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    What to upgrade?

    Hi Which pieces of hardware need to be upgraded/replaced in these situations? 1. Applications like Photoshop take ages to load 2. Games are laggy so you need to lower the resolution or detail level. 3. It takes a very long time (20mins) to copy the contents of a full CD onto your comp...
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    Motherboards

    Hi. I'm planning on building a new comp but i'm having trouble understanding motherboards. What i need is a good fast motherboard that allows me to put a P4 3.0 ghz 800fsb, that doesn't have builtin vid/sound etc., 4usb 2.0, 3-4ram slots that allow for fast 1gb p4 ram, a few pci slots, an...
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    Bit clueless

    I don't know what is going on anymore. I went to enrolment day to enrol, pay and collect my card and stuff but now i have no idea when to come back to pick subjects, orientation day, timetables or when uni starts. Anyone know what i should do now?
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    UNSW offers help

    Hi. I'm helping a friend accept his UNSW course offer while is on holiday in a place without easy access to the net. What i've done so far is made his Unipass, accepted his offer and paid his enrolment fee through AustPost. Now when i try to log in with his unipass, it doesn't work. Is...
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    What to do?

    I have a bit of a problem here. I want to get into my 4th pref (B Pharmacy @ Syd) but i got my 5th (B Physio @ Syd). The cut off for Pharmacy in 2002 was 93 and 2003 it was 94. I got 95.00 and was expecting to get in because i passed my STAT and had EAS incase it went a bit higher. I got...
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    UAC Prefs

    Hi. If i get an offer for a course with a higher uai cutoff than the course i really want to do, can i choose to do the course with the lower uai cutoff?
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    Cloud 9?

    Hey, is anyone here going to this? It seems like a pretty good event for over 18s Its on the 29th Jan and it costs $15 now or $20 at the door. Check out the pamphlet! Makes me want to go! Hahaha
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    I need a new system

    Hi. I need help in finding parts for a new computer. I'll also need a quote for a system like this (not including labour). I'm thinking of getting a new computer system with the follow parts: - P4 2.8GHZ 800 (does the 800 thing matter? it costs like $170 more) - A nice looking tower case...
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    CS Mappacks?

    I've got a mappack for Counter-strike but i don't know where to extract it to with this stupid steam thing. Anyone know where?
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    Processor slots

    Could someone explain to me which intel CPUs go into which slots and what the slot names are? I've got a PIII CPU and it goes into a rectangular slot with clips on the side. What slot is that called? Whats the square one called? Are there only these two? If i want to upgrade to an intel...
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    To and CC

    Whats the difference between putting a list of email addresses in the To box and in the CC box?
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    Looking for piano simulator software, does anyone know of any?

    Looking for software Does anyone know of a piano simulator where you use your keyboard to play the keys of a piano?
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    quick qn

    In complex numbers, when theres a complex number AB that makes a right angle with OA, how do you know if AB is iOA or -iOA?
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    Scaling?

    Lets just say that almost everybody doing IT is very smart in computer stuff and they score really high even in the hard exams but they're crap at their other subjects. This would make IT a low scaling subject right? If i beat 90% of them, am i destined for some low scaling even though i beat...
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    Some questions

    According to Table 3, Maths and Maths Ext 2 both have 50 (on a 1u basis) as the scaled mark. Why should the top Maths student have the same scaled mark as the top Maths Ext 2 student? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of doing Maths Ext 2 if you know you can top 2u Maths and get 100 (except...
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    A good tip for those in yr10

    After you've decided what you want to do in Yr11&12, start studying for BOTH years now! It gives you so much free time to relax in those years. In each holiday break, buy an Excel or whatever textbook and read it through before you start school. If you can do that, you're going to rip the HSC...
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    Worst TV Shows!!

    Don't you just hate some TV shows? They get on your nerves with their bad storylines and humour. I'll start with one... Deal Or No Deal.
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    Tell me about Uni!

    Tell me about Uni and how it works. I want to know everything like...what are these 'units' people talk about? When do you begin your majors and can you do a lot? What are minors? Is there any Uni (lectures and stuff) on the weekends or at night? If attending lectures and tutorials isn't...
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    Another Estimate

    What UAI would this person get? Adv Eng: 10/44 75% 3u maths: 60/85 40% 2u maths: 35/140 70% Legal: 4/14 65% Eco: 8/35 70% Business: 9/45 75% The person goes to a school ranked around 115th with 27/190 people getting over 90 and 12-14 people over 95
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    Prediction please

    What would this person get if he got these results? Std Eng: 13/116 68% Maths 2u: 130/160 53% Modern: 17/52 69% Eco: 16/38 63% IT: 10/35 58% School is ranked around 115th and around 27/190 students get over 90UAI.
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