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    Post your s2 2010 timetables here!!

    the class times for s2 2010 are available now at Class Search by Teaching Period create your ideal timetable using Rectangles 4th year engineering is mad -- i feel like an arts student :P
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    Cadetship and "Self Education Expenses" tax deduction

    Hi there I am on a cadetship while studying at uni. Completing the degree is a condition of employment. Does anyone know if it is possible for me to claim travel, stationery and textbook expenses relating to uni as a "self education expense" tax deduction? thanks :)
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    UNSW auto timetabling program

    hi there i don't know if this has been posted before, but it's an awesome program and takes all the headaches out of working out a timetable for you. it determines all the possible combinations of classes, and then you can sort by the number of days off, maximum sleep in time, etc to find the...
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    Has anyone started studying for Tuesday??

    Yeah, I began tonight for a bit, with some social and ethical issues.....BORING!!! But then pretty much the whole software course is except for the hardware topic. How prepared are you people feeling for Tuesday?
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    Is txting while you're driving illegal?

    I know talking on your phone is if you haven't got one of those handsfree things, but I'm not sure about sms'ing
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    Weird pictures in the background of parts of the forum

    Here's a screenshot: The url to that little picture of the woman is http://community.boredofstudies.org/images/gradients/gradient_panel.gif It only seems to happen in firefox, and its only been happening for the past few weeks. I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this (or maybe my...
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    quick permutations question

    hi all I have done a question, but haven't got the solution, so was wondering could someone give me an answer? There are 8 candidates to take an exam, 3 in Maths and 5 in English. In how many ways can they be seated in a row if the 3 Maths candidates cannot sit together? Thanks!
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    English HSC exam mark?

    Hello Just a quick question: Is the raw exam mark for HSC english calculated by simply adding up the marks of papers one and two, eg a mark out of 45 for paper one and a mark out of 60 for paper two added to give a mark out of 105? Because I heard somewhere that your paper two marks were...
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    Ranked equal first

    Suppose 2 students are ranked equal first in a subject, then in the HSC one receives a higher exam mark than the other. What would their moderated assessment marks be? Thanks!
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    Essays in a Bachelor of Engineering?

    Hi all I know this sounds dumb, but I really have no idea. English isn't one of my favourite subjects, and I was just wondering if you ever had to write any essays/extended pieces of writing in any of the subjects in a BE (I am thinking of doing electrical engineering). What are the main...
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    Is IPT your easiest subject?

    Just curious to see what all you IPTers think I reckon it's the bludgiest subject I do.
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    Is a band 5 still possible?

    Hello In English (adv) I am ranked about 10/17 and am about 15 marks off the top person. The class is not particularly strong, I assume my assessment mark would be around 65-70, the top in the class being 85-90. What sort of HSC exam mark would get me into at least a mid band 5 (if such a...
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    Uni travel times??

    Hello all I'd like to do engineering at uni next year, but this is the problem im facing I live in the Blue Mountains, so it takes a good 1.5-2 hours to travel into Sydney by train. This seems like a long time to spend just on travelling to and from uni - is it really worth it to go to one...
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    Photoelectric Effect and solar cells

    Just a quick question - Is the photoelectric effect (the thing that einstein explained using the work function, etc) the principle behind the photovoltaic cell (solar cell)? Thanks!
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    conics confusion

    Hey there, just have a simple question: With the formula for the ellipse and hyperbola, are a and b always the numbers under x^2 and y^2 respectively? (i get confused about which numbers to plug in to the formulas such as b^2=a^2(e^2-1) eg with the ellipse x^2/9 + y^2/4; does a=3 and b=2 or...
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    Complex Number q.

    Hi I'm just not sure how to approach this question: If |z|=|w|, prove that (z+w)/(z-w) is purely imaginary. Draw a diagram to give a geometrical interpretation of the result. Thanks!
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