The UCC 'Off-Topic' Thread

SuperInfinity · 16-12-2010 3:58pm

Crosswalk wrote: »

Does anyone know how to cite a quotation from a book that was taken from a website rather than the actual book? I don't have the History departmental handbook to hand and Google brought up nothing.

According to the Chicago Manual of Style the preferred method of citation is to the original source: "With all reuse of others' materials, it is important to identify the original as the source. This...helps avoid any accusation of plagiarism...To cite a source from a secondary source ('quoted in...') is generally to be discouraged...."

tl;dr: Cite the original book and not the website, just make sure that the website is right.

ReacherCreature · 17-12-2010 12:23am

Crosswalk wrote: »

Does anyone know how to cite a quotation from a book that was taken from a website rather than the actual book? I don't have the History departmental handbook to hand and Google brought up nothing.

Refer the book if it was from google books or something. Is the book 'scanned' up online?

Knifey Spoony · 17-12-2010 4:32pm

Another study week successfully wasted

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ReacherCreature · 24-12-2010 4:09pm

Happy Christmas all.

Byron85 · 24-12-2010 5:05pm

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Happy Christmas all.

Oh hai der!

Censorsh!t · 25-12-2010 5:30pm

I have no motivation to do my two essays by the time I get back to college. WHY DID I CHOOSE COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY AS A MODULE?! WHYYYYYYY

:( distress

Byron85 · 06-01-2011 12:20am

I met the elusive Eliot today. :eek:;)

Eliot Rosewater · 06-01-2011 12:43am

Elusive indeed, I ran off as soon as he had his back turned!

Poor enough lecture I thought.

Byron85 · 06-01-2011 1:17am

Eliot Rosewater wrote: »

Elusive indeed, I ran off as soon as he had his back turned!

Poor enough lecture I thought.

Yeah it was pretty straight forward alright. I took some notes on the criticisms but not much overall.

TanG411 · 06-01-2011 1:23am

Hey Byron, was that you getting chatted up by a crazy woman in town today? Think I recognised you from the Express newspaper. She said you had a pretty face and started taking pictures of everyone including me.

I hope I have the right person, or this post just looks wierd. :eek:

Byron85 · 06-01-2011 2:27am

Rosicky7 wrote: »

Hey Byron, was that you getting chatted up by a crazy woman in town today? Think I recognised you from the Express newspaper. She said you had a pretty face and started taking pictures of everyone including me.

I hope I have the right person, or this post just looks wierd. :eek:

You're right. That post was weird. I'm not the Byron you're thinking of. I do have a pretty face though.

ReacherCreature · 06-01-2011 12:51pm

Speaking of meeting other boardsies, I'm fairly saw Crosswalk and the Wrench within minutes of each other the other day. Was odd.

Byron85 · 06-01-2011 1:09pm

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Speaking of meeting other boardsies, I'm fairly saw Crosswalk and the Wrench within minutes of each other the other day. Was odd.

I never see you around actually. You stuck in the library these days?

Crosswalk · 06-01-2011 3:14pm

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Speaking of meeting other boardsies, I'm fairly saw Crosswalk and the Wrench within minutes of each other the other day. Was odd.

We should start a Spotted in UCC thread. Bonus points if you spot a boardsie skulking around outside that weird room in the Kane building.

TanG411 · 06-01-2011 3:56pm

Byron85 wrote: »

You're right. That post was weird. I'm not the Byron you're thinking of. I do have a pretty face though.

Oh right. . . Sorry.

ReacherCreature · 06-01-2011 6:09pm

Byron85 wrote: »

I never see you around actually. You stuck in the library these days?

Yep mostly. Trying to get essay done. That and Facebook. :P. Although I saw your back and the swaying hair at the end of last term though. Made my 2010.

Crosswalk wrote: »

We should start a Spotted in UCC thread. Bonus points if you spot a boardsie skulking around outside that weird room in the Kane building.

I'd win that hands down I think. I've seen rebel_girl_15, Papa_Lazarou, titan18 and Buceph as well as yourself and Knife-Wrench in three days.

I know too many Boardsies. :pac:

Biffman · 08-01-2011 3:02am

Rosicky7 wrote: »

Hey Byron, was that you getting chatted up by a crazy woman in town today? Think I recognised you from the Express newspaper. She said you had a pretty face and started taking pictures of everyone including me.

I hope I have the right person, or this post just looks wierd. :eek:

That was me! I'm quite sick of the username mistake happening, but I do accept that imitation is the highest form of flattery so I'll let it pass.

Did she say that?! I don't remember that but I remember her taking pictures. Bloody mentalist. I think she'd been kicked off the bus or something. I was happy at first cos I felt like a celebrity but then I had to ask her to stop. She was crying and stuff, it wasn't pleasant.

UpTheSlashers · 12-01-2011 10:54pm

Typical simpleton question here. I got an essay back with the mark "D". I thought the marking system was different at college? One tutor says I failed and another says I passed, so whats the story?

Byron85 · 13-01-2011 12:04am

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

Typical simpleton question here. I got an essay back with the mark "D". I thought the marking system was different at college? One tutor says I failed and another says I passed, so whats the story?

That's a pass.

ReacherCreature · 20-01-2011 10:46pm

In the library on the side facing the Quad, why on Q+2 are there no windows? On 1 I think and 3 for sure there are windows. None on 2?

DonnieScribbles · 25-01-2011 7:52pm

Is there a microwave for student use anywhere in UCC? I haven't seen one around, but maybe I'm not looking hard enough.

Didn't seem worthy of its own thread somehow, so I'll put my query here

Eliot Rosewater · 25-01-2011 8:41pm

I think there's one in the student common room.

EDIT: I'm right: http://collegeroad.ie/services/union-services/common-room.html

DonnieScribbles · 25-01-2011 9:34pm

Nice one, cheers, my searches yielded nothing. Must try harder!

pow wow · 30-01-2011 3:44pm

There's a guy a few seats down from me in Boole who is clip-clopping his jaw in tandem with grinding his teeth. I think he may come to harm :mad:

Why does he need a soundtrack to a Sunday in the library created by his own face?!

UCC Philosoph · 04-02-2011 5:28pm

This Monday, February 7th the Philosoph are hosting a Charity Table Quiz in the New Bar at 19.30.

On Wednesday, February 9th, Alastair Campbell, Director of Communications and Strategies for Prime Minister Tony Blair is addressing the Philosoph and EandS Society in Devere Hall at 11am. Campbell is an amazing speaker and obvisously an exteremely interesting person with extrordinary experiences behind him. He will be signing copies of his book The Alastair Campbell Diaries after the address. Everyone is welcome so make sure to come along!

Byron85 · 04-02-2011 7:40pm

UCC Philosoph wrote: »

This Monday, February 7th the Philosoph are hosting a Charity Table Quiz in the New Bar at 19.30.

On Wednesday, February 9th, Alastair Campbell, Director of Communications and Strategies for Prime Minister Tony Blair is addressing the Philosoph and EandS Society in Devere Hall at 11am. Campbell is an amazing speaker and obvisously an exteremely interesting person with extrordinary experiences behind him. He will be signing copies of his book The Alastair Campbell Diaries after the address. Everyone is welcome so make sure to come along!

Amazing speaker, complicit in the murder of thousands of Iraqi civilians; but who's splitting hairs eh?

ReacherCreature · 04-02-2011 11:28pm

Byron85 wrote: »

Amazing speaker, complicit in the murder of thousands of Iraqi civilians; but who's splitting hairs eh?

What'd he do?

Byron85 · 05-02-2011 1:05am

ReacherCreature wrote: »

What'd he do?

Blair's press secretary and director of communications.

In the runup to the Iraq War Campbell was involved in the preparation and release of the "September Dossier" in September 2002 and the "Iraq Dossier" in February 2003. These documents argued the case for concern over possible weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq. Both have been criticized as overstating or distorting the actual intelligence findings. Subsequent investigation revealed that the September Dossier had been altered, on Campbell's orders, to be consistent with a speech given by George W. Bush and statements by other United States officials. On 9 September 2002, Campbell sent a memo to John Scarlett, the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, in which Campbell directed that the British dossier be "one that complements rather than conflicts with" the U.S. claims.[14]

As far as i'm concerned, the man is a vile human being who is responsible the deaths of innocents, no ifs ands or buts about it.

Censorsh!t · 05-02-2011 2:29pm

I'm sure I saw some people from boards.ie at the arts ball?

Crosswalk · 05-02-2011 3:43pm

If you have a lecturer who is just plain terrible and the majority of the class think so is there actually anything you can do about it? I've just stopped going to lectures and started reading the recommended books for the hour I should be listening to him fumble over his lecture notes so I'm not too bothered about it but I was just interested to know if there actually is a procedure you can go through?

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