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  1. From the discussion LCD or Plasma TV?

    Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:13:01 -0000

    We went with LCD. The biggest factor in our situation was that we have a very large, floor-to-ceiling window right near the TV that throws a lot of direct sunlight on the set. In this case, everyone we spoke to recommended LCD over Plasma.

    At night though, I think Plasmas look better because the blacks are so much darker.

    Its a tough choice!

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  2. From the discussion What new communities can be built?

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:37:57 -0000

    1. Star Wars
    2. Cricket
    3. Indian food (I love it, but have no idea how to make it!)
    4. Fashion
    5. Geography (the trivia game would be good to practice countries and capitals)
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  3. From the discussion Self Study Vs. Prep Courses

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:36:24 -0000

    Why do you even need a book, if you are a member of this community? I think the GMAT Question Bank is the best way to practice because you can discuss answers with other students.

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  4. From the trivia question GMAT Prep- Data Sufficiency #275: Will my circle fit inside my square?
    1. The circle has radius 5
    2. The square has a diagonal of length 9\sqrt{2}

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:02:37 -0000

    I got this one. But usually I am so bad at these Data Sufficiency questions.

  5. From the trivia question GMAT- Quantitative Section Q#137: I have to pay back my loan. If my first payment for 8% of my loan was $120, how much do I have left to pay?

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:00:01 -0000

    Damn! I need to be more careful. :(

    Good lesson learnt, indeed. Better now than in the exam I guess.

  6. From the trivia question GMAT- Quantitative Section Q#39: My set is {4, 7, 3, 2, 8, 11, K}. If the mean of the set is equal to the median, what's k?

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:56:49 -0000

    To be good at the GMAT, I think you need to be able to visualize answers like you have, oLahav.

    But if you are stuck you need to be able to come up with equations like Mayanks2586 has.

    I think what separates people that get an average score from the ones that get high scores is the ability to visualize most questions. That then leaves more time to figure out the harder ones.

  7. From the trivia question "Xena was watched by the villagers." Identify the subject in this sentence.

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:11:16 -0000

    complicated!

  8. From the trivia question What is CIH also known as?

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:09:59 -0000

    I had no idea!

  9. From the trivia question GMAT- Quantitative Section Q#123: If Mike can run D yards in 8 seconds, how long will it take him to run E yards?

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:06:30 -0000

    I thought of it like this:

    8/D = t/E, where t is how long it will take Mike to run E yards.

    Then t = 8E/D.

  10. From the trivia question How many linear equations do you need to solve a question with 6 variables with no resrictions?

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:57:13 -0000

    Sureshbala, can you post a link to examples or post them here?

  11. From the trivia question Find the Marc Chagall painting in this list of artworks:

    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:00:38 -0000

    I guessed wrong. :(

  12. From the trivia question Math SATs #159- medium: A circle has a diameter x. In terms of x, what would be the circle's area?

    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:34:11 -0000

    Its important to be able to get easy ones like this really fast, so you have time for the harder ones.

  13. From the discussion Best magazines?

    Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:36 -0000

    Just what I was looking for. I hadn’t seen that on the bookstands.

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  14. From the lesson Optical Illusions

    Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:08:28 -0000

    The third illusion, “Color Distortion” really got me. These are fun, thanks.

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  15. From the discussion When and why do you listen to Jazz?

    Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:16:18 -0000

    I find the different styles of jazz suits many different moods. The early New Orleans stuff has a very different sound than Big Band, for instance.

    Just look a Miles Davis… his career spanned 5 or 6 distinct styles. My favorite was “cool jazz”, a style he pioneered. “The Birth of the Cool” is probably my all-time favorite jazz recording.

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  16. From the discussion Singapore aims to attract over 150,000 foreign students by 2015

    Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:11:35 -0000

    Wow, 150,000?

    In the 2006/2007 academic year, over 60,000 students went to Canada for higher ed, which I thought was a lot.

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  17. From the lesson Why Indian Students go to the USA

    Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:24:45 -0000

    Its great to hear the perspective from an international student recruiter with so much experience with Indian students. Thanks Bill!

    I’m curious, what Eastern Illinois programs are most interesting to the Indian students you’ve helped?

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  18. From the trivia question HOW MANY SOLUTIONS ARE THERE FOR THE LINE 3X+5Y-15=0

    Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:23:38 -0000

    Whoops. I can’t believe I got this wrong!

  19. From the trivia question Find the center of the circle passing through (2,3) and concentric with circle \ x^2 +\ y^2+8x+12y-15=0

    Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:56:23 -0000

    This one was quick to solve for me by using the process of elimination…

    1. its obviously not (2,3) because we know the the circle goes through that point and thus can’t be the center.
    2. at a glance, it can’t be (8,12) because the left side of the equation would be far too high, nowhere near zero.
    3. similarly, (-8,-12) would cancel out the first 4 terms on the left size, leaving just -15 = 0, so that can’t work.

    That just leaves (-4,-6).

  20. From the lesson More Literary Devices

    Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:24:51 -0000

    I’d never heard the term “Fourth Wall” before. That’s not a technique you see too often… the only example I can think of is Wayne’s World which I caught the end of on TV last week.

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    1. hcraig saidWed, 24 Jun 2009 20:38:26 -0000

      Another great example of breaking the fourth wall is ending of a Midsummers Night’s Dream. Puck tells the audience if they didn’t like what they just saw, they should too consider the entire play a strange dream.

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