Quote from tristancliffe :

It's quite funny. I wrote a longer email giving you vague advice, and informing you how easy it would be to find everything you need to know without resorting to the internet. Then you ignore it, and demand people give links to websites. So I made it even simpler for you and wrote it in capital letters.

If you don't want to learn then don't bother. If you do then go to a library or a bookshop and get some books on the subject. You should have some school textbooks (either supplied or on the reading list) that will have EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW to pass your exam.

There is no bandwagon jumping going on. Just a lack of patience with someone who thinks Google is the way to pass the easiest exams you'll ever take.

i did take your advice but the amount we need to know is minimal but quite detailed - just what materials/design features, not really enough to make it book-worthy. also i wasn't demanding links, i was just replying to the genius who assumed i hadn't tried googling it yet...

text books don't have anything about it, the whole hand tools crap is just for this year - each year on the second DT paper, there are a couple of questions related to a specific topic, in the mocks it was hand drills for example, and this year its garden hand tools. for that reason it wouldn't be in any DT books and its up to us to try and find stuff on them. i was expecting there to be some website or other somewhere that had the information i needed, but was clearly a bit naive. i'm just going to have to look at a few pics of hand tools and work out the materials used etc. myself.

Last edited by oli17, Wed, 27 May 2009 11:51.

Quote from tristancliffe :

Sorry for the caps, but...

GO TO A FREAKIN' LIBRARY! READ SOME BOOKS! STOP RELYING ON THE FECKIN' INTERNET BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO BONE IDLE/STUPID (delete as applicable) TO PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS!

it's quite funny, to start with, you wrote a fairly long and helpful post, then the second you realised everyone was having a go at me, you decided to jump on the bandwagon and insult me. strange...

JW, are u gonna put mine in there?

VERY nice so far, look forward to seeing the end result

everyone, pick a side, and lets argue to the death

again, not really realistic, but quite cool :P

(go from about 1:45)

to develop that a bit...no, not until the full game's published (you can tell when that's gonna be from the other posts on the forum). same with cars, you can't really make anything new [legally], sorry.

do you think i'd post here before searching on google?

read what i've already posted......

do you know, i hadn't thought of that, it's so simple! now when i type in "garden hand tools", it comes up with everything exactly specific to my exam, rather than just sites selling hand tools! wow, you're so helpful!

update - any advice on what i can do to improve? i'm new to skinning

Last edited by oli17, Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:38.

i need to know about single and interchangable tools, materials used, construction, ergonomics, use, function and features.

those just tell you how much they cost, i need more detail

thanks for the help

huh?

anyone else doing this? i have to research "garden hand tools" for the exam, has anyone found any good websites for this?

Quote from tristancliffe :

Modern cars are LESS aerodynamic than modern ones.

???

yep, dont know how that happened!

sorry, is that list saying [technology] --> [who invented it] or [technology] --> [what its used by now]?

right, that's it you're getting crashed! i spent at least a couple of hours on mine and it doesn't look half as good as that! :fence:

pic below, but i've still got to add a few finishing touches...

Last edited by oli17, Tue, 26 May 2009 18:08.

i'm not sure who we're insulting now! and yes it is AQA, i was being dopey (especially as later on i posted a link from the AQA website!)

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.u ... lleries/fast_forward.aspx

i knew this was on, but i'm so busy with exams atm...anyway, i just realised it's on until 2010, so i'll have to go and visit it when i have free time again. also, does this help with the point you're trying to make?

no probs. thanks for uploading it btw

ok another noob question...how do i get the number on the car, do i just insert it the obvious way, or do i need to use a particular font/program?

what? when? sorry i AM new...

i don't get it, they're REALLY small and i can't save them :S

lets hope it wraps up better than life on mars!