From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Sun Aug 29 20:44:12 2004 for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:44:12 -0400 (EDT) for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:44:12 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:43:45 -0400 00:43:45 -0000 for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:43:44 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:43:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:43:44 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask questions, to get further information, ... If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please let me know in your email message. And now, here are... The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: ---------------------------------------- I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy written work. (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let anyone copy your work!) II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password down where it may be seen by others. (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password or can find it out!) III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy course directories and files. (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. (In plain English: Always log out!) V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) | 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Aug 30 22:04:45 2004 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:04:44 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:04:44 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:04:24 -0400 02:03:11 -0000 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:03:11 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:03:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:03:11 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: Survey Statistics To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MESSAGE 2: Survey Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here are the more interesting results from the survey that I took in lecture yesterday: There were 127 students who turned in the survey. You major in: Communication 14% Media Study 14% undecided 9% History 7% English 6% Sociology 6% Art 5% Engineering 5% Business 4% Env't'l Design 4% Nursing 4% Theater 4% Psychology 3% Music 2% Poli. Sci. 2% Spanish 2% Biology 1% Comp. Sci. (!) 1% Dance 1% Film 1% Int'l Studies 1% Italian 1% Speech/Hearing 1% Urban Planning 1% Most of you (70%) don't know any programming languages. But a few of you claim to know: C++ 9% (Visual) Basic 8% Java 4% HTML 3% J++ 1% Excel 1% English (!) 1% Korean (!!) 1% Actually, HTML, Excel, and possibly English and Korean are NOT programming languages! (You'll find out why, later on.) And most of you (90%) have used Windows, but some of you (34%) have used Macs and 8% have used Unix. Architecture 1% From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 1 11:39:09 2004 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:39:09 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:39:09 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:38:55 -0400 14:16:05 -0000 i81EG595011742 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:16:05 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:16:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:16:05 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 3: FAQ and Syllabus Updated To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU I have updated the syllbus, adding some TA office hours, and I have updated the FAQ webpage with answers to the questions that some of you asked on the survey. You can access these pages through the Directory of Documents at: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/directory.html or directly at: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/syl.html http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/faq.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 1 15:56:57 2004 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:56:57 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:56:56 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:56:41 -0400 19:56:27 -0000 i81JuR95016090 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:56:27 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:56:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:56:26 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Here is the second posting of the welcoming message, for those of you who have just joined the Listserv. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, | corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. | | The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. | | And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask | questions, to get further information, ... | | If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you | don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then | please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). | | However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name | or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its | answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please | let me know in your email message. | | And now, here are... | | The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: | ---------------------------------------- | | I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy | written work. | | (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let | anyone copy your work!) | | II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password | down where it may be seen by others. | | (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password | or can find it out!) | | III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy | course directories and files. | | (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) | | IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. | | (In plain English: Always log out!) | | V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible | to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has | received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work | available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal | security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. | | (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of | you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | William J. Rapaport | Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy | Member, Center for Cognitive Science | Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) | | 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) | 716-645-3180 x 112 | Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: 716-645-3464 | University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu | Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ | homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ | SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ | Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ | Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ | Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html | From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 1 19:31:13 2004 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:31:13 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:31:13 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:31:06 -0400 23:31:05 -0000 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:31:05 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:31:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:31:05 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 5: Note-taker needed for student with disability To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU A student with a disability is in need of the services of a peer note taker. The Office of Disability Services will provide photocopying or carbonless impression paper, whichever works best for those involved. Taking notes for another person may help you take better notes for yourself, and volunteer service is often viewed favorably by employers when it appears on a student's resume. If necessary, however, you can be paid by Disability Services as a student worker, provided the student receiving the notes has attnded classes. Anyone interested in serving as a note taker should see me for a quick moment after class or should mailto:rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu directly, to give me your name and contact information for the studnet. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) | 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 2 14:01:32 2004 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:01:32 -0400 (EDT) for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:01:31 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:00:55 -0400 18:00:54 -0000 i82I0s95023516; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:00:54 -0400 (EDT) 14:00:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:00:54 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: syllabus update Comments: To: cse740-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU The syllabus has been updated. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 2 16:35:34 2004 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:35:33 -0400 (EDT) for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:35:33 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:35:19 -0400 20:35:17 -0000 i82KZG95025886 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:35:17 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:35:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:35:16 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Here is the third copy of the Welcome message, for those of you who have just joined the Listserv. The rest of you can delete this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask questions, to get further information, ... If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please let me know in your email message. And now, here are... The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: ---------------------------------------- I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy written work. (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let anyone copy your work!) II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password down where it may be seen by others. (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password or can find it out!) III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy course directories and files. (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. (In plain English: Always log out!) V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Fri Sep 3 13:03:52 2004 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:03:52 -0400 (EDT) for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:03:52 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:03:39 -0400 17:03:38 -0000 i83H3c95002227 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:03:38 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:03:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:03:37 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 8: Website Updates To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU I've updated the Directory webpage to include a link to the Binary Representation webpage. http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/directory.html http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/binary.html And just to clarify: A link to the essay by Quine on the Universal Library can be found at: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/computation.html http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/universal_library.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Fri Sep 3 13:04:53 2004 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:04:52 -0400 (EDT) for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:04:52 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:04:43 -0400 17:04:43 -0000 i83H4g95002334 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:04:42 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:04:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:04:42 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 9: Homeworks To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Some of you have been having trouble finding the homeworks. You can link to them from the Directory or go directly to the homework page: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/directory.html http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/homeworks.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Sat Sep 4 07:38:05 2004 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:38:04 -0400 (EDT) for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:38:04 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:37:55 -0400 11:37:55 -0000 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:37:54 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:37:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:37:54 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Here is the fourth copy of the Welcome message, for those of you who have just joined the Listserv. The rest of you can delete this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask questions, to get further information, ... If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please let me know in your email message. And now, here are... The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: ---------------------------------------- I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy written work. (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let anyone copy your work!) II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password down where it may be seen by others. (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password or can find it out!) III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy course directories and files. (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. (In plain English: Always log out!) V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Sun Sep 5 15:33:05 2004 for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:33:05 -0400 (EDT) for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:33:05 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:32:46 -0400 19:32:45 -0000 for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:32:45 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:32:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:32:45 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU | Here is the fifth copy of the Welcome message, for those of you | who have just joined the Listserv. The rest of you can delete | this message. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, | corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. | | The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. | | And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask | questions, to get further information, ... | | If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you | don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then | please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). | | However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name | or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its | answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please | let me know in your email message. | | And now, here are... | | The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: | ---------------------------------------- | | I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy | written work. | | (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let | anyone copy your work!) | | II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password | down where it may be seen by others. | | (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password | or can find it out!) | | III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy | course directories and files. | | (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) | | IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. | | (In plain English: Always log out!) | | V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible | to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has | received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work | available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal | security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. | | (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of | you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | William J. Rapaport | Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy | Member, Center for Cognitive Science | Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) | | 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) 716-645-3180 x 112 | Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering fax: 716-645-3464 | University at Buffalo (SUNY) rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu | Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ | homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ | SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ | Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ | Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ | Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html | From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 6 11:59:53 2004 for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:59:53 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:59:52 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:59:46 -0400 15:59:46 -0000 for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:59:45 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:59:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:59:45 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Here is the *SIXTH* :-) copy of the Welcome message, for those of you who have just joined the Listserv. The rest of you can delete this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask questions, to get further information, ... If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please let me know in your email message. And now, here are... The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: ---------------------------------------- I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy written work. (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let anyone copy your work!) II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password down where it may be seen by others. (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password or can find it out!) III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy course directories and files. (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. (In plain English: Always log out!) V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 6 20:09:38 2004 for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:09:37 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:09:37 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:09:20 -0400 00:09:20 -0000 for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:09:19 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:09:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:09:19 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Here is the *7th* :-) copy of the Welcome message, for those of you who have just joined the Listserv. The rest of you can delete this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask questions, to get further information, ... If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please let me know in your email message. And now, here are... The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: ---------------------------------------- I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy written work. (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let anyone copy your work!) II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password down where it may be seen by others. (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password or can find it out!) III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy course directories and files. (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. (In plain English: Always log out!) V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 7 09:05:04 2004 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:05:03 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:05:03 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:04:40 -0400 13:04:40 -0000 i87D4e95021418 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:04:40 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:04:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:04:39 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Here is the *8th* :-) copy of the Welcome message, for those of you who have just joined the Listserv. The rest of you can delete this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask questions, to get further information, ... If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please let me know in your email message. And now, here are... The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: ---------------------------------------- I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy written work. (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let anyone copy your work!) II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password down where it may be seen by others. (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password or can find it out!) III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy course directories and files. (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. (In plain English: Always log out!) V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 7 14:19:03 2004 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:19:03 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:19:03 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:18:48 -0400 18:18:42 -0000 i87IIg95025687 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:18:42 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:18:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:18:42 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 15: HW#1 Tentative Grading Scheme To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Message 15: HW#1 Tentative Grading Scheme ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To help you prepare your HW#1 (to be handed in tomorrow (Wednesday) at the start of lecture---don't give them to me; I'll announce when I'll collect them---here is a... TENTATIVE HW #1 Grading Scheme ========================================================================= NOTE: For more information on my "0,1,2,3" grading scheme, see the Web page "How I Grade" at: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/howigrade.html ========================================================================= Cover page with: name, date, lab section: 0 pts = not done 1 pt = only 1 item 2 pts = only 2 items 3 pts = all 3 items ------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 1 of "Academic Integrity: Policies 0 pts = not done and Procedures" 3 pts = done ------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 1 of "Obstruction or Disruption in 0 pts = not done the Classroom - Policies 3 pts = done ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listserv welcome message 0 pts = not done 3 pts = done ------------------------------------------------------------------------- email message to TA, 0 pts = not done with description of above 3 pts = done ------------------------------------------------------------------------- staple in upper left corner :-) 0 pts = not done 1 pt = done ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL = 16 points A 16 pts A- 15 pts B+ 14 pts B 13 pts (B- not assigned) C+ 12 pts C 10 - 11 pts C- 8 - 9 pts D+ 6 - 7 pts D 4 - 5 pts F 0 - 3 pts From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 7 20:22:30 2004 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:22:30 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:22:29 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:22:23 -0400 00:22:22 -0000 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:22:22 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:22:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:22:22 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 16: Late Policy To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU A student writes: | I am in the library now doing the homework for class tomorrow. | However the printer wait is at 1Day. I just wanted to e-mail you to | let you know, incase for whatever reason the printouts are not done | before class tomorrow. I don't want you to think I was making | excuses. Thank you! I certainly believe this, but now you all know that you cannot leave your printing jobs until the last moment! Please re-read the late policy on the syllabus. I will abide by it. (I'm sorry if that sounds uncaring or overly rigid, but in a class of this size, it's necessary to stick with the rules. The HW is due at the beginning of class. I will probably not collect it until after I have made some announcements, so you can be one or two minutes late, but after I collect it, all papers that arrive afterwards *will* be considered late. Don't forget that you are entitled to one late HW with no penalty and that there will be opportunity later in the semester to make up for some late HWs.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) | 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 7 17:05:54 2004 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:05:53 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:05:53 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:05:45 -0400 21:05:45 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 128.205.228.68 X-Originator-Info: login-id=jennam, server=buffalo.edu Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:05:45 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: jennam@BUFFALO.EDU Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU In-Reply-To: <200409071304.i87D4dZo021417@wasat.cse.buffalo.edu> Hi Mr. Rapaport, i was put in the wrong class and have switched out of your class. i just wanted to let you know so you didn't have to send me your e-mails. Thanks! From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 7 20:12:25 2004 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:12:25 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:12:25 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:12:05 -0400 00:12:05 -0000 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:12:04 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:12:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:12:04 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Since jennam@BUFFALO.EDU sent that message to the entire group, let me take this opportunity to make two comments: 1. If anyone else is on the Listserv but has dropped the course, you should also quit the Listserv. The instructions for doing so are on the Listserv info webpage at: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/listserv.html If you have trouble quitting, please let me know by sending me email directly at rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu 2. jennam@BUFFALO.EDU's message was sent to the entire list, but should have been sent only to me. Remember: * to send mail only to me, mailto:rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu * to reply only to the sender of a Listserv message, use your mailer's "REPLY" option. * to reply to EVERYONE on the Listserv, use your mailer's "REPLY ALL" option. -Bill Rapaport ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) | 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 7 20:17:28 2004 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:17:28 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:17:28 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:17:19 -0400 00:17:19 -0000 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:17:19 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:17:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:17:19 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Here is the *9th* :-) copy of the Welcome message, for those of you who have just joined the Listserv. The rest of you can delete this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask questions, to get further information, ... If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please let me know in your email message. And now, here are... The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: ---------------------------------------- I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy written work. (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let anyone copy your work!) II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password down where it may be seen by others. (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password or can find it out!) III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy course directories and files. (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. (In plain English: Always log out!) V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 7 20:26:16 2004 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:26:16 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:26:16 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:26:03 -0400 00:26:03 -0000 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:26:03 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:26:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:26:03 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU | Here is the *10th* :-) copy of the Welcome message, for those of you | who have just joined the Listserv. The rest of you can delete | this message. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, | corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. | | The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. | | And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask | questions, to get further information, ... | | If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you | don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then | please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). | | However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name | or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its | answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please | let me know in your email message. | | And now, here are... | | The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: | ---------------------------------------- | | I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy | written work. | | (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let | anyone copy your work!) | | II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password | down where it may be seen by others. | | (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password | or can find it out!) | | III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy | course directories and files. | | (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) | | IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. | | (In plain English: Always log out!) | | V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible | to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has | received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work | available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal | security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. | | (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of | you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | William J. Rapaport | Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy | Member, Center for Cognitive Science | Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) | | 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) 716-645-3180 x 112 | Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering fax: 716-645-3464 | University at Buffalo (SUNY) rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu | Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ | homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ | SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ | Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ | Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ | Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html | From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 8 08:32:26 2004 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:32:26 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:32:26 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:32:08 -0400 12:32:08 -0000 i88CW795001338 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:32:07 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:32:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:32:07 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Welcome to CSE 111--Great Ideas in Computer Science, Fall 2004 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Here is the *11th* :-) copy of the Welcome message, for those of you who have just joined the Listserv. The rest of you can delete this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WELCOME TO THE CSE 111 E-MAIL LISTSERV FOR FALL 2004! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will use this mailing list to post important updates, additions, corrections, etc., that I may not have time for in lecture. The TAs will use this mailing list for similar purposes. And YOU can use this mailing list to discuss topics from lecture, to ask questions, to get further information, ... If you prefer to contact any of the TAs or me in private (i.e., if you don't want everyone else in class to know what you're asking), then please send us private email (our email addresses are on the syllbus). However, I reserve the right to re-post such email---without your name or any other identifying information---if I think the question and its answer are of general interest. If you do not want me to do this, please let me know in your email message. And now, here are... The 5 Commandments of Computer Security: ---------------------------------------- I. Thou shalt maintain the security of thy computer accounts and thy written work. (In plain English: Practice "safe" computing, and don't let anyone copy your work!) II. Thou shalt not share passwords with anyone, nor write thy password down where it may be seen by others. (In plain English: Make sure no one except you knows your password or can find it out!) III. Thou shalt not change permissions to allow others to read thy course directories and files. (In plain English: Don't let anyone else use your account!) IV. Thou shalt not walk away from a workstation without logging out. (In plain English: Always log out!) V. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be impossible to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has received work, and who may have inadvertantly made their work available to the others by failure to maintain adequate personal security. In such cases, thou shalt all be held equally liable. (In plain English: If your friend copies your work, BOTH of you will be held equally responsible! See Commandment I, above.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 8 13:12:49 2004 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 13:12:49 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 13:12:49 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 13:12:33 -0400 17:12:32 -0000 i88HCW95006231 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 13:12:32 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 13:12:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 13:12:32 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 22: Correction to Today's Lecture To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 22: Correction to Today's Lecture ------------------------------------------------------------------------ As some of you mentioned to me after class, I gave you an incorrect binary representation for the decimal numeral 80: The correct 8-bit binary for 80 is: 01010000 i.e., 0 128s plus 1 64s plus 0 32s plus 1 16s plus 0 8s plus 0 4s plus 0 2s plus 0 1s i.e., 64 + 16 (which = 80). From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 9 12:52:42 2004 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:52:42 -0400 (EDT) for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:52:41 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:48:59 -0400 16:48:59 -0000 i89Gmx95015328 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:48:59 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:48:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:48:59 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 23: HW 2 QUESTION To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU A student writes: | I was out of town during your last seminar. I checked your web site to | receive the latest assignment so I could complete it when its due. According | to your instructions I am missing the decimal binary table that I would have | taken during the lecture. | Due to the fact that it is early on in class I have not been able to borrow | the lecture notes. Please advise me how you want me to accomplish the | homework. I would be more then willing to come to campus to meet with you or | if its easier if you could email me the chart and notes from class. Here's the chart: Decimal Binary All you have to do is compute the binary ------ ------ representations of the 5 decimal numerals 1 1 99, 100, 101, 999, and 1000 2 10 3 11 4 100 Note that I have *not yet* told you how to 5 101 do this! I will give the algorithm on Friday. 6 110 7 111 8 1000 9 1001 10 1010 11 1011 ... ... 99 HW 2 100 HW 2 101 HW 2 ... ... 999 HW 2 1000 HW 2 From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 9 13:36:01 2004 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:36:00 -0400 (EDT) for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:36:00 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:33:54 -0400 17:33:53 -0000 i89HXr95015718 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:33:53 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:33:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:33:53 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 24: Re: CSE 111: Survey Statistics To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 24: Re: CSE 111: Survey Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I posted the statistics from the class survey that I took on the first day (and which can be found in the email archive as Message 2), I forgot to include these statistics: Freshmen 19% Sophomores 39% Juniors 23% Seniors 19% From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 9 15:36:47 2004 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:36:47 -0400 (EDT) for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:36:47 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:36:27 -0400 19:36:22 -0000 i89JaM95017219 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:36:22 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:36:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:36:22 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 25: HW 2 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 25: HW 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some of you are panicking. It's too early to panic. Stay calm :-) A student writes: | I'm having a problem doing the homework. I do not | understand how to do binary numbers. Though you explained it in class, | it's still confusing to me. Since I'm not good in math, what should I | do to make it easier? Thank you. My reply: As I explained in my last Listserv message, I haven't yet given you the algorithm for doing the HW. I will do that on Friday. Be patient. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Fri Sep 10 10:08:22 2004 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:08:22 -0400 (EDT) for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:08:22 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:08:16 -0400 14:08:15 -0000 i8AE8F95023103 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:08:15 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:08:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:08:15 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 26: Lab L2 (Wed) ROOM CHANGE To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 26: Lab L2 (Wed) ROOM CHANGE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lab L2, Wednesdays, 9:00-9:50 a.m. will no longer meet in Park 143. Instead, it will meet in BALDY 206 I will correct the syllabus to reflect this. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Fri Sep 10 10:14:10 2004 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:14:10 -0400 (EDT) for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:14:10 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:13:58 -0400 14:13:57 -0000 i8AEDu95023187 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:13:56 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:13:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:13:56 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 27: CORRECTION TO HW 1 GRADING SCHEME To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 27: CORRECTION TO HW 1 GRADING SCHEME ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have decided to make a small change to the grading scheme for HW 1: Instead of: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ email message to TA, 0 pts = not done with description of above 3 pts = done ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (where "above" = the Listserv welcome message) it will be: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ email message to TA, 0 pts = not done with description of above 2 pts = email without description(*) 3 pts = email with description ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (*) Note that merely *copying* the Welcome Message is *not* the same as *describing* it. Anyone can copy it; but only those who have read and understood it can describe it---it's the latter that I was looking for. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Fri Sep 10 10:28:37 2004 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:28:36 -0400 (EDT) for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:28:36 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:28:31 -0400 14:28:30 -0000 i8AESU95023539 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:28:30 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:28:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:28:30 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 28: OFFICE HOURS To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 28: OFFICE HOURS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TA: Shripathi (Raj) Guruprasannaraj Email: mailto:sg47@cse.Buffalo.EDU Phone: 645-5084 ext 15 Office: Bell 329 Hours: Mondays, 2:00-2:50 p.m.; Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m.; or by appointment. The syllabus has been updated to reflect this. As soon as the other TAs get office assignments, I will let you all know. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Fri Sep 10 13:41:46 2004 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:41:46 -0400 (EDT) for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:41:45 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:41:33 -0400 17:41:32 -0000 i8AHfW95026996 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:41:32 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:41:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:41:32 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 29: OFFICE HOURS (CONTINUED) To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 29: OFFICE HOURS (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TA: Mr. Shripathi ("Raj") Guruprasannaraj Email: mailto:sg47@cse.Buffalo.EDU Phone: 645-5084 ext 15 Office: Bell 329 Hours: Mondays, 2:00-2:50 p.m.; Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m.; or by appointment. TA: Mr. Denis Mindolin Email: mailto:mindolin@buffalo.edu Phone: not yet known Office: Either Trailer A, Desk 03 or Trailer B, Desk 10 Until we figure out which is the correct one(!), please email Denis before going to see him in order to find out where he will be :-) Hours: Mondays, 10:30-11:30 a.m.; Wednesdays, 1:30-2:30 p.m.; or by appointment. TA: Ms. Lopamudra ("Lopa") Mukherjee Email: mailto:lm37@cse.buffalo.edu Phone: not yet known Office: Trailer B, Desk 11 Hours: Mondays, 9:00-9:50 a.m.; Wednesdays, 11:00-11:50 a.m.; or by appointment. The syllabus will be updated to reflect this. Note: If you send email to your TA or to me, please make sure that the Subject line contains "CSE 111", so that our spam filters don't accidentally reject it! (If you send mail to us by clicking on an email address on one of the course websites, this will be done automatically. I think :-) From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Fri Sep 10 14:52:14 2004 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:52:14 -0400 (EDT) for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:52:14 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:51:58 -0400 18:51:58 -0000 i8AIpv95028912 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:51:57 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:51:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:51:57 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 30: Lab 5 Room Change To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 30: Lab 5 Room Change ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lab 5, which meets Thursdays at 11, has been moved from Capen 201A to Baldy 206. I will update the syllabus. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 13 09:47:00 2004 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:47:00 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:47:00 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:46:45 -0400 13:46:44 -0000 i8DDki95010100 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:46:44 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:46:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:46:44 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 31: HW 2 Grading Scheme To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 31: HW 2 Grading Scheme ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To help you to know what we'll be expecting for HW 2, here is the general way we'll be grading it: Each problem (or part of a problem) will be worth 3 points, as follows: 0 = not done 1 = wrong answer and no work shown 2 = wrong answer, but work is shown (so we can figure out where you made a mistake!) 3 = correct answer For more details on my grading scheme, go to: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/howigrade.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 13 13:12:57 2004 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:12:57 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:12:57 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:12:38 -0400 17:01:29 -0000 i8DH1S8Z020424 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:01:28 -0400 (EDT) 13:01:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:01:28 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: Shripathi Guruprasannaraj Subject: CSE 111: Office Hours Cancelled today To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Hi Everyone, My office hours for today (Monday 09/13/04) are cancelled. To make up for it, I'll have office hours between 2.30 and 4.30 tomorrow. My office is in Bell 329. Send email to sg47@cse.buffalo.edu if you have any questions. Regards, Sripathi ("Raj") Guruprasannaraj From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 13 15:36:48 2004 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:36:48 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:36:48 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:36:34 -0400 19:36:15 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 128.205.186.125 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:36:14 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: Samuel Hong Subject: Re: question about HW To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU In-Reply-To: TO TA/Professor: is it ok if we do it hand written to students: how do we do question 1? Quoting Shripathi Guruprasannaraj : > Hi Everyone, > > My office hours for today (Monday 09/13/04) are cancelled. To make > up > for it, I'll have office hours between 2.30 and 4.30 tomorrow. My > office > is in Bell 329. Send email to sg47@cse.buffalo.edu if you have any > questions. > > Regards, > > Sripathi ("Raj") Guruprasannaraj > > From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 13 15:41:25 2004 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:41:24 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:41:24 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:41:12 -0400 19:41:12 -0000 i8DJfB95015344 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:41:11 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:41:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:41:11 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: LABS THIS WEEK To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LABS THIS WEEK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A student writes: | I am hearing a rumor that labs are cancelled this week-is this true? With one exception, there ARE labs this week. The exception is Lab L5, which meets on Thursdays. UB is closed this Thursday, because of Rosh Hashana. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 13 15:45:04 2004 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:45:04 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:45:03 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:44:43 -0400 19:44:42 -0000 i8DJig95015473 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:44:42 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:44:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:44:42 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: question about HW To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU | From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 13 15:36:48 2004 | X-Originating-IP: 128.205.186.125 | Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:36:14 -0400 | From: Samuel Hong | Subject: Re: question about HW | To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU | | TO TA/Professor: | | is it ok if we do it hand written As I announced in lecture today, the answer is: Yes. | to students: | | how do we do question 1? I really hope that no one answers you; that might just possibly be considered cheating ;-) If you are having trouble with the HW, please see your TA or me, or send us email. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) | 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 13 16:01:36 2004 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:01:36 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:01:36 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:01:19 -0400 20:01:15 -0000 i8DK1F95015895 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:01:15 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:01:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:01:15 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Message 36: SYLLABUS UPDATED To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 36: SYLLABUS UPDATED ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have updated the syllabus to reflect the correct office for TA Denis Mindolin. As soon as I have all the TA phone numbers, I will post those, too. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 13 16:49:16 2004 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:49:15 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:49:15 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:49:05 -0400 20:49:05 -0000 i8DKn495016935 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:49:05 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:49:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:49:04 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: HW 2, #5 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU A student writes: | I'm having a real | problem with HW Question number 5. Im not quite sure how to do this problem. | If you could send me a quick email back explaining how to do this problem I | would greatly appreciate it The problem asks for the largest numbers that can be represented in binary notation in 1-bit, 2-bits, 3-bits, ..., 9-bits. Consider the decimal version of the problem. What's the largest number that can be written using only 1 digit? Answer = 9 What's the largest number that can be written using only 2 digits? 99 3 digits? 999 Etc. Now do the same thing for binary notation (but give the answer in decimal notation). From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 14 15:06:04 2004 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:06:04 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:06:04 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:05:56 -0400 19:05:55 -0000 i8EJ5t95024513 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:05:55 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:05:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:05:55 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: FINAL EXAM To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FINAL EXAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our final exam is scheduled for: Friday, Dec. 17, 3:30 - 6:30 p.m., Knox 104 I will update the syllabus to show this. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 14 22:32:00 2004 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:32:00 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:32:00 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:31:49 -0400 02:31:38 -0000 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:31:37 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:31:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:31:37 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: Syllabus changes on the way... To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ======================================================================== Syllabus changes on the way... ======================================================================== Contrary to what the syllabus says, we will *not* be starting Karel the Robot tomorrow (Wednesday). Instead, we will continue our discussion of binary representation, and perhaps begin a discussion of Great Idea #2. I will update the syllabus to reflect these changes *eventually*, but probably not till later this week. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 15 08:43:15 2004 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:43:14 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:43:14 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:43:06 -0400 12:43:06 -0000 i8FCh595028565 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:43:05 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:43:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:43:05 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: HW 2 question To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ======================================================================== Subject: CSE 111: HW 2 question ======================================================================== A student writes: | | I am JUST about done with the homework for tomorrow, but, I'm | considerably stuck on two things: A) how I can express both 999 and | 1000 in binary notation AND whether or not that's even possible...and | B)How I can add the two numbers for Problem #4; I only ask because | EVERY time that I've gone through it, I've come up with a 9-bit number | which I know cannot work. ... A. Concerning 999 and 1000: I think you may have overlooked the hint that I gave: Hint: You will need more than 8 bits for some of these. After the 128s place, comes the 256s place (256=128*2), then the 512s place (512=256*2), etc. You will definitely need more than 8 bits to represent any number greater than 255 (which is the largest number you can represent in 8 bits). B. Concerning adding: See the hint above! (I never said that those two numbers were 8-bit binaries :-) From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 15 08:44:18 2004 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:44:18 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:44:18 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:44:03 -0400 12:44:03 -0000 i8FCi28Z015239 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:44:02 -0400 (EDT) 08:44:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:44:02 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: Shripathi Guruprasannaraj Subject: Email to TAs To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Hi everyone, I would like to make a small request to everyone when sending individual emails to the TAs. Kindly include the words "CSE 111" in the Subject line when you send the email. It makes it easier to send the emails automatically to a particular folder and also helps us to respond immediately. Thanks, Raj From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 15 08:49:53 2004 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:49:53 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:49:53 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:49:03 -0400 12:49:02 -0000 i8FCn295028722 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:49:02 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:49:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:49:01 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: Email to TAs To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Raj wrote: | ... Kindly include the words "CSE 111" in the Subject line | when you send ... email. Note that this will be done automatically for you if you click on the relevant email addresses on the syllabus! :-) From owner-cse740-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 15 09:02:46 2004 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:02:46 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:02:45 -0400 (EDT) CSE740-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:02:37 -0400 13:02:13 -0000 i8FD2D95028827; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:02:13 -0400 (EDT) 09:02:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:02:13 -0400 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111 & CSE 740: SENDING FILES AS ATTACHMENTS Comments: To: cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE740-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: CSE 111 & CSE 740: SENDING FILES AS ATTACHMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If any of you send files to any faculty or TAs, I strongly recommend that the name that you give the file *not* contain any characters other than letters and numerals. In particular, do not use spaces to separate words (and it's also a good idea not to use apostrophes, commas, etc.). E.g., instead of "cse 111 hw2.doc", name it "cse-111-hw2.doc" (The reason has to do with Unix file systems; most of the faculty and TAs use the Unix operating system, which cannot easily handle files with blank spaces or certain other weird characters in their names.) Thanks! From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 15 09:07:16 2004 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:07:16 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:07:15 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:07:01 -0400 13:07:01 -0000 i8FD7195028949 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:07:01 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:07:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:07:01 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: MORE ON EMAIL SUBJECT HEADERS, FROM RAJ To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: CSE 111: MORE ON EMAIL SUBJECT HEADERS, FROM RAJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following message from Raj may not have reached the Listserv, but I got a copy as "owner", so I'm re-mailing it. | Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:49:43 -0400 (EDT) | From: Shripathi Guruprasannaraj | To: CSE 111 | Subject: CSE 111 : Email to TAs (fwd) | | The previous email was a perfect example of what not to do. Kindly follow | the subject line of this email as an example. | | Raj | | ---------- Forwarded message ---------- | Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:44:02 -0400 | From: Shripathi Guruprasannaraj | Subject: Email to TAs | | Hi everyone, | | I would like to make a small request to everyone when sending individual | emails to the TAs. Kindly include the words "CSE 111" in the Subject line | when you send the email. It makes it easier to send the emails automatically to a | particular folder and also helps us to respond immediately. | | Thanks, | | Raj From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 15 10:49:56 2004 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:49:56 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:49:56 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:49:36 -0400 14:49:35 -0000 i8FEnY95000085 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:49:34 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:49:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:49:34 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: MAJOR SYLLABUS UPDATE To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAJOR SYLLABUS UPDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ As announced earlier, I have made a major update to the syllabus. In particular, I have recorded all reading assignments to date, and I have indicated what topics we have covered so far. More importantly, perhaps, I have also given a slightly more accurate schedule for some of our future work. The new information can be viewed directly at: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/syl.html#dates From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 15 10:54:14 2004 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:54:14 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:54:14 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:54:05 -0400 14:54:04 -0000 i8FEs495000110 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:54:04 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:54:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:54:04 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: BINARY CODES WEBPAGE UPDATED To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BINARY CODING WEBPAGE UPDATED ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have updated the Binary Codes webpage. http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/binarycode.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 15 13:29:48 2004 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:29:48 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:29:48 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:29:41 -0400 17:29:40 -0000 i8FHTe95001899 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:29:40 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:29:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:29:40 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: Digital Representation of Smell, Taste, and Touch To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Digital Representation of Smell, Taste, and Touch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I put together a webpage of some links to interesting information on the digital representation of smell, taste, and---as one student reminded me after class---touch: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/digitalsenses.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 16 09:59:56 2004 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:59:55 -0400 (EDT) for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:59:55 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:59:32 -0400 13:59:32 -0000 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:59:32 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:59:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:59:32 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: On Perception as a Discrete Phenomenon To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Perception as a Discrete Phenomenon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In lecture, I hinted at some recent neurological evidence that suggests that, although it *seems* as if we perceive things continuously (e.g., motion), in fact we only perceive things discretely (e.g., just like the frames of a movie) but that they "blur" together in our mind and so give us the illusion of continuity. The point I was trying to make is that, *if* our perceptions of the real world are really discrete, then the fact that digital computers can only represent things discretely is *not* a limitation on what they can represent. A few of you asked for further information on this. My source was an article by Oliver Sacks that appeared in a recent issue of _The New York Review of Books_. Here's a link to a *preview* of the article. I will try to get the full article on our website in the near future. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=16882 From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 16 10:04:14 2004 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:04:14 -0400 (EDT) for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:04:13 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:04:07 -0400 14:04:06 -0000 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:04:06 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:04:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:04:06 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: More on Oliver Sacks's Article To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More on Oliver Sacks's Article ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I just found a link that has an excerpt from the Oliver Sacks article that I mentioned in the previous message: http://notes.utk.edu/bio/greenberg.nsf/0/a13a05d5e542a19385256e14007a12b0?OpenDocument For more on Oliver Sacks, go to: http://www.oliversacks.com/ From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Sep 16 11:35:39 2004 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:35:39 -0400 (EDT) for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:35:39 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:35:27 -0400 15:35:27 -0000 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:35:26 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:35:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:35:26 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: Syllabus update To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syllabus update ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have updated the syllabus yet again, indicating what we'll be doing on Friday, and adding a few links. Go to: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/syl.html#dates From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Fri Sep 17 13:02:43 2004 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:02:43 -0400 (EDT) for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:02:42 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:02:26 -0400 17:02:26 -0000 i8HH2P95014388 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:02:25 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:02:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:02:25 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: SIMPLE WEB PAGE DEBUGGED To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SIMPLE WEB PAGE DEBUGGED ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have "debugged" the Simple Web Page so that it prints out the correct numerals for the color red and so that the link now works. You can find both the webpage and its source code at: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/interpretation.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Sun Sep 19 15:57:10 2004 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:57:10 -0400 (EDT) for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:57:10 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:56:57 -0400 19:56:57 -0000 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:56:57 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:56:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:56:57 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111 Textbooks To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE 111 Textbooks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you have not yet purchased the textbooks for the course, please do so now, since the Bookstore informs me that they are about to return the unsold copies. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Sun Sep 19 17:11:16 2004 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:11:15 -0400 (EDT) for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:11:15 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:10:55 -0400 21:10:38 -0000 i8JLAcoY012320; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:10:38 -0400 (EDT) -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:10:38 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111 & CSE 740: Prof. Rapaport's Office Hours Comments: To: cse740-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prof. Rapaport's Office Hours ------------------------------------------------------------------------ With one exception (so far :-), my office hours this semester will be as follows: Tuesdays, 2-2:50 p.m. Fridays, 1-1:50 p.m. or by appointment (see me after class, or send me email, or phone me). Exception for this coming week: I *will* have office hours this Monday, Sep. 20, 3-3:50 p.m. I will *not* have office hours this Tuesday, Sep. 21. My office location, phone, email, etc., are below, in my .signature file ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William J. Rapaport Associate Professor of Computer Science/Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Member, Center for Cognitive Science Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG) 201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell) | 716-645-3180 x 112 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering | fax: 716-645-3464 University at Buffalo (SUNY) | rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSE: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ homepage: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ SNeRG: www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/ Buffalo Restaurant Guide: www.cse.buffalo.edu/restaurant.guide/ Cognitive Science: wings.buffalo.edu/cogsci/ Good Things about Buffalo: www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/buffalo.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Sun Sep 19 17:15:32 2004 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:15:32 -0400 (EDT) for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:15:32 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:15:13 -0400 21:15:11 -0000 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:15:11 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:15:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:15:10 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: Syllabus Updated To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syllabus Updated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have updated the syllabus to include my office hours and the tentative schedule: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/syl.html#staff http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/syl.html#dates From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Sep 20 20:02:54 2004 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:02:54 -0400 (EDT) for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:02:54 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:02:36 -0400 00:02:36 -0000 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:02:35 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:02:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:02:35 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: HW 3 Handwritten? To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU X-Keywords: X-UID: 334 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HW 3 Handwritten? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A student asks: | | Do you want hw 3 to be handwritten? I am sorry if you have already | addressed this question. As the syllabus says, HWs are of the pencil-and-paper variety (though there will be some computer work when we get to Karel the Robot). If you *prefer* to type the answers into a word processor, go ahead, but that seems to me to be more work than it would be worth. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 21 08:49:10 2004 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:49:10 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:49:10 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:49:00 -0400 12:46:46 -0000 i8LCkj95004441 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:46:45 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:46:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:46:45 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: HW 3 Query To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HW 3 Query ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A student writes: | | I have spent the wknd starting and doing this hmwk and i have just | about finisehd it, but i can't see any picture in 2 and 3. i can see | the relationship but still no picture. any hints? There is no "clever" picture; just a bit pattern--that's why I asked you to fill in the graph paper rather than trying to describe it in words. What I'm hoping is that by drawing the image (a very abstract image, of course!), you'll be able to "see" the difference between the 2 patterns more easily. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 21 16:44:34 2004 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:44:34 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:44:34 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:44:25 -0400 20:44:24 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 128.205.180.235 Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:44:24 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: mdsiegel@BUFFALO.EDU Subject: Re: CSE 111: HW 3 Query To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU In-Reply-To: <200409211246.i8LCkjbQ004440@wasat.cse.buffalo.edu> Where exactly is the online graph Paper. I can't find it anywhere on the site. So I am just making my own on paper too hand in if I can't find it by tomorrow. From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 21 17:13:16 2004 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:13:16 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:13:09 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:13:01 -0400 21:13:00 -0000 i8LLD0vq014127 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:13:00 -0400 (EDT) 17:13:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:13:00 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: Shripathi Guruprasannaraj Subject: Re: CSE 111: HW 3 Query To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU In-Reply-To: <1095799464.415092a8be6bd@mail2.buffalo.edu> http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/graphpaper.html On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 mdsiegel@BUFFALO.EDU wrote: > Where exactly is the online graph Paper. I can't find it anywhere on > the site. So I am just making my own on paper too hand in if I can't > find it by tomorrow. > From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 21 22:21:52 2004 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:21:52 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:21:52 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:21:33 -0400 02:21:33 -0000 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:21:33 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:21:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:21:33 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: CSE 111: HW 3 Query To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU | From: mdsiegel@BUFFALO.EDU | Subject: Re: CSE 111: HW 3 Query | To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU | | Where exactly is the online graph Paper. I can't find it anywhere on | the site. So I am just making my own on paper too hand in if I can't | find it by tomorrow. Just click on the "online graph paper" link on the HW page (as I showed you in lecture!), or go directly to: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/graphpaper.html or just use real graph paper :-) From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 22 08:56:52 2004 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:56:52 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:56:51 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:56:41 -0400 12:56:40 -0000 i8MCue95014787 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:56:40 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:56:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:56:40 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: Re: CSE 111: More on Oliver Sacks's Article To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oliver Sacks's Article on the Discrete Nature of Perception ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here are links to Oliver Sack's article on the discrete nature of perception and a follow-up letter-to-the-editor exchange: Sacks, Oliver (2004), "In the River of Consciousness", New York Review of Books 51(1) (January 15). http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/16882.html Libet, Benjamin; Ingle, David; & Heims, Steve J.; Reply by Oliver Sacks (2004), "`In the River of Consciousness': An Exchange", New York Review of Books 51(6) (April 8). http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/17030.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 22 09:32:02 2004 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:32:02 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:32:02 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:31:55 -0400 13:31:43 -0000 i8MDVh95015347 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:31:43 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:31:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:31:43 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: Propositional Logic webpage updated To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Propositional Logic webpage updated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I've added two more books on propositional logic to the "Propositional and Boolean Logic" webpage: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/pnlogic.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 22 20:37:54 2004 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:37:54 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:37:54 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:37:47 -0400 00:37:46 -0000 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:37:46 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:37:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:37:46 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: Syllabus Update To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syllabus Update ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The syllabus has been updated; go to: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/syl.html#dates From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 28 14:44:26 2004 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:44:26 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:44:26 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:44:10 -0400 18:44:08 -0000 i8SIi895001174 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:44:08 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:44:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:44:08 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: Question on HW 4 To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU A student writes: | ... Question 8 says "nor" wouldn't that | make a-d all false? It means definitly not, correct? I'm not sure exactly what *you* mean by "definitely not". And I'm not sure I know what you mean by "a-d". The problem has 5 parts, not 4, and none of the answers could possibly be "false". In any case... The HW *defines* "nor" as follows: "x nor y" means: not(x or y) So all you have to do is construct a truth table for "not(x or y)". To do that, first do the truth table for "or". Then do the truth table for "not" applied to that result, the way we did a similar problem in lecture. Don't try to assume that the *logical* connective spelled "nor" means exactly the same thing as the *English* word spelled the same way. Actually, however, it does! To say that it is neither the case that 1+1=3 nor the case that 1+1=4 is to say it is not the case that either one is true. This is, in fact, the same as saying that both of them are false (i.e., "x nor y" is logically equivalent to "not(x or y)", by definition, and both are logically equivalent to "(not x) and (not y)".) From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 28 15:29:04 2004 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:29:04 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:29:04 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:28:52 -0400 19:28:51 -0000 i8SJSp95001676 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:28:51 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:28:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:28:51 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: Another HW 4 Question To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU A student writes: | For question three it says: | | x xor y | | Is there an extra x by accident, or is that a typo for a "nor". That's not a typo. I'm defining what "exclusive disjunction" (denoted by "xor") means. | Also | I'm a little confused on what it's asking to do: "where the exclusive | disjunction of x and y is true if exactly one of x, y is true, and is | false otherwise." That's the definition. What you have to do is "construct the truth table" for it. Perhaps I could have phrased it more clearly as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Exclusive disjunction", denoted by the connective "xor", can be defined as follows: "x xor y" is true if exactly one of x, y is true, and is false otherwise. Construct a truth table for "x xor y". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Sep 28 16:47:19 2004 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:47:18 -0400 (EDT) for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:47:18 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:47:13 -0400 20:47:12 -0000 i8SKlC95002136 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:47:12 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:47:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:47:12 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: HW 4 UPDATED To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU I have revised the statement of problem 3 in HW 4 along the lines of the Listserv email that I just sent. There is no change in what you need to do; I have merely tried to clarify the statement of the problem. For the revised version, go to: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/hw04.html From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 29 08:49:18 2004 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:49:17 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:49:17 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:48:51 -0400 12:48:48 -0000 i8TCmm95004484 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:48:48 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:48:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:48:48 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: HW 4: Yet Another Question To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HW 4: Yet Another Question ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A student writes: | For part D on question 8, it says to construct a truth table for (x | nor y) nor (x nor y). I am confused as to how to construct this, would | it be the same as a table for ( x nor y) and not ( x nor y)? I would | really appreciate it if you were able to shed some light on this | problem. First, everyone please note: I read this query this morning (Wed); it was sent late last night (around 11 pm). Questions sent that late will most likely *not* be answered in time for you to make use of the answer, since I usually do not read email at home in the evenings. Second, you should not be putting your HW off till the last minute! I have received a flurry of questions late yesterday. You should have started working on this homework when it was assigned, not the night before it is due. Please re-read the section of the syllabus on time management at: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/syl.html#time-management Finally, my reply to the query: To construct the truth table for (x nor y) nor (x nor y) first construct a truth table for "x nor y". Then apply that truth table to two copies of itself; i.e., have a column of your truth table that is just like the column for "x nor y", but where "x" is replaced by "x nor y" and "y" is also replaced by "x nor y". If that's confusing, consider this: (x nor y) nor (x nor y) is essentially a "nor" statement of the form "A nor B", where A = "x nor y" and B = "x nor y". You know how to construct a truth table for "A nor B". But the truth values that you would use for A and for B will be whatever you find in the column for "x nor y", since that's what A and what B are. If you still are confused, here's an analogy. Suppose I had asked you to construct a truth table for: (x and y) and (x and y) You'd need 2 "input" columns, one for "x" and one for "y". You'd need an intermediate column for "x and y", and, if you'd like, you could have a 2nd intermediate column for the other occurrence of "x and y", though of course that column would be identical to the other one. Finally, you'd need an output column for "(x and y) and (x and y)": I/P: Intermediate column(s): O/P column: x y (x and y) optional column: (x and y) (x and y) and (x and y) - - --------- -------------------------- ----------------------- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 From owner-cse111-fa04-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Wed Sep 29 13:09:12 2004 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:09:11 -0400 (EDT) for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:09:11 -0400 (EDT) CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:07:46 -0400 17:07:45 -0000 i8TH7j95007793 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:07:45 -0400 (EDT) cse111-fa04-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:07:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:07:45 -0400 Reply-To: CSE 111 Great Ideas in CS From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: CSE 111: LATE H.W. POLICY To: CSE111-FA04-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LATE H.W. POLICY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Several students handed in HW 4 today at the *end* of lecture. Those students will be marked "1 day late", following the policy on late HWs as stated on the syllabus at: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/111F04/syl.html#late I have this policy for several reasons: 1. This is a large lecture class, and having a uniform policy on when to hand in HWs makes things easier to manage. 2. I collect HW at the *start* of class in order to try to eliminate the number of people who skip class but come in at the end to hand in their HW. 3. This also encourages those of you who use the university computer printers to print out your HW to do this early enough so as not to miss class. There is often a *very* long wait for computer printouts, and you are advised to print out your HW no later than the night *before* the due date (see my earlier posting about doing your HW on time! :-) This may become more important when we begin Karel the