Writing for science general.

[Anonymous No.4736788]

Is there any clear disadvantage in writing on paper in horizontal position instead of vertical.

Also, /sci/'s writing and note-taking methods general.
(this might include pencil vs pen, black pen vs others, etc)

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736813]

well tally charts are fukken retarded
<<< superior method


you're welcome!

[Anonymous No.4736816]

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[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736826]

>>4736788
>Also, /sci/'s writing and note-taking methods general.
>(this might include pencil vs pen, black pen vs others, etc)
>pen
>pencil
WTAF??

2012, ISHYGDDT!!!

you should have a fucking laptop for lectures by now, fucking peasant...

[Anonymous No.4736834]

>>4736826
I write and draw faster by hand.
Pencils are useful for brainstorming and reviewing formulas and definitions. I find erasing errors and correcting the somewhat gratifying.

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736859]

>>4736834
any reason you cant just use a writing pad connected to the laptop?
theres still eraser functions etc. its so much better than a fucking pen/cil, this aint the 1600's anymore, faggot

[Anonymous No.4736867]

>>4736859
Laptop need batteries, more space, etc.

[Anonymous No.4736870]

>>4736859
Batteries, space, cables, symbol identification, etc

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736871]

>>4736867
>more space, etc.
<<<

and you can just charge batteries, dumass

[Anonymous No.4736881]

>>4736871
But I find it more annoying, guess it's a simple matter of preference.
I simply scan my notes weekly.

[Anonymous No.4736883]

>>4736826
Some of us at decent universities (i.e. ones older than your life span) have old ass professors who get annoyed as fuck with laptops and forbid them.

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736884]

>>4736881
fine w/e. each to they're own, etc

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736886]

>>4736883
forbidding laptops???
fucking luddites

[Anonymous No.4736887]

>>4736884
>they're

[Anonymous No.4736888]

EK, you went full retard.

for many subjects a laptop is just uncomfortable. not to mention that a notebook+pen is lighter than a laptop.

if you dont need a laptop for other purposes, it's easier to carry a notebook and pen.

[Anonymous No.4736890]

>>4736888
Ek always needs a laptop to troll /sci/ from wherever he is.

[Anonymous No.4736897]

Could someone give me an opinion on my initial question?
Thanks

[Anonymous No.4736901]

>>4736897
You want to hear opinions? Well in my opinion you suck, OP.

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736902]

>>4736887
lol, its aspie-o-clock, i couldnt resist that one
=p

[Anonymous No.4736908]

>>4736902
>its aspie-o-clock

I know. I see you're online.

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736916]

>>4736908
lol, im not an aspie, you dumb fuck

[Anonymous No.4736919]

>>4736901
Isn't it funny to realize how for some reason awesome people like you and people that suck, end in the same place?

[Anonymous No.4736922]

>>4736916
Yes, you are.

[Anonymous No.4736927]

>>4736919
It's funny for me, because I can laugh at you failing.

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736926]

>>4736922
no im fucking not, moron

[Anonymous No.4736931]

>>4736926
You are most defnitely autistic. There's no point in denying it. Just accept it and live with your deficiency.

[Anonymous No.4736933]

>>4736927
Kudos for you

[Anonymous No.4736934]

>>4736788

Uh, well I'm not exactly sure. I gave it a shot with english words written vertically (letters horizontal, words vertically stacked) and it got confusing about column size and whatnot thanks to varying word size.

I tried letters stacked vertically and words stacked vertically but spaces were hard to differentiate and it ended up looking like a wordsearch.

All of that could be due to me having learned to read and write horizontally from day one, but I used to be able to read japanese sort of okay ish and I never had that problem. Maybe the way english words are made up just doesn't work well for it, maybe I'm bad at it, who knows.

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736938]

>>4736931
it aint autism, and i have actually been tested, so shut your fucking ignorant face before i smack it off

[Anonymous No.4736942]

>>4736938
That's the reply I expected from an autist. Thanks for confirming my hypothesis.

[Anonymous No.4736953]

>>4736934
Space organization is also my main problem, however, writing horizontally, even though it's more space consuming, seems to help me when I have to develop or "explore" formulas and other concepts.

Also, lately I've been paying a lot of attention to my handwriting, to every damn letter, do you think it's worth to use more time simply to make your work more visually appealing and easy to read?

[Anonymous No.4736956]

>>4736938
So you're just a tool then?

[Anonymous No.4736964]

>>4736826
How stupid are you? Using a laptop for o.chem, maths and many other subjects is fucking slow. Retard.

[Anonymous No.4736973]

>>4736953
Without a doubt. I'm not sure if you're taking research notes or just copying stuff during a lecture, but four months from now when you return to that work, you will make up all the time you spent writing it out neatly and more just because you won't have to figure out what the hell you were doing at the time.

Lab notes especially need to be organized neatly and clearly, tabulations and charts done with rulers. It may be obvious right now that 1832 refers to the specimen density and not the testing rate, but in a month or so you'll find yourself wondering which column this number is supposed to be under, and what the units were.

[Anonymous No.4736982]

>>4736976
Fuck off whore and study a real subject and maybe you'll get a clue you dumb cunt

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736976]

>>4736964
no it isnt, with a writepad its as fast as you can fucking write on paper, you stupid fucktard

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4736997]

>>4736982
zoology IS a real subject you stupid twat!

[Anonymous No.4737000]

>>4736973
Doing both things actually, but somehow, maybe because I'm getting somewhat interested in zen meditation, I'm starting to go even beyond simple organization and clarity and giving my writing a sort of calligraphic quality, and watching at text written too weakly, or simply ugly, gets me annoyed.

[Anonymous No.4737001]

>>4736997
You don't know shit about zoology. You don't even go to university.

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4737003]

>>4737001
yes i fucking do

[Anonymous No.4737005]

>>4737003
Prove it.

[EK !EKFnQG0UBo No.4737012]

>>4737005
prove i do zoology?
how?
and wtf do you think i do?

[Anonymous No.4737023]

>>4737000
As long as the time you spend isn't coming at the cost of your lab work, there is no reason to worry about it.

I've worked with people who consider it a mark of pride to take such care in their work, and others who do it because writing out work in such a way can help pass the time between tests.

Personally I keep my writing as clear as possible while retaining all the speed I can, as my professional position requires expedient results. Bill by the hour, you see.

[Anonymous No.4737030]

>>4737012
Post some stuff only zoologists know. Otherwise we have to assume you are a NEET neckbeard.