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Engineering Thread

Brian · 2008-11-01 23:51:27

We really should have our own forum entirely, but I think a thread'll do. I rather enjoy the relaxed nature of a thread derailment, but in the general public's interest, maybe we should all hang out here. tl;dr TR032 ARE GO!

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#1352 28-09-2009 10:11AM

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i hate Mondays i hate the first week and having to wait for 4 hours to go to a double fluids lecture(not to fond of this subject)

can someone tell me what to do to kill time.

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#1353 28-09-2009 10:41AM

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Yeah double fluids lecture- boo, hiss etc. Don't know how to kill time either. FYP? Ugh.

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#1354 28-09-2009 02:55PM

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I'm hoping Materials was just another "Here's my email address..." lecture? Shelter looks fun, though unrealistic. -5 to +35 C temperature variance, despite 25mm of daily rainfall?

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#1355 28-09-2009 05:47PM

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Baza210 wrote: »

I'm hoping Materials was just another "Here's my email address..." lecture?

It was Dr. Roger West so you probably already have his email address, and he pretty much just went over the lecture he gave last year about stress and strain etc.

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#1356 28-09-2009 09:28PM

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Btw Baza, that's some head of hair! Now I can see what you've been up to all summer.

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#1357 28-09-2009 09:33PM

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devinejay wrote: »

Btw Baza, that's some head of hair! Now I can see what you've been up to all summer.

lulz

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#1358 28-09-2009 09:56PM

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Heatsink; Imma overclocking my brain.

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#1359 28-09-2009 10:14PM

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Cheese.

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#1360 29-09-2009 07:09PM

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Hey, was wondering if anyone knows weather junior freshmen in engineering have tutorials on during the first week, in particular Wednesday morning?

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#1361 29-09-2009 07:54PM

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Free_Books wrote: »

Hey, was wondering if anyone knows weather junior freshmen in engineering have tutorials on during the first week, in particular Wednesday morning?

There is maths and mechanics tutorials. No physics ones until next week.

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#1362 29-09-2009 08:11PM

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Ok Thanks

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#1363 30-09-2009 11:36PM

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In Engineering we use ... Kilo Newtons -dramatic pause-

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#1364 02-10-2009 06:59PM

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can anyone remember the address you use for remote access to the get folders, I want to get Roger West's notes.

Btw looking at his TCD people finder profile it seems in 1981 he did a "Graduate Diploma in Computers for Engineers." I'd love to see what that entailed.

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#1365 02-10-2009 07:22PM

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I don't think you can access the get folder off campus, only your own filestorage folder. That's at https://filestorage.tcd.ie/student<first letter of username ... or maybe your name>/<username>/ eg https://filestorage.tcd.ie/studentb/baza210/

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#1366 02-10-2009 07:24PM

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devinejay wrote: »

can anyone remember the address you use for remote access to the get folders, I want to get Roger West's notes.

Only internal access afaik.
2E8 Concrete?

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#1367 02-10-2009 07:31PM

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Oh yeah, actually I think I've been through this before, perhaps even posted the question before. The memory really hasn't been the same since I tried the brown acid at woodstock.

It's 2E8 but I think they have restructured it because now it's just Materials and West just gives us an introduction to mechanical properties and I think something else later on.

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#1368 02-10-2009 10:31PM

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Just out of interest here, how different is the 2nd year course this year from the one last year? For example, we're only doing most courses for the one term this year, so does this mean they've condensed some courses from last year (e.g. 2e3) into one term? And does it actually work out that we have less hours?

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#1369 05-10-2009 08:35PM

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http://xkcd.com/645/

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#1370 05-10-2009 09:48PM

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Jonathan wrote: »

http://xkcd.com/645/

**Whoossh**

-The sound of that going right over my head, I did enjoy the one on Ohm's law not too long ago

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#1371 07-10-2009 08:42PM

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http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/10/vertical_bike_parking.html

Interesting idea. Wonder how practical it would be in windy cities.

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#1372 07-10-2009 08:59PM

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devinejay wrote: »

**Whoossh**

-The sound of that going right over my head, I did enjoy the one on Ohm's law not too long ago

RPN

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#1373 08-10-2009 12:06AM

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Jonathan wrote: »

RPN

I had to learn about that at one stage.

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#1374 08-10-2009 09:36PM

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These will go nicely with your USB Jon

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#1375 09-10-2009 10:26PM

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http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=62473163#post62473163

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#1376 09-10-2009 10:35PM

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tut tut tut. First rule of fight club is...

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#1377 13-10-2009 09:37PM

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an email wrote:

it IS possible to obtain full marks for the Labs exercises WITHOUT doing the further challenges.

So... any point in doing them?

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#1378 13-10-2009 10:33PM

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http://www.livescience.com/technology/091013-dyson-fan.html

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#1379 13-10-2009 11:29PM

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TheAmateur wrote: »

So... any point in doing them?

You learn something, makes subsequent exercises easier, makes exam easier, etc.

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#1380 14-10-2009 01:15AM

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TheAmateur wrote: »

So... any point in doing them?

for funsies

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#1381 14-10-2009 01:14PM

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The syllabi for each paper will comprise select topics from the associated modules. These are currently being formulated and will be communicated to you in the next 3 weeks.

another 3 weeks brings us to November 4th. Just over 2 months before the exams start. This seems like a very short time to study one and a half years of stuff?

As a School, we have been reviewing the Schol examinations with a view to increasing the numbers of students taking them.

This makes me laugh. If they wanted to encourage people to take the exam, there number one goal should be making it clear early what exactly is on the exam. It is not like the whole semesterisation thing was sprung on them suddenly a month ago, they had plenty of time to plan.

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