Chit-Chat: best coast california

[Hikamaru]

DCC titles never cease to amaze me

Same for me bud, I had a feeling someone was inspired by Katy Perry here.

 

[Taemin]

Wikipedia...Not on there as much as before because I don't have to do essays or papers anymore, but whenever I got myself on an interesting page, I will start hopping from one link to another XD I'll start populating my brain with useless information.

I do that with both Wikipedia, and TV Tropes. xD;

 

[Puddle]

Today I was on Wikipedia reading about an alleged anti-gravity/time travel device constructed by Nazi Germany called Die Glocke. It seems to be composed of two counter-rotating cylinders with a violet mercury-like substance (red mercury) in the middle. Some say it was an anti-gravity device, others claim that there was a mirror on top of it that showed images from the past; I myself believe it was a time-travelling device, mainly because right before the war ended the project's lead scientist and the device vanished. Also, in 1966 an unknown object supposedly crashed somewhere in the middle of Ohio or Pennsylvania, never to be seen. It intrigues me~

You probably shouldn't believe Wikipedia. Go to the bottom of the page and look at the sources and see if those look like legit pages and read about them on there. You might find more information that is more relevant.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

You probably shouldn't believe Wikipedia. Go to the bottom of the page and look at the sources and see if those look like legit pages and read about them on there. You might find more information that is more relevant.

Sometimes there aren't sources for everything; and for a reason. That doesn't mean it's a load of crap by default, River. D:

 

[Raine]

You probably shouldn't believe Wikipedia. Go to the bottom of the page and look at the sources and see if those look like legit pages and read about them on there. You might find more information that is more relevant.

That's what the professors would tell us to do for papers, if we ever were allowed to use Wikipedia. Instead of referencing sources from Wikipedia, look at the footnotes and locate where the information came from :P We had a discussion about this in my culture class, but I wasn't listening XD

 

[Puddle]

Sometimes there aren't sources for everything; and for a reason. That doesn't mean it's a load of crap by default, River. D:

I never said it was a load of crap!
I'm just saying, you can't always trust them. And to try and find footnotes to maybe support what was being said. It could also help you find more information than what is on Wikipedia.

 

[El Héroe Oscuro]

That's what the professors would tell us to do for papers, if we ever were allowed to use Wikipedia. Instead of referencing sources from Wikipedia, look at the footnotes and locate where the information came from :P We had a discussion about this in my culture class, but I wasn't listening XD

....I feel like I could have just saved so much time if I had just done that!! My god, you my friend, are a genius.

 

[Ibraihim the Betrayed]

What's everybody up too today?

I got an email back from Centrelink responding too my Student Allowance claim! Just got to print a bunch of ♥♥♥♥ off and hopefully I get some moneeey. I would like a job, though, but nowhere's hiring right now. Gonna actually go and lurk around online, see if I can find anything that's not fast food.

What's everybody up too today?

I got an email back from Centrelink responding too my Student Allowance claim! Just got to print a bunch of ♥♥♥♥ off and hopefully I get some moneeey. I would like a job, though, but nowhere's hiring right now. Gonna actually go and lurk around online, see if I can find anything that's not fast food.

 

[Raine]

....I feel like I could have just saved so much time if I had just done that!! My god, you my friend, are a genius.

I thought that was common sense...XD Not that I'm insulting you and telling you that you have none >< But if the information's on Wikipedia, it's bound to be from somewhere else.

 

[Puddle]

I thought that was common sense...XD Not that I'm insulting you and telling you that you have none >< But if the information's on Wikipedia, it's bound to be from somewhere else.

Yeah, I think I learned this in middle school when I was younger. I found it by scrolling to the bottom and seeing it and then I tested it out on other Wikipedia pages. However, later on, my teachers have told me about it. Not sure why someone wouldn't know. D:

 

[El Héroe Oscuro]

I thought that was common sense...XD Not that I'm insulting you and telling you that you have none >< But if the information's on Wikipedia, it's bound to be from somewhere else.

Nah, it's all good haha! I don't think I had ever actually looked at Wikipedia in depth before so I just relied on my information elsewhere. But hey, now I know so when I return to school in the Fall I can use that little tidbit of info to my advantage :)

 

[Raine]

Nah, it's all good haha! I don't think I had ever actually looked at Wikipedia in depth before so I just relied on my information elsewhere. But hey, now I know so when I return to school in the Fall I can use that little tidbit of info to my advantage :)

Better insert that credit to me! ;D Just kidding~ I think Wikipedia should be used as a last resort if you can't find anything through extensive searching through search engines. I say that, but Wikipedia used to be the number one website I would visit first when doing papers XD Clearly I don't practice what I preach :c

 

[Nick]

I thought that was common sense...XD Not that I'm insulting you and telling you that you have none >< But if the information's on Wikipedia, it's bound to be from somewhere else.

Whenever one of my professors tells us we're not allowed to use Wikipedia in our essays (most of my college professors encourage the use of Wikipedia for other means), I just ignore that for that very reason. There's a source to almost all of the content in most of the articles that someone would write a report on and I use those sources in my report instead.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

What's stupid about my high school is that they force us to use their database for ALL sources, so Google isn't allowed. Their database is also full of organizationally-biased info, meaning you're going to find zilch on how computers should be integrated into public education (as an example).

I don't really care enough, so I just grab something from Google or WP and plaster their database's name onto it. They don't really care enough to notice~ :D

 

[Zet]

Whenever one of my professors tells us we're not allowed to use Wikipedia in our essays (most of my college professors encourage the use of Wikipedia for other means), I just ignore that for that very reason. There's a source to almost all of the content in most of the articles that someone would write a report on and I use those sources in my report instead.

I don't think they're telling you that you can't use it, but you can't use it as a citation.

What's stupid about my high school is that they force us to use their database for ALL sources, so Google isn't allowed. Their database is also full of organizationally-biased info, meaning you're going to find zilch on how computers should be integrated into public education (as an example).

I don't really care enough, so I just grab something from Google or WP and plaster their database's name onto it. They don't really care enough to notice~ :D

I would recommend switching schools. The teachers at the school I went to allowed us to use their database, and websites on the internet just as long as we used them in our citations.

 

[Sir Codin]

What's stupid about my high school is that they force us to use their database for ALL sources, so Google isn't allowed. Their database is also full of organizationally-biased info, meaning you're going to find zilch on how computers should be integrated into public education (as an example).

I don't really care enough, so I just grab something from Google or WP and plaster their database's name onto it. They don't really care enough to notice~ :D

I concur, your school sounds like ♥♥♥♥. My high school allowed us to use sources from any database, including Google.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

Well, I'm probably not going to be going to that school next year (due to grades caused by psychological issues). Believe me, it's a good school! Then again, the only reason I want to be there is because of ROTC. :>

There is a very stiff competition to become a teacher at my HS, because the students are well-behaved military kids. I imagine the secondary school I'll be going to next year won't have as good a staff as this one. :/

 

[El Héroe Oscuro]

What's stupid about my high school is that they force us to use their database for ALL sources, so Google isn't allowed. Their database is also full of organizationally-biased info, meaning you're going to find zilch on how computers should be integrated into public education (as an example).

I don't really care enough, so I just grab something from Google or WP and plaster their database's name onto it. They don't really care enough to notice~ :D

Although it may sound silly now, your school might actually be preparing you for how write papers when y'all go off to college. I know for the classes I take in college, they want to us to start looking up more scholarly articles through data bases instead of through Google, which I semi-approve of. For one thing, it has a lot more information than one can find on Google in my opinion, but it just takes more time in finding them.

However, that's a shame that your school's information is biased. Just add your own flare to it then and kick it to "the man" I daresay.

 

[Netto Azure]

Looking up scholarly articles is quite interesting. Though very time consuming :(

Also that title D:

 

[Sir Codin]

So I like finally get on Netflix and want to watch Star Wars, but no, no streaming for Star Wars on Netflix. Because Lucas hates you. Or Disney, whoever.