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April 20, 2024, 01:04:43 pm

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Loose-leaf or notebooks?

Loose-leaf
10 (33.3%)
Notebooks
20 (66.7%)

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Re: Which is better for writing notes?
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2008, 05:09:50 pm »
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That's true. Regular excercise books are sooo cheap this time of year. I got a packet of 10 64 page half-sized exercise books from Big W for 10 cents!

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Re: Which is better for writing notes?
« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2008, 07:39:36 pm »
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That is the main problem with loose leaf, you'll lose it.
Exactly - I decided to try out loose leaf for inter studies last year and ended up losing about half of my notes .... panic!

Notebooks are better!
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Re: Which is better for writing notes?
« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2008, 10:25:52 pm »
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That is the main problem with loose leaf, you'll lose it.
Exactly - I decided to try out loose leaf for inter studies last year and ended up losing about half of my notes .... panic!

Notebooks are better!
Yeh if you wanna use loose leaf you need to be organised and have it in a folder and pretty much not take it out because unless you are extremely organised and always put it straight back it is likely you can misplace it

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Re: Which is better for writing notes?
« Reply #33 on: January 16, 2008, 09:59:53 am »
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I'm thinking about getting a laptop soon for uni. My cousin says he finds it a lot easier to take down notes and go over.

Does anybody take notes in Uni Lectures straight onto a laptop? Like, in the lecture hall?
some students do, but definitely not many.

i don't recommend it, to be honest, unless you're a really fast typer with mad microsoft word organisational skills.

half the time people with laptops just end up going on facebook in lectures...
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Re: Which is better for writing notes?
« Reply #34 on: January 16, 2008, 10:05:44 am »
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I'm thinking about getting a laptop soon for uni. My cousin says he finds it a lot easier to take down notes and go over.

Does anybody take notes in Uni Lectures straight onto a laptop? Like, in the lecture hall?
some students do, but definitely not many.

i don't recommend it, to be honest, unless you're a really fast typer with mad microsoft word organisational skills.

half the time people with laptops just end up going on facebook in lectures...
actually i find myself liking microsoft for once, word 2007 works like a charm with all the 1-click-applied styles... organisation is no longer a pain in the ass...
which makes my typing on MS word > writing on paper, except it's useless in maths with all its notations and shizniz...

and hth does ppl go on facebook in lectures?? does the unis have free wireless network?! (or they're rich bastards and pay for their own wi-fi??)
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Re: Which is better for writing notes?
« Reply #35 on: January 16, 2008, 10:20:58 am »
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I'm thinking about getting a laptop soon for uni. My cousin says he finds it a lot easier to take down notes and go over.

Does anybody take notes in Uni Lectures straight onto a laptop? Like, in the lecture hall?
some students do, but definitely not many.

i don't recommend it, to be honest, unless you're a really fast typer with mad microsoft word organisational skills.

half the time people with laptops just end up going on facebook in lectures...
actually i find myself liking microsoft for once, word 2007 works like a charm with all the 1-click-applied styles... organisation is no longer a pain in the ass...
which makes my typing on MS word > writing on paper, except it's useless in maths with all its notations and shizniz...

and hth does ppl go on facebook in lectures?? does the unis have free wireless network?! (or they're rich bastards and pay for their own wi-fi??)
use mathtype for maths notations and stuff in word ;)


and ANU certainly has free wireless in the main lecture halls.
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Re: Which is better for writing notes?
« Reply #36 on: January 16, 2008, 11:15:18 am »
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use mathtype for maths notations and stuff in word ;)

and ANU certainly has free wireless in the main lecture halls.
THATS FKN AWESOME!!!
does other unis provide that??

and btw mathtype is commercial software :( i dnt wanna pay :(
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Re: Which is better for writing notes?
« Reply #37 on: January 16, 2008, 11:38:33 am »
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use mathtype for maths notations and stuff in word ;)

and ANU certainly has free wireless in the main lecture halls.
THATS FKN AWESOME!!!
does other unis provide that??

and btw mathtype is commercial software :( i dnt wanna pay :(

*cough* bittorrent it *cough*

i presume a lot of the major unis would provide that, surely? it's hardly that big a deal. i get free wireless from ANU in my bedroom at college...
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