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Comments for Week of Feb. 2, 2004
- How's the class going?
- Did HW1 turn out well?
- Got any great ideas for your HW2 collage?
- Are the rules for the collage too stringent, or is there still enough room for creativity?
Comments, raves, rants, queries?
I will not be holding office hours today because I'm sick. Instead, I'll be having them on WeREMOVEDsday from 3-5 in Tech Square room 432. Stephanie Weitzel
Can we expect for our grades to be about four assignments behind for the remainder of the semester or is there some specific issue with the current lag in our grades? This doesn't help us in any way because we can't see what we missed on our assignments in order to correct our errors and study for tests and quizzes.
| Grading should take place before one week for labs and two for homeworks and take home exams. Please try to be patient at the beginning of the semester! We are still working out bugs. It will get faster. |
I missed my breakout session today, so when are the breakout sessions on Thursday?? and where? I would like to try to make it up especially since we have a test on monday! Thanks :)
| Thursday Breakout sessions: 12-1:30 in IC 109, 1:30-3 in Skiles 270, and 3-4:30 in IC 111. (This information is available on Oscarweb for your very own viewing pleasure.) Ashley Coker |
Are the questions on the midterm on monday going to be like the ones on the practice midterm on coweb?
| The questions on the midterm will be of both the same format and the same general content. Get comfortable with everything in the review and also make sure to look over your notes, and lecture slides. Student549 |
Aaron Lanterman says hi.
| The match between the midterm review and the midterm will not be as close as between the pre-quiz and the quiz, but it's still pretty close. If you know the review, you'll do great on the midterm. Mark Guzdial |
A couple of times today when I have tried to setMediaPath() I get the following string "C:\Documents and Settings\REMOVED\Desktop\JES\MediaSources" but there are only six files visable, none of them are the ones I have been working with i.e. temple and barbara. When I try to run my program, I get an error message. What gives? Student1295
| What error message do you get, REMOVED? What do you mean that "only six files visible"? get/setMediaPath() doesn't change what files you can see. Mark Guzdial |
So on the exam are we going to have to write out full programs like on the review?
I type setMediaPath() in the command screen and I go to where the Media Sources sub-directory. Select Media Sources and I get 7 files: blowhole; chimp folder; dark fish 1; dark fish 2; hula; kid in bg; kids blue as possible files to select. I do not get temple or barbara or all the others.
| That's because, when you do setMediaPath(), it's allowing you to choose a FOLDER, not a FILE. They're all still there. Mark Guzdial |
If I try to execute mirrorTemple, I get the following error message:
A local or global name could not be found. You need to define the function or variable before you try to use it in any way.
Please check line 5 of C:\Documents and Settings\REMOVED\My Documents\mirrorTemple.py
| Right – that has nothing to do with set/getMediaPath. That may mean that you haven't hit the Load button,or you have a variable that you're using before you've defined (assigned) it. Mark Guzdial |
The program is trying to find temple, but it has not been selected.
Here is the full setMedia Path command and mirrorTemple response from JES:
setMediaPath()
New media folder: C:\Documents and Settings\REMOVED\Desktop\JES\MediaSources\
>>> mirrorTemple()
A local or global name could not be found. You need to define the function or variable before you try to use it in any way.
Please check line 5 of C:\Documents and Settings\REMOVED\My Documents\mirrorTemple.py
Student1295
| If it's on line 5, that means that it did execute the program, so you did hit Load. What does line 5 look like? That's where you have a variable that you haven't defined yet. Mark Guzdial |
There's no "add to this page" box on the Questions, comments, and answers page for the Compute the Pay Rates on the Midterm review. I just wanted to know if there was a way to print "Gross rate =" and "Net rate =" before the numbers. Thanks. Kristin Noell
print "Net rate=",netRate ##or whatever you named your variable for the net rate
print "Gross pay=",grossPay ##or, again, whatever you named your variable for gross pay
| If you're missing an "add to this page" box, just click edit, then put "+_" on a line by itself at the bottom of the page. Or just click edit and type in your text. Mark Guzdial |
I know that this issue has already been addressed but the only assignment of mine that has been graded is lab 1. I think that there has been enough time to grade at least a couple of the other assignments. I know that the T.A. got my assignment so I don't understand what the problem is. Thank you.
| I completely agree. I expect that you'll see a lot REMOVED graded by the end of the day tomorrow. Mark Guzdial |
Is it a bytes make a bit or 8 bits make a byte? I looked at this earlier, and I'm not sure if everything in the book agrees (I probably didn't read it right).
| To answer the question in the Soapbox (Why do people ask questions in a soapbox?!?): The Soapbox can't have an "Add to this page" at the bottom, because whatever's at the bottom appears at the top of each page. You don't want "Add to this page" at the top of each page. Just use Edit. Mark Guzdial |
sorry
| Again, responding to a question in the Soapbox (SIGH!): Midterm grades will be computed on WeREMOVEDsday, and should be available in Webwork by Thursday. Mark Guzdial |
Maybe something should be posted in the soapbox about not asking questions there.
Its kind of frustrating that TAs just give grades but don't really explain what we've done wrong,I've never even SEEN my grading TA!!! Also, if the program does what its supposed to shouldn't it get full credit? How much can be taken off for syntax....sorry to sound cranky but I'm not sure I understand the point breakdown and feel that grades are being given arbitrarily.
| Have you asked any TA for an explanation of your grade? The TAs are complaining that NO ONE is coming to their office hours. It's exactly for questions such as these that the TA's HOLD office hours. Mark Guzdial |
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