What made your day today?

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Re: What made your day today?

#3461 Post by nausearockpig » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:50 pm

I saw two Regurgitator gigs last week and at both they played 7'10". That song hasn't been played since (about 4 January?) 1997... It was fucking rad. Recordings came out stellar too....

Here's an audio only youtube of the song back in 1995:

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Re: What made your day today?

#3462 Post by mockbee » Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:04 am

Cuba --> Colombia --> Peru for 6 weeks in the spring.

Looking very likely! :love:

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:rockon:

Too bad I can't sing, dance or play an instrument....... I'll bring the fun though!

That beat is contagious. :banana:

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Re: What made your day today?

#3463 Post by Hype » Wed Sep 09, 2015 7:15 pm

The price on Roomba 870s finally came down enough that I could afford to replace my old retrofitted 530 (3 years old, and the battery is basically toast -- replaceable, but the newer models are much better). I'm living in the future with a robot vacuum that runs on a schedule and returns to its dock on its own. More time for writing. :rockon:

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#3464 Post by Artemis » Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:05 am

Just got a ticket for tonight's screening of of Keith Richards:Under the Influence. :aoa:

Following the movie there will be a Q&A with Keith Richards and the director, Morgan Neville(20 Feet from Stardom). :aoa:


http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/pr ... h-richards


In case anyone is interested, there will be a press conference today at 3PM(EST).

You can watch live here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vsbqld4EIM

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#3465 Post by Matz » Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:50 am

fuck that's cool, really looking forward to seeing this doc

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#3466 Post by Artemis » Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:49 pm

Matz wrote:fuck that's cool, really looking forward to seeing this doc
It was really good, Matz! The director really captured Keith's essence. He conveyed Keith's love and passion for music and the joy it brings him. I think he would die if he had to stop playing for some reason.

Some funny bits with Tom Waits too. He tells the story of the first time they jam together and how Keith turns up with a van full of guitars and a "guitar valet". He described it like a dessert trolley, but instead of choosing a cake, you choose a guitar. :lol:

The Q&A afterwards was good too.

A few pics I took. Not very good, but it's something.

The guy on the left of Keith is the director and the guy on the right side is moderator.

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Keith signing a few autographs before leaving.
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Re: What made your day today?

#3467 Post by nausearockpig » Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:46 pm

saw a guy today driving his early 2000s model BMW that had the number plate of BRO 666 :lolol:

I bet he thought he looked super cool in backwards cap and sunglasses, blaring R&B.... :lolol:

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#3468 Post by Matz » Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:45 am

glad you had a good time, Artemis, fun follows this guy around it seems


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#3469 Post by Artemis » Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:27 pm

Matz wrote:glad you had a good time, Artemis, fun follows this guy around it seems


:thumb:

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#3470 Post by perkana » Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:42 pm

Tracy Morgan

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#3471 Post by Matz » Fri Oct 23, 2015 3:20 pm

new Adele single!! :rockon:.......FINALLY!! All this waiting has been killing me...







kiddin, calm down

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#3472 Post by perkana » Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:49 pm

I didn't know you were a fan of her. I like her, but I was more a fan of Amy Winehouse.

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#3473 Post by perkana » Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:50 pm

:banana:
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#3474 Post by Hype » Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:02 pm

perkana wrote::banana:
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Grats! That must be a hell of a feeling. I'm currently working up the nerve to submit a paper for a fourth time... :neutral: It's gone through substantial revision and I think it's got a solid shot... but it's nerve-wracking...

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#3475 Post by nausearockpig » Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:37 pm

perkana wrote::banana:
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nice!!!

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Re: What made your day today?

#3476 Post by mockbee » Mon Oct 26, 2015 5:02 pm

¡que asombroso perkana!

I hope I said "How fantastic!" and not "What a hat!" :bigrin:

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........... I'm currently working up the nerve to submit a paper for a fourth time... :neutral: It's gone through substantial revision and I think it's got a solid shot... but it's nerve-wracking...
Are they saying it's logically and causally necessary to not accept your paper? :hehe:

On a serious note, do you sense it's more they mostly disagree with you, or they are positive about it but think there is a stronger argument?

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#3477 Post by perkana » Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:07 pm

Hype wrote:
perkana wrote::banana:
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Grats! That must be a hell of a feeling. I'm currently working up the nerve to submit a paper for a fourth time... :neutral: It's gone through substantial revision and I think it's got a solid shot... but it's nerve-wracking...
This is the third journal I sent it too. And the last reviewer was the fourth (think the editor was the third). One of the original reviewers had to be changed so I had to wait another three months. Just need to do some really minor corrections, but not my method. So yeah, I'm relieved after a rather stressful year. You'll do fine!

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Re: What made your day today?

#3478 Post by perkana » Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:12 pm

Thank you, guys! :tiphat:
This calls for a beer :cheers:

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Re: What made your day today?

#3479 Post by Squee » Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:54 am

perkana wrote::banana:
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Wonderful news Perkana! How exciting. GO YOU! :banana:

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Re: What made your day today?

#3480 Post by Hype » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:04 am

mockbee wrote:¡que asombroso perkana!

I hope I said "How fantastic!" and not "What a hat!" :bigrin:

Hype wrote:
perkana wrote::banana:
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........... I'm currently working up the nerve to submit a paper for a fourth time... :neutral: It's gone through substantial revision and I think it's got a solid shot... but it's nerve-wracking...
Are they saying it's logically and causally necessary to not accept your paper? :hehe:

On a serious note, do you sense it's more they mostly disagree with you, or they are positive about it but think there is a stronger argument?
I think it's a little bit different in the humanities than in the sciences, though I'm not totally confident about that. (How can research findings be rejected by peer review a few times and then accepted? Other than issues of writing/presentation. It's not like you redo the entire study before submitting again...)

In the humanities, a lot of it comes down to picking the right journal at the right time for the kind of work you're doing. Some journals aim at a "generalist" academic audience rather than specialists in your narrow area, so a paper that develops highly specialized technical nitpicking will tend not to be looked upon favourably for acceptance in a generalist journal even if there's nothing actually wrong with what you've done. Sometimes it comes down to reviewers deciding that the work just isn't at a level that they want papers to be at for that journal. This is where the peer review process can break down, because it's supposed to be blind, but it's often very easy to tell who is an established name just from their writing style and topics that they're writing on. A lot of times, there are only a few possible people who could review a paper, and they all know each other, and may even have heard the paper at a conference already. The assumption is that conflicts of interest will be self-policed, but there's no guarantee that this happens. Sometimes it could even be as simple as googling a concept and accidentally turning up an earlier version of the paper (or a presentation based on it), thus breaking anonymity.

To answer your question more directly, and in my case, all the reviewer comments I've ever received have been pretty positive (though there is some editor discretion for not sending comments that are overly harsh or stupid, or whatever). This might even make it more difficult to figure out how to modify a paper before submitting it elsewhere, since positive comments don't really help suggest places to improve the paper. :neutral:

I've heard stories of it taking upwards of seven submissions before some famous papers were accepted, though... so I guess you just learn to get over it. But at the early stage of a career (that may or may not even be a career in the end), every submission feels do-or-die.

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Re: What made your day today?

#3481 Post by mockbee » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:30 am

Hype wrote:
To answer your question more directly, and in my case, all the reviewer comments I've ever received have been pretty positive (though there is some editor discretion for not sending comments that are overly harsh or stupid, or whatever). This might even make it more difficult to figure out how to modify a paper before submitting it elsewhere, since positive comments don't really help suggest places to improve the paper. :neutral:

I've heard stories of it taking upwards of seven submissions before some famous papers were accepted, though... so I guess you just learn to get over it. But at the early stage of a career (that may or may not even be a career in the end), every submission feels do-or-die.
Sounds like any new professional endeavor.... prior cachet and extended social network is often required, and a substantial amount of luck is mandatory.

:wave:

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Re: What made your day today?

#3482 Post by Hype » Tue Oct 27, 2015 1:38 pm

mockbee wrote:
Hype wrote:
To answer your question more directly, and in my case, all the reviewer comments I've ever received have been pretty positive (though there is some editor discretion for not sending comments that are overly harsh or stupid, or whatever). This might even make it more difficult to figure out how to modify a paper before submitting it elsewhere, since positive comments don't really help suggest places to improve the paper. :neutral:

I've heard stories of it taking upwards of seven submissions before some famous papers were accepted, though... so I guess you just learn to get over it. But at the early stage of a career (that may or may not even be a career in the end), every submission feels do-or-die.
Sounds like any new professional endeavor.... prior cachet and extended social network is often required, and a substantial amount of luck is mandatory.

:wave:
True. But the article review process in particular is supposed to be 'blind', and the main way for academic disciplines to make claims about objective evaluation, objectivity, real knowledge, and progress... If that system becomes too corrupted (a certain amount of corruption is tolerable, as in a democracy)... we're in real trouble.

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Re: What made your day today?

#3483 Post by perkana » Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:54 pm

Hype wrote:
mockbee wrote:¡que asombroso perkana!

I hope I said "How fantastic!" and not "What a hat!" :bigrin:

Hype wrote:
perkana wrote::banana:
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........... I'm currently working up the nerve to submit a paper for a fourth time... :neutral: It's gone through substantial revision and I think it's got a solid shot... but it's nerve-wracking...
Are they saying it's logically and causally necessary to not accept your paper? :hehe:

On a serious note, do you sense it's more they mostly disagree with you, or they are positive about it but think there is a stronger argument?
I think it's a little bit different in the humanities than in the sciences, though I'm not totally confident about that. (How can research findings be rejected by peer review a few times and then accepted? Other than issues of writing/presentation. It's not like you redo the entire study before submitting again...)

In the humanities, a lot of it comes down to picking the right journal at the right time for the kind of work you're doing. Some journals aim at a "generalist" academic audience rather than specialists in your narrow area, so a paper that develops highly specialized technical nitpicking will tend not to be looked upon favourably for acceptance in a generalist journal even if there's nothing actually wrong with what you've done. Sometimes it comes down to reviewers deciding that the work just isn't at a level that they want papers to be at for that journal. This is where the peer review process can break down, because it's supposed to be blind, but it's often very easy to tell who is an established name just from their writing style and topics that they're writing on. A lot of times, there are only a few possible people who could review a paper, and they all know each other, and may even have heard the paper at a conference already. The assumption is that conflicts of interest will be self-policed, but there's no guarantee that this happens. Sometimes it could even be as simple as googling a concept and accidentally turning up an earlier version of the paper (or a presentation based on it), thus breaking anonymity.

To answer your question more directly, and in my case, all the reviewer comments I've ever received have been pretty positive (though there is some editor discretion for not sending comments that are overly harsh or stupid, or whatever). This might even make it more difficult to figure out how to modify a paper before submitting it elsewhere, since positive comments don't really help suggest places to improve the paper. :neutral:

I've heard stories of it taking upwards of seven submissions before some famous papers were accepted, though... so I guess you just learn to get over it. But at the early stage of a career (that may or may not even be a career in the end), every submission feels do-or-die.
I found this article useful and comforting while I was waiting for my reviews (it's in Spanish but you can google translate the page): http://conacytprensa.mx/index.php/socie ... ientificas
My dad sent me a paper about peer review fraud. It's interesting and kinda stupid at the same time, but some people do it because of being pressured to publish in high impact journals, even editors are involved. I'll leave you the link to the article: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1512330
Or if you want I can e-mail you the doc.

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#3484 Post by perkana » Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:58 pm

Squee wrote:
perkana wrote::banana:
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Wonderful news Perkana! How exciting. GO YOU! :banana:
Thanks, Squee! :wave:

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Re: What made your day today?

#3485 Post by Bandit72 » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:21 am

Hype wrote:The price on Roomba 870s finally came down enough that I could afford to replace my old retrofitted 530 (3 years old, and the battery is basically toast -- replaceable, but the newer models are much better). I'm living in the future with a robot vacuum that runs on a schedule and returns to its dock on its own. More time for writing. :rockon:
A friend of mine had a Roomba years ago and I wasn't that impressed, although I imagine they've come a long way since then. I bought a Dyson Fluffy the other day. I don't want to get too anal about a vaicuum cleaner but this is incredible. Previously I have always bought shit cheap ones. Now I realise why these are so expensive. The only downside is that it only lasts 20 minutes (which I'm not too bothered about as the house is small) and there is no indication as when it is about to cut. However, it's incredibly powerful, has a load of attachments, it's cordeless and very well designed. Plus I can use it for the car.

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