sorry Smoke, u misunderstood, i talked with my partner, not with the other group

Oh sorry, I thought it was the other group you talked with.

Anyways, despite all the talking and project topic decisions, it looks like you're having a hard time getting the topic than actually working on it!

Well, what are you planning to do now? Keeping it or letting it go?

It looks like you're on that 50/50 border.

Enkil, assuming you don't get the topic, any second preferences?

Please let me know.

BTW, I've obtained an 89% on my mid-term exam in geo-science!

Regards,

Trav.

Great!

theres no reason for me to give up the project, why should i?

in any case, if i cant do it, ill prolly go with "cuisine à l'energie solaire", looks interessing, i talked with the teacher about it

i cant start the project this weekend, this my last week of exams, so i have to get rid of those first

i know that its for mid January and i can tell u that i have alot of time, but everytime i say that i end up doing at the last minute and it turns out "boché", so i better start off early
does that happen to u? lol

All the time! I sat I'm going to do something right away, but I end up doing it the night before it's actually due!

Like you, I've still got exams sparking up sporadically all over the place, so I'm always finding myself studying.

Anyways, I'm glad you're keeping the topic. The cuisine a l'energie solaire was also nice to do. That was one of my personal choices that I recently mentioned to you. You see, we have the same tastes!

BTW, what does "boche" mean in English? Does it mean piling up or something? I'm sorry, my French isn't the greatest.

Regards,

Trav.

i think its either a Quebecois expression or its taken from an English word

the teachers use it constantly, example, "je ne veux pas un travail boché", meaning i dont want a work incomplete or not very well done

instead of saying f***é, they use that word, now i guess u understood

btw did u know the word "f***é" in french it isnt recognised as a bad word? ive seen it in many articles, i believe, odd thro

Enkil,

I'm not sure if I understand what you mean by "f***é" What's the full word? Hold on, wait a sec....Maybe those *** are there for a reason, but as you say, it's not recognized as a bad word in French, but I'm assuming that the context or the actual spelling of the word resembles "that word"?

Anyways, my initial interpretation of "boché" was work that's being done quickly or rushed through. I guess I was on the right track.

Well, I know it's off topic, but do you have any predictions of the competitors next year? I know it will be different than this year, since it's back to the generic type of year.

I'm pretty confident that the U.S and Canada will be there, as usual, maybe Spain and Italy, too.

Trav.

yes, ure right
"that word" with a "é" isnt recognized as a bad word, in fact i asked my moral teacher about it last year, when i found out it was in an article paper he gave us, he said it was allowed to be used in journals, etc (i know what im saying is weird) whatever...

anyway, i really dont know which country would participate, expect the "usual" ones, but i sure hope Caballer does

And IPON, too!

Remember the time when you said that you thought Frederick mentioned that Sweden was supposed to be participating next year or something? Well, I wouldn't rool out the possibility of them showing up.

I would expect Caballer or even Igual to show up. Probably Sunny International or maybe JNS might return. I'm also assuming Weco will come back next year, too. Way too many possibilities, but the thing that will suck is the fact that we probably won't get double Spanish firms next year.

There were a lot of surprises that came out with this year's schedule when it was officially relaesed. I'm not saying that there would be no surprises along with the new schedule, but I doubt there will be as much. I shouldn't even say that because the new schedule is a fantastic surprise itself! So, I really couldn't care less.

BTW, do you prefer the scenario of there only being one award (the platinum Jupiter) or did you prefer the old way, meaning gold, silver, bronze? I personally prefer the old fashion way. It makes it more exciting to me.

Regards,

Trav.

the old fasion

this is a competition, like anything, like Olympics, expect this isnt sport! this is a different type of competition, so it should have 3 jupiters

Enkil,

Yes, I agree. It's better when there's 3 winners on the podium, rather than just one.

It makes it more exciting, especially when it comes to ranking and then waiting on the closing show to see 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

It would've been nice if the "Special Award" was being given out again. I think it disappeared since Benson & Hedges left.

I think it's more fun this way.

Enkil, wouldn't you find it cool if it was designed like this:

1st: Platinum Jupiter
2nd: Gold
3rd: Silver
4th: Bronze

Then the special award.

This way you've got, in a sense, 5 winners, out of a total of 10 entrants, making it half. Assuming, of course, that they're 10 entrants in a given year.

Just a thought.

Regards,

Trav.

interessing...

but i still find the old fasion better, im my opinion

i think ures is a bit too much

Maybe it is, making half the entrants getting an award!

But still, regardless of that, I really wish the special award would be part of the competition again.

Trav.

I agree with Enkil. This is more of an artistic competition with subjective criteria. It isn't something that can be measured with mathematical precision at the finish line. On the other hand I think five awards would water it down too much. Best to stay with G, S, and B and a very occasional special. Although there was one platinum winner this year, there were three finalists prior to the official award which would be the G, S, and B in a traditional year.

multifan,

The thought of having 5 awards would be a little too much, you're right, but it was just a little thought that I found of curiosity to other people. As I mentioned before, the only thing that I wish would come back would be the special award.

Of course, don't get me wrong! I prefer the original way myself and for reasons for which I've explained before.

What do you guys think about the special award?

Trav.

a special award should be part time to time, if theres something very orginal or anything that has something special