NWTEKNO'S OFFICIAL "TUTOR A RAVER" (we answer your homework questions)

[Mayo Finch]

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[smalls]

whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!! !

where did you get this information?

[burnt]

I'm trying to figure out the simplest way to convert my data from a flat file into a relational database. unfortunately most of my variables are 255-long string characters.

any quick suggestions for helping me write some kind of bot to scan string variables - look for commonalities - and have the software automatically organize the data for me into a nicely stacked, relational data set?

that way I could like participate inthe pic war a little more.

THANKS NWTEKNO! =)

[Mayo Finch]

Originally posted by smalls
whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!! !

where did you get this information?

Ah ha! The first academic question.

The answer to what is usually based on a topic, but considering you seem like a fine young studious inquirer, let me help you.

"What" has been the basis of many philosophy questions. As a matter of fact, we can trace the question what back to the time of the earliest caveman when he pondered, "What happen when rock hit neighbor Oonga?" thus the begining of warfare.

Move forward to the Ancient Mesopetamia. This is where Zorroaster encouraged people to ask, "What made the world?" and then he came up with the first concepts of divinity, worship and basicly the framwork that would be co-opted by christians later.

It was Plato in the time of the Ancient Greeks that posed the most enduring "What" questions that would later define all of future philosophy.

Using "what" as a tool has shaped human kind in massive ways. Look for example at the "what" posed by Martin Luther in the middle ages, "What makes the Pope and his Bishops so powerful?" He later exposed their pompus, elitist nature for hand jobbing the wealthy for their praise and acceptance for payola. This later became the "Protestant Reformation."

Then on to more contemporary examples of "What" such as Adam Smith going "WTF is up with this unorganized and pathetic way of doing business." and he later went on to change the face of economics by creating the foundations of todays Capitolist systems.

Then there is the modern day Republican Party. They ask, "What?" everytime a Democrat talks. They have used "what" to feign ignorance to justify their faulty beleifs and moronic values.

If that doesn't help, then just repost your question and someone else will help you out!

Thanks for using the NWTEKNO "Tutor a Raver" thread!

[corbettfields]

Originally posted by burnt
I'm trying to figure out the simplest way to convert my data from a flat file into a relational database. unfortunately most of my variables are 255-long string characters.

any quick suggestions for helping me write some kind of bot to scan string variables - look for commonalities - and have the software automatically organize the data for me into a nicely stacked, relational data set?

that way I could like participate inthe pic war a little more.

THANKS NWTEKNO! =)

the correct answer is

Outsource!

[Cedwyn]

hahaha...but seriously, I will happily accept money or trade for my |\/|4d proofreading/editing 5ki11z.

: p

[burnt]

Originally posted by corbettfields
the correct answer is

Outsource!

thats what got us into this mess in the first place.

there's a humongous presumption right now in the upper echelons of corporate america, that if you buy cheap shitty overseas labor for grunt work, you get the same quality, because labor is labor...


kind of like thinking McDonald's fake shakes are the way to go because they're cheaper than real milk shakes, and they totally taste the same and have the same ingredients. heh.

[spazmunkee]

spazunkee has a good one!

http://www.nwtekno.org/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=106353

its a real school question i need help with

[Mayo Finch]

Originally posted by spazmunkee
how do i explain to my teacher that glitchcore and breakcore and speedcore, or both 3 in my situation is music.
i made a BEUTIFFULL glitch/break/speedcore song from scratch and it took me a long time do make and when i was done i was really proud of myself but the teacher said it sounded like 500 marbles in a dryer. :(

its not fair. he makes electronic music but knows nothing about the ART and diversity of it.

i told him it was nu skool breakcore with elements of glitchcore and speedcore and he called it noise. then i said what if i call it speedcore? but i didnt get to finish my sentence before he said "NOISE!"

its not fair its beutiffull music and it fit the criteria (kinda) for the assignment.
so how do i explain to my teacher that this is music?

Dear Student,

Thanks for writing me. I hope I can offer you some advice that might help you withstand your nightmare of a professor.

Without having met this professor personally, I will suggest one thing that is almost guaranteed to work on any professor:

Let's face it, professors can be full of themselves (and full of other stuff too) - because they believe they have excellent credentials, and they feel we know more about a subject than the average person does. That doesn't make it right to adopt an elitist attitude, but that's usually what most professors do.

Although professors are just like you and me, teaching gives us a perceived power that they unfortunately force on students sometimes. If you want to win over your professor, reinforce your professor's position by letting him know that you are trying to figure out "his taste" and "his definitions" of music. However, never blame him for the making your position seem worthless (even if he is). Eat humble pie, and take full responsibility for his inability to teach. Again, this goes against traditional logic of standing up for what you believe in, but it is more important to win the war than the battle. Remember that.

Given that fact, here are some phrases that professors cannot resist. Use them on your professor, and I think you will begin to see him melt like an ice cube.

1. Professor X, I need your help.

2. Professor X, if you were a student in your class, what would YOU do to explain my position in your class?

3. Professor X, I'm not getting the quality of respect for an established form of music, that I know I can in your class; if you don't mind being candid with me, "What do you think I'm doing wrong and why would Richard D. James and Thomas Jenkinson be acclaimed as masters of the art if they were simply just noise as you claim?"

4. Professor X, other than the text, what other outside resources would you recommend I use to help me bridge a gap between the real world your overly critical and narrow focused class?

5. Professor X, would you mind if I came by during your office hours to get some additional help understanding why you deserve respect when you have such criticisms of acclaimed sound?

6. Professor X, what do you think the key is to mastering (whatever the subject is)?

These are just some of the phrases that I used on my professors, and they worked like a charm. I can't say that they're guaranteed to work for you, but they certainly did for me. Give it a shot, and let me know what happens.

Don't let this professor get the best of you. You only have to see him or her for a short period of time during your college career. Regardless of how mad he makes you or how incompetent he may seem, treat him as if he only had 24 hours to live. Not only will your perspective change, you will also feel less stressed.

I think another great think you can do to make the situation better is lose all creativity and go extremely generic with your production. Name it, "the world according to my professor" and see how that goes over.

[sentravq]

I have a degree in biology and ecology, any questions pertaining to these subjects i can gladly answer.

[djowns]

The sad part is that half of the e-tards on here would receive A's at PSU.

[IrisSilverMoon]

Originally posted by burnt

there's a humongous presumption right now in the upper echelons of corporate america, that if you buy cheap shitty overseas labor for grunt work, you get the same quality, because labor is labor...



to be fair, i work for a company that oursources. Of course we outsource to local people, our services are fast and of high quality. OUr customers love us.

[abitha]

this is all funny but i actually have a homework question i need help with. :)

i was just assigned an open essay (i need structure damn it!) that answers the question: what is the future of race relations in america?

anyone want to point me in a direction?

[spazmunkee]

say that minority's are gonna start hooking up with rich white people or something i dont know
(dont hate me for that last statement please)

or say eventually all the races will be one mix cuz everyones fucked everyone

[hamsturbation]

Originally posted by abitha
this is all funny but i actually have a homework question i need help with. :)

i was just assigned an open essay (i need structure damn it!) that answers the question: what is the future of race relations in america?

anyone want to point me in a direction?
due to outsourcing and the walmartization of our communitys, all races will get along after being forced to work at walmart together.

[Mayo Finch]

Originally posted by abitha
this is all funny but i actually have a homework question i need help with. :)

i was just assigned an open essay (i need structure damn it!) that answers the question: what is the future of race relations in america?

anyone want to point me in a direction?

First of all, open with a premise such as:

1.) "International standards of multiculturalism are laying the foundation for the future of "race" relations."

or

2.) "Redefining race, an exploration of "race" and eugeneics and a forcast of domestic ethnic relations."

Now you have your premise.

1.) Back it with a source that would be an expert on race relations on the international scale, for example a multinational corporation or the United Nations.

2.) (the easier of the two) gather information on the history of the term "race" as it relates to Americas disgraceful past and the study of Eugenics.

Next, you need to fill the gap. For 1.) all you have to do is utilize the international standard of multiculturalism and differentiate it from the outdated term of race.

Filling the gap for 2.) give an example of how America is confined to the term race as long as it remains in our constitution. (its in the 15th Amendment)

1.) Show how multiculturalism in America is exhibited in American civics using examples of multicultural platforms adopted by municipalities.

2.) Show how "race" and eugenics were adopted by Hitler and the Nazi's and then co-opted by the US after WW2

Anyhow, go from there. This should be a good start no matter which one you use.

[galoux]

use Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie as an example.
Hilton -- whitey white, as a picket fence.
Richie -- in all interviews descirbes herself as being "Black."
Last we've heard -- they're friends again!

on a serious note:
1. what IS the future of race relations in America? do you have friends, who are of mixed racial background? interview them. coffee/tea, two hours, you got yourself a an answer.

2. The Past -- 60's, Black Panthers, etc.

3. Present -- Affirmative action(?). Also, look at UW, or any other college's website. they should have a breakdown by ethnicity in their "About us" section.

4. your assumptions, based on everyday observations and conclusions, drawn from research.

do you want our opinions? i can volunteer mine.
Race will lose its power as a definition of one's skin colour, and will gain meaning as a characteristic of a behaviour. Will also be used as means by which to single oneself out of a crowd. Again, Nicole Richie. I'M MORE BLACk than she is (i'm Russian, Moldavian, and something like 1/16th) -- at least, we have the same skintone. Yet, she identifies herself as "african-american." Why? Because she feels she has to differentiate herself somehow from her surroundings, especially in Hollywood.
Same goes for Beyonce -- her hair is blonde, her eyes are almost yellow, and hardly anyone would call her black 200 years ago. Yet, she's an African-American role model. (for some.)

One of the most famous Russian poets (ok, THE most famous), Pushkin -- was 1/4 black. His greatgrandfather was from Abyssinia -- we're talking AFRICA here. Yet, his racial identity never played a role in his fame, or perception of him by his compatriots in the 19th (and even less so in the later years) century.

[Nukegrrrl]

Originally posted by galoux
Richie -- in all interviews descirbes herself as being "Black."
The spawn of The Richie would be more accurate in identifying herself as blackrifan claymerican.

http://www.macalester.edu/~fines/lionel/media/lionel%20richie%20sculpture.jpg

[corbettfields]

Originally posted by burnt
thats what got us into this mess in the first place.

there's a humongous presumption right now in the upper echelons of corporate america, that if you buy cheap shitty overseas labor for grunt work, you get the same quality, because labor is labor...


kind of like thinking McDonald's fake shakes are the way to go because they're cheaper than real milk shakes, and they totally taste the same and have the same ingredients. heh.

so they should pay for expensive shitty grunt work?

[burnt]

no, they should pay for expensive quality grunt work. or not complain when their business processes become morbidly obese with a propensity for dropping the fakeshake assmilk squirts 15 minutes after lunchtime everyday.

[.-=PSYLON=-.]

Originally posted by Mayo Finch
Dear Student,

Thanks for writing me. I hope I can offer you some advice that might help you withstand your nightmare of a professor.

Without having met this professor personally, I will suggest one thing that is almost guaranteed to work on any professor:

Let's face it, professors can be full of themselves (and full of other stuff too) - because they believe they have excellent credentials, and they feel we know more about a subject than the average person does. That doesn't make it right to adopt an elitist attitude, but that's usually what most professors do.

Although professors are just like you and me, teaching gives us a perceived power that they unfortunately force on students sometimes. If you want to win over your professor, reinforce your professor's position by letting him know that you are trying to figure out "his taste" and "his definitions" of music. However, never blame him for the making your position seem worthless (even if he is). Eat humble pie, and take full responsibility for his inability to teach. Again, this goes against traditional logic of standing up for what you believe in, but it is more important to win the war than the battle. Remember that.

Given that fact, here are some phrases that professors cannot resist. Use them on your professor, and I think you will begin to see him melt like an ice cube.

1. Professor X, I need your help.

2. Professor X, if you were a student in your class, what would YOU do to explain my position in your class?

3. Professor X, I'm not getting the quality of respect for an established form of music, that I know I can in your class; if you don't mind being candid with me, "What do you think I'm doing wrong and why would Richard D. James and Thomas Jenkinson be acclaimed as masters of the art if they were simply just noise as you claim?"

4. Professor X, other than the text, what other outside resources would you recommend I use to help me bridge a gap between the real world your overly critical and narrow focused class?

5. Professor X, would you mind if I came by during your office hours to get some additional help understanding why you deserve respect when you have such criticisms of acclaimed sound?

6. Professor X, what do you think the key is to mastering (whatever the subject is)?

These are just some of the phrases that I used on my professors, and they worked like a charm. I can't say that they're guaranteed to work for you, but they certainly did for me. Give it a shot, and let me know what happens.

Don't let this professor get the best of you. You only have to see him or her for a short period of time during your college career. Regardless of how mad he makes you or how incompetent he may seem, treat him as if he only had 24 hours to live. Not only will your perspective change, you will also feel less stressed.

I think another great think you can do to make the situation better is lose all creativity and go extremely generic with your production. Name it, "the world according to my professor" and see how that goes over.


WHOA !!! your teacher is professor X ?


MUTANT !!!

[***DRUKORE***]

Dear NWTEKNO,

My math teacher keeps hitting on me. She is 45 and has a weird growth on her chin. What should I do???

Signed,

Don't Know What To Do

[Nukegrrrl]

Originally posted by ***DRUKORE***
Dear NWTEKNO,

My math teacher keeps hitting on me. She is 45 and has a weird growth on her chin. What should I do???

Signed,

Don't Know What To Do You of all people should know what to do, alright.

[Mayo Finch]

You have three options:

1.) Go for the easy grade

2.) File an administrative complaint

3.) Talk to her about how her advances are effecting your academic persiuts and on top of that, its uncomfortable as long as she has that chin hair.



There is a top secret option that I probably shouldn't tell you about because it's a tad illegal.






(oh what the hell)





Hit it, but video tape it. Sell the blackmail video to other students in her class for a hundred bucks a pop every term for the next few years.

[***DRUKORE***]

did I mention the growth on her chin.

[spazmunkee]

how could i make jello on a stick but make it not fall off. i think i would have to chemicly alter it or something?
would anyone of the smart people with the degree's that end in "ology" like to help? :)

[spazmunkee]

:(

[Mayo Finch]

Originally posted by spazmunkee
how could i make jello on a stick but make it not fall off. i think i would have to chemicly alter it or something?
would anyone of the smart people with the degree's that end in "ology" like to help? :)

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

6 chopsticks
1 knife

HOW TO DO IT:

1. Cut the chopsticks in half

2. Use the knife to cut 1/4 slits at a 15 degree angle

3. Do this all the way around the end of the chopstick that will be submerged in the j-ello

4. Make simular slits going in the other direction

5. Pry the wood sliver out to where it is protruding from the chopstick

6. Place the stick in to the seran wrap that is over the j-ello that has already been poured into the mold

Ta-da

P.S. Once the j-ello is done place it in the freezer for 10 minutes prior to serving

WARNING: If you make jello in a mold, make sure it is jelled before turning the mold upside down.

[Mayo Finch]

Frozen Jello.
February 23, 2006 5:07 PM

Imponderables: Many (most?) liquids ("things"?) will crystallize when cooled slowly. Why not Jello™?

Further to the question, cold-quenching or flash-freezing reduces crystallization. Does Jello do anything interesting if frozen using liquid nitrogen? Could one nail it to a tree?

HERE ARE THE ANSWERS:

I don't think regular jello has a crystal structure. If you freeze it for real, like putting it in a freezer, I'm pretty sure that the water in it WILL form ice crystals and it will become a proper solid.

Try it yourself!
posted by aubilenon at 5:27 PM PST on February 23


I can vouch for that.
posted by puke & cry at 5:30 PM PST on February 23


I think one of the problems is that a lot of folks are taught about the three states of matter: gas, liquid, solid - as if that were all there is.

Pure compounds can exist as gases, liquids, or solids, and they phase transform. During the transformation from liquid to solid, most - but not all - compounds crystallize. Water crystallizes, forming ice.

However, there are amorphous phases - black carbon is amorphous carbon; diamond is crystal carbon. Window glass is amorphous silicon dioxide; rock crystal (quartz) is crystalline silicon dioxide.

When compounds mix, even more bizarre states of matter are possible, such as gels, sols, solutions, aerosols, colloids, aerogels, and who knows what else. Jello, unsurprisingly, is a 'gel' - water packed into a protein matrix, in this specific case.

Hopefully the above jargon terms would help you in Googling or Wikipedia-ing for more knowledge. (I have no idea what happens when you dip Jello in liquid nitrogen, by the way.)
posted by ikkyu2 at 5:36 PM PST on February 23


Of course Jello can freeze, and the ice crystals then melt when you thaw it out and make an runny mess.

I know this from experience when I was to impatient to wait for the Jello to cool in the fridge.
posted by Megafly at 6:17 PM PST on February 23


Jello isn't a fluid.

Jello is a matrix of polymerized long-string proteins with a high water content.

You can flash-freeze jello in lN2 and it'll get brittle. Defrost it and it'll turn into goop (the protein polymer gets denatured).

Lyophylizing (slowly dropping temperature while applying a vacuum) jello-like substances is kinda cool. It kinda shrinks and deforms a bit but you end up with a (very) brittle chunk of, "foam" (although there aren't any holes).
posted by PurplePorpoise at 8:19 PM PST on February 23


You're talking about already gelled Jello, right? Or do you mean un-gelled jello shots you've impatiently stuck in the freezer? If it's just-mixed powder & boiling water you're talking about, it's not yet a gel, it's a sol. Sticking set jello in the freezer is something different that sticking still-setting jello in the freezer.

If you've just poured in the boiling water, and you stick your jello pan in liquid nitrogen instead of the fridge like you should, the water won't yet be trapped in the gelatin matrix, and that untrapped water can freeze (like the mess megafly had to deal with). Normally in the jello setting process, the disordered gelatin strands in the hot water form an unordered network of proteins (with water trapped inside the pockets) as the solution cools.

If it's already set jello, I wouldn't know, but it looks like purpleporpoise does.

a tangential note: gel colloids inhibit freezing crystallization of stuff you put them in (which is one of the reason gums are added to commercial ice cream and frozen desserts--though gums are sugar branches, not peptides like in gelatin).
posted by neda at 8:48 PM PST on February 23


Purpleporpoise: how and where did you manage to lyophylize jello?
posted by state fxn at 12:37 AM PST on February 24


Excuse the interruption, but this discussion, particularly the answers, are fascinating. Was talking with someone last week about sodium acetate heat packs, supercooled non-crystallized water, and all that. Been a while since college -- this is making me miss it.
posted by mumeishi at 7:50 AM PST on February 24


state fxn - I was working in a place that researched antibiotics and they had an old machine for lyophylizing stuff. Office party, beer, jello - one thing led to another.

mumeishi - there's a hypothesis (admittedly semi-crackpot) that the "vacuum" of space is a supercooled liquid and that there's the possibility (given a high enough energy/whatever concentration somewhere) that the whole shebang will crystalize.
posted by PurplePorpoise at 10:18 AM PST on February 24


The lyophylizing bit is keenly interesting. I have access to a bell jar and vacuum pump.

[spazmunkee]

ok so all i have to do is make it cold to make it more stiff so it wont fall off the stick?

[Mayo Finch]

Alright...now are there any actual academic questions pertaining to any real scholastic persuits?

[Adlib]

I myself am a graduate student in Sociology and have significant experience in political Soc, economic Soc, Political Science, Economics and Communication. I would be happy to chat with undergrads about this stuff...

[Mayo Finch]

I have a back ground in Journalism and Political Science.

[DJ Sexz]

i need help with econ 201 =microecon? anyone?

[mullingitover]

Originally posted by DJ Sexz
i need help with econ 201 =microecon? anyone?
Yes.

Next question?

[abitha]

If any of you academically inclined people has the time you can make some money - i saw this ad on craigslist:

Anyone interested in writing a paper on Bipolar Disorder - $100
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/wan/227851184.html

i considered it but i just don't have enough time - she wants 15 pages by Nov. 8th. I'm actually kind of surprised there aren't more ads like this.

oh and i used mayo finch's 'redifing race' idea with galoux's 'mixed race' idea to write a paper.
ha - this thread actually worked. i suppose i could/should footnote you guys or nwtekno for that matter

[IrisSilverMoon]

Originally posted by abitha


Anyone interested in writing a paper on Bipolar Disorder - $100
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/wan/227851184.html



how tempting! i could totally do that! its funny though that that paper probably isn't all that hard to write, yet this person is so fucking lazy theyare willing to pay $100 for someone else to do their paper?

and i have a degree in psychology and knowledge in several other areas (geology, oceanography, math, animal sciences, animal behavior, biology etc. etc.)

[spazmunkee]

whats the scroll lock and the number lock button on a keeboard doo?

[cuddles=love]

I need help writing an essay on how ancient greece affected western civilization,


I NEED HELP

[mwc1978]

Originally posted by Mayo Finch
"What" has been the basis of many philosophy questions.

There's an apocryphal story about a philosophy final exam that had just one question: "Why?"

Supposedly, the only two answers that got an A were:

"Why not?"

and

"Because."

[abitha]

Originally posted by spazmunkee
whats the scroll lock and the number lock button on a keeboard doo?

Now, spaz, I understand that you are 15 and I’ll admit that at times you are somewhat endearing BUT please spell normally. No more 'unique/cute' spelling, it is annoying to read.

To answer your question:

Scroll Lock
A key from early word processors, Scroll Lock apparently has one primary function now -- to operate the Scroll Lock light. The Scroll Lock key is often considered to be one of the more useless keys on the modern keyboard.

Num Lock
When enabled, this allows the user to type numbers by pressing the keys on the number pad, rather than having them act as up, down, left, right, page up, end, and so forth.
Once used to toggle between number keys and functions, Number Lock is now used almost solely by video game players.

(try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia, it'll be your friend)

[mwc1978]

In all seriousness....

My academic background is a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, with a philosophy minor, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence (law) degree. As for the philosophy, most of what I studied in that area was logic.

Feel free to ask me questions in these areas. I don't guarantee that my answers will be any good, but I'll give you a full refund if you're not satisfied. ;-)

The fine print:

mwc1978's services, and all materials, information, products and services included in mwc1978's services are provided "as is," with no warranties whatsoever. mwc1978 and mwc1978's licensors expressly disclaim to the fullest extent permitted by law all express, implied, and statutory warranties, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of proprietary rights. mwc1978 and mwc1978's licensors disclaim....

Oh, never mind....

[LucyFurr]

i have a few questions but I highly doubt anyone here knows anything about particle transport theory :(

[spazmunkee]

what does endearing mean?

[IrisSilverMoon]

Originally posted by spazmunkee
what does endearing mean?

evokes affection.

your school should hire me as a TA...lol...:) I have a feeling i'd make a better teacheer than the one you guys have currently.

[Mayo Finch]

Originally posted by cuddles=love
I need help writing an essay on how ancient greece affected western civilization,


I NEED HELP

(I think you mean "effected" as in the impact of, instead of "affected" which would be emotional term)

The ancient greeks were the original masters of civilization. After defeating the Persians in 480-470 bc, who were the equivelent of Americas relationship to Monarchy of England, they developed the first Democracy.

They formed a constitution that gave power to the poor. The poor were involved in civic affairs, such as being a part of Juries. Their legal system created Circut Judges that mirrior our own. Swift and impartial justice was a mainstay of their society.

Every decision of had to be approved by the popular assembly, a collection of the people, not their representitives. Every judicial decision was subject to appeal.

All public officials were subject to scrutiny before taking office and could be called to account and removed from office during their tenure.

We then move into 5th century bc and into the development of Greek philosophy. The early thinkers from the Greek era that have impacted our civilization were Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Their methodology has, albeit refined, trancended time to impact the standard of scientific and philosophical research.

Anyone else want to add to this?

[IrisSilverMoon]

Originally posted by cuddles=love
I need help writing an essay on how ancient greece affected western civilization,


I NEED HELP


you should consider yourself lucky to have gotten such an easy essay topic.

LOL...i could probably whip out at least a 10 page miniumum paper on that with little to no effort.

[corbettfields]

Originally posted by LucyFurr
i have a few questions but I highly doubt anyone here knows anything about particle transport theory :(

i had a fondness for Quatum-electro-chromodynamics , and non linear optics...

Hadrons are Us, fire away....

[corbettfields]

Originally posted by cuddles=love
I need help writing an essay on how ancient greece affected western civilization,


I NEED HELP

buggery mostly

and see Senate (ie buggering of young men) ref :Foley

see also

How Mesopotania affected Greek Civilization

ALSO

dont mention Greek and Civilization in the same sentance to the Persians ;)

[corbettfields]

Originally posted by LucyFurr
i have a few questions but I highly doubt anyone here knows anything about particle transport theory :(

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Inner Detector - ID Barrel installed in cryostat
Wednesday 23rd August was a memorable day for the Inner Detector community as they witnessed the transport and installation of the central part of the inner detector (ID-barrel) into the ATLAS detector. Many members of the collaboration gathered to witness this moment at Point 1. After years of design, construction and commissioning, the outer two detectors (TRT and SCT) of the ID barrel were moved from the SR1 cleanroom to the ATLAS cavern. The barrel was moved across the car park from building 2175 to SX1. Although only a journey of about 100 metres, this required weeks of planning and some degree of luck as far as the weather was concerned. Accelerometers were fitted to the barrel to provide real-time monitoring and no values greater than 0.1 g were recorded, fully satisfying the transport specification for this extremely precise and fragile detector. Muriel, despite her fear of heights, bravely volunteered to keep a close eye on the detector.


Swapping cranes to cross the entire parking lot, while Muriel closely oversees the operation



The Inner Detector Barrel being lowered down the ATLAS shaft.

After arriving in SX1, the detector was lowered into the heart of ATLAS. With only a few millimeters of clearance the detector was successfully inserted in the liquid argon calorimeter cryostat.

The semiconductor tracker (SCT) and transition radiation tracker (TRT) are two of the three major parts of the ATLAS inner detector. The innermost layer (pixels) will be installed in 2007. SR1 tests confirm that design criteria are satisfied and, in particular, no evidence was found of crosstalk between the two detectors. During the recent tests in SR1, one eighth of the TRT and one quarter of the SCT were equipped with complete readout chains. Extensive standalone and combined tests were performed in order to find any effect that could cause problems during LHC operation. The results were a triumph for those who designed both systems: mechanical engineers, electronics engineers and physicists - these two detectors are completely independent and able to operate at thresholds which are close to that defined by thermal noise.

The Barrel TRT was validated in the test beam runs and cosmic runs during combined tests after integration with SCT. The on-line drift-time accuracy of an individual straw, averaged over the whole detector was shown to be less than 160 microns for Xe-based gas mixture and below 200 microns for Ar-based gas mixture without any special alignment procedure. The total number of dead channels accumulated over mechanical and electronics sources of failure is about 1.5%.

The SCT barrel contains about 3.2 million electronic channels of which 99.8% are fully operational. During the combined tests, the average module noise was stable at 4.5 x 10-5, well below the design specification of 5 x 10-4. There was no evidence of common mode noise problems either after the assembly of the 4 barrels or after insertion into the TRT barrel.

The final installation and commissioning of the Barrel started on September 26, shortly after all the required services are installed and commissioned. The challenge is now to complete the installation of the barrel TRT in 35 days and the SCT barrel in a further 77 days. The commissioning (involving the connection of cables, verifying full connectivity to the power supplies, readout and DAQ systems and on-detector function checks of all detector modules for SCT and TRT) will signal the sign off of the detector for autonomous operation for 10 years without further access. This is an absolutely daunting task.



The Inner Detector Barrel is reaching its final position within the cryostat.

[LucyFurr]

Cool! Ill come back to this thread then either tonight or tomorrow when I have my papers with me. The system Im using is for neutrons in the 0.025ev - 2Mev range, with an anisotropic scatter. I assume the mathematics should be similar though for the systems you linked to.

cool pics btw :D
Originally posted by corbettfields
i had a fondness for Quatum-electro-chromodynamics , and non linear optics...

Hadrons are Us, fire away....

[spazmunkee]

what does evoke mean?
edit: is it like provoke?

[Boyd Main]

Originally posted by spazmunkee
what does evoke mean?
edit: is it like provoke?

Exactly, just like provoke, but a bit more amateur.

[bgirl503]

cheaters never prosper

[spazmunkee]

Originally posted by bgirl503
cheaters never prosper

empty your inbox.

[corbettfields]

Originally posted by bgirl503
cheaters never prosper

genius steals

[IrisSilverMoon]

Originally posted by bgirl503
cheaters never prosper

unless you are bill gates.

[bgirl503]

Originally posted by corbettfields
genius steals

and then plays dumb

[Daz]

ok,

so I am taking beginning java this quarter. Things have been going pretty well, but this week, I've hit a couple of bumps.

#1


import javax.swing.JOptionPane;


public class Homework3 {

public static void main(String[] args) {


String input;
char letterGrade;
int numberGrade;


input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is your letter grade? ");
letterGrade = input.charAt(0);

if (letterGrade == 'A')
{
numberGrade = 4;
}
else if (letterGrade == 'B') {
numberGrade = 3;
}
else if (letterGrade == 'C') {
numberGrade = 2;
}
else if (letterGrade == 'D') {
numberGrade = 1;
}
else if (letterGrade == 'E') {
numberGrade = 0;
}

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your number grade is " + numberGrade);


}
}


Why am I getting the compiler error "The local variable numberGrade may not have been initialized"?

[djsence]

a car on a horizontal road makes an emergency stop such that all four wheels lock and slide.
the coefficient of friction is 0.40. The whells are 4.2m apart
the center of mass is 1.8m behind and 0.75m above the front axle. The car weighs 1.1x10^4 N.
Calculate acceleration
Fn and Ff on each wheel

[Lost-in-Trance]

Why am I getting the compiler error "The local variable numberGrade may not have been initialized"?

I'm bored at work so Ill do some research for you, but it might be out of scope. Try declaring your variables before you start the main, making them global variables usable anywhere. That's my first guess. I'll hit ya back in a bit when I do some more research on java, ive taken a few classes on it and know how frustrating it can be to be stuck.

Like so

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;


public class Homework3 {


int numberGrade;

public static void main(String[] args) {


String input;
char letterGrade;


input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is your letter grade? ");
letterGrade = input.charAt(0);

if (letterGrade == 'A')
{
numberGrade = 4;
}
else if (letterGrade == 'B') {
numberGrade = 3;
}
else if (letterGrade == 'C') {
numberGrade = 2;
}
else if (letterGrade == 'D') {
numberGrade = 1;
}
else if (letterGrade == 'E') {
numberGrade = 0;
}

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your number grade is " + numberGrade);


}
}

I think you're dealing with a scope error. I hate java and I ran into that too many times to like java.

[haileEtard.]

so i have to do this project on a current health issue, im thinking about doing marijuana; the good and the bad

what do you think?

[Hollywood]

Originally posted by haileEtard.
so i have to do this project on a current health issue, im thinking about doing marijuana; the good and the bad

what do you think?

I say do it...but make sure you speak on Medical Side of it for cancer patients...Also the bennifits of Fiber use from Hemp....You could even go into how its used as a spice/herb in foods as well....

Make sure you bring up annual deaths compared to other drugs as well...

[jovana]

Originally posted by haileEtard.
so i have to do this project on a current health issue, im thinking about doing marijuana; the good and the bad

what do you think?

its a bit cliche. its no different then being that raver who talks about mdma, or writes a paper on how he/she likes going to raves...its just so predictable to be a high school student doing a project on marijuana.

so don't do something like that in high school. if you are interested, learn about it for your own edification if you like, but for school, pick a nice safe topic that teachers will not automaticly judge you negatively for. you do a project on marijuana and that automaticly puts you in druggie catagory for a teacher and unless you are a stellar student you won't be able to make a research project come across as anything but. so pick something easier to pass off as a good kid topic.

-you could go a bit political and discuss stem cell research and the benefits that could be derived thereof.
-you could discuss the danger of hiv coupled with the current political administrations support of ngo's that promote abstinance instead of condom use in countries where aids is an epidemic.
-you could find something local like the potential ramifications of certain local environmental issues on your health.
-even better, highschools love to promote non smoking so you could talk about the dangers of second hand smoke and relate it to how most of the country is going smoke free in bars and such so that people don't have to endanger their health. (seattle did that last year-ish yes?). highschools love that kind of shit. (or anything anti alcohol would also work)
-you could talk about the obesity epidemic in america and the negative health ramifications of obesity. then relate it to recent movies / books like supersize me and fast food nation. then also correlate it to political issues involving class....like how fattening food is essentially poor people food in terms of price and easiness in prep. (and poor people also don't usually have the luxury time to devote to fitness...or are too tired after taking care of their 30 kids or working 3 jobs.) that's a current political / health issue that one could find a lot about


remember that highschool isn't about learning things you are interested in....you can do that on your own if you are really interested. its about giving teachers what they want and coming out with good enough grades to go to a decent uni and then start studying things that actually pique your interest.

[Daz]

^^ She couldn't have said that any better.

So, the java suggestion didn't work.

Does anybody have any others?

[Lost-in-Trance]

Originally posted by Daz
^^ She couldn't have said that any better.

So, the java suggestion didn't work.

Does anybody have any others?

Really? Well you're definitely dealing with a scope issue, ill check something out real quick and have a response for you in a sec.

[Lost-in-Trance]

Alright think i got it. The variable wasnt initialized so that's the problem. Initialize numberGrade = 0 when you do it and try that.

another suggestion should that not work is in each of your if statements, refer to numberGrade as this.numberGrade

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/statements.html

Also as an afterthought. You may want to change it so that when the input comes in, you convert it to upper. If someone puts in a then when you do the if statement looking for A it wont recognize it.

[pretylc]

The current health issue is health care for kids. The bill that passed through the Capitol just got vetoed by Bush recently.


OR


Senior healthcare. That's a big one, especially now that the baby boomers are starting to retire and a lot of them are living longer. Whose going to pay for their healthcare? How are they going to pay for their healthcare?


OR

Stem Cell. We've had a few patients at our hospital go through the procedure and so far they have shown some vast improvements. I know it's an ethical issue but when it can make an individual who is diagnosed with an immobilizing illness become mobile again...who is to say what should or shouldn't be allowed in medicine?

[jovana]

Originally posted by Lost-in-Trance
I did mine with habitat for humanity, and it wasnt too bad, they had me do some office filing, and working on building some houses for needy people and it really wasnt that bad. Also made a good contribution to a good cause.

i'm sorry. maybe i'm confused. but what did that have to do with anything at all related to said topid or was it just a non correlated interjection for the hell of it?

[Lost-in-Trance]

Originally posted by jovana
i'm sorry. maybe i'm confused. but what did that have to do with anything at all related to said topid or was it just a non correlated interjection for the hell of it?

It's an idea. She said it was for a senior project right? I may have completely misread it, I was just trying to help.

EDIT

completely my mistake, I thought she said senior project, for which my contribution may have been helpful...

[Hollywood]

actually i dont think she would get looked at like a pot head for writting a paper about the postives of MJ I infact wrote one in health that got an A...yes i was a huge pot head but a teacher should take a paper and judge somone on it and grade them that way...the should take the paper and the work and the research and imply that to the grade....I think if she is an advocate for pot then she should write a paper on that because thats what she knows and could end up being passionate about...its all in the way you present it..if you write a paper and say yeah gettin high is fun and all you do when you are stoned is sit on the couch play video games and eat so it should be legal..then yeah you should be looked at negativly..but if you actualy do a great amount of research and effort into a paper YOU WONT and shouldnt get looked down on for doing that...

[meeotch]

I think jovana's main point was how cliche it is. Besides, we don't know her teacher, and I know that if marijuana was a topic I was considering, what I know about my teacher would be a major factor in deciding whether or not to go with it. The fact is is that tons of kids do that topic each year, and it's not exactly a stretch. Barring the teacher's personal feelings, she could lose points on the paper if the teacher feels it has been done to death and her paper happens to be close enough in form and content to one of the many others uploaded to anti-plagiarism websites. It's not exactly a cutting edge topic, whereas one of the other suggested topics might actually broaden her horizons a bit.

[Hollywood]

Originally posted by meeotch
I think jovana's main point was how cliche it is. Besides, we don't know her teacher, and I know that if marijuana was a topic I was considering, what I know about my teacher would be a major factor in deciding whether or not to go with it. The fact is is that tons of kids do that topic each year, and it's not exactly a stretch. Barring the teacher's personal feelings, she could lose points on the paper if the teacher feels it has been done to death and her paper happens to be close enough in form and content to one of the many others uploaded to anti-plagiarism websites. It's not exactly a cutting edge topic, whereas one of the other suggested topics might actually broaden her horizons a bit.


it just seems that, thats the topic she wanted to do..and she wanted advise on that...not the advise on how cliche it is..because she already WANTS to do that...I think if done right even a right winged chirstan BIBLE thumper would have to agree with points taken....My teach btw was a fomer olympic runner who got kicked out for Roid use in the early 80's i think it was...he was super anti drug and ran the different awarness groups in school....yet he gave me an A...so its the quailty that matters not the subject...a good teacher wont look down on you for writting a GOOD paper...just dont be fucking Immature about it and you should be fine...

[jovana]

Originally posted by Hollywood
it just seems that, thats the topic she wanted to do..and she wanted advise on that...not the advise on how cliche it is..because she already WANTS to do that...I think if done right even a right winged chirstan BIBLE thumper would have to agree with points taken....My teach btw was a fomer olympic runner who got kicked out for Roid use in the early 80's i think it was...he was super anti drug and ran the different awarness groups in school....yet he gave me an A...so its the quailty that matters not the subject...a good teacher wont look down on you for writting a GOOD paper...just dont be fucking Immature about it and you should be fine...

actually, she said she was thinking about doing it and asked for opinions. i gave mine. and just because in your singular experience you managed to do well on such a paper doesn't mean that such things are the the general experience. it is a cliche. people who write such papers come across as the type of kids who are trying to be edgy / cool by writing about drug use...even if in an academic fashion. as previously stated, its not exactly a fresh topic. by going out and looking into a topic that is a current health issue...perhaps on that is getting a lot of current media attention, especially with the upcomming elections, it would reflect well on the student. also, picking a topic that isn't done to death by high school users every year might get the student some points for going out and researching something new and interesting and different from his/her peers.

not that a paper on mdma or marijuana cannot be well done, its just a risk and there is no point in taking it. again, if its a personal interest, there are lots of recourses for self edification, but that is not what high school is about. sure you might be passionate about marijuana, but that's not what your teachers want to know. they want to think they are bring forth a youth of america that is interested in bbc, not comedy central. who reads the new york times, not high times. And who spend their days after school in contemplation of a future beyond this weeks big party full of fellow deliquents.

[spazmunkee]

damn yo. being on here IS my school work, i should be geting extra credit for this thread!!!

[Lost-in-Trance]

Originally posted by Lost-in-Trance
Alright think i got it. The variable wasnt initialized so that's the problem. Initialize numberGrade = 0 when you do it and try that.

another suggestion should that not work is in each of your if statements, refer to numberGrade as this.numberGrade

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/statements.html

Also as an afterthought. You may want to change it so that when the input comes in, you convert it to upper. If someone puts in a then when you do the if statement looking for A it wont recognize it.

Did that work?

[haileEtard.]

Originally posted by Hollywood
actually i dont think she would get looked at like a pot head for writting a paper about the postives of MJ I infact wrote one in health that got an A...yes i was a huge pot head but a teacher should take a paper and judge somone on it and grade them that way...the should take the paper and the work and the research and imply that to the grade....I think if she is an advocate for pot then she should write a paper on that because thats what she knows and could end up being passionate about...its all in the way you present it..if you write a paper and say yeah gettin high is fun and all you do when you are stoned is sit on the couch play video games and eat so it should be legal..then yeah you should be looked at negativly..but if you actualy do a great amount of research and effort into a paper YOU WONT and shouldnt get looked down on for doing that...



mmmkaaaay

[spazmunkee]

drugs are bad
Originally posted by haileEtard.
mmmkaaaay

[djsteel]

Originally posted by Lost-in-Trance
Did that work?
Are you talking to yourself?

[Lost-in-Trance]

Originally posted by djsteel
Are you talking to yourself?

Someone had posted a question about some java homework and i had put some suggestions to try getting around the error he was getting and i never got a response. I was trying to see if his problem was fixed or if i could still help him.

[djsteel]

got it. lol

[DJ Nikon]

So I am doing a research paper in proper MLA format (needing to cite sources from websites properly and do proper quotes in my paper) on LSD.

from my final proposal...
"I plan to have typed up and researched a report about LSD use in the general population. Not only the history, but how it has effected the social standards of Americans abroad. I plan to explain how it effects the human body, how it may or may not be addictive, and the impact the drug and it's use had on American Culture. I also plan to go into detail about how it was made, why it was used (as medicine, for spiritual purposes, and as a recreational tool), and the specific social groups that were mainly affected by it's use within the last 100 years."

"If I can find some medical journal websites or government documentation about LSD's history and how/why it was made/used, I plan to use quotes from those sources as well. If I can track down a few people who have experienced the drug as well. I would like to try to get some responses about pro's and con's dealing with this specific drug's use to include into my project."


Keep in mind, this final is for a Chemical Dependancy class and is NOT to glorify the drug or its use, but to give a descriptive back round (past and present) of the psycho-dynamic reasoning behind LSD and the general population (the law and the common man)

Specific suggestions to good credible websites that I can use for quotes? Medical journals online? Government websites? suggestions?

[meeotch]

I'm not sure if this is an option (or if any of the information is put up on the website) but I saw a pretty good documentary on History Channel a couple weeks ago. You could see if there's any resources on their site: www.history.com.

[IrisSilverMoon]

believe it or not erowid is a credible source, it does use medical journals for a lot of its information.

in the very least if you get shit you can say that a UW professor had no problem accepting it as a reliable source. (I wrote two papers for him on various drugs)

there is also DEA (the information will be very wrong though), but really erowid, best online resource.

If you need more than one online resource though search for what you need on your subject and look at the resources that website uses. Are they credible? if they are you can consider the information contained in the website credible too. Any journals you find online or get through an online availability of journals are just journals, they dont' count as websites. Somewhere else will have them in paper which is supposed to be their primary form of distribution.

and MLA format? This sounds like a psych paper, why are they requiring MLA over APA?

I LOATHE MLA, stupid citation form fucked me up time and time again and i had to learn it anyway even though i would never use it.

[DJ Nikon]

I know it sounds crazy, huh Ms K
its for my Chemical Dependancy classes

I'm almost done with the degree, but came in too late to take the first class...so she requires this ONE paper (in the whole course) to be in proper MLA format (I'm a little bit afraid, lol)

I was thinkin about using Erowid, but didnt know if it would count as a credible source (in her eyes). At that, any NORMAL teacher wouldnt give credit for Wikipedia, but so far in all my other CDS classes, she's accepted it when using quotes.
My teacher just wanted to make sure we were using government websites, medical journals, or practice-based sources. I understand it, but having a little bit of trouble nailing down some good info.


The history channel did something on LSD, eh?
Well I'm also looking for video/clips to play with my powerpoint to help kill a little time when presenting my final. Teacher is MORE than ok with me throwing down somewhere between 10-15min of video. So I'm trying to keep my eyes/ears open for that as well :)

[IrisSilverMoon]

well if she wants she can email the professor directly.

I actually think i used that resource in a presentation for him as well...haha.

it was Dr. Jaime Diaz a neuropsychologist at the University of Washington. Since the papers i did for him were one on one credit hours (not through a class) he had to approve all of my sources before i actually started writing the paper. We went through them one on one and i had to write up an anotated bibiliography.

if she doesn't accept that source then i'll go ahead and assume she doesn't know shit because there's a lot of good and credible information there (her insistance on government sources already leads me to question her knowledge since government gets half of their information wrong). Erowid draws from research studies as well as government sources. Websites can be really hard to find credible since anyone can put anything down, there should be information there that you can go back and check the source through to find out where it came from and how credible it is.

I could see myself getting in a fight with your professor over MLA format. haha...chemical dependency is considered and area of psychology and therefore requires APA format.

[infradead]

My complaint about NWTekno's Tutor a Raver

Although I would very much like to do something good for others, there are several obstacles that make it difficult to hinder the power of reprehensible spoilsports like NWTekno's Tutor a Raver. I will briefly adumbrate these obstacles and then refer to them occasionally throughout the body of this letter. Let me get to the crux of the matter: NWTekno's Tutor a Raver plans to promote, foster, and institute revisionism. It has instructed its helpers not to discuss this or even admit to its plan's existence. Obviously, NWTekno's Tutor a Raver knows it has something to hide. It would be wrong to imply that NWTekno's Tutor a Raver is involved in some kind of conspiracy to make excessive use of foul language. It would be wrong because its fulminations are far beyond the conspiracy stage. Not only that, but I once had a nightmare in which it was free to obliterate our sense of identity. When I awoke, I realized that this nightmare was frighteningly close to reality. For instance, it is the case both in my nightmare and in reality that pathetic sad sacks are more susceptible to NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's brainwashing tactics than are any other group. Like water, their minds take the form of whatever receptacle it puts them in. They then lose all recollection that it's possible that NWTekno's Tutor a Raver doesn't realize this because it has been ingrained with so much of Jacobinism's propaganda. If that's the case, I recommend that we encourage opportunity, responsibility, and community. NWTekno's Tutor a Raver has only one goal: to demonize my family and friends. Is this anything other than sleazy recidivism? The answer is obvious if you happen to notice that if we let NWTekno's Tutor a Raver replace law and order with anarchy and despotism, all we'll have to look forward to in the future is a public realm devoid of culture and a narrow and routinized professional life untouched by the highest creations of civilization.

As far as I can tell, NWTekno's Tutor a Raver constantly insists that arriving at a true state of comprehension is too difficult and/or time-consuming. But it contradicts itself when it says that it is a paragon of morality and wisdom. Because the foundation of frotteurism is terribly flawed, anything based on it will also be terribly flawed. That explains why NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's equivocations are so detestable. In fact, not only are they detestable but they fail to take into consideration the way that no one has a higher opinion of NWTekno's Tutor a Raver than I, and I think NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's a rude dirtbag.

That doesn't necessarily mean that following NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's words left to right and down a page is like following fingernails on a chalkboard, although it might. Rather, it means that if I were to compile a list of NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's forays into espionage, sabotage, and subversion, it would fill an entire page and perhaps even run over onto the following one. Such a list would surely make every sane person who has passed the age of six realize that at this point in the letter, I had planned to tell you that the comparison between NWTekno's Tutor a Raver and crazy rubes is remarkable. However, one of my colleagues pointed out that its whinges are grounded in phony acts of kindness. Hence, I discarded the discourse I had previously prepared and substituted the following discussion, in which I argue that if my own experience has taught me anything, it's that my cause is to draw a picture of what we conceive of under the word "proconstitutionalism". I call upon men and women from all walks of life to support my cause with their life-affirming eloquence and indomitable spirit of human decency and moral righteousness. Only then will the whole world realize that you don't have to say anything specifically about NWTekno's Tutor a Raver for it to start attacking you. All you have to do is dare to imply that we should teach vindictive brigands about tolerance. Think about that for a moment. Let me be clear. NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's arguments would be a lot more effective if they were at least accurate or intelligent, not just a load of bull for the sake of being controversial. It is not too far-fetched to claim that NWTekno's Tutor a Raver has overstated its case against me by alluding to an illusory past. The reason is simple: NWTekno's Tutor a Raver is firmly convinced that all minorities are poor, stupid ghetto trash. Its belief is controverted, however, by the weight of the evidence indicating that NWTekno's Tutor a Raver should think about how its diatribes lead backwards, truculent knuckle-draggers to pursue a twofold credo of interventionism and cameralism. If NWTekno's Tutor a Raver doesn't want to think that hard, perhaps it should just keep quiet.

Show me where it says NWTekno's Tutor a Raver has the right to burn our fair cities to the ground. You might say, "NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's concept of team play is sideline sulking." Fine, I agree. But NWTekno's Tutor a Raver is out to create a world without history, without philosophy, without science, without reason -- a world without beauty of any kind, without art, without literature, without culture. And when we play its game, we become accomplices.

This moral issue will eventually be rendered academic by the fact that NWTekno's Tutor a Raver is unable to support its assertions with documentation of any sort. So what's the connection between that and NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's maneuvers? The connection is that you may be worried that it will drag everything that is truly great into the gutter before long. If so, then I share your misgivings. But let's not worry about that now. Instead, let's discuss my observation that the main dissensus between me and NWTekno's Tutor a Raver is that I assert that opposing NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's unsympathetic methods of interpretation actively and earnestly is the moral duty of every good human being. It, on the other hand, contends that covinous boeotians aren't ever illiterate. I can say one thing about NWTekno's Tutor a Raver. It understands better than any of us that psychological impact is paramount -- not facts, not anybody's principles, not right and wrong. I'm not suggesting that we behave likewise. I'm suggesting only that I despise everything about NWTekno's Tutor a Raver. I despise NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's attempts to make a big deal out of nothing. I despise how it insists that it should be a given a direct pipeline to the National Treasury. Most of all, I despise its complete obliviousness to the fact that we must do something about the continuing -- make that the escalating -- effort on its part to manipulate the public like a puppet dangling from strings. Our children depend on that. In the end, we have to ask, "Is NWTekno's Tutor a Raver a professional simpleton or merely a well-meaning amateur?" Well, we all know the answer to that question, don't we? But in case you don't, then you should note that I can reword my point as follows. One difference between NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's drones and other dark forces of anarchy and hatred is that the former intend to obfuscate the issue so that one can't see what ought to be utterly obvious to all. People have pointed out to me that if NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's vicegerents are frightened that NWTekno's Tutor a Raver might force us to do things or take stands against our will by next weekend, they have only themselves to blame, but I still can't help but think that a colleague recently informed me that a bunch of abhorrent snollygosters and others in NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's amen corner are about to brainwash the masses into submission. I have no reason to doubt that story because NWTekno's Tutor a Raver likes to cite poll results that "prove" that might makes right. Really? Have you ever been contacted by one of its pollsters? Chances are good that you never have been contacted and never will be. Otherwise, the polls would show that NWTekno's Tutor a Raver's histrionics are devoid of any intellectual substance. In reaching that conclusion, I have made the usual assumption that this is not Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia, where the state would be eager to blacklist its enemies as terrorist sympathizers or traitors. Not yet, at least. But by refusing to act, by refusing to investigate the development of revanchism as a concept, we are giving it the power to test another formula for silencing serious opposition. In closing, from the very beginning, atrabilious reprobates have labored to recruit into their ranks the sons and daughters of the powerful, famous, and rich.

[DJ Nikon]

Originally posted by IrisSilverMoon
well if she wants she can email the professor directly.

I actually think i used that resource in a presentation for him as Websites can be really hard to find credible since anyone can put anything down, there should be information there that you can go back and check the source through to find out where it came from and how credible it is.

I could see myself getting in a fight with your professor over MLA format. haha...chemical dependency is considered and area of psychology and therefore requires APA format.

yea I hear ya there, and I asked...she said that Erowid would be considered one good source....now I just need another 2-4 and my bibliography should be set :)

and yes! after freaking out jus a bit, my paper IS in APA format, not MLA....so I'm veeerry pleased about that! :D

[Lost-in-Trance]

Originally posted by DJ Nikon
yea I hear ya there, and I asked...she said that Erowid would be considered one good source....now I just need another 2-4 and my bibliography should be set :)

and yes! after freaking out jus a bit, my paper IS in APA format, not MLA....so I'm veeerry pleased about that! :D

http://www.citationmachine.net will solve all of your citating needs.

[DJ Nikon]

I need help with my homework....its got me twisted in a way that I cant think right to figure out the lingo and the math together

http://nwtekno.org/showthread.php?t=136451


any help would be freaking awesome as this is above my head...mode, range, frequency, percents, decimals of all numbers, mean, median, and theory names I have no idea about

then there's the crazy ass lookin equations that make tons of sense on top of all that :rolleyes:

[DJ Nikon]

Design an algorithm that will display to the screen the first 20 numbers, with their squares and cubes as follows:

Number: 1, 2, 3, etc
Square: 1, 4, 9, etc
Cube: 1, 8, 27, etc

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Design an algorithm that will read a series of integers at the terminal. The first integer is special, as it indicates how many more integers will foloow. Your algorithm is to calculate the sum and average of the integers, excluding the first integer, and display these values to the screen.





any help??? :)

[Adlib]

Design an algorithm that will display to the screen the first 20 numbers, with their squares and cubes as follows:

Number: 1, 2, 3, etc
Square: 1, 4, 9, etc
Cube: 1, 8, 27, etc

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Design an algorithm that will read a series of integers at the terminal. The first integer is special, as it indicates how many more integers will foloow. Your algorithm is to calculate the sum and average of the integers, excluding the first integer, and display these values to the screen.





any help??? :)

We can't really help you with that unless you tell us what stats language they want it written in. Are you using R? S? SPSS? SAS? STATA? Or just some text editor?

[DJ Nikon]

notepad
pseudocode

using tags like DO/ENDDO
IF/ENDIF
REPEAT
GET
loop_index
compute

etc
you ask me the most hardest thing about this is trying to figure the proper wording for it
I was told the answer is only like 5 lines...which bothers me the most....I must be overthinking it or something

[DJ Nikon]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/2/0/6/2061fa9538c1c341e87863dcdba91233.png

and I wonder why I dont understand these classes :rolleyes: