Open Bar: We hacked the DNC and all we got are these lousy emails

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Faust

#780
October 28, 2016, 01:57:43 PM
The only condition that I could see could qualify is a prolonged illness, but you'd never give someone a passing grade on it, if they were to supply supporting evidence of this, you might allow them to defer the year.
Lab attendance was an automatic fail for the year if it dipped below 55% for a subject for us. I asked for compassionate leave for a couple of modules when my dad died and they allowed me to take them in the next semester.
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#781
October 28, 2016, 03:37:52 PM
Quote from: Faust on October 28, 2016, 01:57:43 PM
The only condition that I could see could qualify is a prolonged illness, but you'd never give someone a passing grade on it, if they were to supply supporting evidence of this, you might allow them to defer the year.
Lab attendance was an automatic fail for the year if it dipped below 55% for a subject for us. I asked for compassionate leave for a couple of modules when my dad died and they allowed me to take them in the next semester.

Yeah, if they have an illness or major issue come up, they'd get an incomplete, allowing them to fulfill class requirements later on.
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Cain

#782
October 29, 2016, 01:09:13 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 28, 2016, 08:08:21 AM
I had a student that I have never laid eyes on because they have never set foot inside my lab email me because they are going to be seeking accommodations through the DRC. As far as I know, there is no disability for which a reasonable accommodation would be "never coming to class or turning anything in". They may find themselves a tad bit disappointed.

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#783
October 29, 2016, 05:35:18 AM
Quote from: Cain on October 29, 2016, 01:09:13 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 28, 2016, 08:08:21 AM
I had a student that I have never laid eyes on because they have never set foot inside my lab email me because they are going to be seeking accommodations through the DRC. As far as I know, there is no disability for which a reasonable accommodation would be "never coming to class or turning anything in". They may find themselves a tad bit disappointed.

Kinshasa is lovely this time of year.

:lulz:
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Freeky

#784
October 29, 2016, 10:01:48 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 25, 2016, 09:58:37 PM
It's a terrible thing when you have to explain your references.

Take today for instance. My wife's had a bit of pain resulting in an overnight stay in hospital. Pain coming in waves, bit of a shit, times when she can talk and laugh and times when she.... can't. All resolvable and should be fine in less than 24 hours. Good stuff modern medicine.

So suggesting that if the current treatment doesn't work, we can always look at the "Old Yeller" option didn't exactly get the response I expected from the 20-ish and late 40's-ish nurses.

"Old Yeller?"
"What's that?"
"Err... You know, the film?"
"Never heard of it"
"What?"
"Pretty famous film, a kid and his dog..."
"Is it new?"
"I've got a dog, let me find my phone"
"...and the dog gets rabies....."
"Oh no!"
"My dog's got a disorder too"
"...What? No, the kid, you know, shoots it"
"WHAT"
"OH MY GOD"
"WHAT"
" (Untranslatable gibbering)"
"WHAT"
".... It's a pretty famous film"
"GET OUT"
"(Still indecipherable)"

In my defence I really don't think this is an obscure reference.

It isn't over here, I think, I'm pretty sure it's part of most school's required reading. I remember watching the film adaptation it in... school...?

POFP

#785
October 30, 2016, 04:34:06 PM
Quote from: Freeky on October 29, 2016, 10:01:48 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 25, 2016, 09:58:37 PM
It's a terrible thing when you have to explain your references.

Take today for instance. My wife's had a bit of pain resulting in an overnight stay in hospital. Pain coming in waves, bit of a shit, times when she can talk and laugh and times when she.... can't. All resolvable and should be fine in less than 24 hours. Good stuff modern medicine.

So suggesting that if the current treatment doesn't work, we can always look at the "Old Yeller" option didn't exactly get the response I expected from the 20-ish and late 40's-ish nurses.

"Old Yeller?"
"What's that?"
"Err... You know, the film?"
"Never heard of it"
"What?"
"Pretty famous film, a kid and his dog..."
"Is it new?"
"I've got a dog, let me find my phone"
"...and the dog gets rabies....."
"Oh no!"
"My dog's got a disorder too"
"...What? No, the kid, you know, shoots it"
"WHAT"
"OH MY GOD"
"WHAT"
" (Untranslatable gibbering)"
"WHAT"
".... It's a pretty famous film"
"GET OUT"
"(Still indecipherable)"

In my defence I really don't think this is an obscure reference.

It isn't over here, I think, I'm pretty sure it's part of most school's required reading. I remember watching the film adaptation it in... school...?

Yeah, almost everyone I've ever met, even if they've not seen the movie, knows what happens and would get that reference. It is considered a necessary classic.
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The Good Reverend Roger

#786
October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.
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MithridatesXXIII

#787
October 31, 2016, 03:54:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.

Will you celebrate? Reflect on the years? Have a great day man.

Junkenstein

#788
October 31, 2016, 03:56:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.

Commiserations, I'm sure high command will recall you soon.

Learnt much during your time here so far?
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The Good Reverend Roger

#789
October 31, 2016, 03:59:43 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 31, 2016, 03:56:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.

Commiserations, I'm sure high command will recall you soon.

Learnt much during your time here so far?

Not a damned thing.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Junkenstein

#790
October 31, 2016, 04:25:13 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:59:43 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on October 31, 2016, 03:56:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.

Commiserations, I'm sure high command will recall you soon.

Learnt much during your time here so far?

Not a damned thing.

Don't worry about it, it's not like I or anyone else has either.
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P3nT4gR4m

#791
October 31, 2016, 05:24:45 PM
Happy fucking birthday! 8)

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#792
October 31, 2016, 07:25:32 PM
Happy birthday Roger!  :)
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Ziegejunge

#793
October 31, 2016, 07:27:18 PM
Cheers, Roger!

The Good Reverend Roger

#794
October 31, 2016, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: MithridatesXXIII on October 31, 2016, 03:54:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 31, 2016, 03:37:12 PM
Today marks 48 years that I have been stuck on this mudball.

Will you celebrate? Reflect on the years? Have a great day man.

No.  I'm going to do something rotten to a random person in the street.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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