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The Geniuses' Thread

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  • #32
    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    A Neurotic wrote: »
    It's not that I can't explain, it's that you wouldn't understand...
    Did I accidentally click into The Fools' Thread? No! Ah, I must be in the Geniuses' Thread then, where anything can be explained and understood. :P


  • #33
    norwegianwood
    Registered Users Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭norwegianwood


    Genius thread? Wahey!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhrfhjLd9e4


  • #34
    Bobalicious93
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭Bobalicious93


    Isn't the plural of Genius, Genii?

    :cool:


  • #35
    TheCardHolder
    Registered Users Posts: 929 ✭✭✭TheCardHolder


    I can count to potato.


  • #36
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    My favourite colour is bacon!


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  • #37
    phlegms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,882 ✭✭✭phlegms


    I'm so hardcore a History nerd, the 11th century Papal reform genuinely fascinates me..

    BAM!

    Dropping History knowledge like a Boss, a Mo'Fo' even.


  • #38
    unknown13
    Registered Users Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭unknown13


    I can make noodles. I'm a geniuses because I read instructions.


  • #39
    sock puppet
    Registered Users Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    A Neurotic wrote: »
    It's not that I can't explain, it's that you wouldn't understand...

    The 1st year engineers in Trinity have that printed on their hoodys. You don't want to be associated with them.


  • #40
    A Neurotic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,779 ✭✭✭A Neurotic


    I was wondering where I'd heard it. I like it!


  • #41
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    In fairness C&H needed this thread, they're a great band

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oepXF2B5NK4


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  • #42
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    It's a shame I lost my USB memory stick a while ago. Otherwise, I could have posted up my 2nd year maths project, entitled "Romeo & Juliet; Shakespeare's Tragedy in Differential Equations"
    The basic idea was you model Romeo and Juliet's affection for each other in differential equations, make a few changes and see if there's any way they can live happily ever after.

    Turns out there isn't.


  • #43
    Piste
    Registered Users Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    That's both amazing and depressing in equal measures.


  • #44
    *giggles*
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭*giggles*


    Well actually, this really should be called "The Genii's Thread" as genii is the plural of genius.

    God, don't you people know anything?:rolleyes:


  • #45
    jefreywithonef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭jefreywithonef


    *giggles* wrote: »
    Well actually, this really should be called "The Genii's Thread" as genii is the plural of genius.

    God, don't you people know anything?:rolleyes:


    That's a good question. As you may or may not know, there is some disagreement and controversy over the proper plural of the noun genius.
    In most cases, one can acceptably use geniuses as the plural. In fact, when referring to the "quality" of genius (as opposed to an individual possessing certain qualities or a certain nature), geniuses is the plural that one should normally use.
    However, when referring to an individual as a genius, the most correct plural is genii (that's three syllables). This is because genius is derived from Latin. It is the first-person masculine singular form of the word. The first-person masculine plural is genii.
    There is one additional, and rare, case where the plural genii should be used. This is the form of the word that comes from Roman mythology and refers to a guardian spirit of a person or place.
    If this is all a little too complex to remember and apply, just remember that geniuses will sound correct--even if not brilliant and erudite--in most cases. It's actually quite infrequently that the general populace uses the word genii. Gosh, it looks like I'm answering him directly here, when it is, in fact, a mere copy and paste job! Teehee!


  • #46
    Bobalicious93
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭Bobalicious93


    Monzo wrote: »
    That's a good question. As you may or may not know, there is some disagreement and controversy over the proper plural of the noun genius.
    In most cases, one can acceptably use geniuses as the plural. In fact, when referring to the "quality" of genius (as opposed to an individual possessing certain qualities or a certain nature), geniuses is the plural that one should normally use.
    However, when referring to an individual as a genius, the most correct plural is genii (that's three syllables). This is because genius is derived from Latin. It is the first-person masculine singular form of the word. The first-person masculine plural is genii.
    There is one additional, and rare, case where the plural genii should be used. This is the form of the word that comes from Roman mythology and refers to a guardian spirit of a person or place.
    If this is all a little too complex to remember and apply, just remember that geniuses will sound correct--even if not brilliant and erudite--in most cases. It's actually quite infrequently that the general populace uses the word genii. Gosh, it looks like I'm answering him directly here, when it is, in fact, a mere copy and paste job! Teehee!

    Copy/Paste ftw ;)

    EDIT: F*ck you White text :mad:


  • #47
    *giggles*
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭*giggles*


    Monzo wrote: »
    That's a good question. As you may or may not know, there is some disagreement and controversy over the proper plural of the noun genius.
    In most cases, one can acceptably use geniuses as the plural. In fact, when referring to the "quality" of genius (as opposed to an individual possessing certain qualities or a certain nature), geniuses is the plural that one should normally use.
    However, when referring to an individual as a genius, the most correct plural is genii (that's three syllables). This is because genius is derived from Latin. It is the first-person masculine singular form of the word. The first-person masculine plural is genii.
    There is one additional, and rare, case where the plural genii should be used. This is the form of the word that comes from Roman mythology and refers to a guardian spirit of a person or place.
    If this is all a little too complex to remember and apply, just remember that geniuses will sound correct--even if not brilliant and erudite--in most cases. It's actually quite infrequently that the general populace uses the word genii. Gosh, it looks like I'm answering him directly here, when it is, in fact, a mere copy and paste job! Teehee!


    Copying and pasting from Wiki answers, shame on you. That's copyright infringement my friend.

    Besides, I wasn't even asking a question. You are literally too stupid to insult.


  • #48
    jefreywithonef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭jefreywithonef


    *giggles* wrote: »
    Copying and pasting from Wiki answers, shame on you. That's copyright infringement my friend

    Always read the white print.


  • #49
    *giggles*
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭*giggles*


    Monzo wrote: »
    Always read the white print.


    Always read the edited version before replying with your cynicism. And I did read the white print. Unlike some people, I don't have to google smart things to say.


  • #50
    Bobalicious93
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭Bobalicious93


    *giggles* wrote: »
    Always read the edited version before replying with your cynicism. And I did read the white print. Unlike some people, I don't have to google smart things to say.

    Jesus, who pissed on your corn flakes this morning?


  • #51
    Niall09
    Registered Users Posts: 806 ✭✭✭Niall09


    *zip*

    :o


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  • #52
    jefreywithonef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭jefreywithonef


    *giggles* wrote: »
    Always read the edited version before replying with your cynicism. And I did read the white print. Unlike some people, I don't have to google smart things to say.

    Calm down, I wasn't even trying to be cynical. Now let's forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream. Or for those of us less well off, a few chocolate digestives.


  • #53
    *giggles*
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭*giggles*


    Monzo wrote: »
    Calm down, I wasn't even trying to be cynical. Now let's forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream. Or for those of us less well off, a few chocolate digestives.


    I agree. Strawberry ice cream is win. Haagen Dazs anyone?


  • #54
    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    We've had our first intellectual conflict. Come, gather children, and watch.

    Phlegms...don't say it.


  • #55
    phlegms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,882 ✭✭✭phlegms


    jumpguy wrote: »
    We've had our first intellectual conflict. Come, gather children, and watch.

    Phlegms...don't say it.

    I'm trying really hard not to :(


  • #56
    Davidius
    Registered Users Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    phlegms wrote: »
    I'm trying really hard not to :(
    The fact that you bolded only that changes the pacing and makes it sound wrong. I'm afraid you've done it again.


  • #57
    phlegms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,882 ✭✭✭phlegms


    Davidius wrote: »
    The fact that you bolded only that changes the pacing and makes it sound wrong. I'm afraid you've done it again.

    Yeah, I know :(


  • #58
    Konata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,164 ✭✭✭Konata


    Right, my brain is absolutely incapable of straight thought for the moment so a little help would be appreciated from all the geniuses/genii/whatever here -

    Peptide bonds. They're between what atoms again? I'm drawing peptides from amino acids but can't rememeber the damn atoms they're supposed to be between.

    Valine. Preferred conformation of the side chain? Are they on about beta sheets/alpha helixs etc. here or something else entirely?


  • #59
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    Hotaru wrote: »
    Right, my brain is absolutely incapable of straight thought for the moment so a little help would be appreciated from all the geniuses/genii/whatever here -

    Peptide bonds. They're between what atoms again? I'm drawing peptides from amino acids but can't rememeber the damn atoms they're supposed to be between.
    Wikipedia wrote:
    The resulting CO-NH bond is called a peptide bond

    Is that the right answer?
    I'm assuming not because you surely googled before asking.


  • #60
    A Neurotic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,779 ✭✭✭A Neurotic


    Hotaru wrote: »
    Right, my brain is absolutely incapable of straight thought for the moment so a little help would be appreciated from all the geniuses/genii/whatever here -

    Peptide bonds. They're between what atoms again? I'm drawing peptides from amino acids but can't rememeber the damn atoms they're supposed to be between.

    Valine. Preferred conformation of the side chain? Are they on about beta sheets/alpha helixs etc. here or something else entirely?

    Peptide bonds are between the alpha-amino group of one amino acid and the alpha-carboxyl group of another, so AFAIK it's usually a C-N bond.

    All I know on Valine (I say know, I'm actually looking at my Instant Notes Biochemistry Revision book) is that its side chain is aliphatic and hydrophobic, but chemically unreactive... not sure if that answers that question.


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  • #61
    Konata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,164 ✭✭✭Konata


    Pygmalion wrote: »
    Is that the right answer?
    I'm assuming not because you surely googled before asking.

    It's kinda the answer. I wasn't sure whether it was C-N or O-N specifically.
    A Neurotic wrote: »
    Peptide bonds are between the alpha-amino group of one amino acid and the alpha-carboxyl group of another, so AFAIK it's usually a C-N bond.

    All I know on Valine (I say know, I'm actually looking at my Instant Notes Biochemistry Revision book) is that its side chain is aliphatic and hydrophobic, but chemically unreactive... not sure if that answers that question.

    Thanks. It is a C-N bond, managed to find it eventually in amongst my lecturer's scrawl.
    As regards valine, I have no idea. I don't even know what they're asking. Tutorial work can be so... ugh.


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