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The sciences, indeed any subject, will only scale up if you do well in them. Don't bother replying on scaling to save poor marks - it doesn't work that way. However, if you love the sciences, then you're likely to do well anyway, so no need to worry about scaling. :) I_F

You should get a scaled mark of over 90 with that, off the top of my head. :) I_F

I helped build our school intranet. The students were a little curious, but all the teachers loved it, then promptly ignored our requests for material to put on it, so it fell into disuse. It had timetables, photos, a whole resources section, a holder page for the forthcoming school email (which...

What was the question that referred to the progressions? I_F

Yes, trig equations are Extension 1 and not 2U work. 2U just cover the Pythagorean trig identities. :) I_F

An arithmetic series is given by: Tn = a + (n-1)d, where Tn is the nth term, a is the first term, n is a positive integer, and d is the 'common difference' - how much the series is increasing by. An example is: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, etc. This is written as Tn = 2 + (n-1)2 - it is increasing...

I see. That's why all scientists are Christians. I_F

I would assume that they're the same to the series definition, i.e. an arithmetic progression increases/decreases by a constant, and a geometric progression increases/decreases exponentially. I_F

There's also a lot of time to think of replies that have some content. You haven't really answered anything put to you yet - you've simply said "You're stating your beliefs", "I'm arguing with logic", "Your arguments have no logic". You haven't really replied to any of NTB's queries. Why must a...

Its not just about the education, I would think. Parents may think that the connections gained are of more benefit in life. I_F

The best way to study for maths is to do questions. Lots and lots of questions. Ask your own questions if you''re unsure, but work through your textbook, any other textbook you can get, past papers, everything. For the sciences, get a copy of the syllabus, and for each dot point, write out a...

One for Christianity wouldn't go astray either. I_F

I think half of the allure of sending your kids to an elite private school are the connections. Sure you're paying lots of money, but so's everyone else - lots of wealth around, as a general statement. Mmmm... connections. I_F

String theory is an expansion on the module Quanta to Quarks. It's not actually in the Physics syllabus. String theory is an alternative to the current "Standard Model" of particle physics. The Standard Model says that zero-dimensional points - tiny particles called quarks, leptons, and...

I have SP2 and play LAN games through a switch fairly often. I'll try to help you. :) - Make sure all computers have the same workgroup and different computer names (Control Panel -> System Properties -> Computer name). - Like sunny said, turn off the Windows Firewall on all computers...

That's an incorrect comparison, since it's using the ordinary 6800 card, not the 6800 GT as you wanted to compare. I believe the GT is significantly faster than the X800GTO. I_F

That's 14 units. Most people drop straight back to 12 in the Prelim year, so I would at least hold off until you know what you're going to keep and what you're going to drop. It's odds on you won't keep 14 units for the HSC. I still think you shouldn't bother for the Prelim year, but to each his...

Air conditioning, wooo! :p I'm starting to get back to work - on maths at the moment, though I'm planning to have some Chem and Physics done by the end of the holidays. Just finished up integration by substitution, and now moving on to exponential and logarthmic functions. I want to finish as...

Welcome to BoS, ellie_belly. :) A friend of mine is doing English Ext. 2. He's doing his major work on J.R.R. Tolkien, to go with his speculative fiction studies in Ext. 1 on... Tolkien. Big Lord of the Rings buff, my friend is. :p I_F

Thanks for reinforcing my point. :) I_F