The Official Rant Thread

[Click16]

Spent 3 hours trying to get placement for drawn text to show in a control centered. It just doesn't work. I tried everything!

GAH! labels are so gay!

[JacksonCougar]

lulz

[Gary]

I don't know if it's the Algebra that is confusing or the way this teacher explains it...

[XZodia]

algebra is easy...

[Grimdoomer]

It's the way they explain it.

[Gary]

It's the way they explain it.

Exactly.

[Click16]

Ah algebra. If you need any help, Im pretty good at it myself. My teacher stopped calling on me a week ago. I haven't gotten an answer wrong in that class yet!

[Aumaan Anubis]

Algebra is simple.

At least, it is now.

[Gary]

[...]
At least, it is now.

What is that supposed to mean? O_o

[Aumaan Anubis]

It means that once you pass Trigonometry and start getting into Calculus, algebra seems incredibly simple.

So simple, that in fact, I made the 'a' lowercase in algebra, compared to Calculus and Trig.

[Zieon Eslador]

It means that once you pass Trigonometry and start getting into Calculus, algebra seems incredibly simple.

So simple, that in fact, I made the 'a' lowercase in algebra, compared to Calculus and Trig.

After logarithmic functions I could do algebra in my sleep.

[Aumaan Anubis]

logs still give me headaches.

Zombie apocalypses are my dreams.
Logarithms are my nightmares.

[Gary]

Looks like I only have more math-related rants to post in the future.

[socrates]

If you're going into a major in college that requires math, most likely it will require you to take calculus in college, regardless if you take it in high school...
that said, I'm a Junior in Pre-Calc, no way I'm taking calculus next year.. haven't decided what to take yet.. maybe math of finance, those SOB's in that class play dodge-ball on Fridays XD

Aumaan, Zieon dudes..totally... my first half of pre-calc so far has been review...
oh and yea... in "upper math" [a=length of a side, A = measure of opposite angle to a]
lets not get started with pi ... however this shit helped me a lot when using Onyx, rather than figure the rotations of objects by trial and error, I mapped out everything in a 3d modeler and found the angles, then converted to radians rather than degrees (that 1.57 for 90 degrees wasnt a random number.. its pi/2 .. pi = 180 degrees)

[OwnZ joO]

I hate calc so much right now. I took 2 years in between taking pre calc and calc, so I forgot a lot of what I learned in pre calc. I also didn't learn a lot of the stuff, because I have a ti89 that will do a ton of stuff for me. It will actually differentiate functions for me But yeah, algebra is so simple once you get past it that a lot of times you just mess up because you aren't thinking about it anymore.

[neodos]

Lot of work

[Zieon Eslador]

The club I'm VP in at my school was going to print T-shirts to sell for the Cross-Country meet I'm running in tomorrow. I was in charge of designing it. Well, I finished, but it turns out the teacher that was going to let us use his shirt press has to go out of town for a family emergency...

[NotZachary82]

I was given a problem in pre-Calc that I cannot seem to solve.

My teacher usually gives simple logical thinking questions. I'm stumped on this one.

THE REUNION OF TWO FRIENDS AT A RESTAURANT SOUNDED LIKE THIS:

JIM: HOW ARE YOU?

AL: THANK YOU, I AM FINE.

JIM: YOU JUST GOT MARRIED WHEN WE MET LAST. ANY CHILDREN?

AL: I HAVE THREE KIDS.

JIM: HOW OLD ARE THEY?

AL: IF YOU MULTIPLY THEIR AGES THEN YOU GET 36; BUT IF YOU ADD THEIR AGES THEN YOU GET THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS RESTAURANT.

JIM: THIS IS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR ME TO FIGURE OUT THE AGES OF YOUR CHILDREN.

AL: OK, I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CLUE - MY OLDEST CHILD HAS RED HAIR!

JIM: AHA! NOW I CAN FIGURE OUT THEIR AGES!



FIND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT
FIND THE AGES OF THE CHILDREN

Apparently, there's no tricks to it, and all the information needed is right there.

...

Halp.

*Edit: No, Zieon, it's not 9, 4, and 1. >__>

[Ogrish]

triplets are now 12, and theres 36 people in the resturant.

Coarse i dont even know algebra so if this is calc, I must be wrong.
It seems there could be more then one answer to to this, or theres missing info.

[NotZachary82]

So 12 to an exponent of 3 equals 36? <_>

[DemonicSandwich]

The kitchen wiring is fuxored again. My brother and his blackened touch(contrast to golden touch) fucked it up.
He wanted the butter on his croissant to be slightly melted so he ran over to the microwave and tried using it.

The circuit from that outlet to the stove doesn't work now. So now tomorrow I have to get into the roof were I was supposed to go last time before it magically fixed itself with my golden touch.

[Dragonfire]

3, 3, and 4? idk...

EDIT: There has to be something somewhere that talks that if you have 3 children, how far the children have to be born in order for the 3rd child to have red hair......but i never got this far...

[Dragonfire]

Heres my rant, which has been raging for about 6mths...

When I first got a cell phone, I went with Verizon Wireless bc my older bro had it. I got the Razr V3c and did good with it. The about a year into my contract I started getting these fucking bullshit $100-200 bills each month for bullshit text messages and some kind of internet shit. Then about 4mths b4 my contract was up, my phone just totally died, couldnt power on nothing, i didnt have insurance either. So I called VW and they didnt do shit or was going to. So one day I went back to the mall where i got this shit all setup, asked them if they could do anything. So i got pissed off and walked through the mall and saw an Alltel kiosk. Remembering all the ppl around me that had Alltel and said it was outstanding, I went with it, got the Black Razr V3a (another razr, yeah, but i remember this one being more 3rd party supported, the v3c wasnt for shit). I got my new phone, then my old one actually started to turn on, so i took advantage of that and started manually transfering my contacts between phones. My service was outstanding, got 5 bars in areas where i only got 3 with VW. I was a happy camper. Then I find out about 6mths ago that Verizon Wireless buys Alltel, WHAT THE FUCK, NOOOO! I try to get away from that fucking company, then they end up buying the company im on. Now I just tried to get onto the Alltel website and the first it does is say are you a prepaid customer, i click "No" and it sends me to the fucking verizon site. So now I cant even look at Alltel phones anymore! So my contract is up in December, I'm wondering who I should go with next.....either Sprint (i can get 3 lines, no deposit) or just go to Boost Mobile (looked and my number is transferable)....so what do you guys think?

[Click16]

Many people think T Mobile is bad, but the truth is, that verizion phones are cool and awesome looking, but the connection is complete shit. T Mobile I had for my entire time having a phone, not a single dropped call, My friend actually has to put his verizon phone on the window sill (I think that's what it is called) just to recieve calls and txt messages. I can have mine in the middle of the room, on the floor and have full bars. T Mobile might not have the biggest and best selection of phones, but you can count on them to work.

[DoorM4n]

65 on a history exam.