’Tis five or so days to the commencing of my five exams. This chart defeats my working myth once and for all:
Sequel to Plato’s wedding cake…
’Tis five or so days to the commencing of my five exams. This chart defeats my working myth once and for all:
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Among the garbage on this blog would be a few good posts, generally with a beat of meat on ’em (though such a thing is extremely rare in the early posts). I’ve realised I’ve been getting >100 views for the past ten days or so in a row now (surprise only arises when disregarding the fact that it’s exam time). I think it’s a good thing to recommend this random traffic to a blog that has the equivalent of my best posts as a daily occurrence, ergo GameInfoDaily.
Yes, it’s a friend’s blog so there is a bias in this quasi-advertisement, nevertheless I haven’t been obliged by him to suddenly make this post (procrastination happily gave me the nudge). It’s exactly what it says on the tin, in depth reviews on games, game series, components on gaming (shit, I’ve just lost The Game in doing this). If you’re remotely interested in gaming (i.e. a male) then take a look, and bring with you an integrity to read the many paragraphs that constitute the daily doses. Mechanics was yesterday. I did it and during the exam my opinion on my performance fluctuated quite a bit, at the end I was quite scared as the last question I managed to check appeared to be wrong. Leaving the exam, that question was right. All the others were wrong. OK, not all the others, but enough to lose 90%, and possibly 80%. Aiming for 100% in this case wouldn’t be so damaging if I wasn’t arrogant at every waking moment and invested all my pride (and a bit of cash) on my performance. I’m not really angry at Edexcel, I just had a bad day. I’ve learned that arrogance is no virtue. Why am I so sure I made a mess of things? Post exam discussions can be quite reliable, even though not exactly consented. What eliminates hope is a leaked copy of what appears to be a mark scheme: ![]()
If you believe in the saying ‘ignorance is bliss’ then stay away from that shit.
Ah well, there’s still C2. I’m just lamenting the loss of myself on the highest step on the maths podium, then moaning that I hurt my knee on the fall. On an unrelated matter, I think I should mention the link to a ZIP folder concerning the Knockhardy presentations and stuff for chemistry I put up today, the link isn’t that noticeable in my chemistry section. Update: this guy does solutions (including M1 solutions) on YouTube. He might be your last hope. For those of you that don’t do mechanics, walk away, nothing to see here. As explained in the A-level stuff section to your top right I don’t have a maths section, so I’ll put this material here. Basically, in mechanics, almost every paper asks a question or two about mathematical modelling, and requires a bit of common sense and awards a mark or two. I don’t have common sense, so if you’re on mutual grounds with me then you might want to know the general answers, and they are as follows: • If it asks about how you’ve used the fact that the string is light, tensions will be the same for the two particles. • If it asks about how you’ve used the fact that the the string is inextensible, acceleration will be the same for the two particles. • Asking about what it means for the string to be light, mention that it has no weight. • When asking about how a model is unrealistic or what refinements can be made for kinematics, mention air resistance or possibly the ‘spin’ of the particle (use your head). • If it asks what it means that a beam is uniform, the weight acts at the midpoint of the beam. • If it asks what it means for something to be a particle on a beam, mention that its weight acts precisely at that point. • When asking about what it means for the plank or beam or whatever to be a rod, it means it’ll remain a straight line/rigid. I think that’s correct, don’t kill me if I’m wrong. I got them from the mark schemes, and compiled them on this document: ![]()
Did you watch South Park’s 200th episode and its successor? If so, continue reading. If not, watch the two then come back with an understanding of the context. Basically, the religion of peace is on its time of the month again and has again displayed its title as the motherlord of artistic criticism. To protect the legends that make South Park, the Internet has uptaken a safety in numbers approach to depict the prophet Muhammad in creative ways, ergo Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, ranging from the intentionally offensive to intentionally inoffensive. I’m not a fan of freedom of speech, if I came into power tomorrow there will be a lot quotas on speech but that’s a different story. However, when an ideology comes to take this fundamental human right away from us with the threat of random violence, that’s when I get mad. Ladies(?) and gentlemen, let me give you exhibit A: This is Muhammad, this is my impression, this is suspiciously similar to the 4chan face. Don’t be a pussy, make your own. As said, there are limits to free speech.
It has recently come to my attention that we live in a country where we get to choose our leader. I find such an idea radical and unsafe, and advise my fellow man to vote against it.
What can we expect? The Dear Leader Gordon Brown coming back to lead the country into what would almost be a single-party state? Market man David Cameron cutting expenditure and the balls off the working man? Filthy liberal Nick Clegg killing every child under the age of two due to a lack of religion that makes him know right from wrong? A hung parliament? My money’s on a hung parliament, as with most, based on the evidence. Personally I’m neutral (but with bias for the TomRed-Peter Fascist Party), not because I want to be impartial to my readers, but because I believe I’m too ignorant to make a choice. This election does appear to be different from the others, I mean, the liberals might have a sniff of what it’s like to have governmental influence, and it could well be a hung for the first time in about 36 years. As for my party, fear not the reason why we’re not running. Democracy is an inferior method of attaining power. As some of you may know, I’m interested in longevity. I’m not too bothered about my personal lifespan, though it does prevail in my daydreamt thoughts time to time. I use Wikipedia as my guide to keep an eye on current supercentenarians (i.e. anyone above 110), especially Walter Breuning, the world’s oldest man. Kama Chinen, who I’ve monitored once in a while for some time now died yesterday, aged 114.
So what? She was 114 (a few days away from 115 as a matter of fact), why should anyone care? Well, it’s not so much the person themselves I care about (except from Walter Breuning), it’s the fact that we’re losing years of the nineteenth century faster than we’re gaining years of this crappy century. I don’t know about you, but I like to live in a world where I can still say “there’s someone alive that was born in 18XX”. Anyway, 1895 is gone and we’re on 1896 now, and I will be pissed when this one goes too. I’m talking in terms of the verified though as there are a few disputed claims, but whatever. That’s that, but did you know that the world’s longest recorded lived organism was 250 million years old? That’s right, I’m seventeen. I’ve grown physically and mentally from the comparatively simple fifteen year old that made this site. How do I feel? Obviously the same as I’m merely in another step of an arbitrary system of numbers where certain numbers mean I can do things I couldn’t when I was tagged with the preceding number. However, without sounding like a smartarse this time, I feel as though I haven’t accepted my new age and when I do I will feel a bit bad for losing another chunk of my childhood and entering the stages of manhood (something which I fear).
On the positive side, today was great. I had friends over stealing my electricity and over forty Facebook posts acknowledging my mother’s pain seventeen years ago. I lost dignity for being the only one for finding my ‘maths tattoo’ funny but regained it by distributing chocolate to peers and people I bump into in an act of kindness crossbred with a Dairy Milk overdose. Over all, I’m content and will hold the motto ‘revision will start tomorrow’. Good morrow. So I got HeartGold like a week or so ago when I found out I could put more shit in my bag for the plane. Plane? Yeah, I went Ireland for four days; it wasn’t exactly abroad but was probably the best holiday I ever had (if you’re friends with a girl, they have friends that are girls, remember that).
Anyway, I haven’t even got my fourth badge yet because I was busy there and I’m busy here, but from what I’ve played I can’t complain. I suppose one criticism would be cynicism at the Pokémon Company for capitalising on a highly successful game by brushing it up and re-releasing it. However, the game was good, as with all of them, and for once I think I’m experienced enough to say my view (I’ve had Red, Gold, Silver, Ruby, FireRed, Emerald, Pearl, the two Pinballs and of course HeartGold). I suppose I enjoy the originals more but if you strip the sentimental significance then I’m not sure, but let’s see the details. So the aesthetics are great for one, slightly better than Diamond/Pearl/Platinum. There is the inclusion of the God knows how many other Pokémon, quite annoying if you’re keen on the game and don’t believe in cheat cartridges (and obviously the compatibility with all Pokémon games from the past 7 years or so). There are changes here and there to the story, something which doesn’t really bother me, however, the fact that the music is all advanced does bother me (more this, and less this please). Also, people hype about your Pokémon following you like in Yellow, but I don’t really care about that. What can I say? If 200 hours of your childhood was invested in G/S/C like moi then get it in your quest to re-experience your childhood, and recall the addictiveness that will yank your grades down. Finally, if you want to see proper reviews, try my friend’s GameInfoDaily blog. Imagine the thought of saving a life, you’d be likely to experience the sort of genuine lasting happiness that only altruism offers. Imagine saving a baby’s life, that might make you feel even more satisfied. Now, multiply that by two million.
James Harrison, an Australian, has a rare antibody that prevents babies from dying of Rhesus disease, and has been donating blood for 56 years to save the lives of over two million babies. This is the sort of hero that is worthy of a Nobel Prize. Click here for the original article. This reminds me of Freakonomics where it discusses incentives and mentions blood donation. In the US you get paid for donating blood while across the pond in the UK you are expected to feel good (and drowsy). Funnily enough, the ‘warm feeling’ the UK has to offer beats the cold hard cash the yanks throw at you, as the statistics have shown that the UK gets more donations (probably per capita). Personally, I’ve been wanting to donate blood (I believe the minimum age is seventeen, so just under a month to go). |
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