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From: Xuxon | #005
with the overdrive mode of taking damage, of course. forget if individual or ally is best.
Use Provoke, have 2 people with Comrade and one with Stoic I think.

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Parent Trap has the best poker scene.

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Well, that's delightful.

At least he has to guess when it all happens?

Also Buffy, Dawn, and Willow all look really weird in that picture.

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Mel has no use in vanilla FFT. She comes into play late in the game with a skillset that's a subset of a character who does her job better since he has higher PA (due to being a male and Holy Swordsman being a ridiculous class). Agrias is better than Mel since she at least can multi-target and she's with you from Chapter 2 so she has more abilities.

Why do you think your Summoner has limited use? Summon Magic is hilariously broken in the US version of FFT and is probably the best skillset in the game barring Math Skill.

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I liked Cards on the Table. but that's probably just since I really like bridge. I remember nothing of the actual mystery hahaha.

Haven't read any of the others, unfortunately.

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From: Ayuyu | #006
Not when you went to the park next to your house or the beach when you live in Miami.

Taking pictures to keep memories of actual important moments of your life sure, but when it's mundane as hell, no.
My best memories are from simple plans. Sorry that my idea of important moments is different from yours.

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From: JJH777 | #032
I can't believe that traffic has gone up. It makes no sense. It's not just the poll the boards in general seem slower than they used to be as well.
Social board usage might've dropped, but if there are a ton of people on the actual game boards and/or FAQs then it's possible. Many people have found other outlets for gaming social talk (Reddit being the main one) so it isn't that unfeasible.

It still surprises me though.

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From: XIII_rocks | #027
But yeah that's what I wanted to switch between easily like w/ firefox, the site searches. Not being able to do that is essentially a joke.
You can set that up in the Manage Search Engines box in the settings.

Just change the keyword for various searches and you can access them quickly enough. Like I can type "yt cats" to search youtube with the string "cats."

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http://mythbustersresults.com/episode65

Mythbusters has it as "busted" but people in the comments say it has happened to them so..

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I don't see why it's a big deal. You can just sort your units by level or something so they all end up in the last slots and you never have to pay attention to them.

It can actually be nice to have all of you character slots full since then whenever you get a party member you can kick the appropriate chocobo to give them the exact unit number you want !

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Yeah, I definitely agree with Angel having stronger characters. It's why I think overall it's a better show. It's more of an ensemble cast.

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Enemies have to get up to level 46 before they start wearing Thief Hats. That's about 5 levels higher than most people will be when they clear the game. I think it's more likely that they become available through the shop normally before you ever get the chance to steal them.

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Eh, I think poaching is far better than Stealing. There are like two items in the game worth stealing (Genji Gauntlet and Masamune). The only other way you're going to get good items is by being overleveled.

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Haste is a stupid good status and I'm one of those people that spends 20+ minutes in the soldier office at the start of the game getting my desired Zodiac signs and Br/Fa values for my party so I don't have issues with support spells missing. Demi 2 is hilarious against bosses, and Slow is a status that bosses don't resist automatically so it's certainly useful. Much more accurate than Breaks as well.

I mean it's easy to rule out things because FFT is easy enough where you don't really need to use many tricks to get by. If you're going for pure efficiency you're either running Math Skill or Summon Magic, but that gets horribly boring. I think Time Magic is fun to use and, if you really want to mess around, Yin-Yang as well.

I've played LFT more than regular FFT recently so I might be letting the tweaks mess with my judgment.

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The opinions on the last few seasons vary so drastically that I don't think it really matters. There are people that say seasons 4 and 5 of Buffy are terrible and he enjoyed them just fine.

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Guests don't take equipment when they leave. Don't worry about it.

From: Meow1000 | #021
Wizard is a completely worthless class and a totally inferior summoner in every way though. Summoner is the only offensive caster worth a single damn (And probably the only caster in the entire game worth a damn either).
No way. Even ignoring Calculators, Time Magic is awesome. Black Magic is ridiculously good too -- being worse than Summon Magic isn't something you can really fault the skillset for. Black Magic does start to fall off in like Chapter 4, but calling it useless is just not true.

From: the7joker7 | #027
I don't just want to beat it, I want to completely dominate it and get as reasonably close as I can to a master file (I'm game for gobbling up any and all optional sidequests).
Make sure you do your poaching before filling out your roster.

From: Lord Bob Bree | #024
Wizard is better than Summoner, actually, due to better magic attack and speed.
It's a better base class, yes, but the difference in skillset makes up for it. Summoner is probably going to be killing things in one blast so the extra MA isn't too important. Speed also isn't very important for a caster -- casters usually want to be at the same speed or slower than their opponents to be able to get insta-casts.

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Just like how Tara isn't in the main credits even though she appears in every (?) episode.

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From: Solfadore | #352
Kudos also to Conleth Hill who played very convincingly throughout the season (underrated actor, IMO).
Yeah, Varys has been awesome throughout the series. Definitely agree.

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Angel doesn't really have as strong of arcs as Buffy. Buffy usually has a distinct arc from episode 1 to the finale of each season where Angel can have a finale like what you're seeing now. Just a different style.

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Oh man, just noticed this. Gotta tag it.

Excited to see you finish up Angel.

Fred!

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People who only watch the show should open that in a separate tab or something... some of the comments are not things you want to read.

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My campus library does this (Urbana-Champaign) as well as the libraries near my hometown (Northern IL).

Sorry AKJ.

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Nah, when I'm on campus I do Biochem stuff but I'm in a different building. Right now, I'm actually in a completely different state on an internship so... yeah, perfectly safe. It's a mass email sent to the entire school (the same thing they use for shootings and stuff) -- not me in particular.

Chances are some grad student did something stupid and now everyone is going to laugh at them.

Edit: Just discovered that the IGB's tagline is "Where Science Meets Society." Hahahah.

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I just got this email:

Hazardous materials released at Institute for Genomic Biology. Escape area if safe to do so. Otherwise seek shelter.

I'm off-campus... I'm missing my chance to become a superhero.

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Cersei was the star of that episode. I preferred her scenes to the actual battle.

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From: Solfadore | #260
Sophie Turner definitely raised her game for the second season - a pity for her that she plays a relatively unlikeable character, bc she's doing a good job with the role!
Show viewers don't like Sansa? Hm.

That was quite the episode. Just... wow.

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My employer has a 401(k) that'll I'll be throwing as much money in that they'll match.

And I got the impression that it was okay to go with the riskier investments the younger you are since if bad things happen it isn't a huge deal. I guess experience is also another important part though.

Thanks for the tips.

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From: McBonesII | #263
yeah I didn't mean for that to get so long-winded
I didn't mean your post was long-winded... I was just making a joke that you could've added to the mess of contest / rating / etc topics on the board.

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I'm working my first "real" job this summer so I'll have some money to invest in stocks. Right now my only investments are in Lending Club. They're doing fine, and I think I'll put some more money into there, but I also plan to start picking up some stocks.

Dunno what exactly to go for. I was thinking Index Funds, Amazon, and Intel to start with.

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McBones I think that post would've been better as a topic titled "McBones' Top 10 Reasons that Board 8 has fallen off in the past few years."

Sure, you'd have to make up a few more to round it out to 10, but I have total confidence in your ability to do so.

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What a character, eh?

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GameChrome superior once again.

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From: Justin_Crossing | #023
man they take roundabout ways of saying 'find the local minima and maxima'
It's Calc 1. That's all they learn how to do! Haha.

Asking the questions in a roundabout way does make sure they understand the ideas behind it though.

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Check out khanacademy.

7) Continuous means the limit must be the same at every point from both directions. In these cases you just need to pick k such that the two piecewise parts are equal at the points where the two parts meet (so x = 3, x = 4 for the two problems).

8) V = (4/3)pi R^3
dV/dt = 4 pi R^2 dR/dt (by chain rule)
dV/dt = 100 ft^3 / min

A) let R = 5, solve for dR/dt
B) SA = 4 pi R^2
dSA/dt = 8 pi R * dR/dt

Plug in, solve for dSA/dt.

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The reason these features took so long to add was the boards being coupled with GameSpot.

Now that the uncoupling has begun things can progress more easily.

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I had no idea Luster was capable of lying.

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The furries must be so upset.

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Oh right, it's a bonus boss that can OHKO your entire party with one skill since it deals way more damage than it is supposed to.

You can win at lower levels if you get lucky and he doesn't use it but... ugh.

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Power Stone 2, Crazy Taxi, Chu Chu Rocket...

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Nothing in P4 is as hard as that fight.

Guard with Chie and use skills like Rakunda/Tarunda. They're actually really good.

You can buy soda from the soda machines in town that restore SP. It takes forever to get a good amount, but you can use that as a last resort since SP Restoration is hard to come by early on.

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He posted a harmless sentence but spoilered out all the letters except a few which resulted in spelling something against the ToU.

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I read the topic title as "penises" instead of "pennies."

I was confused.

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From: PrinceKaro | #004
Is it just me, or is the screen smaller?

I think the black bar on top is longer in the new design which might give this impression.

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For ME? That's great news! Though 61 credits in 3 semesters seems a bit rough (20 credits each semester, and these are going to be the hardest courses in the major).

Either way, glad this worked out for the most part. =]

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Because most schools won't let you graduate without taking the core courses at their school... makes sure that if they put their name on you they know you're up to the standards of that school.

But if even the basic physics courses aren't transferring that's a bit weird. Where'd you get the credit numbers from? Directly from an advisor? If not, they might be able to help you out if you talk to one. If so, did they mention anything about proficiency exams?

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So... 47 credits transfer to ME (worst case -- I bet you could get the Physics to transfer, or in the worst case you proficiency out of it), while 76 transfer to Applied Math. That's a difference of 29 credits, which is one year of school. If you can knock out the two Physics classes that's probably around 20-22 credits (Physics courses tend to be more than 3 credits each), which you could do in a semester and a summer. I think it's probably best to spend the extra year (at most) getting the degree you want.

MechE is going to do more for you than Applied Math. The courses you would be taking to finish off your Math degree are probably not going to be very practical. I'm just guessing, but I'd imagine you'd be taking a few proof courses as well as things like Diff Eq and Linear Algebra. Might not be what you're looking for.

From what I've seen, Applied Math is mainly useful if it's paired with something else -- some sort of application. My research advisor had her PhD in Applied Math which she used with her undergrad in Chemistry to go into Computational Chemistry research. Other people I've seen have double majors with Applied Math. You certainly could find job offers with the Math degree, but an Engineering degree is probably going to do more for you since it's kinda a "thing" right now.

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That was a very enjoyable movie. Certainly the best superhero movie I've seen.

Stark got on my nerves a bit. Which is a bit odd, since he's the character that seems the most suited to Whedon-esque dialog. Guess it was just a bit much for me? Loved the rest of the cast though.

We were the only ones in the theatre... probably would be more fun with the entire theatre laughing at certain scenes (see: any Hulk scene).

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It's a weed-out. It's done in competitive departments to thin things out for the higher level courses.

I know plenty of idiots that got through to their fourth year with their GPA intact, so if someone couldn't compete with these people I think they deserve to be weeded out.

I don't really see a problem with grading on a distribution if the class is large enough -- makes it easy to account for variations in test difficulty and such.

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From: _Regaro_ | #071
These classes

These classes are the ****ing worst

**** every professor that does that

It's usually not the professor -- it's the department. I know the ChemE department at my school forces average to be the B-/C+ line for all but senior level courses.

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From: Zachnorn | #063
There's definitely a difference between taking business classes at a community college compared to a top 10 business school.

Really?

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