HOMEWORK HELP

[Timmeh]

I saw that this topic didn’t exist yet, but I figured I like giving out my mediocre advice to nubbins, and they probably aren’t asking for help cause the option doesn’t exist.

BEHOLD!

If you’re not into the whole cheating thing, then feel free to post things you’ve done for school just for us to ponder at them and maybe drool in awe at your 1337 skills.

In short, let’s have some school-related shizzle going on.

[Candy_Man_Criminal]

i dont go to school =3

[PY1]

Urr, school?
I’ve just had a 3 hour long exam, of which 1 hour was used up completing the paper, can you help me recuperate, P2D squad?

[Timmeh]

I don’t go to school either, but I just applied for college.
Woo. Maybe I’ll post my application so you guys can pick it apart and then I’ll get nervous that there’s no way in hell I’m getting in. >_>

[Pomegranate]

paper on Roman Architecture?

note there is no pictures so some things may not make a lot of sense…

The use of Roman Architectural Techniques in the United States of America
The Romans were the biggest and most advanced civilization of their time. Their empire spanned from Great Britain to Israel and to the southwestern side of the Mediterranean. Anyone who defied the Romans during their height of power were promptly dispatched. The Romans conquered whole countries and their might was unmatched. Unfortunately, their system crumbled from the inside out due to much corruption in the government.
Despite their destruction, many modern things were molded after aspects from the Romans. The U.S. modeled parts of their government from the Roman government. During his conquest, Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned intelligent architects to construct the Arc du Triumph for him, based on Roman designs. You can find reflections of the Romans in almost every part of the world if you take a close enough look.
Roman architecture included some key aspects with slight variations in each, many of which appear in the United States today. The column was probably the most recognizable, and appears frequently throughout the old world (Eastern Hemisphere), as well as the new world (Western Hemisphere). Domes were used in Roman temples and other structures, and are a pinnacle point of architectural supports. Theaters, Forums, palaces, and many other buildings in Rome were influential in modern design. Many things in America have these unique aspects, and are easy to point out.
If one has seen the White House, Idaho?s capital building, or the national senate house, then that one has no doubt seen the impressionable arches modeled after the Romans and Greeks. There are many different variations of the arch, but most have to do with the top and bottom supports (capitals) and proportions not much about the decorations about the middle of the columns, themselves.
The 20-20 website says: The Roman Doric, derived from the Greek, differs from it [the Greek] through the introduction of an independent base, and certain ornamental additions to the capital. The Doric column was the first invented of the Roman and Greek type of columns, made by the Greeks. Norwich?s book says: The height of a Doric column is between five and six times its diameter, and the shaft is tapered and made to bulge slightly, to correct the optical illusion of an inward curve greated by a straight column. It is short compared to the columns created afterwards.
The archaic capital probably dates from the 7th century BC. At first the volute element [spiral or scroll shaped decoration] stood high and free between the column and the entablature [ornamented portion of a building which rests in horizontal position upon supporting columns]. The spirals on the volutes were rudimentary [not fully developed]. So were any leaves around the column neck.
(Norwich 61).
The Ionic order in its mature form had a height of eight or nine times its diameter, compared with the bulkier Doric proportions. There were usually 24 flutes?more than on a Doric column, even though the circumference was less. Adjacent flutes were separated by a fillet and were rounded off at top and bottom. (Norwich 60).
The Ionic capital was developed in 5th century BC. It was much like the archaic capital, but the volutes were lowered to brace the neck of the columns (Norwich 61).
The Roman Corinthian columns are arguably the most magnificent of the column variations. These columns are very wide, and the capitals very tall with extraordinary decorations leading up to the square bases. It is tediously created to give the capital symmetry. It is shaped like an upside-down bell. The volutes were smaller than the Ionic volutes, and most of the decoration came from carvings of leaves on the capitals. (Norwich 61).
Domes were an architectural wonder, and the Romans utilized their structural integrity in many ways. If you take a look at the Pantheon, you?ll see just how awesome domes can be.
The Pantheon is unique among the buildings of Imperial Rome in having survived intact. Converted into a church in the 7th century AD, it has boon relatively well cared for since. It is known today as S. Maria Rotonda. Its portico [a row of columns supporting a roof around or at the entrance of a building] of granite columns surmounted by Corinthian capitals, was originally part of a temple built in 25 BC by Agrippa, son-in-law to Augustus, whose name can still be seen on the frieze. The rotunda itself was built by Hadrian between AD 120 and AD 124.
(Norwich 72).
The Forum, the center of government and the city center, was at the heart of the Roman Empire. It was a collection of impressive statues, government buildings, temples, as well as a basilica (early Christian church). Before the forum was built, the area was first a swamp, then a graveyard. It only became able to build on with the draining of the swamp by the Etruscans. The senate house, voting pens, and the rostra were all placed near the western end of the Forum, while religious ceremonies happened at the eastern end. As time went on, architectural embellishment became more and more popular. Many buildings of the Forum were rebuilt and fancified. The Forum was always in use, although by Caesar Augustus?s time many of the forum?s functions were transferred elsewhere (Norwich 68).
Of course, one can see many aspects from these kinds of architecture in the U.S.A. Many houses have pillars that are Romanesque. One such house is Dr. John Mathews House in Painesville, Ohio, made in 1829. It has Roman Doric pillars and a roman-looking pediment (top triangular roof) (Rifkind 40).
The Charles Clapp house in Portland, Maine, made in 1833 uses Roman aspects as well. It uses the Ionic style of pillars, capital and all. It also has a pediment much like the Roman pediment. It is square , all for the left and right wings, which are recessed compared to the rest of the house. There are steps leading up to the main house trailing up a tall foundation (also very Roman-like) (Rifkind 41).
Ionic columns and a triangular Roman pediment are strong physical features in the Whittlesey House in Rochester, New York, made in 1835-1836. It is almost completely square, according to the blueprint layout provided in Rofkind?s book (Riflind 42).
Unlike the previous three houses listed, the James Lanier House in Madison, Indiana, constructed in 1844, uses pillar capitals identical to the Corinthian capitals (Riflind 43). Riflind says: Southern in character, this elaborate dwelling has a flat entablature with parapet and cupola above.
The Shamrock house in Vicksburg, Mississippi, built in 1851 is three stories high and very square. It has tall, imposing Doric columns constructed on first story supports and continuing throughout the second and third stories. It does not have a pediment (Riflind 44).
The United States capitol building, created by Thomas Ustick Walter, has great amounts Roman aspects. Housing both houses of the Senate, the capitol building has Ionic pillars surrounding it on almost all sides. Looking at a picture of the front, one can see 3 different pediments, one over each of the two houses and one in the middle. Its massive dome is supported by more Ionic columns, and is about one fifth of the length of the building (Roth 94).
As one can see, normal residential buildings from around the United States have many aspects of Roman construction. Different columns, pediments, and domes provide a big amount of embellishment, and if you take a close enough look, you can find Roman aspects in almost every building you see.
The Romans were a powerful empire, and their legacy lasts on throughout the world in the form of architecture. Great ruins of structures can be found throughout Europe, Africa, and the New World.

Works Cited
Norwich, John Julius, ed. Great Architecture of the World. New York: Bonanza Books,
1979.

Rifkind, Carole. A Field Guide to American Architecture. New York: The New
American Library, Inc., 1980002E

?Roman Architecture.? 20-20 Site. 28 January 2008.
http://www.2020site.org/rome/index.html.

Roth, Leland M… A Concise History of American Architecture. New York: Harper &
Row, Publishers, Inc., 1979.

liek?

[Nostril_Kitty]

Your paper is full of adequateness but unfortunately it befalls the same fate that many research papers suffer from, which is an extreme excess of tedium. Other than that its probably fine. I was just thinking WALL OF TEXT when I was looking at it, but hey, online rules are slightly different.

What I would love is for someone to draw me a sine/cosine/tangent graph. Those are always fun. Here’s six. π=Pi

y = tan x/3

y = 1/4 cot(x - π/2)

y = 2 sec (2x - π)

y = -csc (4x - π)

y = 2 cos(x + π)

y = sin(x - π/4)

I know they’re easy, but still, I’m curious to see how many people on this site are actually capable of solving this simple problems.

(P.S. Losing is for losers. Quitting is for quitters. Sucking is for lollipops.)

[Timmeh]

Nostril Kitty, graphing calculators make that ridiculously simple to solve… but how would you make a graph online, anyway?

Hairy, that essay has ERROR
I’ll edit it, cause I’m bored.

[Nostril_Kitty]

But that’s the point. Graphing calculators can graph it, but can someone actually solve it with a graph using π and whatnot. As for how they’d represent it online, well, I didn’t particularly care how. I’m sure if they actually cared, which no one does, they would find a way. I’ll come back later and put up one of my own essays later.

(P.S. By later I mean not now.)

[Timmeh]

Less than half of your essay actually discusses the USA <The use of Roman Architectural Techniques in the United States of America>

The Romans were the biggest and most advanced civilization of their time. Their empire spanned from Great Britain to Israel and to the southwestern side of the Mediterranean. Anyone who defied the Romans during their height of power [color=red]was[/color] promptly dispatched. The Romans conquered whole countries and their might was unmatched. Unfortunately, their system crumbled from the inside out due to much corruption in the government.
[color=red]This sentence is bad in a few ways <[/color]Despite their destruction, many modern things were molded after aspects from the Romans.[color=red]>[/color] The U.S. modeled parts of their government from the Roman government. [color=red]You say modern, then discuss Napoleon...[/color] During his conquest, Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned intelligent architects to construct the Arc [color=red]de Triomphe[/color] for him, based on Roman designs. You can find reflections of the Romans in almost every part of the world if you take a close enough look.
Roman architecture included some key aspects with slight variations in each, many of which appear in the United States today. The column was probably the most recognizable, and appears frequently throughout the [color=red]world[/color]. Domes were used in Roman temples and other structures, and are a pinnacle point of architectural supports. Theaters, Forums, palaces, and many other buildings in Rome were influential in modern design. Many things in America have these [color=red]Unique is a very bad word for something found all over the world.<[/color]unique[color=red]>[/color] aspects, and are easy to point out.

If one has seen the White House, Idaho?s capital building, or the national senate house, then he has no doubt seen the impressionable arches modeled after the They weren’t modelled after Roman and Greek humans, were they? Needs the word “architecture” here or suchlike.<Romans and Greeks>. Another iffy sentence, and a runon <There are many different variations of the arch, but most have to do with the top and bottom supports (capitals) and proportions not much about the decorations about the middle of the columns, themselves.>
Okay, dude, huge quotation paragraphs LOSE. There should be WAY less quotes in general. <The 20-20 website says: The Roman Doric, derived from the Greek, differs from it [the Greek] through the introduction of an independent base, and certain ornamental additions to the capital. The Doric column was the first invented of the Roman and Greek type of columns, made by the Greeks. Norwich?s book says: The height of a Doric column is between five and six times its diameter, and the shaft is tapered and made to bulge slightly, to correct the optical illusion of an inward curve greated by a straight column. It is short compared to the columns created afterwards.>
The archaic capital probably dates from the 7th century BC. At first the volute element [spiral or scroll shaped decoration] stood high and free between the column and the entablature [ornamented portion of a building which rests in horizontal position upon supporting columns]. The spirals on the volutes were rudimentary [not fully developed]. So were any leaves around the column neck.
(Norwich 61).
The Ionic order in its mature form had a height of eight or nine times its diameter, compared with the bulkier Doric proportions. There were usually 24 flutes?more than on a Doric column, even though the circumference was less. Adjacent flutes were separated by a fillet and were rounded off at top and bottom. (Norwich 60).
The Ionic capital was developed in 5th century BC. It was much like the archaic capital, but the volutes were lowered to brace the neck of the columns (Norwich 61).
The Roman Corinthian columns are arguably the most magnificent of the column variations. These columns are very wide, and the capitals very tall with extraordinary decorations leading up to the square bases. It is tediously created to give the capital symmetry. It is shaped like an upside-down bell. The volutes were smaller than the Ionic volutes, and most of the decoration came from carvings of leaves on the capitals. (Norwich 61).
Domes were an architectural wonder, and the Romans utilized their structural integrity in many ways. If you take a look at the Pantheon, you?ll see just how awesome domes can be.
The Pantheon is unique among the buildings of Imperial Rome in having survived intact. Converted into a church in the 7th century AD, it has boon relatively well cared for since. It is known today as S. Maria Rotonda. Its portico [a row of columns supporting a roof around or at the entrance of a building] of granite columns surmounted by Corinthian capitals, was originally part of a temple built in 25 BC by Agrippa, son-in-law to Augustus, whose name can still be seen on the frieze. The rotunda itself was built by Hadrian between AD 120 and AD 124.
(Norwich 72).
The Forum, the center of government and the city center, was at the heart of Rome. It was a collection of impressive statues, government buildings, temples, as well as a basilica (early Christian church). Before the forum was built, the area was first a swamp, then a graveyard. It only became able to build on with the draining of the swamp by the Etruscans. The senate house, voting pens, and the rostra were all placed near the western end of the Forum, while religious ceremonies happened at the eastern end. As time went on, architectural embellishment became more and more popular. Many buildings of the Forum were rebuilt and fancified. The Forum was always in use, although by Caesar Augustus?s time many of the forum?s functions were transferred elsewhere (Norwich 68).
Of course, one can see many aspects from these kinds of architecture in the U.S.A. Many houses have pillars that are Romanesque. One such house is Dr. John Mathews House in Painesville, Ohio, made in 1829. It has Roman Doric pillars and a roman-looking pediment (top triangular roof) (Rifkind 40).
The Charles Clapp house in Portland, Maine, made in 1833 uses Roman aspects as well. It uses the Ionic style of pillars, capital and all. It also has a pediment much like the Roman pediment. It is square, all for the left and right wings, which are recessed compared to the rest of the house. There are steps leading up to the main house trailing up a tall foundation (also very Roman-like) (Rifkind 41).
Ionic columns and a triangular Roman pediment are strong physical features in the Whittlesey House in Rochester, New York, made in 1835-1836. It is almost completely square, according to the blueprint layout provided in Rofkind?s book (Riflind 42).
Unlike the previous three houses listed, the James Lanier House in Madison, Indiana, constructed in 1844, uses pillar capitals identical to the Corinthian capitals (Riflind 43). Riflind says: Southern in character, this elaborate dwelling has a flat entablature with parapet and cupola above.
The Shamrock house in Vicksburg, Mississippi, built in 1851 is three stories high and very square. It has tall, imposing Doric columns constructed on first story supports and continuing throughout the second and third stories. It does not have a pediment (Riflind 44).
The United States capitol building, created by Thomas Ustick Walter, has Erm… <great amounts Roman aspects>. Housing both houses? XD <Housing both houses> of the Senate, the capitol building has Ionic pillars surrounding it on almost all sides. Looking at a picture of the front, one can see 3 different pediments, one over each of the two houses and one in the middle. Its massive dome is supported by more Ionic columns, and is about one fifth of the length of the building (Roth 94).
As one can see, 19 century housing =/= normal <normal residential buildings> from around the United States have many aspects of Roman construction. Different columns, pediments, and domes provide a big amount of embellishment, and if you take a close enough look, you can find Roman aspects in almost every building you see.
The Romans were a powerful empire, and their legacy lasts on throughout the world in the form of architecture. Great ruins of structures can be found throughout Europe, Africa, and the New World.

A few other mistakes hard to articulate or just issues with the essay as a whole. Not bad though.

[Troid92]

@Timaster @ Jan 31 2008

If you’re not into the whole cheating thing, […]

Well, it wouldn’t be cheating to ask for help on something. But keep in mind that “help” does not mean giving the answers to those who ask. Instead of fueling their laziness or lack of understanding on what’s being covered, get them to understand what to do instead (or tell them to just shut up and do it themselves).

And just a warning, I don’t want to see any cheating in here. >_>

I also wouldn’t recommend posting your essays in here.

[Timmeh]

Was a joke <_<

And why not?
EDIT: Wait, you mean specifically my college essays? Cause yeah, I don’t want them to be all “wtf you plagiarized” or something, but I’ve already submitted them, so I dunno if they’d care…

[Troid92]

Not specifically your college essays, just plagiarism in general. People could steal your work. But it’s up to you.

[Timmeh]

I don’t really care if someone steals my work, as long as I don’t get in trouble for it.

[072]

=)

[Pomegranate]

i would’ve made some corrections to that but i had to turn it in yesterday =<

thanks for the help though. after you pointed the stuff out i did a head slap and said “Duh!”

The reason, it does, in fact have parts about the U.S.A. in there but i wanted to do something about Romans. So I did as little as I could about the U.S. and a lot more about the Romans because I enjoy talking about them more xD

also, if Idaho’s capitol building seems out of place its because I’m from Idaho =]

[CoreFusionX]

@Nostril Kitty @ Feb 1 2008

Your paper is full of adequateness but unfortunately it befalls the same fate that many research papers suffer from, which is an extreme excess of tedium. Other than that its probably fine. I was just thinking WALL OF TEXT when I was looking at it, but hey, online rules are slightly different.

What I would love is for someone to draw me a sine/cosine/tangent graph. Those are always fun. Here’s six. π=Pi

y = tan x/3 

y = 1/4 cot(x - π/2) 

y = 2 sec (2x - π)

y = -csc (4x - π)

y = 2 cos(x + π)

y = sin(x - π/4)

I know they’re easy, but still, I’m curious to see how many people on this site are actually capable of solving this simple problems.

(P.S. Losing is for losers. Quitting is for quitters. Sucking is for lollipops.)

Protip for making function graphs.

1. Intersections with the axis:

f(x) = 0; solve x → Intersection(s) with the x axis.
f(0) = ? → Intersection with the y axis.

IE: f(x) = 2 cos(x + π)
2 cos(x + π) = 0; cos(x + π) = 0; x = kπ/2 - π; k=…-5,-3,-1,1,3,5,…
Intersections in x = …, -π/2, π/2, 3π/2, …

f(0) = cos π = -1
Intersections in y=-1

2. Sign of the function.

Divide the x domain using the intersections with the x axis you got in the previous step.
Evaluate f(x) for each sub-domain.
Provided f(x) is continuous, the sign of f(x) in a point of a given subdomain is the same for the whole sub-domain.

cos(x+π) > 0 between -3π/2 to -π/2, π/2 to 3π/2, …
cos(x+π) < 0 between -π/2 to π/2, 3π/2 to 5π/2, … It alternates in each subdomain.

3. Growth of the function.

Take the derivative f’(x)
Apply steps 1 and 2 to the derivative

Every subdomain with a f’(x) > 0 means f(x) increases in that subdomain.
Every subdomain with a f’(x) < 0 means f(x) decreases in that subdomain.

f’(x) = -sin(x+π)
-sin(x+π) = 0; x+π = kπ; k=…,-2,-1,0,1,2,…; x = kπ
It alternates >0 and <0 in those subdomains.

4. Relative maximums and minimums.

Take the second derivative f’‘(x).
For every x0 that makes f’(x0) = 0, evaluate f’‘(x0).
If f’‘(x0) > 0, f(x0) is a relative minimum.
If f’‘(x0) < 0, f(x0) is a relative maximum.
If f’'(x0) = 0, f(x0) is an inflexion point.

f’'(x) = -cos(x+π) for every x=kπ, -cos((k+1)π) = -(-1)^(k+1)
positive for even k => minimums on every x = kπ with even k
negative for odd k => maximums on every x = kπ with odd k

5. Asymptotes.

Calculate lim x->inf f(x) = L.

If L is a real number (non infinite), y=L is an horizontal asymptote of f(x) when x->inf

Repeat this step for x->-inf.

Shall f(x) not be continuous in a certain set of points {xi}, take lim x->xi+ f(x) = L+ and lim x->xi- f(x) = L-

That will provide information on how the function behaves near the discontinuity. If either of those limits are inf or -inf, x = L is a vertical asymptote of f(x).

For diagonal asymptotes, they have the form y = mx + n

m = lim x->inf f(x)/x

n = lim x->inf f(x)-mx

Repeat for x->-inf

lim x->inf cos(x+π) doesn’t exist => no horizontal asymptote
function is continuous => no vertical asymptote
lim x->inf cos(x+π)/x doesn’t exist => no diagonal asymptote

Once you have done all of this, you have enough info to graph f(x) correctly on all the sensitive points.

Now, Nostril Kitty, do your own homework >_>

[Nostril_Kitty]

Homework? Whatever are you talking about? I was just curious if the capacity for understanding existed in you creatures.

Clearly my intentions were not clear. Further study is required.

(P.S. The highest cause of stress in day-to-day life is public speaking.)

[CloudVaris]

Hm… school stuff?
Well, let’s see… I left my unbearably easy highschool for postsecondary at the community college half an hour away, thus causing me to pay for the gas that it would take with money I don’t actually have. This alone as caused a self-implosion in my wallet, which resulted in a black hole, and everything I put in my wallet mysteriously disappears far too quickly for me to spend on anything decent.
Anyway, last semester, my algebra final taught me why people dread finals. Seriously. A fifty question exam shouldn’t take THREE POINT FIVE EFFING HOURS.
…Fortunately, that was the ONLY exam that taught me to dread exams.
THIS semester, I am learning that not all semesters are created equal, even if they do involve equal credits. Comp 2 is a horrid class, and while I thought 16 credits was easy last semester, it’s almost impossible for me to manage this semester.
Uuum… and now I get to go back to my old highschool solely for the fact that they are giving away free t-shirts to every middle- and high-school student, and what they don’t give away goes in the garbage.
NOW, we (that being me and my dad… actually, just my dad) have a target card, which, when we use it, lets Target donate money to my high-school. So far, we have gotten Target to donate about… $4000? (Yes, thousand, we use the card a lot.)
…glad to see where all that donated money is going when their buses are decrepit and they are just getting used to the XP labs.

/endrant

[Timmeh]

tl;dr school sucks

[Pomegranate]

@Nostril Kitty @ Feb 2 2008

(P.S. The highest cause of stress in day-to-day life is public speaking.)

True. In a recent poll, people are more afraid of giving a speech than death.