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6÷2(1+2)= ?

For those confused
6÷2(1+2)= 9

6/2(1+2)= 1

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Help Me Get Some Perspective

Halo said
This is a somewhat odd request, but Spam, I need your help getting perspective.
I'm 17. I have no real concept of large sums of money, and my parents are terrible examples of good financial policy. I can learn through the experiences of others, though.
As I mentioned a while back, I got into Imperial College London. It's one of the best unis in the world, and I'm super fucking chuffed. I'd go there without question, but for one issue: holy shit, moneyz. I'd be leaving with something like 50000 GBP worth of debt (around $83000), minimum.
Or I could go to St. Andrews (3rd oldest uni in the world, where Prince William and Kate went, etc. etc.) or Edinburgh (top-20 in the world uni), and leave with virtually no debt by comparison.
Now, Imperial outclasses those institutions, by a wide margin, and there's virtually no better place for me to kickstart my career in academia. But I need to get some more perspective on how much money that is, more than just "a lot", so I can see if it's worth it. If you guys can offer any advice or any way for me to get a grip on this, as a bunch of adulty people, I'd appreciate it. If not, well, derail the thread as you guys always do!

See when you came on here talking about how you were going to Imperial College I had assumed you meant you had gotten a scholarship. World-class, private colleges use their selectivity as an excuse to bump the prices up ridiculously. IMO as far as actually learning the stuff, it really doesn't matter which college you go to or the quality of education they are known for. Shit, you could learn pretty much everything needed for any career on your own if you had the drive. What you should really be worried about is how the college will look on your resume.

Now you're wanting to get into a career in theoretical physics if I remember right, so you can damn well bet that which college you can brag about going to will have a huge effect on your work life, a lot of your work will probably come from schools as well. So it would be in your best interest to get educated at the most respected college you can, trying to get as many scholarships as you can, and deal with the dept.

But also consider whether you truly want to immediately devote yourself to theoretical physics like this, you'll be financially fucked if you start with a high-priced college only to find you can't handle the workload or simply don't like the field. Remember that you can always go back to college as well, so you could first get a cheaper degree in a less demanding research/science field (If your love is with science, and not just physics) or perhaps engineering or computer science (Which would give you practical physics experience) before you jump into the big leagues of theoretical physics. To me, theoretical physics seems like an advanced degree most scholars would get after already having a few other degrees under their belt.

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And I'm ready to go off in your shit.

Writer of the Month #1: Combined Voting

I'll give 'My Dark Savior' my vote, with 'Diadochi' coming in behind it. Don't have the time for writing reviews or anything ATM, but I might do them later if I remember and feel like it.

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Spam, can you do me a solid?

Don't see why you didn't just post the questions here and get mass answers

Finally watched the hunger games

Kiriyama said
The bottomless ammo Kiriyama had was discussed in Mangafox forums. There people said that probably he got some "help". And he also could take the ammo from the handguns he had taken from the other players, since they are the same caliber size as his uzi.And yea, the gangsta style is understandable for other students, since they are 15. But Kiriyama was yakuza, if I remember right, so he should have some experience with guns, but he still holds the gun in a weird way.And, the movie is crappy. I heard the book is best. I have read the manga and watched the movie. The manga is amazing, if we don't count Mitsuko, who totally went crazy.Aaaaaaaand everyone chooses either BR or HG, why not like both?

Don't try and realistically explain things in works where the creators were clearly not trying to be realistic, it is silly. And I don't like both HG and BR because HG is crap, not because I somehow feel I can only like one of the two.

Finally watched the hunger games

Tick said
I'm glad not to see complaints that Hunger Games was just ripping off Battle Royale. :P Considering both are different versions of the Roman Colosseum. With some reality T.V. thrown in Hunger Games on top.I like both movies; they've got different strengths. Hunger Games isn't a realistic setting - I don't see how it'd happen anywhere in modern Earth - but it goes for a lot more believable reasons and detailed background/politics than Battle Royale. The Hunger Games do exactly what the Roman Colosseum did. It acts as morbid entertainment and crowd control simultaneously, to keep all the unhappy unwashed masses tame and maintain the status quo. What I do know from the films and books are pretty clever, particularly for a teen series, which usually assume the audience is brain dead.Also, the way it plays with reality T.V., also done before, is neat.

And I'm glad that you recognize the fact that I didn't voice any complaints about HG being a ripoff of BR, I simply saw both have basically the same premise with different settings and compared the two. One I liked and one I disliked.

I wouldn't agree with what you're saying about HG's premise for the games being any more believable than BR, I'd say both are equally unbelievable because both are the same fucking premise, using arena deathmatches with children as a means of preventing rebellion. Stopping populations from rioting by constantly keeping them focused on brutal combat. It's an illogical concept that couldn't possibly work in realistic application. The difference between BR and HG is that BR embraces the ridiculousness of the concept where HG puts all this work into creating a reality where it would succeed while still failing to address the ultimate flaws of the concept.

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