***TST's Official "Boring" Thread, Part Deux***

[Rush]

Originally Posted by Elliott18t

been there... hate them. :D

i have trouble with series

Taylor Series -- they were the bane of my existence. I had to take one of my calculus courses twice because of them. Effin' bastards.

Thank God I'm done with all my math courses. Now I just get to deal with this kinda crap:

[Elliott18t]

Originally Posted by Rush

Taylor Series -- they were the bane of my existence. I had to take one of my calculus courses twice because of them. Effin' bastards.

Thank God I'm done with all my math courses. Now I just get to deal with this kinda crap:

mmmm fun lol.

I dont mind math as much as i used to. but I agree. Series are the bane of my exsistance.

doing a lot of engineering statics and Calc 3 (or multivariable calculus, the last calc course where im at... well there are differiential eqns.) right now.

[DPancoast]

****in a I hate 10 hour days. it feels nice to relax and listen to the rain.

cant wait for Michelle to get here!

[Xavier]

I love 10 hour days if they are associated with 4 days a week of work, lol.

[3rdGenMr2Girl]

stressed myself out over having four tests today...and they were all easy.

[DPancoast]

Originally Posted by Xavier

I love 10 hour days if they are associated with 4 days a week of work, lol.

haha cant say im that lucky. BUT the first 3 days of the week for me were only 5-6 hours, so today made up for it. silly work karma lol

[ASIAN JUL]

Just got done an 11.5 hour day....ugh

[DPancoast]

I say Outsourced is a very funny show

and god damn do I wish Bangarang was still a band lol

the videos on facebook from 9/4 are out of control

[J.Ralli]

Originally Posted by ASIAN JUL

Just got done an 11.5 hour day....ugh

how!? lol

[Big_Jim]

ugh..... new rule after tonight.....

If you have a receding hairline.... You cannot have a blowout, brooklyn, or whatever you want to call it.

[HickRocket1258]

Originally Posted by ASIAN JUL

Just got done an 11.5 hour day....ugh

I do those all the time. It's not so hard. 8 hrs at one job, 3.5 at the other.


By the way morning all. Hope everyone has a nice weekend. Will be working tomorrow at the part time job and that's all my plans of this weekend.

[grimm]

i suck at math, and those equations scare me. didn't we invent computers so we didn't have to figure that **** out, we could just use a computer to do it?

[russiankid]

Originally Posted by grimm

i suck at math, and those equations scare me. didn't we invent computers so we didn't have to figure that **** out, we could just use a computer to do it?

Yeah, but how does a computer do it? Someone created the formula, then someone else wrote a program that would use that formula to give you the calculated answer.

[Big_Jim]

ugh.

That is all.

[grimm]

Originally Posted by russiankid

Yeah, but how does a computer do it? Someone created the formula, then someone else wrote a program that would use that formula to give you the calculated answer.

noo... computers have a brain they can think it out right!
(being very sarcastic)

on a different geeky note, I found article and think the advancements in medicine are awesome. I have a titanium rod in place of my right humerus. seeing this news is inspiring.

A new kind of titanium foam implant that resembles the inside of a bone could be integrated into the human skeleton and immediately bear loads.



Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials in Dresden have developed a titanium-based substance for a new generation of implants.

According to Dr Peter Quadbeck, the coordinator of the TiFoam research programme at Fraunhofer, the new porous material makes implants less stiff than conventional ones and promotes in-growth into surrounding bones.

Quadbeck said the titanium foam was developed through a powder-metallurgy-based moulding process that has been used for decades in the industrial production of ceramic filters for aluminium casting.

He explained that the process begins by coating polyurethane foams with a solution consisting of a binding medium and fine titanium powder. The polyurethane and binding agents are removed through vapourisation, and the resulting foam structure is ultimately sintered.

While there are titanium-based bone implants on the market, Quadbeck said they are often very expensive.

‘With our development we think it may be possible to manufacture such bone implant material with a much lower price,’ he said.

Quadbeck said implants made with TiFoam would be durable enough to sustain the forces of weight and motion. The implants would also have bone-like rigidity and this means that stress could be applied to them immediately after insertion.

While the TiFoam researchers concentrated on demonstrating the viability of titanium foam for replacement of defective vertebral bodies, the team claims that it is also suitable for repairing other severely stressed bones.

Apart from Fraunhofer’s role in the project, physicians from the medical centre at the Technical University of Dresden and several other companies were involved in developing the titanium foam.

Project partner Innotere stated that it would soon develop and manufacture TiFoam-based bone implants.

[Elliott18t]

that makes me kinda want to change to materials engineering... yet im not the greatest at chemistry even thought both my parents are chemists via degree lol.

Polymers are very interesting stuff.

[piku]

Originally Posted by 420sx

Well Im in the same boat as you guys about today. Dented the CRAP out of one of my wheels on the way home from work last night by hitting a peice of asphalt in the road the size of a grapefruit. Pulled over, tire was at 10psi. Filled it back up and drove it home.. ridiculously unbalanced. Took the wheel off, hammered the dent in as much as i could, but it still shakes over 45mph. Found out this morning my wheels are discontinued.

The worst part is- I had a feeling the 225/40's werent protecting my wheels enough, so I JUST bought 235/40's to put on. Not even a day later I demolish my wheel, before getting the new tires put on. ARGGHHH!

Check out wheel collision center in Bethlehem. They seriously have everything OEM, they might even have your aftermarket.

Also, sup guys.. Down in NC still, last day. It was like a psycho hurricane down here but that's passed now and the 540 is unscathed. Sun today so going to go play with wave runners. This vacation has seriously been the best ever despite it raining almost every day. Radar detector has saved me from 13 big tickets so far.

[420sx]

Originally Posted by piku

Check out wheel collision center in Bethlehem. They seriously have everything OEM, they might even have your aftermarket.

I will do that, thanks!

[james_ls]

This whole, trying to get on a normal sleep schedule thing, seems just shy of impossible.

[420sx]

Originally Posted by james_ls

This whole, trying to get on a normal sleep schedule thing, seems just shy of impossible.

I was stuck on a crazy sleep schedule for a long time. I could not get myself out of bed when I wanted to, and as a result couldnt fall asleep early enough the next night, and the cycle would just keep repeating. You either have to force yourself to stay up a whole 24hrs and then go to bed at like 9pm, or you have to force yourself to go to bed when you want to. For the first week or two, 10pm would sneak up on me and I wouldnt want to go to bed at all. I started taking 3mg Melatonin (over the counter stuff), and it worked really well for me. I could take it when I wasnt sleepy at all, and 45mins later Id be out. Best part about it was it didnt KEEP me asleep, it just made me fall asleep. I could wake up 4 hours later and be fine if I had to, but it worked really well for actually putting me to sleep for that first week or two. Now that ive gotten used to it, I get tired naturally around 10pm, and usually am asleep by 11.