SR V: To boldly go where no room has gone before

Padraic wrote: Ricochet wrote: Padraic wrote: Ricochet wrote: Padraic wrote: Ricochet wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Ricochet wrote: Where's my post I wrote two hours ago? It seems it was buried under 10 new pages.  What was it? About my colleagues at the Conservatory rioting. Why? Because they found out today that missing from more than 50% of some courses (which were declared optional at first) will deny their access to examns. And more than 50% of the students from year I didn't bother much at all with school. Yeah, that's bullsh*t.  Can't change the rules in the middle of the game. They changed it because of the first semester, when the exam results were catastrophical in many student's case. The same students just didn't pay attention to the warning regarding the new rule, and did the same thing they did months ago: nothing. Well that's a bit different - if they mandated attendance between semesters, saying "From this point forward you need to attend at least half the classes" - then the students have only themselves to blame.  I was going off something that a professor I had tried to pull - mid-semester, all of a sudden trying to claim that attendance would factor into the grade, when at the beginning of the course there was no such claim.  In fact I barely showed up and he wanted to fail me, even though I was getting passing grades on all the exams and problem sets.  Me and a couple of other guys just went to his office and called bullsh*t, and he relented, realizing we would just make his life a hell if he went through with it.

The blame goes to both sides, in my opinion. Some teachers, after the semester, officially announced every student to snap out of their lazyism and attend the classes and get all the grades, but there's wasn't an official overall rule, at least at the beginning of the semester.

Gradually though, it has become clear that no contribution and no interest in those vital courses will result in not getting accepted into the exam. So that's why the students that came out of nowhere after three months (or attended poorly) felt burned today.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Ricochet wrote: Padraic wrote: Ricochet wrote: Padraic wrote: Ricochet wrote: Padraic wrote: Ricochet wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Ricochet wrote: Where's my post I wrote two hours ago? It seems it was buried under 10 new pages.  What was it? About my colleagues at the Conservatory rioting. Why? Because they found out today that missing from more than 50% of some courses (which were declared optional at first) will deny their access to examns. And more than 50% of the students from year I didn't bother much at all with school. Yeah, that's bullsh*t.  Can't change the rules in the middle of the game. They changed it because of the first semester, when the exam results were catastrophical in many student's case. The same students just didn't pay attention to the warning regarding the new rule, and did the same thing they did months ago: nothing. Well that's a bit different - if they mandated attendance between semesters, saying "From this point forward you need to attend at least half the classes" - then the students have only themselves to blame.  I was going off something that a professor I had tried to pull - mid-semester, all of a sudden trying to claim that attendance would factor into the grade, when at the beginning of the course there was no such claim.  In fact I barely showed up and he wanted to fail me, even though I was getting passing grades on all the exams and problem sets.  Me and a couple of other guys just went to his office and called bullsh*t, and he relented, realizing we would just make his life a hell if he went through with it. The blame goes to both sides, in my opinion. Some teachers, after the semester, officially announced every student to snap out of their lazyism and attend the classes and get all the grades, but there's wasn't an official overall rule, at least at the beginning of the semester. Gradually though, it has become clear that no contribution and no interest in those vital courses will result in not getting accepted into the exam. So that's why the students that came out of nowhere after three months (or attended poorly) felt burned today. I agree with that.

With what exactly?

MovingPictures07 wrote: Wow. I didn't notice until now, but Pat and Pekka's last.fm sigs look really similar.

Keppa4v wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Wow. I didn't notice until now, but Pat and Pekka's last.fm sigs look really similar. Green Is the Colour  Oh yeah, gotta whack the drums for a bit...

It's sort of crazy, isn't it?  At least the font is different, but I swear the colors are identical.

Padraic wrote: Keppa4v wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Wow. I didn't notice until now, but Pat and Pekka's last.fm sigs look really similar. Green Is the Colour  Oh yeah, gotta whack the drums for a bit...  It's sort of crazy, isn't it?  At least the font is different, but I swear the colors are identical.

Yeah, it is. Out of all the possible tints or shades you could have picked, you two just happened to pick the same ones.

Keppa4v wrote: Padraic wrote: Keppa4v wrote: Padraic wrote: Afternoon Pekka, how's it going? Very fine thank you very much  Back from work, relaxing with some DS (though the drum kit looks at me temptingly...), I'm going to have some delicious falafel goodies today. I almost bought Piirpauke's second album last weekend, but ended up putting it back. Probably will some day quite soon... mmm falafel Yeah, Piirpauke was very good.  I'll have to see if I can hunt down a proper album from them instead of the compilation I have. From your country, though, my favorite is definitely Höyry-Kone.  Topi Lehtipuu is such an unbelievable vocalist. Huono Parturi   That's a mindblowing album, but I'm not very fond of their debut. I had to borrow them from local library and save them as mp3's since they just aren't available anywhere... Huono parturi will possibly make it to my this year's Ultimate Album List thingy, I hadn't really got into it the last time I made the list.

I'm going to join in on the love for that album.

I need to hear it again; it's been a while.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Padraic wrote: Keppa4v wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Wow. I didn't notice until now, but Pat and Pekka's last.fm sigs look really similar. Green Is the Colour  Oh yeah, gotta whack the drums for a bit...  It's sort of crazy, isn't it?  At least the font is different, but I swear the colors are identical. Yeah, it is. Out of all the possible tints or shades you could have picked, you two just happened to pick the same ones.

Padraic wrote: I might play it next!

By all means, go for it.

Keppa4v wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Padraic wrote: Keppa4v wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Wow. I didn't notice until now, but Pat and Pekka's last.fm sigs look really similar. Green Is the Colour  Oh yeah, gotta whack the drums for a bit...  It's sort of crazy, isn't it?  At least the font is different, but I swear the colors are identical. Yeah, it is. Out of all the possible tints or shades you could have picked, you two just happened to pick the same ones. When I look at them very closely I think I see that Pat's colours are a bit darker, by the tiniest wee little margin. Still that's pretty damn well

Maybe it's my horrible vision, but I still don't see a difference.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Padraic wrote: I might play it next! By all means, go for it.

Now playing.