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It's so true, what the sunscreen song says: the older you get, the more you'll need the people you knew when you were young. Even though I love love LOVE maths and messing around with logic, my best friends have always been people who don't care much for the academic stuff. They had the same...

You know I didn't mean to pick on you FinalFantasy. I was just saying, y'know.. :)

It doesn't make sense (to me at least!) to talk about "amplitude" or "period" of 2cos3x=1 even though I suppose I know what you mean (see 3rd post by FinalFantasy). By some of the reasoning given above, 2cos3x=1 would have an "amplitude" of 2; yet cos3x=1/2, which is the same, would...

No, if you did that you'd still see sin(x)! Instead, draw sin(x) on a piece of toilet paper. Now flip it over like turning the page of a book. What you see is -sin(x).

Hey, I thought the HSCs over already.. hehe, i like FinalFantasy's method! But maybe this method is easier: if 26+a+b+c+d+11+.... is an arithmetic series, find a, b, c, and d.. Let x be the difference between successive terms. Write: 26 + 5x = 11 so x = -3...

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hahaha!! neh :p well i hope not anyway! i like that cute linux penguin :p

If you see a penguiny-looking sort of person sitting in front of you in lectures, could you please refrain from using his shoulders as a foot rest? Don't get me wrong - I've nothing against ppl putting their legs up. But it's just a little uncomfortable for me if I'm actually sitting there...

I picked UNSW because, in my opinion, UNSW has a more active Maths school. Also, in deciding, it was important to me that UNSW doesn't just have one or two large faculties, but varieties of Commerce, Arts, Sciences, Engineering and Maths. It's also with ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)...

If you're going to do engineering, you might want to think about which uni has larger and better schools of mathematics and sciences. My (biased) opinion is that the bigger and better these departments are, the more disciplined the rest of the place is. Actually, just go for the best Maths...

have u seen the science office? theyre so sluggish and unprofessional. redslert, have u been to the maths school office before? i like them - they actually look, act and talk nicley - office like. about UAC, i think its pretty fair that they look at uni marks too. what really matters is...

haha, yeah i know. its just a whole lotta fun, nothin serious of course! but i have to say, i HATE how in physics we have to type in all these decimals and long numbers into the calculator - i mean, if they gave us x and y, thered be no difference! well..

Existence Proof An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician are staying in a hotel. The engineer wakes up and smells smoke. He goes out into the hallway and sees a fire, so he fills a trash can from his room with water and douses the fire. He goes back to bed. Later, the physicist wakes up and...

i was just saying that active people chill out too, but passive people might rarely be active. hey, at least i chose one of the two choices! i mean, of course the sensible answer is 'in between', but that wasnt the precise question, and its more fun to debate.

its all about the title u get. do u want to be an *engineer*? a *scientist*? the engineering plans r somewhat like science plans with some set electives and a compulsory honours year. but i'm sorry, if youve got *engineer* written on your degree, that just aint good enough, is it? you...

i'd choose "A naughty chick who knows lotsa people, goes out heaps, really sociable, goes out raving/dance parties, and everyone (includin urself) reckons she's really really hawwwt!!" because she couldnt possibly stay so hyped up forever - there'll be times when she'll become "down-to-earth...

oooh!! must schedule event: go to physics toilet on monday! hey, i discovered that the metal sensors respond to the bottom of my shoe! :p (but dont worry, i keep my shoes very clean - and anyway, u wouldnt want me to flush before i wash my hands would u?)

same for the HSC. there are easy parts in every question. attempt every question. its a myth that question 7 and 8 is the hardest. the reason why its 'hard' is because u set yourself up to believe its hard. and also because generally students dont cover inequalities and probablity and what...

or u can make a gif file or flash animation and stick it in.

i was flicking through a philosophy book in the library the other day. there was some interesting stuff on rationalism and Descartes.. apparently studying maths will deepen your perspective on reality, truth and perception.. then there were the people who diputed rationalist philosophy...