessed with their song Genki Shank at the minute

Do you have any recommendations for some new music for me to listen to El Pr0n? I'm in a bit of a musical rut >_<

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#7065 09-01-2011 10:18pm
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Your Text Here wrote: »

Yeah, I'd agree with that. Totally obsessed with their song Genki Shank at the minute

Do you have any recommendations for some new music for me to listen to El Pr0n? I'm in a bit of a musical rut >_<

If you're into Adebisi Shank, a band that are (kinda) like them that I'm really into are Tortoise. Do you know them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClKqNZOCAzs

At the moment I'm really into Neu!, krautrock/motorik stuff is kinda new to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldJ4DZkwHIs

Also lots of early Autechre (later stuff can be kinda hardgoing and I find I need to be in the right mood, their first two albums are just class any time of day)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAs2duUJpAk

I just got AFX (one of Aphex Twin's pseudonyms)'s Hangable Auto Bulb EP, which is really great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3HjnZfylE

and (as always with me), I've been listening to a lot of Radiohead. Predictable? Yes. Great? Always.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKyFcvAi3Xg

What are you into yourself Your_Text_Here?

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#7066 09-01-2011 10:38pm
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Never heard of Tortoise actually, I like that song you posted though! Neu! are one of my brothers favourite bands so I've heard them around the house a bit - have you started listening to Kraftwerk yet? (just that you said you were new to krautrock etc) Going by the videos you posted, I think you'd like them.

Liking Autechre, very lo-fi! Hadn't listened to them before Also you cannot beat a bit of Radiohead Kid A is my fave album by them; just put it on there :pac:

I'm into all kinds of stuff really - The Smiths (<3), The Dresden Dolls/Amanda Palmer, Damien Dempsey, Crystal Castles, Leonard Cohen, Emmy The Great, Mogwai... Even the odd Katy Perry/Rihanna song :P I try not to judge. There's a link to my Last FM in my sig if you want to see what else

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#7067 09-01-2011 11:11pm
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Your Text Here wrote: »

Never heard of Tortoise actually, I like that song you posted though! Neu! are one of my brothers favourite bands so I've heard them around the house a bit - have you started listening to Kraftwerk yet? (just that you said you were new to krautrock etc) Going by the videos you posted, I think you'd like them.

Liking Autechre, very lo-fi! Hadn't listened to them before Also you cannot beat a bit of Radiohead Kid A is my fave album by them; just put it on there :pac:

I'm into all kinds of stuff really - The Smiths (<3), The Dresden Dolls/Amanda Palmer, Damien Dempsey, Crystal Castles, Leonard Cohen, Emmy The Great, Mogwai... Even the odd Katy Perry/Rihanna song :P I try not to judge. There's a link to my Last FM in my sig if you want to see what else

Yeah, I'm big into Kraftwerk but they're not really that krautrocky after the first few albums. Two of the members of Neu! were ex-Kraftwerk members, who I guess weren't into inventing electronic music and becoming modern legends

Clicking yer last.fm now!

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#7068 09-01-2011 11:19pm
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How do the credits in the Arts course break down for the final grade on your degree? Is it split even between 2nd and 3rd year? Or more weight attached to one or other? First year doesn't count I heard...

I feel silly for not knowing this halway through 2nd year :rolleyes:

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#7069 09-01-2011 11:39pm
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El Pr0n wrote: »

How do the credits in the Arts course break down for the final grade on your degree? Is it split even between 2nd and 3rd year? Or more weight attached to one or other? First year doesn't count I heard...

I feel silly for not knowing this halway through 2nd year :rolleyes:

"The final year subject mark will incorporate, where relevant, the penultimate year mark weighted at 30%, applied
only to the student’s advantage. For students whose penultimate year is spent abroad on one of the BA International
programmes, the Second-Year mark is used. Where students are pursuing a joint honours programme in the
penultimate year and progress to a single honours programme in final year the penultimate mark of the relevant
subject is used."

From here: http://www.nuim.ie/calendar/rules/documents/marksandstandards_000.pdf

Discussed a bit here too.

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#7070 10-01-2011 11:46am
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So do you Guys...notice anything....different about me? :P

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#7071 10-01-2011 11:58am
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New cyber hair cut?

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#7072 10-01-2011 12:08pm
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Haha, not quite :P

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#7073 10-01-2011 1:58pm
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Raaaaaaaagggggggggeeeeeeee at what sounded like 8 interruptions throughout the exam this morning in the small sports hall. I quickly grew to hate everyone doing an exam that had nothing to do with me. I know it's irrational. But that many interruptions is taking the piss. You're all psyched up, as focused as you can possibly be... then interruption after interruption for the whole exam.

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#7074 10-01-2011 3:41pm
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squishykins wrote: »

So do you Guys...notice anything....different about me? :P

Stop looking for attention AmyPutz! :P

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#7075 10-01-2011 3:56pm
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Shup'n'lemme be a attention whore!

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#7076 10-01-2011 4:15pm
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I ate in the SU bar today and the food was reallly goooood. I hadn't been there since last year so I was very pleasantly surprised. Great value for money too :-)

Just thought I'd put this out there in case there are others who assumed like me that the food was still goddawful and who need somewhere local for those wet days when pugin hall seems so far away!

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#7077 10-01-2011 4:17pm
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FanillaIce wrote: »

I ate in the SU bar today and the food was reallly goooood. I hadn't been there since last year so I was very pleasantly surprised. Great value for money too :-)

Just thought I'd put this out there in case there are others who assumed like me that the food was still goddawful and who need somewhere local for those wet days when pugin hall seems so far away!

I appreciate knowing this! Hadn't given it a chance before. Will do soon.

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#7078 10-01-2011 4:42pm
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mickstupp wrote: »

I appreciate knowing this! Hadn't given it a chance before. Will do soon.

Well it is, after all, award winning grub. [/shamless self-promotion]

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#7079 10-01-2011 4:43pm
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Does anyone know what the story is with campus parking? Has paid parking been enforced yet or is it the same as usual until second semester begins?

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Oh new name
It took a long time to figure that out!!

I had the same problem in the Main Sports Hall today, towards the end of the exam. It was ridiculous!

Currently waiting to give out to UPC, my television keeps turning itself off and freezing. I only got a new box last week because a few channels weren't working on it. It went and deleted loads of my programs I had recorded last night!! So annoyed!

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#7081 10-01-2011 4:45pm
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girlonfire wrote: »

Does anyone know what the story is with campus parking? Has paid parking been enforced yet or is it the same as usual until second semester begins?

Rob's the man to ask.

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