aaaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhh

Professey Chin

soccymonster wrote: »

absouletely broke.

and rag week Is nearly over.

I NEVER WANT IT TO EEEEEEEEEEENNNNDDDDD.

Damn 1st years.....

Hairycopper wrote: »

Casually browsing facebook while I get ready for school, seen something that can never be unseen. Humans disappoint me:eek:

Hai. Welcome to the internet. You must be new here :pac:

wnolan1992

soccymonster wrote: »

absouletely broke.

and rag week Is nearly over.

I NEVER WANT IT TO EEEEEEEEEEENNNNDDDDD.

I want it over and done with. The one day I had to enjoy it was yesterday and that turned out shíte, now it's back to 8 hour days of college for the rest of the week.


*sigh*.... I miss first year.

SChique00

Agnostic Mantis wrote: »

Why do you need your mother to buy it for you? Entry level guitars are fairly well priced (so you can learn it, but if you give up won't make you look like you've blown a lot of cash cash money). If you have a birthday coming up, ask for one then. Or you could do what I did, and not go out and work for it in any way, without lifting a finger, but wait until someone bought it for me.

Pssh, kids today.

Well I don't have any money of my own, sadly. What ways are there for a teen to make a reasonable amount of money anyway, unless they're extremely entreprenuerial (which I'm not ) ? Sarcasm is hurtful, btw :pac:

Jamie Starr

SChique00 wrote: »

Well I don't have any money of my own, sadly. What ways are there for a teen to make a reasonable amount of money anyway, unless they're extremely entreprenuerial (which I'm not ) ? Sarcasm is hurtful, btw :pac:

Well, you should wait until your birthday or something. Milk money from relatives by painting a shed/fence/renaissance portrait of a sheep. You can get a Harley Benton electric plank of wood for around the €100 mark,and they're not meant to be that bad, perfect for a beginner.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_squier_sa105_na.htm

There's a Fender Squier acoustic for 70 clams ferchrissakes.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbstset_2_black.htm

A Harley Benton with an amp for 85, shipping's a tenner. If you're just starting out, buying one of these would be perfect, unless you're sure you'll persevere with it, then it might be worth waiting until you've saved up a bit more and going a little higher.

jumpguy

The shít the Irish Times pumps out about the Leaving Cert, especially in regards to 3rd level choices, is staggering...

You might love science and decide to take all three science subjects, but that puts you on a very narrow path beyond school.

First of all, doing all the science subjects still means you can do almost every course in the country (assuming you also have a 3rd language and don't need a portfolio/HPAT.)

Secondly, if you love science so much to pick all three subjects, chances are you'll most likely do science after school anyway.

Arghh, I hope few LCers or their parents take this tripe seriously...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/education/2012/0228/1224312478981.html

/completely random rant

Lawliet

I also kind of hate how everyone thinks you need a third language. I am horrific at languages; no amount of work could get me higher than a C in English and I cheated on every single Irish test I got just to pass, so keeping on French for the leaving cert was just a waste of time that was going to lose me potential points.
I knew I was making the right decision, but I had to listen to everyone telling me how stupid I was for limiting my options. But in actual fact the courses that needed a third language were for the most part arts courses that would involve lots of essay writing, huge reading lists and just generally full of things that someone who struggles with languages doesn't want to do anyway.

Also most guidance counsellors are twits; far too focused on the "keeping your options open" side rather than thinking about how those choices will effect the student when they are in college. Like how most advise only taking one science subject, but if you're interested in a science degree you really should take two. They're only interested in getting the student on the course and after that they don't care.

HandsomeDivil

Hit a fly earlier and felt so guilty cos I thought I'd killed it. I genuinely felt so happy when I saw he was alive and buzzing. Since then, however, he has buzzed around my head and around my general space and I'm starting to get incredibly pissed off.

Aoifey!

Stress stress stress stress stress.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Oh Christ I hope you corrected her. I'd question her mental competence to teach after coming up with a comment like that. Humphrey Bogart a cultural icon, screen legend of the 1940s and star of this film Noir classic. Like FFS anybody with an ounce of film knowledge knows this stuff.

Twice in the past month I've had people ask me where Roscommon was. As in, they didn't know whether it was beside Antrim or Cork. Some people are seriously ignorant.

Hairycopper

Lawliet wrote: »

I also kind of hate how everyone thinks you need a third language. I am horrific at languages; no amount of work could get me higher than a C in English and I cheated on every single Irish test I got just to pass, so keeping on French for the leaving cert was just a waste of time that was going to lose me potential points.
I knew I was making the right decision, but I had to listen to everyone telling me how stupid I was for limiting my options. But in actual fact the courses that needed a third language were for the most part arts courses that would involve lots of essay writing, huge reading lists and just generally full of things that someone who struggles with languages doesn't want to do anyway.

THIS!!!! I get on ok doing honours Irish/English but I could never grasp foreign languages. I'm sick to death of people saying I'm limiting my choices if I don't do one, i know what i want to do, and a dont need a third langauge.I did LCVP at the start of the year, but because I don't do a language they had Spanish set up for few of us, I hated it! Dropped LVCP and use the time to study.

wnolan1992

Hairycopper wrote: »

THIS!!!! I get on ok doing honours Irish/English but I could never grasp foreign languages. I'm sick to death of people saying I'm limiting my choices if I don't do one, i know what i want to do, and a dont need a third langauge.I did LCVP at the start of the year, but because I don't do a language they had Spanish set up for few of us, I hated it! Dropped LVCP and use the time to study.

That's why you're posting on boards at 9:30am...... :pac: :pac: :pac:


So tired... just wanna go back to bed...Also kinda wanted to go home this weekend... but instead I'm gonna have to stay and work on the three projects and four midterms i have to do over the next two weeks.

Hairycopper

wnolan1992 wrote: »

That's why you're posting on boards at 9:30am...... :pac: :pac: :pac:


So tired... just wanna go back to bed...Also kinda wanted to go home this weekend... but instead I'm gonna have to stay and work on the three projects and four midterms i have to do over the next two weeks.

I've four free classes, IN A ROW I should probably being practising my artistic abilities by drawing a map of Ireland but instead im keeping my Geography book wide open and old notes spread across the table to look like I'm doing something :pac:

wnolan1992

Hairycopper wrote: »

I've four free classes, IN A ROW I should probably being practising my artistic abilities by drawing a map of Ireland but instead im keeping my Geography book wide open and old notes spread across the table to look like I'm doing something :pac:

So basically you're acting like me anytime a lecturer says "Right, take a few minutes now and work this problem out in ye're notepads" :pac: :pac:

Luno

Feel so sick, I'd rather be in school.

cheesefiend

Why, oh why do I leave everything until the last minute? Looks like I'll probably just scrape a pass in this assignment. At this stage it'll be a miracle if I pass this module. Bold Cheesefiend!

IHeartChemistry

SCATTERED!!! :(:(:(:( Still doing this psych assignment, have a 2000 politics one due by the 14th, possibly have a library fine and my head is going to explode! Damn you stupid ADHD

Jamie Starr

We have way too much work for such a fake degree.

IHeartChemistry

SOPA has been signed? RIP internet </3

Insect Overlord

IHeartChemistry wrote: »

SOPA has been signed? RIP internet </3

It's not SOPA. It's Seán Sherlock's "statutory instrument" to amend existing legislation. An Irish version of SOPA, but not the same thing.

IHeartChemistry

Insect Overlord wrote: »

It's not SOPA. It's Seán Sherlock's "statutory instrument" to amend existing legislation. An Irish version of SOPA, but not the same thing.

Whats the difference? xD Internet is stilll fooked am I correct?

Insect Overlord

IHeartChemistry wrote: »

Whats the difference? xD Internet is stilll fooked am I correct?

The Internet as we know it in Ireland (quoting articles, sharing pictures, streaming sports events, etc) could be massively impacted, but it's going to be a while before anyone knows for sure.

IHeartChemistry

Insect Overlord wrote: »

The Internet as we know it in Ireland (quoting articles, sharing pictures, streaming sports events, etc) could be massively impacted, but it's going to be a while before anyone knows for sure.

What about sites like projectfreetv and all them? They gonna be blocked?

Pigwidgeon

There should be a site-wide announcement about how this effects boards over the weekend or on Monday. Currently trying to figure out exactly how it does, and what rules will be implemented. Nobody is happy about this in the slightest. It's going to create a LOT of extra work.

Insect Overlord

IHeartChemistry wrote: »

What about sites like projectfreetv and all them? They gonna be blocked?

They won't be automatically blocked, no. The fear is that rights holders may be able to take court action against those kinds of sites and have them blocked in the future. The amendment is so vague and open to interpretation that nobody really knows where it will lead. There's an expectation that judges won't deal with spurious complaints, but until there's a test case of some kind it's all still speculation.

As Pigwidgeon said, wait for an official announcement in the next week.

wnolan1992

Pigwidgeon wrote: »

There should be a site-wide announcement about how this effects boards over the weekend or on Monday. Currently trying to figure out exactly how it does, and what rules will be implemented. Nobody is happy about this in the slightest. It's going to create a LOT of extra work.

Just using boards as an example, won't it mean Mods will have to work overtime to ensure no one's posting copyrighted stuff? Please tell me we're not gonna lose our "Soundtrack to Your Angst" thread? I don't think I could live in a world without it anymore.

Insect Overlord

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Just using boards as an example, won't it mean Mods will have to work overtime to ensure no one's posting copyrighted stuff? Please tell me we're not gonna lose our "Soundtrack to Your Angst" thread? I don't think I could live in a world without it anymore.

YouTube's terms of use are set up in such a way that it should still be fine to link to videos hosted there.

Pigwidgeon

Yeah as far as we've been told so far, youtube is fine. If it's whole episodes of things that's there the problems will arise.

It's more pictures, newspaper articles, videos etc. where the problems will begin to arise.

Tbh, from a mod perspective I would prefer if people could hold off on speculation about the rules of this as much as possible until Monday when I, the admins, other mods etc know more. There has been a brief announcement from Dav in feedback here.

And wnolan1992, yes it will mean a hell of a lot more work for mods

AtomicKoala

Doesn't this still have to be passed by Parliament? And four or five other states havent signed it as far as I know. I doubt we'll be fúcked or anything, but its not_a_good_thing.

Insect Overlord

AtomicKoala wrote: »

Doesn't this still have to be passed by Parliament? And four or five other states havent signed it as far as I know. I doubt we'll be fúcked or anything, but its not_a_good_thing.

Seán Sherlock's (calamitous fuck-up of an) amendment doesn't have to be passed by anyone else. He's written it in already.

Your second point is about ACTA, which is a different thing altogether.

AtomicKoala

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Seán Sherlock's (calamitous fuck-up of an) amendment doesn't have to be passed by anyone else. He's written it in already.

Your second point is about ACTA, which is a different thing altogether.

I wouldnt mind, I read this yesterday
Apparently its being done off an eleven year old piece of EU regulation, so he's calling it "European Union (Copyright and Related Rights) Regulations 2012". Apparently the European Court of Justice still has a say though. Very dodgy that nothing happened for ten years, then this. Who's bankrolling this guy?