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DIT Off Topic Chat Thread

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    #62
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Zyzz wrote: »
    Oh snap did I write pub? I meant eh..study

    Sorry for the mis-spelling! :D

    Of course, of course. Simple mistake to make :D


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    #63
    BamboozledFinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭BamboozledFinn


    If DIT is to become a university when it moves to Grangegorman does that mean it'll change it's name? If so, any ideas on what they might go for?


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    #64
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    BamboozledFinn wrote: »
    If DIT is to become a university when it moves to Grangegorman does that mean it'll change it's name? If so, any ideas on what they might go for?

    At the moment, DIT is a University in all but name, as it has it's own degree awarding powers - where as all the other ITs have degrees issued by HETAC or FETAC, depending on the level.

    I'd say that when it does get University status, it'll probably be called DUT - Dublin University of Technology. All the other names are taken!


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    #65
    Dreddybajs
    Registered Users Posts: 4,229 ✭✭✭Dreddybajs


    Anyone else getting a "connection is untrusted" warning when they try to log in to student email tonight?


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    #66
    swiftblade
    Registered Users Posts: 2,550 ✭✭✭swiftblade


    Dreddybajs wrote: »
    Anyone else getting a "connection is untrusted" warning when they try to log in to student email tonight?

    Nope.


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    #67
    BamboozledFinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭BamboozledFinn


    Dreddybajs wrote: »
    Anyone else getting a "connection is untrusted" warning when they try to log in to student email tonight?

    I'm getting it too! :(


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    #68
    Dreddybajs
    Registered Users Posts: 4,229 ✭✭✭Dreddybajs


    I added it as an exception, then got an error page... went back to dit.ie and clicked through again and it worked.


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    #69
    swiftblade
    Registered Users Posts: 2,550 ✭✭✭swiftblade


    Hhhhmmm....I can't seem to get into the timetables though. :confused:


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    #70
    Dreddybajs
    Registered Users Posts: 4,229 ✭✭✭Dreddybajs


    Yeah, the timetables have been down for a few days for me.


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    #71
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    I've said it before, I'mma say it again - webtimetables is awful!

    Similarly off topic;

    Had 9 hours of lectures today - 9 feckin' hours!

    Kinda makes up for it in the fact that I have Thursdays and Fridays off tho :D


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    #72
    VickBack
    Registered Users Posts: 331 ✭✭VickBack


    Ouch!! I think one of the days I'm in from 9 until 8... Not looking forward to labs starting next week!!


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    #73
    Aard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    I'm in Thursdays 9-6 but with a 4hr break in the middle... Not sure what I'm gonna do with myself!


    Also, appropriately off-topic, Tesco has a deal of a sandwich, crisps, and orange juice for €3. My lunch sorted for the longer days.


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    #74
    swiftblade
    Registered Users Posts: 2,550 ✭✭✭swiftblade


    Aard wrote: »
    I'm in Thursdays 9-6 but with a 4hr break in the middle... Not sure what I'm gonna do with myself!


    Also, appropriately off-topic, Tesco has a deal of a sandwich, crisps, and orange juice for €3. My lunch sorted for the longer days.

    Im the same on Thursdays. Except mine is a 5 hour break. Go to the cinema or something I suppose. :confused:


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    #75
    G_R
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    Aard wrote: »
    I'm in Thursdays 9-6 but with a 4hr break in the middle... Not sure what I'm gonna do with myself!


    Also, appropriately off-topic, Tesco has a deal of a sandwich, crisps, and orange juice for €3. My lunch sorted for the longer days.
    Wow. That's not bad. Not bad at all.

    I go to the Aungier Deli myself. Any roll or wrap for €2.50. Or soup for €1. Food is nice aswell.


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    #76
    G_R
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    swiftblade wrote: »

    Im the same on Thursdays. Except mine is a 5 hour break. Go to the cinema or something I suppose. :confused:
    You could get an unlimited card from cineworld, 19.99/month. it'd pay for itself in no time!


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    #77
    Pigwidgeon
    Registered Users Posts: 6,590 ✭✭✭Pigwidgeon


    I've a four hour gap on Monday's went to the cinema with a few people yesterday. It was a grand way to kill a few hours.

    I'm considering getting the cineworld unlimited card for €20 a month. Even you go four times it's worth it. We went at 12.40 yesterday and it was €6.90 for a student ticket.

    Edit: grand rajnah: great minds think alike eh? :P


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    #78
    Mo14
    Registered Users Posts: 341 ✭✭Mo14


    Web timetables really is appalling, thankfully I copied down mine into a spreadsheet, I'd be seriously lost if I hadn't, hasn't been working for ages now.


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    #79
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Pigwidgeon wrote: »
    Edit: grand rajnah: great minds think alike eh? :P

    Well, what can I say :cool:


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    #80
    The Volt
    Registered Users Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭The Volt


    DIT students get 2 for 1 in the IFI some days, not sure which. But it's a lovely little cinema with a cool café/bar and some decent showings as well :)


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    #81
    swiftblade
    Registered Users Posts: 2,550 ✭✭✭swiftblade


    Grand_Rajnah wrote: »
    You could get an unlimited card from cineworld, 19.99/month. it'd pay for itself in no time!

    20 quid a month. Not bad. :) Is that with a student discount?

    We should make a sticky for stuff to do in between lectures :)


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    #82
    G_R
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    swiftblade wrote: »
    20 quid a month. Not bad. :) Is that with a student discount?

    We should make a sticky for stuff to do in between lectures :)

    No thats just their price, it's really good.

    Yeah that's not a bad plan. What else could we add to it, no point making a sticky for 1 or 2 things!


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    #83
    VickBack
    Registered Users Posts: 331 ✭✭VickBack


    I had a gap last year from 11 in the morning until 7 that night n then it changed to a gap from like 1 until 7 and it was like that for my whole first semester... One of the things I did while I was wandering around town was make my way to the other colleges so I would have an idea of where all the different DITs were and what they were like! Could be something to take up a few hours if ya don't already know about em and stuff! =D


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    #84
    swiftblade
    Registered Users Posts: 2,550 ✭✭✭swiftblade


    Grand_Rajnah wrote: »
    No thats just their price, it's really good.

    Yeah that's not a bad plan. What else could we add to it, no point making a sticky for 1 or 2 things!

    Decent pubs nearby ,shops (Forbidden Planet FTW!) , ect. :)

    Could add places that do deals at lunch time too.


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    #85
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    I'll make ye a deal!

    If we can get 5 seperate posts with good (and preferably free/cheap) things to do during lecture gaps, I'll move em all to a new thread and sticky it!

    I count 2 so far, Cinema and Explore DIT Buildings.

    One thing that we do in my group is go to Stephen's Green when it's nice out, there could be 20 of us sitting/lying in a circle. It's a great way to pass a couple of hours!

    EDIT: Including swiftblades post, were up to 4


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    #86
    swiftblade
    Registered Users Posts: 2,550 ✭✭✭swiftblade


    Might not be to everyones taste but the National Gallery is free addmission. :)

    Actually all the National Museums are free


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    #87
    swiftblade
    Registered Users Posts: 2,550 ✭✭✭swiftblade


    Londis are curretnly doing a lunch special thing, were if you buy 4 lunches from them you get the 5th free. :)


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    #88
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Thread's open.

    I'll move over any posts that are just suggestions, but if there's other stuff in the post, I'll let ye post it over yourselves!


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    #89
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Dear god, it's a lot more complicated to move the posts than I thought.

    The time stamp on them is before I created the new thread, so they moved automatically to the top of the list, which doesn't work, cos I needed the instructions on top. So I decided to delete that post, but somehow I deleted the bloody thread!

    Fuck sake :mad:

    I'm sick of trying it now, I'm convinced the software doesn't like me.
    I have just moved the posts back here.

    So, I'm sorry, I tried, but yis are gonna have to add new posts yourselves guys! :P


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    #90
    Aard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    In a similar theme to cinemas and museums, the National Concert Hall often has lunchtime concerts for cheap. A couple of years ago I used to go regularly to free concerts around that time; don't know if they're still on. Incidentally, they sell tickets to everything for €5 (students only!) in the 10 minutes or so before a performance, so in theory you could go see a world-famous orchestra for one-tenth of the price!


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    #91
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Aard wrote: »
    In a similar theme to cinemas and museums, the National Concert Hall often has lunchtime concerts for cheap. A couple of years ago I used to go regularly to free concerts around that time; don't know if they're still on. Incidentally, they sell tickets to everything for €5 (students only!) in the 10 minutes or so before a performance, so in theory you could go see a world-famous orchestra for one-tenth of the price!

    Throw it up in this thread so we can have all the suggestions for stuff to do in the one spot.


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