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[DLD PE]

It was relatively common at my school... I only took summer classes since I was trying to dual major so I took psychology & philosophy over the summer at a cheaper school to transfer (so then I could put just enough effort in so the classes transferred, the grades didn't affect my GPA, and I was working multiple jobs)

graduating in 4 years is pretty common in my experience - sample size being my classmates & coworkers tho. 

I knew a ChemE who graduated in 3-1/2 years while going to summer school and doing internships.  She was a workaholic.  I saw her literally mowing the yard while looking at index cards.  It seemed like everyone in engineering knew her.  She was getting scholarship awards/money even after she had graduated and left the school.  I'd never seen anything like it.  She could never explain anything though and admitted she could never apply it.  She said she just tried to memorize everything.  She ended up getting her PhD and lives in CO.  Her and her brother were my best friends in college.  He was in EE and ended up having a complete nervous breakdown.  Was never the same person.  It was because of him and my own struggles that led me to switch from EE to ME after 2 years and I graduated in a total of 6 years after internships between semesters.  I worked part time in the computer science dept during school.  I considered working a break from studying.

 

[JayKay PE]

Speaking of plagiarism, we take it very seriously in the government.

As in, we seriously do it all the time. If it's already approved language then we will use it until the end of time and never give attribution.

That's 'approved language'.  Totally different from plagiarism.  It's the same exact in the petro industry.  They have teams of lawyers that have 'approved' language.  If you want to change anything, even spec language, it needs to be redlined and sent to them back and forth approx 40+ times before you just go back to the original since you don't feel like fighting anymore.

 

[DLD PE]

SPAM

Is that what you're supposed to do here?

 

[DLD PE]

That's 'approved language'.  Totally different from plagiarism.  It's the same exact in the petro industry.  They have teams of lawyers that have 'approved' language.  If you want to change anything, even spec language, it needs to be redlined and sent to them back and forth approx 40+ times before you just go back to the original since you don't feel like fighting anymore.

I hate the whole concept of this.  I'm so glad I hardly ever have to deal with it.  I had a professor in materials science who preached about it.  Then he would ask a question that (I mean this is engineering, of course) that would only have ONE correct answer.  If we repeated what he said, he would get pissed off and tell us to use our own words.  Then we'd try to use our own words and he'd say, "NO!  That's not correct.  You need to LISTEN to what I'm saying.  You guys should be smarter than this!"  Then I'd repeat the correct answer using the words he said earlier and he'd just shake his head and move on to another topic.  I mean the guy was a real motherfucker.

 

[JayKay PE]

I hate the whole concept of this.  I'm so glad I hardly ever have to deal with it.  I had a professor in materials science who preached about it.  Then he would ask a question that (I mean this is engineering, of course) that would only have ONE correct answer.  If we repeated what he said, he would get pissed off and tell us to use our own words.  Then we'd try to use our own words and he'd say, "NO!  That's not correct.  You need to LISTEN to what I'm saying.  You guys should be smarter than this!"  Then I'd repeat the correct answer using the words he said earlier and he'd just shake his head and move on to another topic.  I mean the guy was a real motherfucker.

One of my materials professors was a delightful older Jewish man who's main quote was "convince yourself".  He understood that the subject he was teaching was a little intense for undergrad students, even undergrad students who were juniors/seniors, and that when you're dealing with particle and electronic interactions at angstroms...and it's hard to describe interactions you can't see...especially when it has to do with semiconductor fabrications.  So he'd be like, "This is what happens, convince yourself, but it's true!"  And we'd be confused and he'd, be like, "Convince yourself!  This is what happens!  Now moving on, with this new knowledge!"

 

[Tiger15]

That's 'approved language'.  Totally different from plagiarism.  It's the same exact in the petro industry.  They have teams of lawyers that have 'approved' language.  If you want to change anything, even spec language, it needs to be redlined and sent to them back and forth approx 40+ times before you just go back to the original since you don't feel like fighting anymore.

Related to this...

I feel like in real life (i.e. industry) it's also about who "owns" the language. Two different authors may have written two different reports, but both reports are company IP, so the company can reuse it's own IP as it sees fit. Along the same lines. I may have written something at work, for work. I can't reuse it for my personal use without company permission. This would come up often when I was in grad school. A lot of working students would want to use a work project for school, and would have to get company permission (which wasn't easy).

In academia is seems that the author always owns their IP?

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

@DuranDuran are you reacting to all of my posts so you don't get dedded in mafia again?

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

just made hot chocolate

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

triple!

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

TIL that ambitious guy (neighbor) has TWO dogs. and i think they're both at least part ACD.

because he's ambitious guy. 

 

[Tiger15]

just made hot chocolate

 

[DLD PE]

@DuranDuran are you reacting to all of my posts so you don't get dedded in mafia again?

No if I hit the "like" button, I genuinely like it.  Same with the other buttons.

At this point I just assume I'm going to get dedded right away.  With exception to the last mafia round, I managed to survive to the end a few times lately so I wouldn't be surprised to be in hot seat early again, at least for a while.  

I liked your last post because I've seen those early college programs pop up in local high schools.  My brother in law took advantage of it and he has 2 years of college credits already.  I think it's great in these times of ridiculously high tuition fees.

 

[JayKay PE]

No if I hit the "like" button, I genuinely like it.  Same with the other buttons.

At this point I just assume I'm going to get dedded right away.  With exception to the last mafia round, I managed to survive to the end a few times lately so I wouldn't be surprised to be in hot seat early again, at least for a while.  

I liked your last post because I've seen those early college programs pop up in local high schools.  My brother in law took advantage of it and he has 2 years of college credits already.  I think it's great in these times of ridiculously high tuition fees.

Uh, how dare you: JK dies first in all mafia rounds when I'm not modding.

 

[JayKay PE]

TIL that ambitious guy (neighbor) has TWO dogs. and i think they're both at least part ACD.

because he's ambitious guy. 

plz hook me up w/ ambitious guy, even though I will not reach his ambitious heights, because I fucking love ACDs.

 

[JayKay PE]

TRRRRIPLE POST

 

[DLD PE]

Uh, how dare you: JK dies first in all mafia rounds when I'm not modding.

I had nothing to do with it!  

 

[RBHeadge PE]

I think the same could be said of engineering in general, as long as it's not in the academic realm.

nor in patents and other IP.

 

[Platypus Engineer]

nor in patents and other IP.

It is my understanding that if something  is submitted as part of contractual requirements, then it is property of whoever receives it, except for copyrights / patent material

 

[Tiger15]

It is my understanding that if something  is submitted as part of contractual requirements, then it is property of whoever receives it, except for copyrights / patent material

yeah, basically it's owned by whoever paid for it.

 

[JayKay PE]

*owns nothing because I didn't pay for it*

shoot