 Poster: A snowHead
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CLOSE THIS PLEASE IM GOING TO RE-THINK BEFORE POSTING 
THANKS ANYWAY!
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sun 30-01-11 20:08; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Are you having a giraffe. That's probably the most worthless/pointless questionnaire I've seen anywhere. What exactly are you trying to find?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| jzBun wrote: |
| Are you having a giraffe. That's probably the most worthless/pointless questionnaire I've seen anywhere. What exactly are you trying to find? |
Agree - Even by the very poor standards of student questionnaires we've had on here before it sets a new low.I particularly love the binary nature of having fallen or not and the skies disconnecting.
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Agreed, is there a skier out there past their first few runs on the bunny slope who can answer no to number 6, Have you ever fallen while skiing?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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After reading this survey I am sure students being responsible for fees is the way forward... we are paying for this people! It looks like too many nights on the jasmin and 0% effort on courswork
I especially like the final comments box asking you to effectivly do the work.
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Rather than slating the questionnaire, how about we actually give x111jake some help and advice here. daehwons, your comments about uni funding aren't that helpful are they? I wouldn't like to be a student right now. Another example of people posting comments on these forums that you wouldn't say to x111jake face. 
x111jake, I have to agree with the others that the questionnaire isn't good. It seams like you either don't ski often, understand what happens during a fall or how the skis settings contribute to this. Everyone who's ever skied has fallen over. You must have an idea of a solution to this problem for example or think you can suggest changes to the current standard design? I must say that when a ski comes off and is on it's side, it can slide a long way down a steep piste before stopping. How would you attach a new design to the skis? Some things to think about. Maybe it's worth speaking to folk like Spyderjon, see if he thinks it's a worthwhile project.
Uni projects are hard to get off the ground, I should know I've done 2, first one was rubbish and i'll never do it again. Good luck with it.
Kersh
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| Kersh wrote: |
| Rather than slating the questionnaire, how about we actually give x111jake some help and advice here. daehwons, your comments about uni funding aren't that helpful are they? I wouldn't like to be a student right now. Another example of people posting comments on these forums that you wouldn't say to x111jake face. |
My comments are not helpfull to the question but it is my point of view on the situation and this being a public forum that people voice their views and opinions I will leave it in.
As for saying to someones face.... of course I would say the exact thing(well unless jake is 6 foot tall and crazy looking)
I wouldnt like to be a student now either.... in fact when I had the opportunity I chose not to be even though it was the easy way out as getting a job was hard at the time.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Kersh,
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| Rather than slating the questionnaire, how about we actually give x111jake some help and advice here. daehwons, your comments about uni funding aren't that helpful are they? I wouldn't like to be a student right now. Another example of people posting comments on these forums that you wouldn't say to x111jake face. |
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.
x111jake If I met you I'd say exactly the same thing. Sorry, but there it is.
By the way, what experience of skiing do you have?
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Kersh, this is a THIRD year university student. That survey doesn't even deserve printing off to use as bumwipe 
I'd give it plenty of time if it were an O'level design and technology kid.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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x111jake, that would be acceptable for a year 9 school questionnaire but at your level it is a lazy & poor effort, which shows very little knowledge of the subject. We probably get one questionnaire a month linked to here for someone's coursework. This is the worst yet. What university are you at?
Kersh, the questionnaire shows such a total lack of understanding of the issue that I think trying to help him is pointless.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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stoatsbrother,
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| I am currently at Sheffield Hallam University |
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scotia, missed that... 
He certainly isn't a credit to it.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I can't believe students are allowed to tell people doing these things what uni they are at. I can't say I held Sheffield Hallam in high regard, but I'd be interested in whether you can actually get any meaningful results out of a survey like this. It can't look good for the uni to have students producing this kind of survey. I'd have got my fingers cut off by my tutor for even suggesting this as a survey, let alone putting it on the internet.
Well, other than from the last question where you want us to basically do the ideas bit for you.
If ski brakes were ripe for improving, you can bet your bottom dollar that ski companies would have done it, and upped their price for it. They have massive research and development departments looking for ways to improve this kind of thing and get the edge on the competition. The current design works well enough for everyone right now, so I can't answer your last question. Therefore I can't submit my survey. That means you've lost the data from me and people who feel the same way as me.
You really need to avoid mandatory questions in this kind of questionnaire. Partly because people on the internet are lazy.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Sorry for wasting your time guys i put this together fairly quickly for a trial at firstly using the the survey software. and trying to look into ski brakes as in the past i never found them to work 100% of the time and wanted to try and do i project i was interested in.
originally i didnt really know what type of project i wanted to do, exceprt i wanted to to something what interests me and was a fairly novice skiier having only been on snow 3-4 times on rentals, but having recently bought my own skiis, and having just returned from vt myself, i know exactly what your all on about!! there goes my idea :/ 
cheers anyway!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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daehwons, I think that's a fair summary of x111jake's idea for a project. Having thought about it myself this afternoon, anything above when we have at the moment will either add weight and/or be more complex so more likely to fail.
x111jake, given you ski experience, i'm surprised at the questions you were asking. However, I'm sure we can come up with an idea for a project .... although maybe we should PM you the ideas so they don't get nicked by the ski companies reading the forums. Off the top of my head I can think of some great ideas to solve problems surrounding skiing like Cat Tracks and Ski Web. Whatever you decide to do, do your research and be really critical of your project before you start gathering data through a questionnaire.
Kersh
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks, would really appreciate that! and yes, i take your points seriously and know how stupid this questionnaire sounded! thanks anyway!
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| x111jake wrote: |
| as in the past i never found them to work 100% of the time |
What situations?
I have seen only a couple of times when the brake didnt do its job.... Steep icy slope, but to be honest the person that fell ended up farther down below the ski and a very fast fall but I don't think anything "new" would have helped stop the "projectile"
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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yea i suppose, but also have to think back to the brakes maybe being worn, but not to sure as i cant say i took much notice back then! maybe i was a little naive to think that the current ski brakes could be improved!
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Yep, only times I can think breaks didn't stop the skis right away were wipeouts doing the wrong side side of 50kmh and no brake is going to help when the ski is doing cartwheels!
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| x111jake wrote: |
| yea i suppose, but also have to think back to the brakes maybe being worn, but not to sure as i cant say i took much notice back then! maybe i was a little naive to think that the current ski brakes could be improved! |
good point, hire ski = worn out, maybe there is room for dev using replaceable ends, or bits that dont wear out
of course my brakes are not work as they never get used 
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