The College Thread

[asandir]

did the same! you still get credit for something that doesn't work .... also massaged the output a few times, so it looked like it worked .... that works sometimes!

Oh, my programs still worked. They didn't all spit out what they were supposed to, but they all compiled and ran runtime error-free. Compiling and running was a huge chunk of points.

The written exams kinda proved that I had the theory down. The programming assignments just proved that I'm lazy.

hear ya on that, theory was easy .... and compiling ain't too bad .... just comment out the stuff that is causing problems

[[T]osHiro]

hear ya on that, theory was easy .... and compiling ain't too bad .... just comment out the stuff that is causing problems

Explain the things you just wrote is that hard?

The lecturer went round to see our progress in the assignment, and she's a lil impress of my unique solution...

Java finish, now only C Assignment, which sounds 10 times harder mainly because I'm not familiar with the syntax the techniques. Anyone knows how to explain in detail about structures and unions? How do I use them?

[winterfate]

I have no idea...

Programming isn't my cup of tea.

However, if you or somebody you know needs help with Biology stuff (especially Genetics; I LOVE Punnett Squares...) then you can call me up.

[BoardGuest808888]

What's Punnet Square anyway ?

& what's difference between college, institute, and university ?

[Kareeah Indaga]

did the same! you still get credit for something that doesn't work ....

Only if you have a lenient instructor.

What's Punnet Square anyway ?

IIRC it's the diagram you use to determine the probability something has of having a certain gene...for example...

If the gene for Heroes addiction is 'A' (dominate) and the gene for non-addiction is 'a' (recessive), and one parent is Aa and the other is aa for Heroes addiction, then the probability that their child will be a Heroes addict is:

A a
a | Aa | aa |
a | Aa | aa |

...50%.

We can also do more complex squares. Take the above example, and say the Might and Magic addiction is m (recessive) while non-addiction is M (dominate). Parent 1 is AaMm while Parent 2 is aamm.

AM Am aM am
am | AaMm | Aamm | aaMm | aamm |
am | AaMm | Aamm | aaMm | aamm |
am | AaMm | Aamm | aaMm | aamm |
am | AaMm | Aamm | aaMm | aamm |

So the chance of the child being a Heroes addict but not a Might and Magic addict is 25%, the chance of the child being addicted to both is 25%, the chance of being addicted to neither is 25%, and the chance of being addicted to Might and Magic but not Heroes is also 25%.

You can use these (in some cases, at least) to determine if a couple took the wrong baby home from the hospital, or who the father is of a child.

Of course with my luck I remembered wrong and that isn't a Punnet Square at all.

[Thelonious]

just dropping by to say hello after being away for so long.

This is the appropriate thread to post this; cause I've been in Enschede at my university were I had my Introduction period (10 full days ) This monday college will start and I'll get some math tests done immidiatly...

Ayways, I'll be doing Chemical Engeniering for those who are interested

[winterfate]

@BoardGuest808888: Kareeah has answered your question...quite nicely I might add.

@Kareeah: LOL at your example!

I wonder if HOMM and M&M addiction is gene related. Maybe I should find out...

@Thelonious: Cool! I'm taking General Chemistry this semester (studying Microbiology), and my professor is so boring...

Or, maybe it's the class material itself (I hope not ).

[Elvin]

You know sometimes the professor can do little if something is really boring but chemistry is not one of the subjects I'd not rate as such.

Conclusion: Your professor is a bore

In my uni I've had a few cases where I was not sure which was more boring.. Still if the professor is good at what he does and sticks less to the facts and dry knowledge he can keep things going even if you hate the particular subject. Too bad such people are rare.

[Thelonious]

@Thelonious: Cool! I'm taking General Chemistry this semester (studying Microbiology), and my professor is so boring...

Or, maybe it's the class material itself (I hope not ).

How can Chemistry be boring?

I don't know if it's challenging stuff for you, but it could that it's just to easy for you and that's why it's so boring. Or the professor is just reading from the book. Ask around are all the people in your college bored, then it's probably the professor.

[winterfate]

@Thelonious: It's the professor.

Everyone whines about her...that and she DOES read from the book a lot...

[theLuckyDragon]

When does college start for everybody? We've seen Thel is starting this Monday. Over here in Romania we've still got one more month to go.

[Elvin]

Excluding exams I'd say around 10 October. Enough time to get a taste of TotE

[Kareeah Indaga]

When does college start for everybody?

Last week.

[theLuckyDragon]

Good luck this year, Kareeah!

BTW, might be useful to mention, what year are you?

[Kareeah Indaga]

Good luck this year, Kareeah!

BTW, might be useful to mention, what year are you?

Thank you.

And I'm a Junior this year.

[winterfate]

And I'm still a Sophomore (sic?)...

But, it's fun...I can't really complain about much (except my Chem professor...)

We've seen Thel is starting this Monday. Over here in Romania we've still got one more month to go.

I started August 9.
Excluding finals...my last day of class is December 4.

[asandir]

Explain the things you just wrote is that hard?

is that what I wrote?

[Gaidal Cain]

When does college start for everybody?

Tomorrow. (Well, the school years starts today (or two weeks ago if you're a first year), but my first class is tomorrow). Of course, since I'm doing my Master's thesis, I've been here almost all summer.

[theLuckyDragon]

@KI
What year is a Junior? We don't give names to years, we just use the number. I'll be second year as of October 1st.

[asandir]

we do it the same way over here tLD, seems to make more sense, but who knows?