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Overview of swantje

Signup date: 05 May 2008 at 6:11pm

Last login: 18 Dec 2008 at 9:08pm

Post count: 446

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emergency HELP with endnote!!!

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

i sent it, i sent it!!!! OMG, it is done, my supervisors have the pdf, are printing it out and reading it AT THIS SECOND (well, obviously, my research is ground-breaking, exciting, innovative and TOTALLY fascinating... *grins*)!!!
ok, now i'm off to the library, my last (oral) exam is next thursday and i have no idea about the topic (practically). how to read 3 fat books in 6 days? will be a challenge.

emergency HELP with endnote!!!

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

phew... i managed it! went to bed at 9 am after hours of frantic crying though... :-( i will NEVER change computers when using endnote again!!!
in the end it turned out that endnote 7 just isn't compatible with word 2004 (grrrrr), thankfully i also had endnote x with me so i installed that as well. after conversion my library worked, even though word is PAINFULLY slow with endnote x (like, scroll and then wait a few minutes...).

well, I DID IT, the thesis is finished! 135 pages (faints) now i've gotta go to uni and check about printing and binding.

emergency HELP with endnote!!!

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

OMG, i'm dying here guys! i had to switch to a different computer (mac) to finish my thesis and now my endnote library won't work - and i have to finish the damn thesis today! i've copied the endnote library file, i've installed endnote 7 (onto word 2004) and i've even managed to get endnote into the tools folder in word (using add-ins) - but the damn endnote commands won't do anything! something is still missing, i just don't know what. endnote 7 is working fine, word is working fine too, i just can't connect the two programs with each other...
does anyone know i've got to do that? i can't face writing all my references by hand, i haven't got the time for this shit, i haven't even started studying for my exam next thursday
:-s:-s:-s

Doing a PhD, does it make you ugly?

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

well, doing my MA made me butt-ugly, so i'm sincerely hoping that the PhD is going to bring about a reversal of that situation...!
i'm on a diet, dying my hair, will DEFINITELY use more face masks in the future. bought new glasses and am close(ish) to my goal weight - bought a whole new wardrobe this summer (on sales) in anticipation...!!!

Accountability Partners - Write your Dissertation in 15 Minutes a Day

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

i have to have finished my degree by next week friday - waaaah! i'm still finishing off my last chapter, i've got to take the train tomorrow at 5, has to be ready by then and printed out!!!
tomorrow evening i've gotta start preparing my last exam, that's one week preparation time, i'm so freaked right now :-(
if i don't get my degree by next friday with good results (UCL is conditional, waaah!) then i'm going to DIE.
OMG i hate all these late night shifts.

How much power over your result does your supervisor have?

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

if you don't get on with your supervisor then you might as well forget it. how come you were so unwise as to fall out with him???

something wrong with forum on my computer?

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

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i'll try it soon 8-)
oh, and message folder works now, it's ok.

something wrong with forum on my computer?

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

Quote From pete:

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I cannot reproduce the error in FireFox V3.0.1 can you send me a screen dump of the problem to the email address below. Thanks

screen dump?

Working Through an MA?

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

Quote From ratchit:

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I agree with Ogriv, other than the fact it payed for me to go to the cinema once in the blue moon, it was also something that meant i didn't have to think about uni, i did brainless admin work where all i had to do was answer inane phonecalls and pretend to be cheerful and tbh it was a hell of a relaxation period and u didn't mind doing the uni work so much in the evening caus it was more interesting than typing letters in word all day! Also, u get payed and you get free tea, coffee and biscuits! whats wrong with that!

my part-time job during my masters tended to eat up my time and i was (and am) still a world-class procrastinator, so IMO it depends more on your personality how fast you study and whether you procrastinate or not, not on whether you have a part-time job or not 8-) (i was a teaching assistant and a research assistant)

something wrong with forum on my computer?

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

Quote From pete:

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Quote From rubyw:

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Forum admin,

The text in my posts looks fine while Im writing it, but loses all the paragraphs when its posted and compresses the whole lot into one big unreadable chunk of text. Its only been happening since I downloaded Firefox 3.0.1 a day ago (was ok in the previous version.) It is also ok in IE 6, as I edited one of my squashed posts in IE and it looked fine when it was saved. Im using a PC with XP.

Edit - its done it with this post too.

I have now corrected the problem. Firefox have changed the way that Carriage returns are stored within Texboxes. I have reported this to them and altered this website to correct the problem. Thanks for the feedback and worth a vote from me....(up)

hi pete,
i'm sorry, i can see you've sent me a message, but i can't open it or reply because i get this error then:

Server Error in '/' Application.
The resource cannot be found.
Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.

Requested URL: /PMViewer.aspx

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.1433; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.1433

Accountability Partners - Write your Dissertation in 15 Minutes a Day

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

ok, so i had my last meeting with my supervisor on friday and discussed my results, discussion and conclusion sections one last time. since then i have been changing stuff, reading some last articles and sorting these chapters out! hopefully i will be able to hand my thesis in tomorrow for grading - then i'll have to start studying for my last exam (11th september). 12th i need the thesis to be finished, graded, printed, bound and handed in so i can get some kind of confirmation certificate that i got my degree.

i'm like TOTALLY freaking!!! every day i take longer in finishing the thesis is one day less for preparing my oral exam (on a topic i know practically NOTHING about) - waaaaaaaaahhh!

Average age to have a first child for people who have phds?

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

Quote From puccagrannie:

Are u from china or sort of communist country. Don't be 'sexism' on phd female. that's depends on one economic, social and religious background. I'm not agree what u say. Lot of female acadmic are bore at least one child in this country. I had a Malaysian Phd Pharmacies had six grown up adults. How can u tell. This is Christian countries. Marriage is important in God's view. Not everyone is the same after phd life. My friend divorce and gone wrong moral way. Qualification meaning what??? Don;t get it yet. there are teaching staff had marriage and children first and start their phd. Some academic people feel family is very important to them either.

Free Education for All universal theme. Don't be too bias on everything. How many academic staffs got murdered in communist /terrorist countries. Have u dare to done this research.?? how to prevent this.. etc etc....

you should really use a different translating machine. your one sucks, tbh.

requirement question-wierd

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

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i've been accepted into UCL for a MRes in the past few months with a conditional offer on my completing my current MA with good results. UCL never asked me for my a-level results. all they wanted was a list of the courses and grades i had gotten from my current uni and some references.

something wrong with forum on my computer?

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

Quote From pete:

I've just posted using Firefox v2 without this error but i will change a few things shortly to attempt to fix your issue. I will need to turn off the character and word counter during this test. Please note that we have hundres of users using Firefox and that i believe that this is either a new problem that has only just started or it only effects a small number of users. Still, i will investigate and resolve the problem. ;-)

i'm using firefox 2.0.0.4, just checked.

i'm sorry, but i've had this problem since you renewed the forum. it's the same problem as armendaf detailed earlier on, cursor vanishing. it's not just a case of the cursor being invisible either because i use the arrow keys to move it up and down and i still can't write in certain areas of the post, only in some. i also often can't navigate away from the current page either (using the previous page link at the bottom of the page) because that link does not work. strangely enough, the next page link does.

something wrong with forum on my computer?

swantje 446 posts
16 years ago

Quote From armendaf:

I think you need Java for this forum. Do you have the latest version? I also use firefox on a PC and does take a while to let me write when I open the box to post; but it's only some seconds.

yes, i have the newest everything cause it's all installed automatically by the admin.