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How the F do you not notice your headlights are off? I see Japanese people driving without headlights all the time here.
Yeah. You would definitely call something that divided the academic year into four a "semester."
Thus, if there are more than two of them a year they can't be semester. Not sure if you were being sarcastic there or didn't get my sarcasm or what, but that was my point.Main Entry: se·mes·ter
Pronunciation: sə-ˈmes-tər
Function: noun
Etymology: German, from Latin semestris half-yearly, from sex six + mensis month — more at six, moon
Date: 1827
1 : either of the two usually 18-week periods of instruction into which an academic year is often divided
2 : a period of six months
Australia
Main article: Education in Australia
In most of Australia, the school year lasts from late January to early December, and is split into four terms:
* Term 1 starts in late January or early February and ends one or two weeks before Easter
* Term 2 starts one or two weeks after Easter and ends in late June.
* Term 3 starts in mid-July and ends mid-September.
* Term 4 starts in early October and ends mid-December.
The exact dates vary from year to year, as well as between states, and for public and private school. In Tasmania, the school year is split in to three terms, the first one being the longest and including an extended Easter holiday. The following is a link with details on Australian term dates for 2008.
Australian universities have two semesters a year, between February and November. Many universities offer an optional short summer semester. One recent innovation in Australian higher education has been the establishment of the fully distance / online Open Universities Australia (formerly Open Learning Australia) that offers continuous study opportunities of individual units of study (what are called courses in North America) that can lead to full degree qualifications. Open Universities Australia operates four 13-week study periods each year. Since students study only part-time and off campus these study periods mesh reasonably easily with existing university offerings based on semesters. In some cases a "Semester" is referred to as a "Study Period", for example, by Centerlink.[citation needed]
Thus, if there are more than two of them a year they can't be semester. Not sure if you were being sarcastic there or didn't get my sarcasm or what, but that was my point.
I was told you can't suck at Starcraft. I have been lied to. I'm pretty bad at video games in general (except MarioKart 64).
Exactly, and the AI is pretty brutal as well. Can't say I beat the computer many times in custom games. I suck doubly against experienced human players(Terrans: Wraiths and Ghost Nuclear Missiles spam; Zerg: Zergling/Hydralisk rush, Protoss-Zealots/Dark Templar rush.lolwut? It's very easy to suck at Starcraft. I haven't played the new one but I've had many o' LAN sessions with friends who had a 4 month jump on me. I learned very quickly that people who know what they're doing on that game will rape your face in a heartbeat.