The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Larks2242 251]

3961.

There are lots of rail tracks that loop back on forth across the road around here, basicly at every intersection off a strech of a major road called the Dixie Hwy and if you go up huge roads like Military Trail and Andrews Ave, all of which are always really congested and people fly though the crossings.

[Skimbo 304]

3962

There is also a museum-track some kilometers away from my house, trains normally pass on sathuardays and sundays only (maximum 4 a day) but sometimes irregular freight trains pass through as well, the crossings are only minimally secured (Warning&stop- signs and ground markings) Many drivers ignore them and speed over the crossings, someday one of them will get hit. And I bet this will happen during the week when another freight train passes by. On weekends most of the car drivers stop at the crossings.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3963)

The train station I go to is a 25 minute drive from my house. The closest station is a 15 minute drive, but parking is more expensive and less convenient there, and the train schedule doesn't match up quite as well with when I'm looking to get to and leave work. (the ride from either station to Grand Central takes basically the same amount of time)

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

3963

Listening to classical music after finishing homework....

[Larks2242 251]

3965.

Seems boring

  Edited June 1, 2011 by Larks2242  

[astronelson 339]

3966.

Infinitely less boring than rap.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3967)

Rap isn't boring so much as it just starts to grate on the ears if taken in large doses.

[airman15 4,111]

3968

I absolutely hate rap. But the genre of music I hate most with every sore muscle in my body is Pop Music

[Frdm920 50]

3969

Train system here's falling apart again..

[astronelson 339]

3970.

There's good music from every genre, including, as much as I hate to admit it, rap. For example, "U Can't Touch This" and... um... I can't think of any other ones.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

3971

1. I have not been keeping up with this thread.

2. I no longer care about inflating my post count.

3. I am very busy with college.

4. I had some ideas.

5. I assume most people are aware of user-created content encyclopedias ("wikis").

6. I wondered if people on these forums would be interested in discussing what impact that wikis had on them.

7. I wondered about certain themes in movies, especially those for children. Where the main characters are "Living" Machines, Appliances, and Vehicles also known as "Animate Inanimate Objects" and what Logic governed those worlds.

8. So I am here now to ask for advice on whether I should create threads on these two topics.

So, what do you think?

[Muck308 55]

3972

There's good music from every genre, including, as much as I hate to admit it, rap. For example, "U Can't Touch This" and... um... I can't think of any other ones.

What? No love for 2 Legit 2 Quit?

I heard that song in a 7-11 last week. Ricky Henderson on MTV!

What cha' gon do when Pun come?

[astronelson 339]

3973.

It didn't spring immediately to mind.

As for wikis, TVTropes has ruined my life.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3974)

I really don't care about any spinoff wikis. Just wikipedia itself.

[jacksunny 741]

3975.

Yes, Wikipedia has everything. I recently discovered the random button.

[astronelson 339]

3976.

Wikipedia is, at the very least, a good jumping off point for research.

[Timmystwin 201]

3977

Wikipedia kept copying my homework. Ill let them get away with it for now....

[Larks2242 251]

3979.

Funny, its usualy the other way around...

[Timmystwin 201]

3979

IKR, but thats what they want you to think X(

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

3980

I try not to use wikipedia for school projects when possible, but sometimes I do.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3981)

I have cited Wikipedia as a source in papers and gotten away with it. Yay?

[astronelson 339]

3982.

I've quoted the Kingdom Hearts Wiki, and still got a High Distinction for the assignment. It was a physics assignment about simulating a three-body system.

[Frdm920 50]

3983

Makes me think your lecturer didn't bother checking references Astro

First thing pounded into us at uni "You CAN NOT reference Wiki" Everyone still uses wiki and references what they reference though xD

[Muck308 55]

3984

There was no Wikipedia when I was in school. Encyclopedias on the other hand...

[Duke87 1,070]

(3985)

Wikipedia was new enough my freshman year to not have gotten notorious yet. My art professor didn't think to mention it until after she handed our papers back, at which point she noted "it's okay to use it as a source for basic facts, like when someone was born, but in the future don't use it as a source for more in depth stuff".

Then senior year my engineering economy and law professor was laid back enough that I could point to Wikipedia side by side with other more reliable sources and have it not be an issue.

This of course would not have flown in either of my English classes, where they were more serious about doing things "properly".

[astronelson 339]

3986.

I did cite Wikipedia as a source for my last assignment, although it wasn't for a major part of it. I just needed it for a brief explanation of how a magneto-optical trap works. For the major parts I relied mostly on scientific papers.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

3987, probably higher by now.

I used to have Encarta. What happened to it?

After searching, I found that Encarta is gone.

Encarta used to be considered a better tertiary source of information than Wikipedia.

[Timmystwin 201]

3988

Good god i saw that number and thought of a number in a puzzle in La Noire.....

I fear i have a problem.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3989)

If it's from a puzzle, perhaps you have a solution?

[Timmystwin 201]

3990

Hmmmm....

But nah, its part of a number you need to remember.