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  1. Original_Angel

    CSSA 2005 Question

    haha - that totally cracked me up for some reason but yeah, i totally understand what you mean; i sat there looking at it in the exam like "why do they have brackets in the field name?!" then realised i was wasting valuable time pondering the meaning of these brackets .. so i just answered the...
  2. Original_Angel

    Raw mark fo band 6

    ahh yes - optimism - my most favouritest thing ever! haha hmm - gotta do my best - aiming to get into the top 5% of the state (but i suck in exams, so we'll see..) aiight - it's over after friday - last exam physics gosh though, this week = 3 exams .. talk about packed - too packed for...
  3. Original_Angel

    time dilation and the paradox thingy

    the dude who goes away in the rocketship or whatever he goes away in - travelling at o.8c - well due to the fact that he is travelling at such high speeds, his "time" slows down hence he doesnt age as quickly from the point of view (frame of ref.) from someone on earth - i.e. the earth dude...
  4. Original_Angel

    Raw mark fo band 6

    oOooo .. it just gets me super confused haha that's definately not a good thing during the HSC >.<! ahh well - no point stressin about it we get what we get - even though it may not be what we want... hmm - gosh *gasps* that sounds so pessimistic of me!
  5. Original_Angel

    CSSA 2005 Question

    ahh that's apparantly the answer LOL according to the answer paper but - in the last part, where i stated ORDERBY: "LENGTH(min)" ASC the (min) is actually part of the field name - nothing else lol
  6. Original_Angel

    IPT stuff...

    i've never seen it being done before - that's why i'm a little iffy on it so .. i think i shall just stick to thinking normalisation=relational databases are used for (until the textbook proves me wrong) hehehe
  7. Original_Angel

    Raw mark fo band 6

    hmmm - i've seen that, i know about mod-ing but i'm still kinda confused regarding how they're gonna fix up our uai and all that *argh whatever - leave it to those who know .. i'll just wait for that piece of paper that will determine the rest of my future (that it will) lol
  8. Original_Angel

    What do you wear to the exams?

    our school doesnt have a uniform .. well, dress code anyway - one of my friends told me i could get kicked out of an exam for not wearing uniform (kos i was wearing jeans) .. funny how the previous day i was wearing a bright yellow jacket! LOL
  9. Original_Angel

    Terrible Subject

    hmmm i quite liked ipt gonna miss it .. kinda anyway
  10. Original_Angel

    Raw mark fo band 6

    okay - i'm not understanding that all i see is a table with numbers and courses that's it. hmm well - what they say =)
  11. Original_Angel

    IPT stuff...

    oh crap relational is when it has relationships wait .. but i thought that wehn normalising a db it's put into more than one table aye? anyway - as soon as that happens and you link them in some way doesnt that become a relational database? gosh .. i think i've got my wires crossed.
  12. Original_Angel

    IPT stuff...

    But normalising the database is very common. Btw, not to sound rude but I think you're somewhat confused. Normalisation of a database is creating a relational database from a f.file one. So when they ask to normalise a db, it's saying "make this flat file db a relational one" lol...
  13. Original_Angel

    topologies

    A ring network only allows for data transmission in one direction - to prevent "clogging" up the network (that's got more to do with the token ring - but that's another story..) The speed of ring topologies are slow in comparison to the BUS and STAR networks - however, in saying that - they...
  14. Original_Angel

    IPT stuff...

    In addition to the above post ^ normalisation of data reduces data redundancy. Normalisation occurs when flat file databases are "split" to form a relational database. Whenever normalising a db in the HSC (although it may not always be required) it is advised that the primary and foreign keys...
  15. Original_Angel

    Cmyk

    Is CYMK part of our MM syllabus? Gosh - I really should check the syllabus out! >.<!
  16. Original_Angel

    CSSA 2005 Question

    SQL format is only supposed to be used for SQL queries QBE queries are using the format you specified in your last post skyrockets The QBE is as follows TYPE = DVD and GENRE = Action AND LENGTH >= 120 Then the SQL query is SELECT: Title; Description FROM: DViD Database WHERE: TYPE =...
  17. Original_Angel

    Wildcard Substitution...

    I know this has been answered about 1ooooo times in this thread, but anyway - with wildcards, when you have an astrisk (*) it means that any number of characters can replace it - and when you are given a question mark (?) it stands for one character; Which result will Sm*h display? a) Smith...
  18. Original_Angel

    Difference between privacy issues and security issues

    That sounded about right to me! Privacy - protection of details Security - methods used to protect privacy
  19. Original_Angel

    Preparing & studying for IPT hsc

    Past papers are the best to do! And.. read the text - or at least, the bits that you dont understand
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