The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread...

[madmax1012]

I'm pretty sure MLA is a scam. Why do they have to change it every year or two? Just so they can sell more guides, I tells ya.

i actually agree with this. i hate MLA format.

[mathias]

I'm pretty sure MLA is a scam. Why do they have to change it every year or two? Just so they can sell more guides, I tells ya.

i actually agree with this. i hate MLA format.

The other format that English classes like to use, ALA, I think? That one hasn't even been updated for citing stuff on the web, last time I was in school and had to use it.

I know there are scientific journal citing standards are better, but still annoying.

To the point where most grad students use a piece of software that keeps track of all their citations, footnotes, annotations, and bibliography and it generates it for them at the end of the project/paper.

[madmax1012]

i've written a few papers in APA, but honestly it's just different in the way you cite things. it's more geared towards scientific papers, while MLA is pretty much what all english professors swear by. I was an english major for a semester last year, and I've written my share of both, and I can't stand either one.

[unownunown]

To the point where most grad students use a piece of software that keeps track of all their citations, footnotes, annotations, and bibliography and it generates it for them at the end of the project/paper.

easybib.com works too! i use it for everything.

[The4455]

My school has plagarism software that you upload your paper to and it checks it for plagarised stuff. 100% bull-shit.

[madmax1012]

My school has plagarism software that you upload your paper to and it checks it for plagarised stuff. 100% bull-shit.

my school does too! i fail to see how a program is going to scan my paper from start to finish and NOT find something to bitch about. fuckin bullshittttt

[unownunown]

a few of my professors have used that and i've never had a single problem

edit for relevant post:
i feel like shit today and i'm not sure why. i'm all cold-sweating, nauseous, hands shaking, irritated, etc. not cool.

[01010111]

This is my first English class in five years. It's not that I haven't had to write papers, it's just that in the PoliSci department they aren't that strict, and in the economics department papers are feared more than the cthulu. For citation I usually made up my own system, numbered the works cited entries, and used the numbers for in-text citation. Never got docked for it either. Fuck mla, apa, ala, and chicago styles, give me a numbered list of authors and titles and that's all I need.

I'm glad I'm graduating, but it sucks because I'm just going on to more schooling in a masters program, which means bigger more intensive research papers with harder to find resources. I'll have to look into some of those works cited programs before I start working on my master's thesis, which will likely track average income and gdp against an indexed cost of computer technology. It will need many resources

[tuffteef]

speaking of failing students

two guys got caught today they both submitted the exact same paper word for word, so stupid
and they failed them for the entire unit and there thinking about expulsion LOL

[bigchiefbc]

One of my buddies and I got hauled into one of my programming professor's office in my sophomore year and accused of cheating because our code was really similar. All I said was, "it was a really obvious solution to a pretty simple problem. I'm not surprised someone else came up with the exact same solution."

They even said that our method of indenting our nesting layers was too similar to be a coincidence. And we both had the same answer to that:

"Not sure if you know this or not buddy, but in CS1005, they're teaching EVERYone to use that method of indenting to make it easier to read and follow your code."

"Oh."

Neither of us got any discipline.

[tuffteef]

One of my buddies and I got hauled into one of my programming professor's office in my sophomore year and accused of cheating because our code was really similar. All I said was, "it was a really obvious solution to a pretty simple problem. I'm not surprised someone else came up with the exact same solution."

They even said that our method of indenting our nesting layers was too similar to be a coincidence. And we both had the same answer to that:

"Not sure if you know this or not buddy, but in CS1005, they're teaching EVERYone to use that method of indenting to make it easier to read and follow your code."

"Oh."

Neither of us got any discipline.

i got lost at nesting layers

[theavondon]

My school has plagarism software that you upload your paper to and it checks it for plagarised stuff. 100% bull-shit.

my school does too! i fail to see how a program is going to scan my paper from start to finish and NOT find something to bitch about. fuckin bullshittttt

I'd usually get counted as 9% unoriginal for my last name being on the paper.

[warwick.hoy]

One of my buddies and I got hauled into one of my programming professor's office in my sophomore year and accused of cheating because our code was really similar. All I said was, "it was a really obvious solution to a pretty simple problem. I'm not surprised someone else came up with the exact same solution."

They even said that our method of indenting our nesting layers was too similar to be a coincidence. And we both had the same answer to that:

"Not sure if you know this or not buddy, but in CS1005, they're teaching EVERYone to use that method of indenting to make it easier to read and follow your code."

"Oh."

Neither of us got any discipline.

For some reason BC's story reminds me of:



Yes the article is three years old,...but if you don't know this (somewhat aging) story; here it is.

http://www.audioholics.com/news/industr ... rikes-back

[Achtane]

Me: Dude you have to hear this song
...
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Accept?

Friend: bro im tanking

[Eric!]

MY PHONE DON'T GET PAST BOOT SCREEN. GRRRR.