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Hi everyone! Thought I'd start a thread for all students/grads/people just starting out in the workforce, where we can discuss interview tips, how to get noticed by employers, dos and don'ts etc. I've worked in quite a few jobs since I was 14, from part time jobs in hospitality, call centre...

I'm looking to buy a very cheap, second hand laptop for uni work and internet surfing. Which one should I get? The IBM Thinkpad R50, 15 inch TFT, PM 1.6GHz, 512MB, 60GB, Combo Drive, with Bluetooth and Wireless for $749 OR The Apple iBook G4 14inch TFT, 933MHz, 256MB, 40GB, Combo Drive...

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to burn an .avi movie WITH .srt subtitles on a DVD(so the subtitles show up during the movie) I'd like to play it in a DVD player instead of watching it on the computer. Thanks in advance!

If I were to study education/arts (majoring in Chinese) at an undergrad level, which would you recommend? Also, I'd like to find out why Usyd has a longer BA/BEd degree than UNSW does. It seems like everyone thinks Usyd is the best place to go for teaching, but what makes it stand out...

For those working in retail, have you had employers that kept some of your pay as a bond? My current employer said she's keeping three weeks' pay (ie. I will only start getting paid after the 4th week of employment)...and the bond will be refunded when I leave the job. She said she's doing...

When I plug the CAT5 cable into my computer, the green light comes on and everything, but the LAN connection in the system tray says the network cable's been unplugged. After a while the icon turns into the 'enabled' mode - for a few seconds - then turns into 'disabled' again!! I've checked...

What should I wear to one of those? Formal stuff or casual clothes that reflect my personality? And if anyone has been to one before, could you tell me what to expect? Thanks!

Okay so the bacteria reduces sulphate and eventually the iron becomes corroded. The products should be FeS and Fe(OH)2 right? I'm assuming that due to the lack of oxygen at great depths, the Fe(OH)2 will NOT oxidise to form Fe2O3.H2O (rust), is that correct? Conquering Chem supports this, but...

I saw the 'Go to page __' function in the Vogue forums and thought it will be pretty useful to all Bored members if we had it too. I don't know if adding this function will be a big hassle, but this feature should be very handy. :) Could we have this please, admins? If it's not too much trouble?

f(x) = (lnx) / x, for x>0 maximum point at x = e (iii) Use the fact that the maximum value of f(x) occurs at x = e to deduce that e^x >= x^e for all x>0 I've looked at the solutions but still don't understand how to do it. Help anyone?

"How might different productions dramatise the struggle between chaos and order in King Lear?" It says 'might', so does that mean I have to talk about hypothetical productions, not existing ones? (ie. say, in a feminist production, so and so should be done to portray order/chaos, and in a...

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i click on people's contact cards in msn messenger to go to their 'spaces', but i get directed to this page (see attachment 1), and then another page where it asks for my password (attachment 2). after i've typed in my password, it takes me to this account servics page (attachment 3). wtf...

is brazil still using pure ethanol as a fuel? i've looked up many sources, some say the experiment has proven to be extremely expensive so they've abandoned it, but some say brazil's the only country who's using ethanol and petranol. can someone please clear this up for me?

those who have done your hsc already, please give me some real-life stories involving how you stuffed up assessment tasks/trials but still managed to get a very high UAI. please. i am desperate. after stuffing up quite a few assessment tasks i now feel i have no hope in getting even an 80+ UAI...

hi guys, i've done a search on google, but nothing useful came up. a few days ago my firefox browser (version 1.0.3) started having trouble loading images - like when i go on neopets.com (ha ha), no images show up, except for the flash banner on the top. i've cleared the cache, cookies and...

"Discuss how effective the composers of the text you have studied in the Area of Study have been in representing (physical/inner/imaginative) journeys that have challenged our thinking and broadened our understanding of our own world." my prescribed text is coleridge, and i find that there is...

i've heard so many teachers say that questions from the past few years have been way too generic, so the board of studies will try to make english questions more specific from now on. what if they SPECIFY the episodes/poems/stimulus booklet pieces we have to use? like for example, will they ask...

describe, using specific examples, how the theory of evolution is supported by the following areas of study: - palaeontology, including transitional forms - biogeography - comparative embryology - comparative anatomy - biochemistry okay i have no trouble in describing these areas of...