Oh and also on the topic of the chat title, the game also has one of the best OSTs to have been released as of late.
But don't listen to Thanatos on the matter because he is wrong.
I have never, ever been wrong.
If you don't like the OST to SotC, you are wrong, end of story, full stop.
Also, I loved the quarter system. Semester system seems like it would be too slow. I really don't need to spend more than 10 weeks talking about a topic.
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Thing I hated the most was semester long classes with like 3 grades: your midterm your final and your term paper. It made it so I'd actually work at school like 2 weeks a semester.
Man, all of my emotions have gone haywire recently. They're all over the damn map, and when I feel a strong emotion, I feel it to extremes. I was blubbering and sobbing hysterically for half an hour last night because the video game had a sad ending. Earlier in the afternoon, I was cackling and laughing at jokes that weren't that funny.
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A quarter not enough time for a research paper? Do they not have "coffee" where Shinto lives? A research paper takes a weekend at worst. Unless you're one of those total pussies who can't skip sleep once in a while to get shit done.
I usually read about a thousand pages for a 10 - 20 page research paper.
"Hi there, General Dumbass. I know you'll never even hear about this stuff again, and you probably won't remember my face if I see you again later today, let alone weeks from now, but let me condense everything I do into a five minute briefing that makes you feel like you have a good grasp on the situation."
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A quarter not enough time for a research paper? Do they not have "coffee" where Shinto lives? A research paper takes a weekend at worst. Unless you're one of those total pussies who can't skip sleep once in a while to get shit done.
I usually read about a thousand pages for a 10 - 20 page research paper.
So a week or two of reading? That's not bad.
It goes faster if you make shit up. Or use a bigger font. Also, 3" margins are your friend.
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A quarter not enough time for a research paper? Do they not have "coffee" where Shinto lives? A research paper takes a weekend at worst. Unless you're one of those total pussies who can't skip sleep once in a while to get shit done.
I usually read about a thousand pages for a 10 - 20 page research paper.
So a week or two of reading? That's not bad.
Maybe three weeks. I pause to absorb things a lot. Or I'm thinking and then have to go back because my eyes were moving but I wasn't paying attention. It's dense, not like novels or something.
A quarter not enough time for a research paper? Do they not have "coffee" where Shinto lives? A research paper takes a weekend at worst. Unless you're one of those total pussies who can't skip sleep once in a while to get shit done.
I usually read about a thousand pages for a 10 - 20 page research paper.
So a week or two of reading? That's not bad.
Maybe three weeks. I pause to absorb things a lot. Or I'm thinking and then have to go back because my eyes were moving but I wasn't paying attention. It's dense, not like novels or something.
I'm very good at picking out the important bits and then confirming my read of them before moving on. I rarely read every line. Most of the time I don't actually need to read every page, even. If it were a novel it would be one thing, as then every line is important. If it's research I only need the information and ideas, not the grandiose verbal images. I'm sure I've missed lots of cute stories about various PhDs' cats and wives, but they're not important to the research.
A quarter not enough time for a research paper? Do they not have "coffee" where Shinto lives? A research paper takes a weekend at worst. Unless you're one of those total pussies who can't skip sleep once in a while to get shit done.
I usually read about a thousand pages for a 10 - 20 page research paper.
So a week or two of reading? That's not bad.
Maybe three weeks. I pause to absorb things a lot. Or I'm thinking and then have to go back because my eyes were moving but I wasn't paying attention. It's dense, not like novels or something.
I'm very good at picking out the important bits and then confirming my read of them before moving on. I rarely read every line. Most of the time I don't actually need to read every page, even. If it were a novel it would be one thing, as then every line is important. If it's research I only need the information and ideas, not the grandiose verbal images. I'm sure I've missed lots of cute stories about various PhDs' cats and wives, but they're not important to the research.
I'm not as good at skimming. It might be an attitude thing too. I think of assignments as opportunities to do research. I think most people look at research as a hurdle to finishing an assignment.
A quarter not enough time for a research paper? Do they not have "coffee" where Shinto lives? A research paper takes a weekend at worst. Unless you're one of those total pussies who can't skip sleep once in a while to get shit done.
I usually read about a thousand pages for a 10 - 20 page research paper.
So a week or two of reading? That's not bad.
Maybe three weeks. I pause to absorb things a lot. Or I'm thinking and then have to go back because my eyes were moving but I wasn't paying attention. It's dense, not like novels or something.
Yeah, about the same. Plus 60-70 pages or so of really messy notes.
A quarter not enough time for a research paper? Do they not have "coffee" where Shinto lives? A research paper takes a weekend at worst. Unless you're one of those total pussies who can't skip sleep once in a while to get shit done.
I usually read about a thousand pages for a 10 - 20 page research paper.
So a week or two of reading? That's not bad.
Maybe three weeks. I pause to absorb things a lot. Or I'm thinking and then have to go back because my eyes were moving but I wasn't paying attention. It's dense, not like novels or something.
I'm very good at picking out the important bits and then confirming my read of them before moving on. I rarely read every line. Most of the time I don't actually need to read every page, even. If it were a novel it would be one thing, as then every line is important. If it's research I only need the information and ideas, not the grandiose verbal images. I'm sure I've missed lots of cute stories about various PhDs' cats and wives, but they're not important to the research.
I'm not as good at skimming. It might be an attitude thing too. I think of assignments as opportunities to do research. I think most people look at research as a hurdle to finishing an assignment.
Only about 5% of the research I do is for papers/assignments. The rest is because I want to know things. I do not, however, want to know how much some professor loves to show off his ability to make simple things seem more complex through repetition and stretched verbiage. It's very much like your problem with superlong posts. I don't give a shit about all that extra crap they toss in to make what should be a brief theorhetical essay into a book-length document so that they can sell a book or get tenure or whatever it is that motivates super-academics to inflate a simple idea into War and Peace.
A quarter not enough time for a research paper? Do they not have "coffee" where Shinto lives? A research paper takes a weekend at worst. Unless you're one of those total pussies who can't skip sleep once in a while to get shit done.
I usually read about a thousand pages for a 10 - 20 page research paper.
So a week or two of reading? That's not bad.
Maybe three weeks. I pause to absorb things a lot. Or I'm thinking and then have to go back because my eyes were moving but I wasn't paying attention. It's dense, not like novels or something.
Yeah, about the same. Plus 60-70 pages or so of really messy notes.
Yes.
I actually used to do the reading, then skim back taking notes once I had assembled my thoughts into an outline.
I still haven't figured out if that is more or less efficient. Taking notes slows the reading down a lot and I end up with notes on a lot of things that are really peripheral to my final thesis.
On the other hand, it is a pain trying to hunt down that one factoid that absolutely must be included with a footnote. The whole process of going back again and taking the notes feels inefficient.
I hate writing research papers, and do as little work as humanly possible on them.
My favorite professor in college would assign two papers and have three tests for his classes. If you did the two papers, they made up, like, 60% of your grade. If you didn't, the tests made up 100% of your grade. Totally an awesome system.
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But don't listen to Thanatos on the matter because he is wrong.
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DURRR.
EDIT: Fuck fuck fuck. I want GPS maps of Japan. Fuck you, TomTom!
Didn't you get banned for a day for hating something awesome?
If you don't like the OST to SotC, you are wrong, end of story, full stop.
Also, I loved the quarter system. Semester system seems like it would be too slow. I really don't need to spend more than 10 weeks talking about a topic.
Thanatos: Indeed. I post all sorts of shit that I later think I was wrong about.
And I just admit to being wrong. :P
Makes things easy.
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non sequitors are a dish best served boiling hot
I usually read about a thousand pages for a 10 - 20 page research paper.
Well, at least you own up to it.
Least, that's what I heard.
EDIT: Damn you Shinto!
"Hi there, General Dumbass. I know you'll never even hear about this stuff again, and you probably won't remember my face if I see you again later today, let alone weeks from now, but let me condense everything I do into a five minute briefing that makes you feel like you have a good grasp on the situation."
So a week or two of reading? That's not bad.
It goes faster if you make shit up. Or use a bigger font. Also, 3" margins are your friend.
Not nearly enough.
Not a fan?!
I must see this film.
That was great.
Umm... not so much for the spectators there.
Edit: I would probably run amok, if I had to attend one of those churches.
There's some skill involved in choosing topics, and also in doing the actual research. I've never had any trouble with research papers.
I tease her about that. I don't think she likes it though, so I don't do it often.
Maybe three weeks. I pause to absorb things a lot. Or I'm thinking and then have to go back because my eyes were moving but I wasn't paying attention. It's dense, not like novels or something.
I'm very good at picking out the important bits and then confirming my read of them before moving on. I rarely read every line. Most of the time I don't actually need to read every page, even. If it were a novel it would be one thing, as then every line is important. If it's research I only need the information and ideas, not the grandiose verbal images. I'm sure I've missed lots of cute stories about various PhDs' cats and wives, but they're not important to the research.
I'm not as good at skimming. It might be an attitude thing too. I think of assignments as opportunities to do research. I think most people look at research as a hurdle to finishing an assignment.
Only about 5% of the research I do is for papers/assignments. The rest is because I want to know things. I do not, however, want to know how much some professor loves to show off his ability to make simple things seem more complex through repetition and stretched verbiage. It's very much like your problem with superlong posts. I don't give a shit about all that extra crap they toss in to make what should be a brief theorhetical essay into a book-length document so that they can sell a book or get tenure or whatever it is that motivates super-academics to inflate a simple idea into War and Peace.
When I want facts, I open up a book. When I want heart, I open up a hobo.
Yes.
I actually used to do the reading, then skim back taking notes once I had assembled my thoughts into an outline.
I still haven't figured out if that is more or less efficient. Taking notes slows the reading down a lot and I end up with notes on a lot of things that are really peripheral to my final thesis.
On the other hand, it is a pain trying to hunt down that one factoid that absolutely must be included with a footnote. The whole process of going back again and taking the notes feels inefficient.
I haven't figured out an ideal system yet.
My favorite professor in college would assign two papers and have three tests for his classes. If you did the two papers, they made up, like, 60% of your grade. If you didn't, the tests made up 100% of your grade. Totally an awesome system.