The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Duke87 1,070]

(3181)

But you still need to go out and pick it up

Bathrobe.

  Edited April 17, 2011 by Duke87  

[Larks2242 251]

3182.

All depends on where UPS drops it off

[Muck308 55]

3183

But you still need to go out and pick it up

Bathrobe.

The Dude abides.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3184)

Wait, what? *googles* Ah, okay. I've never seen The Big Lebowski.

[Frdm920 50]

3185

*generic topic of conversation to keep the thread moving*

[astronelson 339]

3186.

I got my marks back for my maths midsemester exam. 39/40 (97.5%).

[Duke87 1,070]

(3187)

Nobody in college over here would generically call a class "math" (we don't pluralize it, either), we'd be more specific. Usually this means "calculus", or "calc" for short.

[Frdm920 50]

3188

Congrats Astro!

[astronelson 339]

3189.

Duke87: MATH2305 - Differential Equations and Applications, if you prefer, then.

And here, the ANU is most certainly a university, not a college. It contains colleges and schools though, for example, the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the School of Music. High schools can also be called colleges - mine was.

[Ceafus 88 1,794]

3189

Math Is Just Confusing

[nathanthemayor 1,262]

3191

This past weekend, I took a three-day break from the internet.

[Chptrk 86]

3192.

Astro, in the US (at least) "college" and "university" are basically used interchangeably. (At least, from what I've seen.) Although, I did apply to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences within each University I applied to, so I suppose colleges are just what make up a university..at least here, of course. Anyways, when Duke said "college" he did (most likely) just mean uni.

[un1 41]

Here, university means higher level of learning (engineering, doctor etc) and college offers more courses for trades.

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[Larks2242 251]

3194.

Blah, its still math class to me

[Duke87 1,070]

(3195)

MATH2305 - Differential Equations and Applications, if you prefer, then.

I don't know how common this is in general, but at Manhattan College, the Differential Equations class was commonly abbreviated "DIFF EQS" on forms and whatnot... and when we spoke about the class we pronounced that abbreviation literally, so it was called "diffy cues".

in the US (at least) "college" and "university" are basically used interchangeably. (At least, from what I've seen.) Although, I did apply to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences within each University I applied to, so I suppose colleges are just what make up a university..at least here, of course. Anyways, when Duke said "college" he did (most likely) just mean uni.

Indeed, nobody in the US would ever say that they're "going to university", it's "going to college". Some schools use "college" in their name, others use "university"... generally, if they're using "college", they're probably a relatively small, relatively local school, whereas if they're using "university", they're probably a relatively large school that draws students from all over the country. Although, there are exceptions. The City University of New York (CUNY), a public university run by the City of New York, is decidedly small and decidedly local, but calls itself a "university" anyway, at least officially. Colloquially, it's often referred to as "city college". And... there's a bit of a stigma associated with it, because it's generally assumed (and this is in most cases true) that someone who goes to city college is either too poor to afford a private school or too stupid to get into one.

As for subdivisions within the institution, that varies. A "university" is probably going to be made up of various "colleges" of this and that, though it may also be "schools" of this and that... and it can even vary within the same institution. I know my sister is in NYU (New York University) college of arts and sciences, but NYU also has the NYU school of business. At Manhattan College, I was in the "school" of engineering, "department" of civil and environmental engineering - and the other "schools" were named similarly.

The US just has a habit of naming things differently all around, including in government. What most English-speaking countries would call a "ministry", headed by a "minister", we call a "department", headed by a "secretary".

[Frdm920 50]

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Well the way it works at my Uni is pretty simple. We have the University, then within that there are Faculties (such as Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics), Schools by themselves (School of Physics) and then schools within faculties (School of Civil and Resource Engineering within the Engineering faculty). The colleges are residential dorms (Saint George's College, Saint Thomas etc)

We also use the coding method for units. So mathematics is MATH#AAA where # is the number referring to what year the unit applies to (1 for first, 2 for second etc)and AAA is just a random code. Or Civil engineering units are CIVL#AAA

[Larks2242 251]

3197.

With the heats victory today and leading 2-0 in the first round, i think its time to bring back the old sig

[Skimbo 304]

3198

Bwah, I love GPRS, this enourmous speed is just incredible!

5 minutes to every website in the world, 10 minutes for this reply in the conting thread and, of course, 10 more minutes to be able o see a single picture!

[Duke87 1,070]

(3199)

Sounds like you need better service.

[Timmystwin 201]

3200

Ah the joys of being unable to walk after an expedition. How i never wish to see dartmoor again.

[Muck308 55]

3201

Well... feel better soon!

[Chptrk 86]

3202.

So I got an email telling me that one of the schools (college, uni, etc..) I applied to knows now how much money they're gonna give me. But rather then tell me in the email, I have to go check their site. I figure I'll go do that.

[Larks2242 251]

3202.

Got Portal 2 today, never played the first one but the game looks somewhat intresting, thought i'd try it out.

[Hamish 1,369]

3203.

You should like it. Portal was awesome!

Going to get portal 2 tomorrow, as games come out in New Zealand on Thursday.

[Vahr 341]

3204

I want Portal 2.. but I've gotten hooked on Minecraft

[Duke87 1,070]

(3206)

I honestly don't understand why everyone loves Portal so much. It's a mediocre game at best.

I mean, it attempts to be an action game, but it fails horribly. For all of the running and jumping around, and even having a gun (in a sense), you never actually get to shoot anything or blow anything up, which is a major letdown. The nature of the game makes you expect to cause death and destruction, but then doesn't deliver. So, boo.

Not that I dislike puzzle games, but a good puzzle game should play like a puzzle game, not masquerade as an FPS.

  Edited April 19, 2011 by Duke87  

[Mithrik 562]

3207

Talking about the FPS.

I think the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is making very high promises, Don't you think?

[astronelson 339]

3208.

Gasp! Minecraft update! *goes to check the update log*

[Duke87 1,070]

(3209)

Now we're talking about games I haven't played.

[Muck308 55]

3209

I've never heard of Portal or Portal 2 until just now.