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  • #482
    Jammyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Jammyc


    danishidiot wrote: »
    One lecture this Wednesday (chemistry) will I go? Or will I stay in bed? God I sound lazy......I'm gonna go!
    I was thinking same but decided I'm there. Doing well so far this semester. And yes i'm awsrethat i'm one day in!


  • #483
    Craguls
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭Craguls


    Since we've to write our own lab reports in chemistry now you guys should check out Symyx Draw 3.2

    It's a free molecule drawing programme that lets you draw and copy and paste structures. Might make your lives a little bit easier


  • #484
    Jammyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Jammyc


    Craguls wrote: »
    Since we've to write our own lab reports in chemistry now you guys should check out Symyx Draw 3.2

    It's a free molecule drawing programme that lets you draw and copy and paste structures. Might make your lives a little bit easier
    Why dankya! We don't have to write one for this week right? I left my results in without copying em down, emailed Noelle Scully and she said a write up isnt part of this week's lab, that they start next week!


  • #485
    Craguls
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭Craguls


    Jammyc wrote: »
    Why dankya! We don't have to write one for this week right? I left my results in without copying em down, emailed Noelle Scully and she said a write up isnt part of this week's lab, that they start next week!

    Nope not till next week as far as I know. Starting with recrystallisation too which is a fairly handy one. Should be grand. How was the physics lab?


  • #486
    Jammyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Jammyc


    Craguls wrote: »
    Nope not till next week as far as I know. Starting with recrystallisation too which is a fairly handy one. Should be grand. How was the physics lab?
    Was grand. Got lab manuals, shown around the lab, general chit-chat. Nothing too strenuous. They seem to take it kinda seriously though, which doesnt go well with the 'Im doing this module to make up credits' attitude I find myself with. Oh well.

    I was fairly happy with the chemistry lab this week. I didnt feel like a complete idiot! I could do it! :pac: Ill have to have a nice aul read of next weeks now, to follow the trend.

    This prawn disection in Biology is gonna be fun. Going to be very a-la-District 9. "Fucckkin prawns!"


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  • #487
    Craguls
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭Craguls


    Jammyc wrote: »
    Was grand. Got lab manuals, shown around the lab, general chit-chat. Nothing too strenuous. They seem to take it kinda seriously though, which doesnt go well with the 'Im doing this module to make up credits' attitude I find myself with. Oh well.

    I was fairly happy with the chemistry lab this week. I didnt feel like a complete idiot! I could do it! :pac: Ill have to have a nice aul read of next weeks now, to follow the trend.

    This prawn disection in Biology is gonna be fun. Going to be very a-la-District 9. "Fucckkin prawns!"

    Ah that attitude seems to be pretty common in geology. Half of those in the lecture seemed to be asleep on Wednesday. Yet I find myself enjoying it quite a bit... odd.

    Yeah I glanced through the lab manual on the bus on the way home. Seems to be interesting enough this year although is it just me or does it seem like we're getting more hands on work now? Projects, research essays, lab reports. Ugh I was enjoying being lazy


  • #488
    Jammyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Jammyc


    Craguls wrote: »
    Ah that attitude seems to be pretty common in geology. Half of those in the lecture seemed to be asleep on Wednesday. Yet I find myself enjoying it quite a bit... odd.

    Yeah I glanced through the lab manual on the bus on the way home. Seems to be interesting enough this year although is it just me or does it seem like we're getting more hands on work now? Projects, research essays, lab reports. Ugh I was enjoying being lazy
    I just cant get an image of Ross from Friends lecturing Geology!:pac:
    Foundation Physics landed us with a project in our first lecture, so have to get started on that, we have a meeting with our supervisor on wednesday about it.

    Yeah, seems to be an awful lot more work to do this semester with it. Hopefully will be decent enough.

    On a side note is anyone planning on going to Andrew Maxwell, thinking of going myself. For a tenner I'd say itll be a good night out.


  • #489
    danishidiot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭danishidiot


    I was in the chemistry labs all of 5 min's on Friday. 5 hours later I was out of St. James A&E. I'd call that a successful start to Organic Chemistry.:rolleyes:

    Also I agree with jammyc, the physics crowd takes themselves way too seriously. Plus, have you seen the lab manual? It won't be the doss we thought it would be......set status to: Worried.:(


  • #490
    Jammyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Jammyc


    danishidiot wrote: »
    I was in the chemistry labs all of 5 min's on Friday. 5 hours later I was out of St. James A&E. I'd call that a successful start to Organic Chemistry.:rolleyes:

    Also I agree with jammyc, the physics crowd takes themselves way too seriously. Plus, have you seen the lab manual? It won't be the doss we thought it would be......set status to: Worried.:(
    Jeez what happened??:eek:


  • #491
    banjopaul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 931 ✭✭✭banjopaul


    Jammyc wrote: »
    Jeez what happened??:eek:

    Haha if i remember rightly it involved a shattered pipette.

    "eh excuse me, I have glass in my finger.." :D

    Hope you're alright now paul.


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  • #492
    Fringe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Fringe


    Ah, similar thing happened to my friend in 6th year. It's not every day you can say you survived a chemistry accident.


  • #493
    Jammyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Jammyc


    banjopaul wrote: »
    Haha if i remember rightly it involved a shattered pipette.

    "eh excuse me, I have glass in my finger.." :D

    Hope you're alright now paul.
    Thou shalt never use real names on the interwebz!
    But yeah I'd say it was a welcome break from me almost passing out and dropping a glass graduated cylinder to smash. Fun times! A rockin start to the semester!


  • #494
    Bajingo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Bajingo


    banjopaul wrote: »
    Haha if i remember rightly it involved a shattered pipette.

    "eh excuse me, I have glass in my finger.."     :D

    Hope you're alright now paul.

    A true scientist..willing to scar himself for a useless experiment..Bravo!


  • #495
    Craguls
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭Craguls


    I believe my experiment went like;

    Be sure to shake contents thoroughly *shakes separating funnel* * liquid shoots over hands* releasing the valve to avoid pressure build up....

    Get well soon Paul!


  • #496
    GlasnevinRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭GlasnevinRed


    Jammyc wrote: »
    This prawn disection in Biology is gonna be fun. Going to be very a-la-District 9. "Fucckkin prawns!"

    The disection itself is quite fun, but drawing the diagrams is a complete and utter pain (as you may have noticed already in Bio), a trend which continues into 2nd year. But the disections get more fun.:D


  • #497
    Bajingo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Bajingo


    GlasnevinRed wrote: »
    The disection itself is quite fun, but drawing the diagrams is a complete and utter pain (as you may have noticed already in Bio), a trend which continues into 2nd year. But the disections get more fun.:D

    More fun..but rat guts are smelly..


  • #498
    ApeXaviour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,523 ✭✭✭ApeXaviour


    Jammyc wrote: »
    They seem to take it kinda seriously though, which doesnt go well with the 'Im doing this module to make up credits' attitude I find myself with. Oh well.
    danishidiot wrote: »
    Also I agree with jammyc, the physics crowd takes themselves way too seriously. Plus, have you seen the lab manual? It won't be the doss we thought it would be......set status to: Worried.:(
    It's physics! What in the world made you think it would be a doss!?

    Don't be intimidated too much by the lab manual. It's made for the full physics course, I'm pretty sure Foundation physicists only do about half of the experiments... pendulum, hookes law, DC circuits etc. Leaving out the more involved ones like the bandgap of germanium or the photoelectric effect.

    In this half of the term the experiments you'll be doing are 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 in the lab manual I believe. At least that's the case for the friday class. If you've any trouble with the write-ups feel free to ask questions here.


  • #499
    danishidiot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭danishidiot


    ApeXaviour wrote: »
    It's physics! What in the world made you think it would be a doss!?

    Don't be intimidated too much by the lab manual. It's made for the full physics course, I'm pretty sure Foundation physicists only do about half of the experiments... pendulum, hookes law, DC circuits etc. Leaving out the more involved ones like the bandgap of germanium or the photoelectric effect.

    In this half of the term the experiments you'll be doing are 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 in the lab manual I believe. At least that's the case for the friday class. If you've any trouble with the write-ups feel free to ask questions here.

    Thanks for the reassuring post! I should have spotted the fact that there are 20 experiments in the lab manual and we couldn't possibly fit them in. It would have defied the laws of physics themselves! (Bad joke that doesn't make sense). Thanks for the help offer too, if I need it I'll be sure to ask :) (hopefully I'll be ok, I did physics in the lc).


  • #500
    [Deleted User]
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    Anyone know where the meetings today are for the first few groups of Foundation Physics projects? I remember something bout the fitzgerald building but I've never been there before...


  • #501
    lucernarian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,243 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    Fitzgerald building is the physics building for the record.


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  • #502
    [Deleted User]
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    Ah it turned out to be pretty easy to find, managed to get myself quite flustered on the way though, almost walked into what I think was a lecture theatre full of people...


  • #503
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Did I just miss the notice that there was no Biology lecture at 1?


  • #504
    Jammyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Jammyc


    amacachi wrote: »
    Did I just miss the notice that there was no Biology lecture at 1?
    That was err.. announced last week. That 1pm lecture is no more, for the rest of the year!


  • #505
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Jammyc wrote: »
    That was err.. announced last week. That 1pm lecture is no more, for the rest of the year!

    Blargh, there goes the 9am lecture too so.


  • #506
    Jammyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Jammyc


    amacachi wrote: »
    Blargh, there goes the 9am lecture too so.
    Maths is it?


  • #507
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Jammyc wrote: »
    Maths is it?

    Aye, really not arsed goin in for that now. Plus tutorials are still a piece of piss despite having only gone to a couple of lectures since we went back.


  • #508
    Sugarglass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 78 ✭✭Sugarglass


    Hey, just wondering for the practical write ups, particularly Chemistry, does it have to be actually written up or can we type it. I know this is probably a stupid question :o, but was just wondering. Thanks.


  • #509
    Craguls
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭Craguls


    Sugarglass wrote: »
    Hey, just wondering for the practical write ups, particularly Chemistry, does it have to be actually written up or can we type it. I know this is probably a stupid question :o, but was just wondering. Thanks.

    I was planning on typing it that said my demonstrator said we could do whatever. I can't see them getting upset about it to be honest. If they kick up a fuss you could always pledge to handwrite them afterwords.


  • #510
    lucernarian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,243 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    I typed some of mine in first year, and nothing bad was said of it to me. I also think I knew someone in 2nd year who also handed his up typed out.


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  • #511
    danishidiot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭danishidiot


    I want to avoid handwriting mine if possible as my handwriting amounts to nothing more than interesting squiggles to most people (including me unfortunately):p

    I doubt that they'd be to suspicious as plagiarism is unlikely with the experiments.

    Also, did anyone find the phyllogenic bee experiment in Biology frustrating?
    I would have much preferred to do it on my own.....Its so hard to get to people to think the same way about something that's subjective!:rolleyes:


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