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  1. KFunk

    What are you currently Reading?

    I'm having a read of Basic Writings of Existentialism which is a collection of essays by the likes of Kiekgaard, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky. I also read half of this thing called The end of certainty and got bored and I've started that James Gleik book Genius about Richard Feynman.
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    Half-Yearly Exam

    If you know your expansions off the top of your head then doing the complex trick is pretty fast. (cis&theta; )<sup>3</sup> = cos<sup>3</sup>&theta; + i3cos<sup>2</sup>&theta;sin&theta; - 3cos&theta;sin<sup>2</sup>&theta; -isin<sup>3</sup>&theta; Equate your real and you have a pretty...
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    People who are specialized

    Wow. You might be soul mates.
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    integration area question

    8/3 seemed right, what does the book say?
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    Reaading wave graphs

    Think of it as the oscillations of a point of the medium that is carrying the longitudinal wave. Observe this picture: If you take any individual point on the spring you will find that it oscillates back and forth when the longitudinal wave passes through it. Your graph is showing the...
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    Post Your Half-yearly Mark

    Just remember that "the squeaky wheel gets oiled first". Persistence often pays off and you should fight if something is particularly unjust.
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    integration area question

    Slide rule's method is correct, yours doesn't account for the area of the tangent below the X-axis. Note that the question says "area enclosed by (i) the parabola, the tangent and the Y-axis." EDIT: Yours would be right if you were then to add the area between y = 4x-3 and the x-axis between...
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    Last Names

    I'd go with whoever had the coolest last name.
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    Fender '72 Telecaster Deluxe/Custom

    Good if you're looking for that chicken pickin' sound ;).
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    Post Your Half-yearly Mark

    Just circumvent her and appeal to a higher authority.
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    Seinfeld

    1) Kramer, noone can enter a room quite like he can. 2) Seinfeld was alright but not quite as good as the other characters. 3) George: "If it were sociably acceptable, I would drape myself in velvet." 4) Lasting memory... probably a reccuring situation in the form of a quote: Newman...
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    University

    As it currently stands I want to go to UNSW.
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    integration area question

    y = 4x - 3 is actually a tangent to the curve y=x<sup>2</sup> +1 at the point (2,5) so they don't really 'enclose' any area at all.
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    What does your inner-child think of the HSC

    Mine is in a similar headspace to slide rule's however it will also occasionally ask me why I'm not living on a tropical island pursuing a rock bass playing career and using the peace of mind that comes with the situation to develop a new philosophy.
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    Post Your Half-yearly Mark

    The electrolyte one is included but for a different reason :P. 1st question, table question and electrolyte question.
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    Brian Greene's "Elegant Universe"

    You're going to want to have a good connection. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/
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    Post any of your latest marks here

    Physics (1st) - 82% (average 43%) Chemistry (7th apparently) - 83% (still scabbing) Ext. 2 Math - 94%
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    can max acceleration be negtaive

    You're loving your vectors right now.
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    Bands/Musicians That Should've Lasted Longer

    Stuart Zender, the bass player on the first three jamiroquai albums. That guy had an awesome sense of groove but then he just disapeard off the scene.
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    How many words can you say in a 5min speech?

    Around 750-800 in 5 mins.
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