Supergrunch
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Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter...
Supergrunch replied to Charlie's topic in General Chit Chat
Hmm, hot weather isn't exactly my favourite, and when I also have to revise it becomes pretty awful. I'll no doubt be wishing for more heat when my exams are over though. -
Before I get called a cunt, I'm dropping out of this round, as I'm right in the middle of my finals at the moment.
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I wish they had lanes like that in Cambridge. I'm sick of people wandering around in a daze forming impassable barricades that move at about 1/5th of my speed.
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Craig Venter is a bit annoying really, but this is quite cool. It was right on the horizon anyway, so let's hope for some fun applications of xenobiology.
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We're not allowed goldfish because of fire safety, which I've never entirely understood...
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What would you do if you woke up as the opposite sex?
Supergrunch replied to Happenstance's topic in General Chit Chat
I believe in Medieval Japan (something of a misnomer as that term applies to the West, but I'm not sure of the exact period) women hitched up their kimonos and peed like guys into urinal type things. As for becoming a woman, I don't think I'd do all that much different aside from the obvious. -
Happy birthday guys.
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To get enriched community structure.
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Happy birthday chaps.
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All is well, there's an SD version up now.
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This had better be sorted before this evening, my crappy college internet connection probably can't cope with it either...
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I thought that would draw criticism, but while we have some really archaic and odd rules, that one actually makes sense. There's nowhere for anyone to park, the centre of town is mostly pedestrian only, and those areas that aren't are hopelessly congested. And (apart from when Sainsbury's is closed, for the first time ever since I've been here) it's not like there's anywhere you need to get to that can't be reached by walking, and should you want to get about faster and/or go further, bikes are really more practical. Even the cars of tourists were causing serious problems leading to the park and ride system; if you consider that 30% of the population of Cambridge are students, it becomes clear that letting them all drive would be hell. Oh, and last I checked there weren't too many cars in 1728. :wink:
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Cambridge Sainsbury's is closing at 6pm today, and won't reopen until Thursday. That may not seem too problematic, but it's the only real supermarket in the centre of town, with everywhere else worthwhile really needing a car to get to, and cars are banned for students. So I had to do all my shopping in Marks and Spencer's, which was far too expensive. Coupled with the fact I went to a two Michelin star restaurant for my friend's birthday yesterday (absolutely awesome), this makes me feel somewhat bourgeois.
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I think there's a bit of Coolness in there too... (oh, and welcome!) Anyway. Much revision. I spent about 6 hours straight in the library on Monday, writing on politeness and phrase structure, which kind of knocked me out for a day or so. Must take more breaks. First final is a week tomorrow!
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Yes indeedy.
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No problem. If you're into reading online Japanese and use Firefox, try getting the Rikaichan extension which gives you an awesome mouseover dictionary.
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It's not つ that doubles the following letters, it's small tsu (っ), which is used primarily for this purpose. So つも is not mmo but tsumo - mmo is っも. Incidentally you can only use small tsu after another letter, because in Japanese you can only have double letters in the middle of words. Incidentally sometimes small tsu is placed at the end of utterances, especially in things like manga, but this is a less formal convention and indicates a glottal stop, which occurs at the end of some emphasised utterances in Japanese.
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Well it's the Harvard (author-date) system, but there are lots of variants within that - where you put full stops and colons, how much you abbreviate, what order things come in, etc. And yes, bed sounds good.
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Fixed for consistency and pluralisation. Anyway, it mostly seems right, and I'd definitely enter the two different articles as separate references as they're from an anthology and so are effectively different articles. There are a few other things that might vary depending on the particular style you're using - for instance you might want a colon after the in, and a pp. before the page numbers, but all this stuff depends on the particular house style and consistency is more important. Lol, I'm getting used to proof-reading papers. Edit: Oh, and check you don't need a full stop after the author's name. If you're citing a whole book or similar (e.g. a PhD Dissertation) then you should generally put page numbers unless you're just citing an extremely general claim. For instance, if you have a book about the decline of vanilla pods, you can say, "Various researchers have claimed vanilla pods are in decline; see the references in Atkinson (2007)," but for something for specific, it has to be, "Atkinson (2007:265-267) describes the life cycle of the vanillin weevil." And if a book has multiple authors, you can only cite that book by referring to all the authors, even if you're just quoting an article within the book by one of the authors. In this case, and definitely with anthologies, you should cite the article itself, as you did. One more illustration: let's say there's a book by Peters, Abrigado and Loath. You can say, "Peters et al. (2004:243) note that in addition weevils have remarkable aptitude for solving mysteries," but if instead the book is an anthology and you're citing an article by Abrigado, it's, "By contrast Abrigado's (2004) claim that Poirot was a weevil is baseless and unfounded," with the reference citing the specific article in the book. Note that et al. is usually used for three or more authors only - with two, just list both with and.
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That was definitely the case, but I assumed it was intentional. Also Amy Pond is apparently turned on by close escapes from death.
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It's weird how Oxford have their balls before exams rather than after. Did you not have to pay for a ticket?
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Thanks again all! I got some awesome presents, including this dragon: Other delights include a (non-teddy) bear, a dinner plate sized cookie, and vast amounts of good cheese.
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Thanks guys! For the record, I have no MAs, but that brain cake looks intriguing... I actually had one of those caterpillar cakes, which was awesome. Sadly I must do revision on my birthday, but had a good meal out last night all the same.
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Yeah, well I don't think any of them actually acted on my suggestion.