4 hours ago, DiabloAzul said:

That does fit my experience. I consider the framed piece of paper on the wall a "survival certificate".

Organic Chemistry. This was the real survival course for all bio and chem majors. Marine bio is/was the largest major at the University of Tampa. Business and advertising has the most graduates all because of organic chem. The professors were ruthless too. 5 point multiple choice questions and the test is only worth 150 points.

Nursing was the hardest exams I've ever seen. Every answer is a "correct" answer, but you must pick the most correct ones. 80% to pass otherwise its a failure and you retake the course.

15 minutes ago, Undeadguy said:

Organic Chemistry.

I dated two pre-med students in undergrad and I can confidently state that I'm not familiar with any class that makes humans regularly break down crying like organic chemistry. It didn't help that at my undergrad, O Chem was taught by an Indian professor with an impenetrably thick accent who was hella sexist and just didn't see why he should put forth effort to help women trying to take his class.

20 minutes ago, Snipafist said:

I dated two pre-med students in undergrad and I can confidently state that I'm not familiar with any class that makes humans regularly break down crying like organic chemistry. It didn't help that at my undergrad, O Chem was taught by an Indian professor with an impenetrably thick accent who was hella sexist and just didn't see why he should put forth effort to help women trying to take his class.

Yea it was ridiculous. I passed with a C both semesters, which was my lowest grade in college. I had a lot of friends switch majors and a few dropped out because of it. I'm pretty sure I've never recovered from our 4 AM review sessions the night before an exam.

Heresy goat blood (or a lamb if your in a pinch)

3 hours ago, Undeadguy said:

Business and advertising has the most graduates all because of organic chem. The professors were ruthless too. 5 point multiple choice questions and the test is only worth 150 points.

An interesting "mathematical" statement written by a student on the white board in our tutoring center..

Lim (Engineering Major) as GPA->0 = Business Major.

It's most poignant right about the time when students are struggling through Calculus 1, so the notation is familiar and the sentiment is felt by many.

4 minutes ago, RobertK said:

An interesting "mathematical" statement written by a student on the white board in our tutoring center..

Lim (Engineering Major) as GPA->0 = Business Major.

It's most poignant right about the time when students are struggling through Calculus 1, so the notation is familiar and the sentiment is felt by many.

I’m approaching that point with Calc 3 right now...

11 hours ago, Coldhands said:

@GiledPallaeon Im not sure what you find negative, please pm me with the parts you think are. English isnt my native language, I might have used wrong phrases.

I replied to a post where someone was complaining about impa getting acces to fc-s, saying in one or other way they already have those effects, the opportuity opens up to stack them, but in my opinion it wont be OP because of the high opportunity cost. Also, provided a theoretical ~average fleet with 100 points of squads. But never said its 6 yv-s or anything stupid like this. At all scales, there are reasonable squadballs, and yes, the more points you invest into them the more anti-ship powers they need to provide you with. Lets say 6 defensers or jan-biggs-4x Wings meet the 100 points criteria and wouldnt consider bad composition.

You're alright, I was coming off a long day and I jumped down your throat. I fully agree with your later points in here that opportunity cost is really what holds higher end builds in check, especially for ships like the Assault Frigate and ISD.

Also, @The Jabbawookie , you have to select the name you want from the drop-down menu in order for it to be a mention (or so is my experience on Quantum, Chrome, and iOS version of Safari.)

3 hours ago, Snipafist said:

I dated two pre-med students in undergrad and I can confidently state that I'm not familiar with any class that makes humans regularly break down crying like organic chemistry.

Calc 2 in the Applied Mathematics department did it during my undergrad. I had never seen people openly cry during an exam until that point. I don't think we had an average go over 50 all semester. Which the professor defended by saying if the averages were higher they wouldn't glean anything from it.

3 hours ago, Snipafist said:

I dated two pre-med students in undergrad and I can confidently state that I'm not familiar with any class that makes humans regularly break down crying like organic chemistry. It didn't help that at my undergrad, O Chem was taught by an Indian professor with an impenetrably thick accent who was hella sexist and just didn't see why he should put forth effort to help women trying to take his class.

Not trying to one up anyone on difficulty here, just sharing a related and funny story.

My college roommate ended up with a fresh off the boat Asian immigrant teacher for an English class (Written communications or something like that...). I think she could get away with calling herself a 'fluent' English speaker for the most part, but her accent was so thick that most of the kids had no idea what she was ever talking about.

She also basically had no idea about American culture. One of the assignments they had was to write about a significant event in their life (We're talking fairly privileged white 19 year old kids, so few if any of them had an event more significant than a pencil breaking during a written exam). He wrote about how he was always into music, and sang in chorus. He was good enough that he was invited to be part of the all-state chorus program, but it was still just a fun hobby for him. When they were invited to sing at Carnegie Hall, his perspective on things changed and music and singing became his life's focus instead of just a hobby due to the experience.

He got a D. There was nothing technically wrong with the paper (hence the reason he didn't fail), but she didn't feel that singing, or singing in a world famous music hall was a significant enough of an event to do this assignment on. She had no idea what the Carnegie Hall was or where it was located. And apparently an event that turns you from a directionless child to a focused young adult with life goals wasn't meaningful enough for her.

I never had the opportunity to go to University.

I failed Calc I and Calc II. That means I didn't finish my BS. I do have an AAS, and I literally tutored math while getting that degree. Amazing what lousy teachers can do! Also no roommates who had to take real math classes like me.

Higher education is overrated, IMO. Unless you're really sharp and really have a goal in mind. Otherwise get involved in a trade.

14 minutes ago, Stasy said:

Higher education is overrated, IMO. Unless you're really sharp and really have a goal in mind. Otherwise get involved in a trade .

I teach high school and we are pushing the trades and community college more and more.

5 hours ago, Stasy said:

I failed Calc I and Calc II. That means I didn't finish my BS. I do have an AAS, and I literally tutored math while getting that degree. Amazing what lousy teachers can do! Also no roommates who had to take real math classes like me.

Higher education is overrated, IMO. Unless you're really sharp and really have a goal in mind. Otherwise get involved in a trade.

Hey, whos gonna develop technologies to build the death star?!

30 minutes ago, Coldhands said:

Hey, whos gonna develop technologies to build the death star?!

So we can blow up our own planet? There’s not a whole lot else around...

22 minutes ago, The Jabbawookie said:

So we can blow up our own planet? There’s not a whole lot else around...

I bet there are mining companies who would actually do this if it saved them a dollar.

19 minutes ago, rasproteus said:

I bet there are mining companies who would actually do this if it saved them a dollar.

In EU, the official name for the Death Star was the “Imperial Planetary Ore Extractor.”

3 hours ago, Coldhands said:

Hey, whos gonna develop technologies to build the death star?!

And who's gonna build it? Not the engineers!

2 hours ago, Stasy said:

And who's gonna build it? Not the engineers!

Wookie slaves, who else?

13 hours ago, rasproteus said:

I bet there are mining companies who would actually do this if it saved them a dollar.

“Customer impact of the operation was considerably greater than anticipated and fourth quarter profits are down 99.8%. We have begun exploring a strategic realignment around a hydroponic farming revenue model that will provide immediate value to all remaining humans, here aboard the orbital mineral extraction platform colloquially known as the “Death Star””

Sounds just like my boss.

22 hours ago, The Jabbawookie said:

So we can blow up our own planet? There’s not a whole lot else around...

Other than the other 7 (or 8) planets in the Solar system, there are 3558 known planets in 2650 systems in the galaxy. 881 of these planets are terrestrial.

So, there are plenty of other targets that we know of within our galaxy. Whether they are valid targets due to that minor detail of range is rather dependent on your definition of "around".

9 minutes ago, RobertK said:

Other than the other 7 (or 8) planets in the Solar system, there are 3558 known planets in 2650 systems in the galaxy. 881 of these planets are terrestrial.

So, there are plenty of other targets that we know of within our galaxy. Whether they are valid targets due to that minor detail of range is rather dependent on your definition of "around".

I was more considering the fact nothing else that we know of has any real strategic relevance (except maybe our sun or moon, and that really amounts to destroying Earth anyway.)

A hyperdrive, on the other hand... Now that could be a game changer.