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1961
« on: March 15, 2012, 08:55:06 AM »
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1962
« on: March 15, 2012, 06:40:25 AM »
Happy bidet, Sonny. Hope you have a good one. =)
1963
« on: March 14, 2012, 05:25:15 PM »
Myself and Lupus share similar musical tastes, it appears. =)
1964
« on: March 14, 2012, 09:42:33 AM »
Bang on. =)
1965
« on: March 14, 2012, 08:49:58 AM »
1.01 to 1.1268 is a fair jump. But yeah, that's how you do it, and that is also correct. =) Just make sure that when you get to the 0.5%, you make sure it's 1.005 and not 1.05, which would be 5%.
1966
« on: March 14, 2012, 07:43:12 AM »
Here's the explanation given on the sheet
Calculating APR
There are several ways to calculate APR, but the simplest way is to assume that there are no fees incurred against a loan/credit card. The APR is then calculated from the compound interest for a year.
Example
For this example you will need a scientific calculator, and know how to use the to the power of button.
If you have a credit card and are charged 2% per month, then
You calculate the compound interest for the year. To do this:
1. Take the interest rate and divide it by 100 i.e. 2 ÷ 100 = 0.02
2. Then add the answer to 1 i.e. 0.02 + 1 = 1.02
3. Then use the power button on your calculator and raise the number to a power of 12 i.e. 1.0212 = 1.2682
4. Now subtract 1 from the answer i.e. 1.2682 – 1 = 0.2682
5. And finally multiply the answer by 100 i.e. 0.2682 x 100 = 26.82%. This gives you the annual percentage rate.
So the annual percentage rate based on 2% per month is 26.82%
It made my brain melt
Calculate the annual percentage rate (APR) for the following monthly payments:
a) 1%
b) 1.5%
c) 2.5%
d) 0.5%
e) 0.75%
Numbers damage my brain, can you tell?
I see. Hopefully I can make things a bit easier. Imagine what you have in the bank doubles each month, or multiplies by 2. So you have £1 to start with, that becomes £2 after one month, £4 after 2, £8 after 3 and so on, until it becomes £4,096 after 12 months. What's happened there is the value you started out with has doubled once for every month it has been in the bank. So 1 become 1x2 after one month, 1x2x2 after two months, 1x2x2x2 after three months, and so on. You can also write this as 1x2^1, 1x2^2 and 1x2^3 respectively. To calculate it over one year, which is 12 months, you could write it as 1x2^12, which is £4096. But whatever it is isn't doubling every month, it's going up by a small percentage. 100% of something is basically multiplying it by one, so adding 2% to the value each month is equal to 102%, or multiplying it by 1.02. So you end up with 1x1.02^12, which comes out as 1.26824. From there, you need to subtract 1, which is the equivelant to removing the 100% of whatever you started with, so you're only left with your interest over the course of the year, which is 0.26824, equivelant to 26.824%. Hopefully that helps. =)
1967
« on: March 14, 2012, 07:18:41 AM »
Robot Wars: The Official Robot Guide.
I'm pretty sure there is a DL somewhere for Sonny's replica pack, but I'm not sure it works properly, some of the skins get carried over to the wrong robots. You'll have to ask him about it, or maybe search for it at the top.
1968
« on: March 14, 2012, 07:15:47 AM »
Looking like a nice concept, if a little messy, as Naryar said. Also slightly too fragile for my liking, stabilisers look like they might get taken off a bit too frequently. It'd be better if you had some other stuff skinned green, like the LDS teeth, or the wheels.
1969
« on: March 14, 2012, 07:13:39 AM »
Ugh, I absolutely hate Interest and APR ._.
Any help, guys? Anyone here good with this stuff?
It's just percentages, isn't it? I should be alright with that, what've you gotta do?
1970
« on: March 13, 2012, 12:54:33 PM »
Happy birthday to MassimoV as well. Have a good one.
1971
« on: March 13, 2012, 12:40:28 PM »
Muse - Map Of The Problematique
1972
« on: March 12, 2012, 02:54:59 PM »
I remind me of me, only I'm much less of a tool than I am.
1973
« on: March 12, 2012, 01:46:14 PM »
Well played, 'Camsy.
1974
« on: March 12, 2012, 12:51:45 PM »
How will the groups work if there are less than 32 entries? Will there be groups of 3, or less than 8 groups and a bye in the knockout stages?
1975
« on: March 12, 2012, 11:14:51 AM »
It could be either or, I suppose. If the ribs seemed underdone, that might be what's triggered it. If not, then I'd say you caught it from your brother.
1976
« on: March 12, 2012, 11:04:25 AM »
Anyone have any home remedies for a stomach virus or food poisoning?
Have you tried copious vomiting? =P When did it start, and what were you doing beforehand?
1977
« on: March 12, 2012, 10:48:27 AM »
Ah, he wants to be popular. That explains it. People who want to be popular are generally jerks, at least in my experience. By that logic I can deduce that Clickbeetle has no friends.
1978
« on: March 11, 2012, 12:13:49 PM »
Yeah, your front wheels are coming into play now the weapon motors are horizontal. =) And because your weapons were concentrated near the same place, the weapons on one motor were obstructing the weapons on another motor. By spreading them out, none of them obscure any of the others, so they can all come into play much more effectively now.
1979
« on: March 11, 2012, 08:44:07 AM »
Yet another LW.  249.0, DSA, Invertible. Probably gonna swap the iron for another razor and widen the casters.
1980
« on: March 10, 2012, 09:14:01 PM »
Tite sheet looks a bit ugly to me. Could have used the weight on a few more batteries. But it looks pretty awesome, in my view.
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