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    Need help with weird circuit design truth table

    they are missing half of the truth table. you would do the question as follows: first suppose that Q=0, Q'=1. this tells you one of the inputs to each of the AND and NOR gates. now suppose A=0 and B=0. then we get that C=A AND Q=0, D=B AND Q'=0. now suppose that A=1,B=0 then do the same as...
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    Downloading

    there is an option in wget that lets you pick up a download where it left off. i also find that wget tends to download faster than firefox for some reason. dunno if there is a windows equivalent of wget. there should be.
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    Any RockClimbers ?

    i do a fair bit of caving and canyoning and there is a fair bit of climbing involved, but we usually dont climb a pitch longer than 5 metres or so. prussiking is so much easier :) i do a bit of indoor climbing at the ledge (sydney uni). haven't climbed a long, exposed cliff face - yet...
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    Partying- when did you start??

    15. it all went to shit when i started uni :(
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    USyders and Jobs.

    B Engineernig and B Science @uni 4 days a week @work #1 2 days a week, working on a computer helpdesk @work #2 6 hours a week tutoring uni ppl @work #3 anywhere between 0 and 20 hours a week doing contract programming cant wait till the year ends... tis my last semester :)
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    scaling...

    the uni has a policy against scaling you down. having said that, some schools (like the school of IT) require you to pass every practical assesment AND get above 40 in the exam AND pass any "barrier questions" in the exam. you could get 90% for the course, fail the barrier question and hence...
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    Q about Chem and Math

    i did all three maths courses - about 4 years ago - and didnt have any clashes, but the timetable does change from year to year. having a clash is no big deal either. you get plenty of time to rest between exams, access to tea and coffee, a toaster, etc... you just cant use your mobile or a...
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    Anyone doing Java ? I have a good resource for you!

    i find the oreilly books quit good. many are here.
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    question on assignment

    in the good old days they used to use a single frequency band for a wireless communications system. the problem is that you have to have high powered transmitters/receivers and you cant have too many nodes in the network. to fix these problems some smart people came up with cells. the idea is...
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    Checking Email etc. at School

    set up your own proxy on your home computer. dont tell anyone about it and they wont know about it.
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    computer stuffing up

    check the activity logs. they should tell you where the problem is. in M$ i think you can find them in control pannels -> administrator tools -> computer management -> logs (or similar). in linux look in /var/log/messages.
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    E-commerce Engineering

    for starts, EIE is getting rid of this course. if you aren't already enrolled you wont get enrolled. the reason being that it has too much in common with software engineering, so the two will be merged. it has nothing to do with BIT or business. it is a software engineering course with a heavy...
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    Soft Eng / Commerce

    how much programming have you done? you will find that most of the people doing software related studies have been in the industry for 5 years or so. it is very, very competitive.
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    Maths in electircal engineering

    as an electrical engineering/maths double person i have found that maths makes the electrical engineering much easiers. especially in later years when you are looking at signals processing, control, communications, etc... having said that, i havent even considered designing an electric circuit...
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