Ginger_Chris

I add olive oil to boiling pasta because it helps stop the water frothing and boiling over the top. I don't think it does it anything for taste. Also helps it stick less to sides and each other. I also add salt to change the boiling point.

When opening a jar, just knock the lid twice against a hard surface, 95% you should be able to open it dead easy.

Ok could someone write me a 5000 word essay about my classroom practices concerning information literacy in the next 12 hours. I would be much obliged. Cheers

If emo stands for emotional, why do they only seem to exhibit only one emotion?

Used to play it loads back in school. Had 4 or 5 decent decks. Green ftw

I'm trying so hard right now not to take the bait...

Guns don't kill people, bullets do. /thread

I don't have a dream job, I'm just tumbling through life tring to find something that doesn't bore me. Just finished a physics degree and training to be a science teacher, starting my first job next year. I can definitly say I haven't been bored so far everything changes every day, and if it does get boring; every school is completely different.

draw a graph, the x co-ord is exactly between the x co-ord of a and b. the y co-ord is exactly between the y co-ord of a and b. (a+b)/2 assuming O is origin. (you can easily modify it to O being the origin, work it out and replace the old axis)

A quicksave/quickload feature would be awesome. So many things I've regretted a few seconds after.

Maths: A* Stats: A* Physics: A* Chemistry: A* Biology: A Geography: A* Business studies: A* Electronics: A* English Lit: A English Lang: B French: B (predicted D/E :P) A levels aren't that much harder, you just get to do more interesting stuff. Chemistry AS was pretty nasty though, I gave up after it to do something that didn't require stupid amounts of random fact learning. Futher Maths was the greatest subject ever.

I'll see if I can put any mesh or something near the fans to prevent dust. messy cables and lights don't bother me (I have a usb plasma globe, mouse and keyboard lit up all night usually anyway). Put my order in just now, have to wait a bit for the E8400 though

Cheers for the advice everyone, I'm definitely going to get the E8400. I was looking at the corsair PSU originally but I saw there might be problems with it and the case. What niggles did you have with it McPhee? My speakers are Logitech Z4's, keyboard; Logitech G15 (old style) and mouse; razer diamondback.

Yea, sorry about this guys I really didn't want to make another one of these threads, but I do want you advice. Maybe one day we'll have a single thread that's stickied with a bunch of PC's for different prices that we can alter as time goes on. Anyway, I've got about a grand to play with. Don't need Keyboard, mouse or speakers so just the box and monitor. So far I have this: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P iP35 Socket 775 8-channel audio ATX Motherboard £90.82 Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz 1333FSB Socket 775 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £116.99 2 * OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC with LIFETIME WARRANTY £34.98 (£69.96) Inno3D 8800GT (G92) 512MB 256bit GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTVOut PCI-E Graphics card £158.88 Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Soundcard - Retail Boxed £57.45 Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM £64.99 Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVD±RW/RAM / DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive - OEM £18.50 Antec Nine Hundred - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU £68.46 Antec NEO HE500GB 500W Modular PSU With 80mm Low Speed/noise Fan 18db £63.08 Samsung Pebble SM2232BW 22" TFT Monitor Widescreen 1680x1050 3000:1 300cd/m2 2ms VGA/DVI Gloss Black 3 Years Warranty £210.06 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English £57.80 total= £993 inc delivery Is this fairly balanced? Any problems you see with it? Anyway I could save money/massively improve performance cheaply? Thanks in advance.

Hey. yea, bit of advice, while your around don't look at anyone directly in the eye. I know it's the internet so you physically can't, I'm talking metaphorically. It's probably best if you just back away slowly and don't make any sudden movements. Seriously, I wish I could leave. Enjoy your stay.

figs with parma ham and goats cheese make quick easy to make starters.

12^(2/3) = (2*2*3)^(2/3) = ((2^2) * (3^1))^(2/3) like you said = (2^(4/3))*(3^(2/3)) slightly simpler 18^3n = (3*3*2)^(3n) = ((3^2)*2)^3n =(3^6n)*(2^3n) Prime factors, best way to do it is to divide by lowest prime 2, until its no longer a whole number, then move to the next one until you left with a prime. eg: 192 192/2 = 96 96/2 = 48 48/2 = 24 24/2 = 12 12/2 = 6 6/2 = 3 (prime) therefore 192 = 2*2*2*2*2*2*3 = (2^6) * 3 1400 1400/2 = 700 700/2 = 350 350/2 = 175 (not divisible by 2 or 3) 175/5 = 35 35/5 = 7 (prime) therefore 1400 = 2*2*2*5*5*7 = (2^3) * (3^2) * 7 12375 12375/3 = 4125 4125/3 = 1375 (not divisible by 3) 1375/5 = 275 275/5 = 55 55/5 = 11 (prime) therefore 12375 = 3*3*5*5*5*11 = 3^2 * 5^3 *11 oh and randomly 1001 = 7 * 11 * 13, it's a nice one to remember

I am legend It'd s happy-go-lucky chick flick full of laughs and embarrassing situations. She'll love it.

Is it wrong I want to punch people in the face when they shout "TUNE!" like a drunken moron? And don't get me started on when "I am the one and only" comes on and every single person raises a hand and screams it. It's almost too ironic for words.

What he said. Hopefully I'll have some free time. £17.99 is a steal for a new console game, and It will definitely be better than some of the tripe retailing for £30. I also rekon CC is the way to go, if it's anything like air hockey in wii-play i'll continuously move the pointer off the screen, which is bad. Here's hoping it arrives on Saturday.

Actually its a private school and the pupils pay £7000 a year to attend. I'm guessing she'd be on a tad more. http://www.stockportgrammar.co.uk/sgs/fees.htm

Well at least I found it funny. He's an idiot anyway for believing someone on the internet. I mean, Really I don't even have ginger hair. Honest.

hmmm, I do find I drink quite a bit, but never enough to get me drunk, only that light headed happy feeling of tipsy. Drinks of choice: Ale: nice strong good drink. Usually have 2 or 3 pints in the pub over a lunch. Cider: A good one, locally brewed if not old rosie is a nice fallback. None of this strongbow rubbish. Wine: Rose only really. not a fan of red or white. Can drink a bottle on an empty stomach and still feel fairly sober. Probably not a good sign. Sambuca and Absinth: both are so tasty it's a waste to shot them. I prefer sambuca drank slowly with ice. about 4-5 shots worth and 2-3 ice cubes. goes all cloudy. Absinth, again drank slowly 4-5 shots worth, usually with caramelised sugar in. A bit of baileys floating on top never hurt anyone either.

I've had a card since I was 12, carry it everywhere. My whole body can be used if it will help someone, eyes, skin, bone, the lot. I think its fairly selfish not to donate, and even worse when someone's family says they can't donate just because they'd look bad in a coffin.

I just realised, this is the first year since Year 8 (1998), I don't have to take any exams. Score.