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Mr_Karate_II posted...

T2

hey cedar point guy. did you ever go to cedar point this summer?

Prestoff posted...

Business Calc. As long as you know how to do basic math and use a calculator, that's all you really need to be an accountant.

maybe not, but dont' you need like calc 2 for an accounting degree?

NoxObscuras posted...

Yeah I'm 34. Originally when I was 18 I was majoring in computer science. But I kept changing what I wanted to do and learned a bit of several things. Computer Science, Film Production, Water Treatment Operator, and Police Officer.

Now I'm working on my BSIT degree and it's going pretty well. I'm 3 semesters in. By next summer I should be able to apply for the mid level IT position with the government (usually ends up being help desk).

oh what kind of work do you do now? you don't like it? What is bist, though? I have heard that comp sci major is much more difficult than stuff like mechanical engineering. A lot of like debugging and some useless stuff in the comp sci curriculum that mechanical does not have

is he like the 2nd most successful director ever after spielberg?

NoxObscuras posted...

Calc 2 back when I first started college. I never finished back then, and now that I'm back in school under a new major, I don't have any math classes that advanced on my degree plan... Thank God lol.

hey i' m the cedar point guy. Aren't you like over 30, and you're going back to college to finish your degree, in a different major?

ThisIsAKnoife posted...

Calculus 3, differential equations

It was about 7 years ago so I dont remember any of it and dont use it in IT ever.

Have heard others say this as well. That the importance of math education is greatly greatly overrated esp. stuff like past algebra 1, that it does not mostly apply to anything , isn't used much after graduation...etc.... do most of you guys agree with this?

calc 1, trig?

bumpo

ai123 posted...

It topped 240 mph.

That's faster than every Ferrari bar the XX models.

not in terms of around a road track , only top speed. Many newer corvettes are prob faster than that mclaren around a road track. Isn't the veyron kinda slow around a road track as well? you sacrifice that for top speed

Roachmeat posted...

Exactly why I said 'shamelessly'. Back as a youth, I'll admit that I wasn't as savvy with politics as I try to keep up with these days.

I still have one of those Biden "I did that" stickers I tore off of a gas pump (in rage), but back in Clinton's era I probably would have been one of the people putting them on.

why did you tear off the biden stickers?

Nota214 posted...

The President has a vastly disproportionate amount of control to ruin the economy compared to the ability to improve it.

yeah this might be right. But prob maybe most americans believe otherwise.

the f1 mclaren was great for it's time, but iirc loads and loads of supercars today are faster than that, today.

Unknown5uspect posted...

Sad isn't the right word. The concept initially had a fat V12 in it. They ended up with the TTV6 when it came to production, which actually made more power than the concept. IIRC it turned people off on the car tho. Especially since you see all that empty space in the engine bay. It's really cool though. The asymmetrical side mirrors are neat.

oh they wanted non turbocharged v12, not v6? isn't most turbocharged very reliable , over naturally aspirated?

talking mostly about u.s. Don't most americans think that the president has a lot of control over the economy? like most americans blame him , or credit him for that?

Roachmeat posted...

It is (shamefully) one of the reasons William Clinton is among my favorite U.S. presidents of all time. That and we had a surplus. Not a national debt, a surplus.

how much did he personally have to do with that though?

ToteAll posted...

No, not at all.

Hope you never perform CPR on someone I know if you think this is how statistics work.

what? how statistics work? for cpr right?

ai123 posted...

I really like supercars and hypercars.

But also it's a change of pace for a thread to be about something enjoyable that doesn't end up having an off-putting vibe, shall we say?

yeah i agree , kinda, a lot of guys on this site like to attack. That's what you're talking about right? wonder why they do that

rynobot posted...

I rarely use shampoo

how does someone not use shampoo. IIrc using soap for that, wont' work

ai123 posted...

This is now my favourite thread.

Thanks, guys.

oh you really like sports cars?

Error1355 posted...

The rarest car I think I've ever seen just in passing in traffic was the 2004ish Ford GT on a road that it almost certainly had trouble not fuckin dying on the pot holes lol.

I was completely baffled why it was being driven on a back road but I was glad to see it. Was white with blue stripes.

yeah prob the 1st gen ford gt is much much more common than the 2nd gen.

tc, you're an emt?

A_Good_Boy posted...

Which conditioner are you using? I usually stick with the ones that label themself as being for super dry hair. The label says they don't contain sulfates or parabens. Apparently sulfates are meant to strip your hair if oil (sounds counter intuitive for a conditioner) and parabens can cause irritation in your scalp. So something without those should make for a good conditioner.

i use a lot of those 2 in 1 shampoo plus conditioner

wackyteen posted...

Hmm?

around what yr was this?

last bump

Trumpo posted...

Wrong front end and it's clearly on a dealer lot

which mclaren is that ? maybe, a lot of mclaren models kind of blend together,they are much more similar in looks to each other than ferraris

NoxObscuras posted...

I'm kind of a car guy. I mostly drool over supercars and hypercars though. And living in SoCal, I get to live vicariously through the wealthy people here.

Like we took a day trip down to Laguna Beach this past weekend (1-2 hours from LA) and we saw 3 lambos and 1 McLaren. I was giddy for every single one lol.

yeah, wouldn't that be awesome if you personally could have one though? they are super expensive though

Unknown5uspect posted...

I love that car. The story behind it is kind of sad tho.

What? Sad story behind it?

NoxObscuras posted...

I wouldn't say extremely rare, but I've seen a Bugatti Chiron, a McLaren P1, an Aston Martin DB11, and a second Gen Ford GT. I mostly see them while driving, so I don't get long looks

Oh you like sports cars too? I really like corvettes and hellcats as well, easily, most guys on this site are not car guys

NoxObscuras posted...

Nope, I've never noticed one. Which is surprising because I've seen several cars with limited production runs here in LA.

Like what extremely rare cars? Bugatti?

ai123 posted...

Because it's a better car than most, if not all, Ferrari.

And like people have said, it's extremely rare. Some people want a different supercar. So you'll see them in a Pagani or a Koenigsegg, rather than a Ferrari or a Lambo.

The 2nd gen next was also well received by auto reviewers and sold badly. A better car than lfa? Lfa is like 15:yrs old right? Guys that can afford those usually do want the Ferrari name maybe

Unknown5uspect posted...

lol no. There are literally still a couple that are unsold because with that price tag why wouldn't you just get a Ferrari?

Yeah the lfa doesn't have the name but don't most major reviewers think it's better than Ferrari?

UnfairRepresent posted...

Nikki Haley because she's trying to have authority inside right wing GOP idealogy.

80%+ of the people she speaks to on a daily basis openly believe she is inferior to them, yet she keeps on trucking. She ironically has more balls than most Republicans

Same reason so many people who despise Thatcher still respect her.

You think this? Why would most of those voters think they are superior to her?

ssjevot posted...

I don't think people realize how hard it is to come to America legally. Chinese people make up the fourth largest group crossing the border in Mexico. Let that sink in. People are flying to Ecuador and joining caravans to Mexico to cross the border illegally because it's easier than going to America under a visa.

Oh this is interesting, did not know this at at all

Zwijn posted...

Youve got the space for it but I believe there are also many areas not friendly enough for habitation. Itll take quite a while for the US to reach Asian or European levels of population density. Here in The Netherlands its way beyond fucked though, you should probably stop before it hits that point.

Oh the Netherlands population density is very high, one of the highest in Europe? Didn't know

Zikten posted...

Maybe. I'm not sure. But I think white people still are the overwhelming majority. I think they say Hispanics will outnumber white people by the end of this century though

Is this true? Iirc white people will be less than 50 percent of u.s. in like 20 yrs, iirc

Isn't Vivek a billionaire? Idk don't many voters think highly of that and think of that as a great personal achievement, a big plus for a politician?

did you hear about in last night's debate that vivek brought up nikki haley's daughter and she got mad about it? do you think that vivek was out of line to do that?

Zikten posted...

I do think a much bigger influx of non white people particularly might be healthy for the nation. I'm white myself. But I am so sick of white supremacists and their political influence . We need more diversity.

yeah maybe, but is the u.s. the most ethnically diverse major nation in the world already?

Glob posted...

Probably not as high as most Americans think.

oh you think so? yeah you might be right, possibly some americans think it might be over a billion

PMarth2002 posted...

I think anyone who wants to come over should be allowed to come over, and anyone who's already here should be allowed to stay.

what would the population of the u.s. be though if everyone who wanted to immigrate to the u.s. in the world, was , let in?

DuuuDe14 posted...

Make it easier to coming in legally, and also become stricter on illegal immigration.

There's no reason people have to save up thousands to come here.

thousands? How much is like the official paperwork and stuff to come into the u.s.? you mean like unofficial stuff that an immigrant may need, right? Oh, so you like support trump's border wall, etc....?

Carljank posted...

Absolutely

why do you think that, though?

bump

A_Good_Boy posted...

That was the Obama era program that accidentally destroyed the used car market, right?

oh so maybe the program was a complete failure. First i've heard about the used car market being decimated.

Sariana21 posted...

I remember it but didn't partake and don't know if it was considered a success. I thought it was an Obama program, though.

oh really? yeah it might have been obama.......

iirc this happened at the height of the recession back in bush's 2nd term. Was it for a whole yr? don't remember. Did any of you buy a car through this program? Would you consider this program as a whole, to have been a success?

OriginalPlain2 posted...

Just shampoo

tried conditioner for the fun of it but seemed like strips off nearly all natural head oil

i kinda think this as well. Prob most would disagree, it seems like conditioner kinda leaves hair feeling drier , if anything.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

I use different products. Shampoo tends to use harsher chemicals, so I actually use a cowash instead.

I have a conditioner I use as well for deep condition days. But if I need to clean my hair then I use a cowash specifically. Which is less likely to dry out my hair.

cowash? don't believe i've every heard of it