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Old 05-01-2008, 04:38 PM
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Yeah I was wondering that too.....where exactly does a college student come up with 4k for a computer system!?!?!
It's probably easier for hi m than for the father of two college students. He's REALLY tapped out.

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Old 05-01-2008, 04:48 PM
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Yeah I was wondering that too.....where exactly does a college student come up with 4k for a computer system!?!?!

Let alone a SL600....and G500.....insanity.
And I eat out every night....



My family does well. The G500 and the SL600 are all paid off.


My dad buys most of my stuff for me. He pays for my gas, insurance, repairs, college, etc.

My dad put my big sister through college, and she is graduating in 3 weeks... My dad is putting me through college, and plans to pay for my little sister to go through college.

I got the total for this semester including books and meal plan... $19,666....
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Old 05-01-2008, 04:50 PM
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Enjoy it while it lasts, Justin . . . .
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Old 05-01-2008, 04:51 PM
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Old 05-01-2008, 05:31 PM
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Kinda sounds like my cousin but not nearly as bad. His dad leases him a brand new M3 (i think it was in 03) after the kid wrecks the Suburban doing neutral-reverse-drive tranny drops Hes around 16 when he gets the M3, naturally he crashes it since its 333 HP machine. So his pop springs for another M3, only a convertible this time which is an extra 20K! Here son, here's your reward for crashing that nice car.
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Old 05-01-2008, 05:37 PM
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Enjoy it while it lasts, Justin . . . .
Yeah really....talk about a harsh reality when out on your own....unless the parents keep fueling the lifestyle....
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Kinda sounds like my cousin but not nearly as bad. His dad leases him a brand new M3 (i think it was in 03) after the kid wrecks the Suburban doing neutral-reverse-drive tranny drops Hes around 16 when he gets the M3, naturally he crashes it since its 333 HP machine. So his pop springs for another M3, only a convertible this time which is an extra 20K! Here son, here's your reward for crashing that nice car.


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Old 05-01-2008, 09:42 PM
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I wish my dad was so generious! Oh wait he does pay for a ton, thanks dad! I need a new car this winter...

The real world sucks though, its much harder to make $100k than you think...as I'm finding out.

$20k for school is pretty cheap though; I honestly don't really know what mine is costing because my dads paying for it. I want to say like $10k, SCSU is cheap if you live in state.
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Old 05-01-2008, 09:55 PM
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$20k for school is pretty cheap though; I honestly don't really know what mine is costing because my dads paying for it. I want to say like $10k, SCSU is cheap if you live in state.
i get to pay for mine.. 100%.. What ever scholarships don't cover, I cover

hopefully when I get into UCF after my AA I will only have to pay 75% of the 10k a year for FL residents
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Old 05-01-2008, 09:58 PM
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i get to pay for mine.. 100%.. What ever scholarships don't cover, I cover

hopefully when I get into UCF after my AA I will only have to pay 75% of the 10k a year for FL residents
Same here. Thumbs up to people that work for what they have!
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Old 05-01-2008, 09:59 PM
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I might join the Air Force after my AA.. just because it would help
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Old 05-01-2008, 10:06 PM
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Same here. Thumbs up to people that work for what they have!
I used to work 30-40 hours a week and take 5 classes. That changed recently, now I'm down to like 20 and its like a vacation!

I have always paid for my cars, other than a $3k loan for my first car, and a $150 AC condensor for the SDL my dad has never given me any money towards cars. The AC condensor was a trade for a lawn mower I gave him when I stopped cutting lawns. It had a lot of hours on it but that mower was in damn good shape, with a new blade.

If I had to pay for school myself I would have joined the Navy.
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Old 05-01-2008, 10:35 PM
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$20k for school is pretty cheap though; I honestly don't really know what mine is costing because my dads paying for it. I want to say like $10k, SCSU is cheap if you live in state.
You know thats per semester, right?
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Old 05-01-2008, 11:33 PM
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I have no clue as to what that means, other than its fast! I'd probably just spill a soda on it and break it though.

Why do we need nuclear weapons calculations? We drop they go bang, there I just solved the problem I want a cookie.
596 TFLOPS!!... Good God!

Example:
That much computing power could render every Pixar movie ever made in less than 5 minutes.

Connect folding@home and SETI to that thing and you could cure cancer and find extraterrestrials in a couple of minutes!
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You know thats per semester, right?
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