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  1. davidbarnes

    Kevin11

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/former-pm-kevin-rudd-is-out-on-the-campaign-trail/story-e6freuy9-1226036099568 Thoughts on this? I personally think Kevin Rudd will again lead the Labor party in 2011. The only real question is whether this is leading them to an election, or whether it is...
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    How / What program do schools use to detect plagarism?

    Will get 0 for sure unless the teacher is an idiot.
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    British pc vs cyclist

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQPGP5IiSc
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    Registration/buying a car

    Okay, lets see if I understand this correctly. I buy a car that is already registered. I then transfer registration to my name which osts $25. Registration seems to be based on car weight. If car weight is 1550kg approx, it will cost $446 a year to register. Is that correct? Also, since the...
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    Forum rules

    Is there a set of forum rules somewhere and where?
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    UNSW O Week Funny

    My favorite/funniest stall so far has been the stall where everyone is wearing red T-Shirts which, in huge font, say "Fuck Off Liberal Scum". Got to say, I also found it funny that the Liberal Party stalls all feature large posters of John Howard considering he was 4 years ago now. The USNW...
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    New Zealand Earthquake

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/large-quake-hits-new-zealand/story-e6freuy9-1226009964751 "NEW Zealand Prime Minister John said that 65 people were confirmed dead after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch today. Mr Kay added that the toll was expected to...
  8. davidbarnes

    Need a general ed

    I thought I had enrolled in the Astronomy General ed although it seems I did not (or no longer am) and its not full. So what are peoples suggestions for a 6 unit gen ed course to do?
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    Punchbowl KFC

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io_HLVYN37s Few news articles about this today. Someone with a camera trys to order bacon at a Halal KFC in Punchbowl in Sydney and one KFC employee goes off. If I was the manager I would have fired the employee on the spot.
  10. davidbarnes

    Textbooks for CVEN1300, MATS1101, GMAT1110

    The textbooks for these three courses are: Surveying for Engineers, 5th edition Uren J Price W Engineering Mechanics Statics eth edition/study pack Bedford Anthony M Engineering Mechanics Dynamics 5th edition/study pack Bedford Anthony M 9810679645 Engineering Materials Vol 1 3rd edition...
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    Looking for engineering *books*

    Does anyone have digital copies of the following or know where they can be found online (i.e. free)? :idea: Surveying for Engineers, 5th edition Uren J Price W 0230221572 Engineering Mechanics Statics eth edition/study pack Bedford Anthony M 9810679637 Engineering Mechanics Dynamics 5th...
  12. davidbarnes

    Ausstudy/youth allowance/chanes

    I'm currently taking a gap year off before university next year and have a couple of question's about Ausstudy/Youth Allowance/ the thing where you work for a year and earn 18,000 in 12 months or so to qualify. However I have heard that this has changed with this years federal budget. Has these...
  13. davidbarnes

    I was offereed a job

    Franklin ' rung me today and offered me a job filling shelves from 5 to 8, 5 to 8 AM!!!!! What the fuck? Who fills their shelves in the morning? Politely told the mno thanks. I'll take my 8:30 to 5:30 job anyday thanks.
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    Filing tax return for 07-08

    Can I file a tax return for 07-08 even though I didn't earn any money then (wasn't working)? The Daily telegraph (Sydney) today suggests that I can.
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    Am I being ripepd of?

    Got a new job (and it is great, best ever, although I took a pay cut to accept it), 12 month contract fulltime. For those 12 months I will be 17 for 6 weeks, 18 for 46 weeks. I am being paid $10.41 an hour (for the full 12 months). is thsi below minimum wage.
  16. davidbarnes

    $950 stimulus payment

    I got a TFN number around Oct/Nov last year. I completed year 12 at the end of last year. I've been working this year (fulltime). I did not file a tax return last year as I simply did not earn any money. Does this mean I won't get the $950 tax bonus in the stimulus plan? I am currently 17 (18 in...
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    Asking for a job

    I've completed my resume and printed off a heap of copies. How do i now approach businesses about asking them for a job? Do I ask if they have vacancies or what? Do I just leave my resuem with the receptionist or do I ask to see the manage? I'd appreciate any helpful comments please.
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    transcription errors

    How exactly do these work? I.e. if the question was factories 2x^2 + 5x - 12 and you read it as -5x and wrote on the writing book 2x^2 - 5x - 12 and then factorized it correctly, (2x + 3)(x - 4) , would you get the full 2 marks?
  19. davidbarnes

    Lenz's Law/Eddy Currents

    Can someone please explain to me Lenz's law and Eddy currents. I sort of know what they are, but do not fully udnerstand Lenz's law and hence are having trouble with Eddy currents. The major problem I have is that I can't work out how to find the direction of force usign Lenz's law when say a...
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    Intergrating Tirgometric Functions

    Just started to intergrate trig and I am having some trouble with it. I can do the basic questions but are having soem trouble with these harder questions. I can't seem to get the correct answer at all. If someone could show me how to solve the below it woudl be very appreciated thanks...
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