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thedeadhaji
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fortunately I go to what is apparently considered the #2 university in the world.... (which I dont agree with, but w/e)
yea, the issue is the timescale of the repair effort TT.
If I can get it in... 10 days and get an extension from the course supervisor, I think I'll be able to hand in a 100% proper report.
If not, fortunately I have 80% of the data needed already (but I wanted to rerun most of it to reproduce the data so T_T)
I'll make sure to take the necessary steps literally asap to try to get shit in order, thanks for the advice everyone, I feel a lot better than 6 hours ago, and it's a combination of slapsed time as well as just being able to vent here and getting it out + having u guys convince me that shit could be a lot worse.
(Daigomi PM'ed me and was like "well you could be doing time in jail, that'd be a lot worse")
sigh... i made it sound like it was the apocalypse...
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thedeadhaji
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man there is so much drama in this thread how is it rated a 1! hahahahah <3
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Canada7170 Posts
Good to hear you're feeling better. 5/5.
EDIT: And now you have a 3 which means nobody rates blogs except one guy who rates 1's for the hell of it.
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I think he has a thesis due and he screwed that up and then broke something
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On July 08 2008 07:23 L wrote:Show nested quote +I'd need some like glass work department to fucking weld another tube onto the backend of it after like smoothing out the shattered end (the most compicated part of the tube is actually luckily in tact))
If your university is anywhere near decent, you probably have a glassworks somewhere to produce A grade analytical equipment onsite. The chemistry department (likely a doctor in analytical chem) would know where they are and what they can do. If not that, you could TRY to jury rig a repair by looking up a
Quartz isn't glass. From my understanding, it is quite difficult to work with. Despite being one of the most abundant minerals on the earth, quartz cuvettes (which are a centimeter by a centimeter and about 3-5 cm tall) are like 200-300 bucks for a matched pair. From Haji's description, I somehow doubt what he broke will be easily replaced... and its going to be quite expensive too.
There's also probably a very good reason that it was quartz (quartz is transparent to UV light, whereas glass isn't), so it's doubtful a cheap substitute will be able to take its place in the meantime either.
Good luck in getting a replacement quickly, but I wouldn't count on it.
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thedeadhaji
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actuss i dont know if that reactor tube was quartz, I know the substrate tubes I use are indeed quartz so I called it quartz by association. It very well may be just glass but I'm not 100% sure, in any case I'll resolve it with my supervisor, who knows best.
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Hmm... well, better hope it isn't quartz then. 
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thedeadhaji
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My lab had 4 quartz cuvettes. 3 of them were broken by members of our lab. We have one remaining quartz cuvette that we use. Nobody has informed the PI that three of them have been broken. It is common knowledge by the general public that each of the cuvettes still exist. Each cuvette costs ~$400-$500. What a predicament.
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On July 08 2008 07:38 thedeadhaji wrote:
fortunately I go to what is apparently considered the #2 university in the world.... (which I dont agree with, but w/e)
Just wondering, #2 by which ranking system? Anyways, it seems like your situation is improving and I am glad for you. Although things could have turned out better, you are not fucked and should be able to withstand and overcome this dilemma.
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On July 08 2008 02:10 micronesia wrote:
Is this worse than when I deleted all the grades for an entire college class?
Ahahahahaah
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On July 08 2008 07:23 L wrote:Show nested quote +I'd need some like glass work department to fucking weld another tube onto the backend of it after like smoothing out the shattered end (the most compicated part of the tube is actually luckily in tact))
If your university is anywhere near decent, you probably have a glassworks somewhere to produce A grade analytical equipment onsite. The chemistry department (likely a doctor in analytical chem) would know where they are and what they can do. If not that, you could TRY to jury rig a repair by looking up a
LOL! Listen to this clueless boy.
Haji happens to go attend the University of Cambridge. And previously attended Princeton.
I'd say that you don't have an idea of what it takes to build/repair such a device. Even good universities don't have such "glasswork" departments. What university does such things? That means, they should have a professional, teaching students how to make glassware for engineering-related machines. But, what student would want to concentrate in such a field? And that professional would never want to stay at an university dealing with kids when they can be paid much more at a company.
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thedeadhaji
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On July 08 2008 17:31 EmeraldSparks wrote:
Stanford is 20.
wtfffff
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Calgary26004 Posts
Number 88 baby woooooo
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On July 08 2008 07:41 thedeadhaji wrote:
man there is so much drama in this thread how is it rated a 1! hahahahah <3
People are envious of your ability to spam during THE PURGE and get away with it.
You know, like you ever did anything here to deserve it.
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On July 08 2008 12:59 thedeadhaji wrote:
edit: btw lets not add content to my useless blogs.
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