Recent content by charithjperera

physics wise - it's pretty much a heap of mechanics stuff - momentum, force, torque, energy etc... as well as some stuff on thermo near the end. You'll have wolfe for the first half the semester; he's entertaining and does good demonstrations but he's a bit fast on the explanations and loves his...

yes but chemistry has more random stuff to remember than physics so its harder IMO.

well not zero, but it doesnt require much thinking either :S IMO we are given notes with interpretations of texts and stuff and were meant to duplicate them for the exams :P I know what im saying is bit over the edge but seriously, english doesnt demand much brainpower :P Uhm, same for us...

English has close to zero use of your brain, you are spoon fed information that you are expected to write an essay out of (maybe a bit of thinking for this?)... You must then commit this to memory and regurgitate it for the trials and the HSC. Maths is a cross between logic and memorising...

I think neither maths or english should be compulsory... We learn sufficient maths and english in year 10 so theres no point in making them compulsory. If you require the subject for your future OR if you need the units, you would select it. You should be given the responsibility and not told...

"Not everybody needs to do maths, whereas pretty much everybody needs to speak english in Australia." Come on dude that is poor, speaking english is one thing while being able to write 4 bloody essays is another. Also, how can it be used as a common scale when different students are better...

that system is a rip, get a C2D e4300 with a gigabyte 965p-ds3 motherboard, throw in a half decent heatsink you will be able to overclock it to 3ghz easy, thats like a core 2 extreme for $700 or $800, why would you bother with AMD's now?

lol ive done 40 something gb's off a server a while ago - they were rainbow tables and not movie if anyone was wondering :P

why are u guys bothering with firewalls and blocking it, just download the portable version! you can run it off a usb drive and it doesnt connect to the net!