My schools gift to us

[Brennan Price]

14 hours ago, dexxterlab97 said:

I didn't ask for it. Do you consider them as a gift?

"Hey, Hades called, he wants to give you some death"

 

"Hey, the 90's called. They want their joke back!"

[2FA]

1 hour ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Idk if I'm that good of a detective.  ?

 

Thank you for telling me what state.  That's really lucky of you to get scholarships that entirely pay for your college.  Idk that I've ever seen ones that good.  Usually I just hear about the random small ones for like $1,000 or $5,000 or some other smaller amount.  Not ones that pay for eveything.

 

Do you mind if I ask how you got those scholarships?  Was it that you get really really good grades or something else?

 

 

 

Anyway, I don't want to hijack this topic too much more, would you be ok with me messaging you sometime to ask about your college degree?  

 

I'd be very interested to hear about a cyber security one.

 

 

Yeah not a problem. pm me anytime. The one that pays my tuition I had to send my application to a state agency which is responsible for state scholarships. You have to be going into an approved STEM program and be in the top 10% of your graduating HS class. After graduating you have to work in NY for 5 years in an approved STEM position. The other one is part of the normal apply for school scholarships. Normally colleges have their own scholarships that they will give which you also apply for when applying for the school. Regardless it involves writing an essay and they also consider your performance in high school as well your prospectives. By the way, I was #3 in my graduating class. The only person that received a higher scholarship was the valedictorian who got something like $60k from the school he is going to but the school costs something like $200k so in the end I got the better deal.

[Guest]

16 minutes ago, Brennan_Price said:

"Hey, the 90's called. They want their joke back!"

I am sorry but I wrote this joke by myself. 

[imPixelTV]

my school have i5 4460s, 750tis and 8gb of ram built by yours truly 

[Brennan Price]

7 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

I am sorry but I wrote this joke by myself. 

What do you mean?

[Magnetorheological]

Portables are temporary rent-a-classrooms that they dismantle after they're done using them. They're pretty noisy and a lot of them are a bit smaller than normal classrooms.

 

Like this:

 

[imPixelTV]

7 minutes ago, Magnetorheological said:

Portables are temporary rent-a-classrooms that they dismantle after they're done using them. They're pretty noisy and a lot of them are a bit smaller than normal classrooms.

 

Like this:

 

the fukcing maths block in my school is smaller than that, new ones being built but bigger. 1/2 of my old school were in them, are the UK government really poor or straight up retarded

 

[imPixelTV]

Just now, Abyssal Radon said:

That's really awesome of your high school to do that for you guys. Our University uses Xeon 8C 16T processors, 32GB of DDR4 ECC RAM, with 1TB SSD's, and FirePro W9000 graphics cards. But that's only for the engineering and applied science labs, which is what I get to use on a daily basis.

jesus, my schools old pcs had "Designed for Windows 2000 and Windows 98" stickers and they ran XP

[imPixelTV]

Just now, Abyssal Radon said:

Really? Damn dude. The science labs uses MacPro's, which sucked when. I took my physics classes, because I was and still am a Mac retard when it comes to using a Mac. The PC's we use are designed to run simulations and other software, I guess our university went balls to the walls lol.

cornwall council are poor as all fuck, they were looking to get new computers from dell and then i mentioned "cheaper" 

 

i was v. busy for the next few days

[PlayStation 2]

16 hours ago, Erik Sieghart said:

Here's one: what made you think there was a question?

now thats a burn son

 

On topic: lucky, I don't even get a permanent license of Microsoft Office from my school :^(

[Bleedingyamato]

1 hour ago, Energycore said:

I made an equivalent in pcpartpicker.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 11 LP Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($104.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($61.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($315.62 @ B&H)
Video Card: PNY Quadro M2000 4GB Video Card  ($436.97 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.89 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1344.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-28 12:27 EDT-0400

 

Quadros are funny, because you get the same processing power as a GTX 750 Ti for $400. I wonder if the workstation oriented features are worth the markup.

There'd be some wiggle depending on what brands are used and where they're purchased from but wow that's not nearly as much as I'd thought.

 

I think Quaddros are supposed to be crazy good for things like video editing or other non-gaming stuff so while they suck for gaming they're great for what they're actually meant for so it evens things out I assume.

[flibberdipper]

What the actual hell do you do in this class?

[Bleedingyamato]

1 hour ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

Yeah not a problem. pm me anytime. The one that pays my tuition I had to send my application to a state agency which is responsible for state scholarships. You have to be going into an approved STEM program and be in the top 10% of your graduating HS class. After graduating you have to work in NY for 5 years in an approved STEM position. The other one is part of the normal apply for school scholarships. Normally colleges have their own scholarships that they will give which you also apply for when applying for the school. Regardless it involves writing an essay and they also consider your performance in high school as well your prospectives. By the way, I was #3 in my graduating class. The only person that received a higher scholarship was the valedictorian who got something like $60k from the school he is going to but the school costs something like $200k so in the end I got the better deal.

Awesome.  I'm a bit forgetful but I'll try to remember to pm you.  I definitely have some stuff I'd like to ask you about.

 

Idk if there was anything like that here in Wisconsin.  I'd have to check but I don't think I was in the top 10% of my HS graduating class.  I know I was fairly close though.  Definitely somewhere in the top third for sure.  I always got mostly A's and a few A-'s.  I always had a 3.7 GPA all through HS.  

 

That's awesome you were #3.  Obviously a while after the fact but congratulations on that anyway.  ?

[Bleedingyamato]

1 hour ago, Magnetorheological said:

Portables are temporary rent-a-classrooms that they dismantle after they're done using them. They're pretty noisy and a lot of them are a bit smaller than normal classrooms.

 

Like this:

 

Why would they use something like that?  

 

Sorry but but those look icky...  And depressing...

 

I feel like you need a sympathy hug or pat on the back from someone for having to put up with those things.

[Magnetorheological]

2 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Why would they use something like that?  

 

Sorry but but those look icky...  And depressing...

 

I feel like you need a sympathy hug or pat on the back from someone for having to put up with those things.

Well they had to have someplace to teach while construction was going on for the new school building.

[NumLock21]

Your school did not get it for free, much like that Christmas gift you got, didn't come from Santa and it was your parents or relatives who bought it for you. Because you didn't pay out of your own pocket, does not mean that entire setup is free. Dell probably got some tax benefits for giving your school that gift or your school made some deal and got a major discount.

[DrMacintosh]

20 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

What the actual hell do you do in this class?

Media Comp

[DrMacintosh]

6 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Your school did not get it for free, much like that Christmas gift you got, didn't come from Santa and it was your parents or relatives who bought it for you. Because you didn't pay out of your own pocket, does not mean that entire setup is free. Dell probably got some tax benefits for giving your school that gift or your school made some deal and got a major discount.

Salt detected 

[NumLock21]

7 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Salt detected 

Why? Stop school like 10+ years old.

And it's about knowing how real world works, nothing is free, especially when it comes to fancy equipment.

During college, Adobe CS the entire suite cost way less than retail, but I don't need it.

[LukeS]

Some people just need to argue over everything, don't they?

 

Sounds like a nice setup dude! Congrats! Treat them nice and it'll be worth everything!

 

~LukeS
I_M_3rd

 

[Wrb]

My school as core2 duo's in the computers, and runs its servers on a dual core 4th gen i5.

[Bleedingyamato]

1 hour ago, Magnetorheological said:

Well they had to have someplace to teach while construction was going on for the new school building.

They had to tear down the old building first?

[Bleedingyamato]

1 hour ago, NumLock21 said:

Why? Stop school like 10+ years old.

And it's about knowing how real world works, nothing is free, especially when it comes to fancy equipment.

During college, Adobe CS the entire suite cost way less than retail, but I don't need it.

It was free for the students which is likely OP's point I'd think.

 

It's a good thing for them.  Nothing to get worked up about.  ?

[Magnetorheological]

Just now, Bleedingyamato said:

They had to tear down the old building first?

Yeah, it was a complete reconstruction in order to meet earthquake standards. The entire old building (which was almost 100 years old at that point) was scrapped and it took 3 or 4 years to complete the new one. 

[NumLock21]

6 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

It was free for the students which is likely OP's point I'd think.

 

It's a good thing for them.  Nothing to get worked up about.  ?

Why would I get worked up. My school had new system too during my time in class, so it's all good.