If that is what you want, its definitely the right place. Very good place to do your post grad as well. Most of the people on my course are people who are working their arses off for the grades, they want to finish well and get the good jobs through incredile results and nothing more, they dont enjoy the courses, they study purely for the grades. I would say that would account for just under 2/3 of the undergrads.
About 5-10% of the people are more like me, or so I like to think. They do some work, go to some lectures, have good examination technique and know where they want to go afterwards. They have no massive desire to study mathematics yet have an innate ability allowing for them to do well without killing themselves with long hours.
The last lot, a fairly substantial group, are studying for the purpose of actually learning mathematics, have a genuine interest in the subject. Some of my friends fall into that category, and of everyone, they are the ones I have most respect for. The first group are leeches, they abuse professors office hours as private tuition time, the latter group see the professors to discuss things outside the syllabus.
The scope for flexibility within the degree is incredible. The first year is fairly rigid, but once you get past that you can do anything within the field and outside options are offered openly. All of the professors are in some way or other involved in research, everyone (at lease those that teach me) are regularly published. From what I can see most of the work is done in biochem. Warwick is very heavy on the applied side, it has a very different view of mathematics to other universities and has built its reputation for that. As an undergrad im not sure whether youd be better off here or in cambdrige, but id definitely choose these two over oxford and bristol. Have some mates from school thrown around everywhere, the ones here and in cambridge get the most fulfillment out of their degrees.
If you want a place where you can in your first year take any topic in mathematics and do a research task on it, come to Warwick. I know this is sounding like an advert, but thats the way things feel. The only 2 reasons I could see someone not wanting to come here is the fact that you might want to be in a big city. Or that the university is on the border of coventry, which is not really where you ever want to find yourself:).
I guess that depends on your personality more than anything, most of the people here love it, i have yet to meet anyone who isnt happy here. It is a little quiet, but there are a couple of decent clubs in leamington and the union hosts incredible events. Maths lecturers are good, though i havent had as many modules in that as last year. The new building is brilliant, really good lecture halls and computer labs, slashdot might be pleased to hear that theres a room with about 20-30 linux machines (this is the maths/stats building, not compsci).
Is it a nice place to be? Definitely. Its so diverse you wont have trouble finding many people with similar interests, the societies are brilliant and the union is without equal (what other university has a 2700 capacity club on campus?) The department has an excellent reputation with employers and if you decide to switch itll be easy enough to move onto joint honour degrees after your first year, so if youre unsure as to degree no need to worry. If you have any moree specific questions, feel free to ask
University of Warwick, Studying for a MMORSE degree (Masters in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics). The exam is on Stochastic Processes.
In respect to parental attitude, i guess mine were similar, though it wasnt so much that they gave up on trying to get me to do homework, they never tried. I always liked getting into school a bit early so that id have time in the common room to do any work i had in for anytime before lunch, the rest quickly done in lunch break. Sometimes i ran out of time, but didnt learn much from it, i havent changed.
Im sitting here, reading, posting, even though ive got an exam tomorrow morning for which i havent been to a single lecture and havent even seen the material. I know that there are 5 past papers, with solutions out there and i know that having taken the exam the knowlege used to pass it will be useless to me. I realised that unless you have a real desire to learn, as you appear to have (i had a great teacher in college (UK, college = 16-18 year olds) who drove us to do university mathematics in lessons, i was studying further mathematics (yet again, the UK system, A-levels in mathematics and further mathematics, had about 3 hours a day of it, mechanics, statistics, pure, logic, bit of everthing)).
It really is amazing how much of an impact a good teacher can have. You mentioned the indifference barrier, a very important concept. He is probably the reason im finding university mathematics as easy as i am, and unfortunately the reason that i feel most other teachers/lecturers are incompetent retards (im sorry for the phrasing but...). Im sure that they are good at what they do (well, the lecturers) but most of them have no bond with any of their students. They dont care and shouldnt be teaching.
Ive lost the point i wanted to make, but ill post this anyway. I agree that learning is so much more important than studying, hopefully the world will realise that soon enough. I suggest you try going for work where they give you a 2 day assessment day as part of the interview process. In trading for example you get rewarded more for the practical side of problem solving, an innate mathematical ability being more important than the grades.
you misread the post, both those games are for the same console, the PS2. grand theft auto 3 and grand theft auto: san andreas, a sequal which isnt quite a sequal. the game is much more detailed, graphics much improved from the look of it. same developers, same hardware, just a lot more experience of working with it.
i havent been fortunate (?) enough to have lived in either of the two contries above-mentioned, only russia, ukraine, germany and for the last 14 or so years the united kingdom, all of which have considerably higher taxes than the states. i wouldnt say that the quality of life is better in any of the countries than in the states, russia and the ukraine you see such financial disparity that you can only really consider the typical quality of life of the very rich or the typically very poor (comparitively, US$300 a month isnt that much to go on), germany has some of the stingiest employment laws in any decent sized nation and dont get me started on the UK. i was wrong to comment on the relative tax burdens in the two countries i mentioned as i have very limited experience, only knowing 2 families from canada, both of which are extremely well off and about 15 families in the states, 5 of which are struggling. thats a very small sample to go on, but its what my subconscious associates with the countries. as someone who studies a fair bit of statistics i should have seen my folly
look at sweden, look at the quality of life and look at their tax burdens, much much higher than those in even canada. low taxes != high quality of life, even when combined with a higher average wage, you have to realise that other factors have to be considered.
You think theres going to be time to evacuate the low lying cities? You think there will be orderly queues?
why yes, yes i do... water level is rising very (read VERY) slowly, if a city is in danger of being submerged you will havea good few years notice at a minimum before it gets any worse than it would have been after some relatively hard rain.
and here youre referring mostly to hard OR as opposed to soft OR (cue the jokes). hard OR is where you have relatively quantifiable values to work with, with soft OR you have much less tangible goals such as "improve morale" as opposed to "schedule trains in such a way as to minimise resource use while using fewer resources" which is common of the hard. the simplex model is used heavily in hard OR but, as you stated, even the point of your post, it is in no way near the sum of Operational Research.
why doesnt someone enter a walker? they entered a bike so number of wheels is not an issue. 6 legs move one at a time. even a speed of 3 miles an hour would make it more successful than any of the wheeled entrants, much more stable, spiked feet (its not like damaging the road is an issue) with enough weight behind them should do it. funding would be the problem here but im sure someone entering has the cash.
if a diamond puts a smile
on her face and you can afford it, why not? i know it would be cheaper
to do something else, but if youre happy spending some of the money on
a loved one instead of not using it to get even richer, i dont see
anything "not-too-bright" about that
im guessing you meant mpg in the end. the average draw is fairly high, but the average usage is more than low enough to cancel that out. in an office im guessing a computer will be on for about 8-10 hours a day, drawing 100-120 watts average (no graphics cards, etc) marginally more power, but as you said nowhere near enough to justify the price. lcds are a much better choice in saving money as youve stated, ive seen real world situations where the savings theyve provided covered their costs directly in less than 3 years, not to mention the extra office space. mileage should be a greater concern, the best thing for that would be to alter american tastes to fit more with the european car wise, start slowly switching to diesels (about 30% mpg greater for equal power, and the new engines are getting really good together with automatic boxes). you will love the torque, you really will.
i guess this is where the simulations would have to come in. ok, 98% idle is wasteful, but what if those 2% of time came in a single instance? 2 hours of 100% load, tasks not being carried out in near a prompt manner. obviosly 98% idle is excessive, but i would imagine even the best systems would be running at around 40% idle (servers, not supercomps) you need to have versatility and the ability to deal with surges, a la slashdot effect. i guess what would have to be done in a large scale firm where this would be financially feasible would be to run simulations based on historical/predicted data and ensure that the liklihood of a server being under 100% load for more than 5 seconds at a time would be absolutely minimal. i could explain better, but you get my drift.
i remember doing a quick calculation to convince a medium sized firm to switch to lcds several years back, they had about 150-200 computers running, a fair few with multiple displays, the amount that they saved in electricity running the monitors was about $35k a year, air conditioning another 15-20, purely because of that change. the savings werent important for them, but the amount of space created was, especially with multiple monitor setups, deskspace is a scarcity, the financial incentive helped out with the financial department, first a few replacements of older screens, followed by people raving about all the extra space. with cpus and the like this isnt as much of an issue, all youre giving up is a tiny fraction of your legroom and all you need to do is move the computer out of the way, but im sure that small factor pcs and smaller components in general would have a positive impact. some places are very tight on space, and being able to cram more cpus per square foot due to fewer heat issues is bount to be appreciated. a bit off topic but...
In the UK electricity costs a bit more in honolulu. At least here you have the advantage of using the computers as multifunction tools, pc and heater in one... Not very efficient but at least its something.
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If that is what you want, its definitely the right place. Very good place to do your post grad as well. Most of the people on my course are people who are working their arses off for the grades, they want to finish well and get the good jobs through incredile results and nothing more, they dont enjoy the courses, they study purely for the grades. I would say that would account for just under 2/3 of the undergrads.
:).
About 5-10% of the people are more like me, or so I like to think. They do some work, go to some lectures, have good examination technique and know where they want to go afterwards. They have no massive desire to study mathematics yet have an innate ability allowing for them to do well without killing themselves with long hours.
The last lot, a fairly substantial group, are studying for the purpose of actually learning mathematics, have a genuine interest in the subject. Some of my friends fall into that category, and of everyone, they are the ones I have most respect for. The first group are leeches, they abuse professors office hours as private tuition time, the latter group see the professors to discuss things outside the syllabus.
The scope for flexibility within the degree is incredible. The first year is fairly rigid, but once you get past that you can do anything within the field and outside options are offered openly. All of the professors are in some way or other involved in research, everyone (at lease those that teach me) are regularly published. From what I can see most of the work is done in biochem. Warwick is very heavy on the applied side, it has a very different view of mathematics to other universities and has built its reputation for that. As an undergrad im not sure whether youd be better off here or in cambdrige, but id definitely choose these two over oxford and bristol. Have some mates from school thrown around everywhere, the ones here and in cambridge get the most fulfillment out of their degrees.
If you want a place where you can in your first year take any topic in mathematics and do a research task on it, come to Warwick. I know this is sounding like an advert, but thats the way things feel. The only 2 reasons I could see someone not wanting to come here is the fact that you might want to be in a big city. Or that the university is on the border of coventry, which is not really where you ever want to find yourself
Good luck with the choices
I guess that depends on your personality more than anything, most of the people here love it, i have yet to meet anyone who isnt happy here. It is a little quiet, but there are a couple of decent clubs in leamington and the union hosts incredible events. Maths lecturers are good, though i havent had as many modules in that as last year. The new building is brilliant, really good lecture halls and computer labs, slashdot might be pleased to hear that theres a room with about 20-30 linux machines (this is the maths/stats building, not compsci).
Is it a nice place to be? Definitely. Its so diverse you wont have trouble finding many people with similar interests, the societies are brilliant and the union is without equal (what other university has a 2700 capacity club on campus?) The department has an excellent reputation with employers and if you decide to switch itll be easy enough to move onto joint honour degrees after your first year, so if youre unsure as to degree no need to worry. If you have any moree specific questions, feel free to ask
University of Warwick, Studying for a MMORSE degree (Masters in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics). The exam is on Stochastic Processes.
In respect to parental attitude, i guess mine were similar, though it wasnt so much that they gave up on trying to get me to do homework, they never tried. I always liked getting into school a bit early so that id have time in the common room to do any work i had in for anytime before lunch, the rest quickly done in lunch break. Sometimes i ran out of time, but didnt learn much from it, i havent changed.
Im sitting here, reading, posting, even though ive got an exam tomorrow morning for which i havent been to a single lecture and havent even seen the material. I know that there are 5 past papers, with solutions out there and i know that having taken the exam the knowlege used to pass it will be useless to me. I realised that unless you have a real desire to learn, as you appear to have (i had a great teacher in college (UK, college = 16-18 year olds) who drove us to do university mathematics in lessons, i was studying further mathematics (yet again, the UK system, A-levels in mathematics and further mathematics, had about 3 hours a day of it, mechanics, statistics, pure, logic, bit of everthing)).
It really is amazing how much of an impact a good teacher can have. You mentioned the indifference barrier, a very important concept. He is probably the reason im finding university mathematics as easy as i am, and unfortunately the reason that i feel most other teachers/lecturers are incompetent retards (im sorry for the phrasing but...). Im sure that they are good at what they do (well, the lecturers) but most of them have no bond with any of their students. They dont care and shouldnt be teaching.
Ive lost the point i wanted to make, but ill post this anyway. I agree that learning is so much more important than studying, hopefully the world will realise that soon enough. I suggest you try going for work where they give you a 2 day assessment day as part of the interview process. In trading for example you get rewarded more for the practical side of problem solving, an innate mathematical ability being more important than the grades.
the revolution nothing but treason, yes... victor writes history, etc, etc...
you misread the post, both those games are for the same console, the PS2. grand theft auto 3 and grand theft auto: san andreas, a sequal which isnt quite a sequal. the game is much more detailed, graphics much improved from the look of it. same developers, same hardware, just a lot more experience of working with it.
someone mod this up - ive never seen anything that warrants +1 insighful as much as the second comment.
i havent been fortunate (?) enough to have lived in either of the two contries above-mentioned, only russia, ukraine, germany and for the last 14 or so years the united kingdom, all of which have considerably higher taxes than the states. i wouldnt say that the quality of life is better in any of the countries than in the states, russia and the ukraine you see such financial disparity that you can only really consider the typical quality of life of the very rich or the typically very poor (comparitively, US$300 a month isnt that much to go on), germany has some of the stingiest employment laws in any decent sized nation and dont get me started on the UK. i was wrong to comment on the relative tax burdens in the two countries i mentioned as i have very limited experience, only knowing 2 families from canada, both of which are extremely well off and about 15 families in the states, 5 of which are struggling. thats a very small sample to go on, but its what my subconscious associates with the countries. as someone who studies a fair bit of statistics i should have seen my folly
look at sweden, look at the quality of life and look at their tax burdens, much much higher than those in even canada. low taxes != high quality of life, even when combined with a higher average wage, you have to realise that other factors have to be considered.
You think theres going to be time to evacuate the low lying cities? You think there will be orderly queues?
why yes, yes i do... water level is rising very (read VERY) slowly, if a city is in danger of being submerged you will havea good few years notice at a minimum before it gets any worse than it would have been after some relatively hard rain.
and here youre referring mostly to hard OR as opposed to soft OR (cue the jokes). hard OR is where you have relatively quantifiable values to work with, with soft OR you have much less tangible goals such as "improve morale" as opposed to "schedule trains in such a way as to minimise resource use while using fewer resources" which is common of the hard. the simplex model is used heavily in hard OR but, as you stated, even the point of your post, it is in no way near the sum of Operational Research.
trambled by angy penguins... i can only hope that that was intentional
exactly... when you can buy something like this:m s.html
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/full_syste
- Intel Pentium IV 'Prescott LGA775' 3.0GHz (800FSB) HyperThreading CPU
- Abit IG-80 915G "PCI-Express" (Socket 775) Dual DDR400 Motherboard
- Onboard Intel 2D/3D Accelerated Graphics (PCI-E x16 slot for future upgradability)
- GeIL 512MB (2x256MB) DDR Value PC3200 CAS2.5 Dual Channel Kit
- 200GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus10 8mb Cache SATA 150 Hard Drive
- NEC ND3540 16X Dual Layer DVD±RW ReWriter Drive
- Onboard 6 Channel Audio
- Gigabit LAN
- Antec Aria Micro ATX Cube Silent Case
- Antec 300W Silent ATX Power Supply
- Built in 8in1 Card reader
- Front & Rear Firewire IEEE1394 Ports
- Front & Rear USB2.0 Ports
- Front Headphone & Microphone Ports
for £400... why would you spend £499 on something like that?
why doesnt someone enter a walker? they entered a bike so number of wheels is not an issue. 6 legs move one at a time. even a speed of 3 miles an hour would make it more successful than any of the wheeled entrants, much more stable, spiked feet (its not like damaging the road is an issue) with enough weight behind them should do it. funding would be the problem here but im sure someone entering has the cash.
try a fancy red, those become ridiculous, millions for even a few carats
or (shock! horror!) paying taxes... (i admit, it is a little different, but not by much)
if a diamond puts a smile on her face and you can afford it, why not? i know it would be cheaper to do something else, but if youre happy spending some of the money on a loved one instead of not using it to get even richer, i dont see anything "not-too-bright" about that
10 year payback ~ 7.2% interest, a very worthwhile investment if you have the cash to spare at startup
im guessing you meant mpg in the end. the average draw is fairly high, but the average usage is more than low enough to cancel that out. in an office im guessing a computer will be on for about 8-10 hours a day, drawing 100-120 watts average (no graphics cards, etc) marginally more power, but as you said nowhere near enough to justify the price. lcds are a much better choice in saving money as youve stated, ive seen real world situations where the savings theyve provided covered their costs directly in less than 3 years, not to mention the extra office space. mileage should be a greater concern, the best thing for that would be to alter american tastes to fit more with the european car wise, start slowly switching to diesels (about 30% mpg greater for equal power, and the new engines are getting really good together with automatic boxes). you will love the torque, you really will.
i guess this is where the simulations would have to come in. ok, 98% idle is wasteful, but what if those 2% of time came in a single instance? 2 hours of 100% load, tasks not being carried out in near a prompt manner. obviosly 98% idle is excessive, but i would imagine even the best systems would be running at around 40% idle (servers, not supercomps) you need to have versatility and the ability to deal with surges, a la slashdot effect. i guess what would have to be done in a large scale firm where this would be financially feasible would be to run simulations based on historical/predicted data and ensure that the liklihood of a server being under 100% load for more than 5 seconds at a time would be absolutely minimal. i could explain better, but you get my drift.
i remember doing a quick calculation to convince a medium sized firm to switch to lcds several years back, they had about 150-200 computers running, a fair few with multiple displays, the amount that they saved in electricity running the monitors was about $35k a year, air conditioning another 15-20, purely because of that change. the savings werent important for them, but the amount of space created was, especially with multiple monitor setups, deskspace is a scarcity, the financial incentive helped out with the financial department, first a few replacements of older screens, followed by people raving about all the extra space. with cpus and the like this isnt as much of an issue, all youre giving up is a tiny fraction of your legroom and all you need to do is move the computer out of the way, but im sure that small factor pcs and smaller components in general would have a positive impact. some places are very tight on space, and being able to cram more cpus per square foot due to fewer heat issues is bount to be appreciated. a bit off topic but...
i know that its meant to be a joke, but on a serious note, that much too easy to bypass... even for an idiot user
i thought that at first semprons were released as crippled amd64s.
could someone tell microsoft then? windows should still read 160gb for a 160gb drive... it doesnt, so obviously theres an inconsistency.
In the UK electricity costs a bit more in honolulu. At least here you have the advantage of using the computers as multifunction tools, pc and heater in one... Not very efficient but at least its something.