The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XVIII
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Jewel Runner
He actually got accepted into Columbia, but decided against the Ivy League for just that reason.
Quackers
The Frog
His whole premise is faulty, he wants to study architecture?! Ya know that degree where like <5% of graduates actually work in that area after graduation; if he fails to get an architecturel degree he will be stuck competing with art graduates, graphical design graduates for some art job because thats like..well..the only skill you learn (all you do is design, draw and build models and create buildings on a computer).
Anyway thats an extremely negative POV, nonetheless one which should be considered IMO
Anyway thats an extremely negative POV, nonetheless one which should be considered IMO
Due to the Earth being a sphere straight paths appear to be a curve on a flat map. So the shortest distance is the arc like path. You my want to read up about Great Circles
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Not an unfair observation, but what professional degree isn't this true of? People who never get past undergrad in medicine, engineering or law are in exactly the same boat, and without even having the same range of transferable skills.
(I would add, though, that the exact skill-set depends on the exact program: some places are almost entirely design-focused, true, but others have a heavier technical slant. Taking a provincial example, an undergrad degree from the Glasgow School of Art would come with the skill-set you describe, but one from Strathclyde would come with a lot of engineering and building technology, which can lead you to work in a number of other careers in the construction industry.)
dIZZyBlIZZy
Batteries not included
As you (seemingly) implied, it's mostly true, but not entirely. I have two degrees with no postgraduate study. One in criminal justice, and now I work in the penal system. The other is in avian zoology. While I'm certified to care for wild animals, without veterinary studies, I cannot do any surgery. Just to give live examples.
Question for any and all willing to help. GF & I have vacation coming (27 April - 12 May to be exact). We are just starting to make plans, but she's never been to a stage production (you know, a play). The one I'd love to take her to is "HMS Pinafore" (never seen it done myself). Do any CFCers in ConUS know if it would be playing in your area in that time frame?
Crezth
i knew you were a real man of the left
Michkov said:
Passenger aircraft don't normally take the "shortest route," however, so the actual number of miles an aircraft travels is usually a little inflated.
Furthermore, due to climb and descent, in most cases you can't even express the shortest route using arcs of spheres.
PlutonianEmpire
King of the Plutonian Empire
I heard earlier today that a while back, a foreign government official was on a state trip to the US, and after giving a speech, forgot to turn off the mic, and was overheard saying something negative about everyday citizens, calling them "petty commoners" or "little people", and basically being a snob, IIRC. Who was that, which country was he from, and when did that happen?
AL_DA_GREAT
amour absinthe révolution
Swedish architecture schools have a good system. In Sweden it is an engineering and a masters degree. Th official title is Bachelor of engineering science in architecture and masters of engineering in architecture.
See if a program like that exists in the US. Failed architects here work as engineers.
See if a program like that exists in the US. Failed architects here work as engineers.
GinandTonic
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Does adult education help mental health issues, and if so what evidence is there to support such a statement?
Perhaps more importantly, what does Downtown say?
Perhaps more importantly, what does Downtown say?
madviking
north american scum
Why is Apple paying a stock dividend to get its shares back?
madviking
north american scum
A quick google shows that it is a cash dividend (the first in nearly a decade) and a separate stock buyback. A stock dividends is a when shareholders are given more stock.
Apple has a ton of cash sitting around and simply decided to give it to investors via the two primary means available.
It will further encourage some investors that prefer companies paying dividends to get involved.
They could theoretically have given out a very large dividend to acheive the same effect (minus the stock price increase due to decreasing supply), but would create an expectation of higher dividends in the future (you usually want consistent dividends).
Apple has a ton of cash sitting around and simply decided to give it to investors via the two primary means available.
It will further encourage some investors that prefer companies paying dividends to get involved.
They could theoretically have given out a very large dividend to acheive the same effect (minus the stock price increase due to decreasing supply), but would create an expectation of higher dividends in the future (you usually want consistent dividends).
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Am I just being dense or is there really no thread for the toulouse terror siege and storming?
I was going to make one, but homework snuck up and I haven't had the time.
I'm just as surprised as you are no else has made one.
Okay, I've had a song stuck in my head for the last three days. Unfortunately, I can't remember a single word of it. Please help! Here are some clues.
Sound like it's 70's rock song.
The guitars have some overdrive.
It's a love song to some extent.
The last three words of the chorus are what make the song recognizable.
Any help?
Sound like it's 70's rock song.
The guitars have some overdrive.
It's a love song to some extent.
The last three words of the chorus are what make the song recognizable.
Any help?
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