Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-06-09T03:44:07+00:00 Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2018-10-05T05:07:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-201804/top?rev=1538716075&do=diff CMPU-101-04 Computer Science I and Lab. (Fall 2018) Overview <html> <center><h3></html> “A computer will do what you tell it to do,<html><p></html>but that may be much different from what you had in mind.” <html><br></h3><h4></html> --- Joseph Weizenbaum text/html 2026-01-22T19:51:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs377-202651/top?rev=1769111512&do=diff Parallel Programming CMPU-377 Vassar College, Spring 2026 Syllabus / Course Wiki ---------- Welcome to our course wiki. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. Contact Information text/html 2013-05-23T14:24:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/top?rev=1369319086&do=diff What am I wearing? New Scientist A few details from decades of daily wear [gerbert in 2013]Please note, this page documents what I was wearing during the last four of the nineteen wonderful years I spent working for the CS Department at Vassar. For the last year and a half I have been wearing modified versions of Google Glass running Glass and Ubuntu. Along with that I am using a Bluetooth version of the Spiffchorder for input. Please see the text/html 2020-07-14T02:36:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/jobs/top?rev=1594694173&do=diff Visiting Assistant Professor The Department of Computer Science at Vassar College invites applications for a one-year position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor to begin in the Fall semester of 2020. Vassar College is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the curriculum, and promoting an environment of equality, inclusion, and respect for difference. Candidates who can contribute to this… text/html 2021-02-08T06:12:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) style https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/style?rev=1612764779&do=diff The Style Basics In addition to following the design recipe, all code must adhere to the following basic style guidelines: * Organize your program top-down, regardless of how you actual work through your wish list. The phrase “top down” means that project files consist of a general purpose statement, a data definition and a constant definition section, a main function, followed by sections for handler functions, and wrapped up by general utility functions. text/html 2017-04-26T03:29:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/assignments/top?rev=1493177344&do=diff <html> <h2>Assignments: </h2> </html> Assignment 1: Chapter 2, #6, 8, and 12 - Due Wednesday, 2/15/2017 - Please hand in your work on hardcopy (paper). Assignment 2: Chapter 3, #26 and 27 - Due Wednesday, March 8, 2017. ---------- <html> <h2>Labs: </h2> </html> text/html 2022-10-09T21:00:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 02 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/02?rev=1665349256&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } code.pyret { color: black; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table th, table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; font-size: 13pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div… text/html 2025-08-16T17:38:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/faqs/top?rev=1755365893&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions Current Students I'm thinking about declaring the Computer Science major. 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To declare the major, students need to meet at least one of the following two requirements: * Have completed CMPU-102 or CMPU-145 with a grade of C or higher. text/html 2009-04-06T14:00:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) tikkun_passover_2009_supplement_in_plain_text https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/tikkun_passover_2009_supplement_in_plain_text?rev=1239026436&do=diff Tikkun Passover 2009 Supplement in Plain Text Some folks have had problems with the font size on the 2009 Passover Supplement.  The original is from <http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/seder_2009>.  Below is a version converted to plain text with acroread and then reformatted in emacs.  Use it if you find it useful. text/html 2021-09-17T15:43:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asmt2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/asmt2?rev=1631893419&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“assignment-2-ads-take-aim”>Assignment 2: Ads Take Aim</h1> <p><strong>Due:</strong> Thursday September 23, 2021 at 11:59PM ET.</p> <p><img src=“<https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~cs101/images/targeted-ad.jpeg>” alt=“Targeted Advertising”></p> <h2 id=“setup-and-handin”>Setup and Handin</h2> <h3 id= text/html 2011-02-09T16:47:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) printing_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/printing_tips?rev=1297270048&do=diff Printing Tips Printer Name Changes and your .bashrc If you are having problems with command line printing it may be because your .bashrc is not using the correct printer name. 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It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. text/html 2021-09-17T04:03:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asmt2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/asmt2?rev=1631851422&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“assignment-2-ads-take-aim”>Assignment 2: Ads Take Aim</h1> <p><strong>Due:</strong> Thursday September 23, 2021 at 11:59PM ET.</p> <p><img src=“<https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~cs101/images/targeted-ad.jpeg>” alt=“Targeted Advertising”></p> <h2 id=“setup-and-handin”>Setup and Handin</h2> <h3 id= text/html 2021-04-28T16:20:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assign4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/assigns/assign4?rev=1619626822&do=diff Assignment 4 - Spring 2021 Permutations Assigned: Wed, Apr 21 Due: Wed, May 5 For this assignment you will: * Follow the Design Recipe to design a series of functions that computes all the permutations of a list of numbers * Be sure to write tests for each function as you go, before you move on to the function of your wish list text/html 2019-02-05T06:19:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab_1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_1?rev=1549347558&do=diff Lab 1 Welcome to lab 1 * Become familiar with DrRacket procedures * Use cons, list and append * Use map * Use let* Procedures * Create a directory for this lab in your CS account. * Download the asmt-helper.scm (same as last week) and lab1-template.scm files. text/html 2021-09-03T00:02:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/top?rev=1630627356&do=diff Problem-Solving and Abstraction CMPU-101 Sections 04-05 Vassar College, Fall 2021 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki and syllabus. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. text/html 2010-12-06T15:30:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) kill_a_process https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/kill_a_process?rev=1291649428&do=diff Monitoring and Killing Processes Any process you own you can kill (this is not a moral judgment, just a fact of life in Unix and Linux). Killing an offending process graphically If the machine itself is still responsive (but one or more windows perhaps aren't) you can try one of the Graphical Process Managers on our system.$$xfce4-taskmanager$$````````$$gnome-system-monitor$$```````` text/html 2015-08-26T20:52:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) backups https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/backups?rev=1440622373&do=diff FIXME update, convert to wiki, add link to isohome Backup With Tar ---------- * Overview * Creating a tar file of your entire directory * Copying the file to another location * Tar Documentation ---------- Overview While I make regular backups of the home directories on the Computer Science Unix machines, there are times when you want to have your own copy of your account. There are several relatively painless ways to accomplish this task. I will describe one of them here. If you n… text/html 2021-02-22T21:15:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/top?rev=1614028549&do=diff CS1: Problem-Solving and Abstraction CMPU-101 Sections 56-57 Vassar College, Spring 2021 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. text/html 2022-09-23T17:13:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 04 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/04?rev=1663953185&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li, div.dw-content li p { font-size: 13pt; m… text/html 2020-05-01T18:13:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) infinite-trees https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/mlsmith/infinite-trees?rev=1588356833&do=diff Infinite Trees 1 Motivation Up until now, we’ve mostly looked at trees as a data structure, but we haven’t looked at them in the context of any particular problems. Trees are used in many applications in computer science, robotics, and game design. One common application is for representing the possible moves in a game or search problem. Imagine that you were exploring the space that a player (character or robot) could move through. On each move, the player would change position (and possibl… text/html 2022-10-28T17:13:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 07 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/07?rev=1666977190&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } code, code.pyret { color: black; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table th, table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; font-size: 13pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content … text/html 2021-09-24T11:35:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab4?rev=1632483342&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“lab-4-cleaning-table-data”>Lab 4: Cleaning Table Data</h1> <h2 id=“learning-objective”>Learning Objective</h2> <p>The objective of this lab is to gain familiarity with sanitizing, visualizing, and gaining insights from data.</p> <p>Up until now, the data that you worked with had been sanitized for you (i.e. you could expect Pyret to process the data without any extra work). The data in this lab, however, is being ported directly from Google Forms submissions, so there exists data … text/html 2011-06-20T03:03:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) vss https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/mlsmith/vss?rev=1308538985&do=diff Vassar Science Scholars Lecture/Lab Saturday, March 26, 2011 9:30am--12pm Sci Vis Lab, 3rd Floor Mudd Chemistry WeScheme: from Algebra to Animation We will explore selected parts of the Scheme programming language using WeScheme, a browser-- text/html 2022-09-23T00:36:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 01 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/01?rev=1663893385&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li { font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 1em; ma… text/html 2021-09-03T04:22:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab1?rev=1630642943&do=diff Lab 1: Getting Started 3 September 2021 Linux accounts The instructor will provide instructions to log into your Linux accounts on the classroom workstations and set your passwords. 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These will time-out after 90 minutes (beyond the typical class/lab sessions) to clear up resources on systems. While the connections are still active and in use, there will be no issues. If… text/html 2009-01-28T20:51:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2009_01_23_your_account_and_you https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2009_01_23_your_account_and_you?rev=1233175910&do=diff 2009-01-23 New CS Account - Required Lecture & Lab  If you do not already have an account on the Computer Science Department lab machines and you will need one for your course work this semester then you must attend one of the New Account Lecture and Lab text/html 2016-05-20T15:48:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_three https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_three?rev=1463759323&do=diff Linux Tutorial Three 3.1 Redirection Most processes initiated by UNIX commands write to the standard output (that is, they write to the terminal screen), and many take their input from the standard input (that is, they read it from the keyboard). There is also the standard error, where processes write their error messages, by default, to the terminal screen. text/html 2021-09-03T16:49:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab1?rev=1630687750&do=diff Lab 1: Getting Started 3 September 2021 Linux accounts The instructor will provide instructions to log into your Linux accounts on the classroom workstations and set your passwords. Today's lab The purpose of this initial lab. exercise is to acquaint you with text/html 2016-01-21T17:20:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-201651/top?rev=1453396855&do=diff Computer Science II: <html> <h3>CMPU102: Data Structures and algorithms.</h3> <br> <h4>Spring 2016 Syllabus</h4> </html> This syllabus is subject to update throughout the semester. Professor: Jenny Walter (link to my web page) Office: SP 306 text/html 2021-03-29T20:16:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assign2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/assigns/assign2?rev=1617048997&do=diff Assignment 2 - Spring 2021 Virtual Cat World Assigned: Wed, Mar 17 Due: Mon, Mar 29 Tue, Mar 30, 11:59pm ---------- Assignment Setup * Open a browser and copy/paste this URL: <https://classroom.github.com/a/C1szqbGi> * Login to Github and you will be prompted to accept this assignment text/html 2018-05-10T19:34:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) visiting_assistant_professor_position https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_events/visiting_assistant_professor_position?rev=1525980860&do=diff Visiting Assistant Professor Position The Department of Computer Science at Vassar College invites applications for a one- and a two-year position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor beginning Fall semester 2018. Vassar College is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the curriculum, and promoting an environment of equality, inclusion, and respect for difference. Candidates who can contribut… text/html 2007-12-28T00:19:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) books https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/books?rev=1198801150&do=diff My Favorite Books and Stories Limbo by Bernard Wolfe This book may be hard to find, but is worth the hunt. Originally published in 1952. Set in 1990. I am not sure what to say about this one - it had and continues to have quite an effect on me. (Of course that may just be because I had been told I text/html 2017-01-31T00:58:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab1/top?rev=1485824308&do=diff Lab 1 CS203 Spring 2016 February 1 Goals * Create a Git account * Send your new account name to jones@cs.vassar.edu * Set up Git configuration * Create a simple Java program * Create local repository in the CS203 directory * text/html 2021-04-23T05:57:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab6?rev=1619157441&do=diff Lab 6 - Spring 2021 Lab #6: Call the plumber This week in class we learned about trees, and saw two examples of data definitions of trees: a rumor mill and a pipeline. We designed one function in class for a pipeline, which determined whether there was water running. We followed the Design Recipe and the data definition from the lecture notes. We developed a template for a function that consumes a pipeline, and returns a boolean value. text/html 2011-09-22T17:43:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) java_system_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/java_system_tips?rev=1316713392&do=diff Java issues and tips Java remote method invocation problem Problem: When running a demo of Java's remote method invocation on our Ubuntu 9.04 based linux machines running java-6-openjdk the client could only attach to a server running on the same host.```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` text/html 2021-09-14T02:41:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/week3?rev=1631587305&do=diff Week 3 Welcome back!! Querying the CAP Database on our postgres server: * with thanks to Alan Labouseur for permission to use his materials! :-) * CAP database creation [script] * [CAP snapshot] Class exercise: Use CAP to answer all of these query questions. Write only one query per question. Be certain to end each query with a semi-colon. Your final script should execute all of the queries in sequence from one command. Remember that CAP is one snapshot in time in the life of th… text/html 2022-09-23T00:41:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 03 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/03?rev=1663893660&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li, div.dw-content li p { font-size: 13pt; m… text/html 2016-05-20T15:48:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_two https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_two?rev=1463759315&do=diff Linux Tutorial Two 2.1 Copying Files cp (copy) cp file1 file2 is the command which makes a copy of file1 in the current working directory and calls it file2 What we are going to do now, is to take a file stored in an open access area of the file system, and use the text/html 2022-08-28T19:16:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/top?rev=1661714218&do=diff <HTML> <h1>Computer Science I </h1> <h2>Problem Solving and Abstraction - Fall, 2022 </h2> <h3>Your Professor</h3> <p>Peter lemieszewski</p> <p>Email: pelemieszewski @ vassar dot edu </p> <p>Office: Sanders Physics 104</p> <p>Office hours: Mondays and Fridays, 1-3PM. Other times by appointment. I recommend coming to office hours! </p> text/html 2025-06-27T18:49:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) browser_wont_start https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/browser_wont_start?rev=1751050146&do=diff Help, my browser won't load! Generally, if you click the browser icon and it doesn't do anything, or gives you an error that mentions profiles, there's probably a previous instance of the browser that didn't clean up after itself. The first thing to check is if you have the browser open on another workstation. If you're logged into two workstations and try to start a browser on both of them, it will cause an error because the application wants to ensure that there is only one copy of it running… text/html 2011-02-11T11:41:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) software https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/software?rev=1297424512&do=diff Essential Software Looking for a little more info? The following is a list of some of what I consider to be essential software I run in Xubuntu on my wearable. Each of these contribute an key part of the experience: ? //software Dectalk// from fonix :: http://www.fonixspeech.com/dectalk_legacy.php .. Yep, this is one of two pieces of commercial software I run. For years I ran a hardware dectalk, then for a while I used pc104 based doubletalk units, as the rigs became more powerful and software… text/html 2019-09-08T18:39:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs381-2019/top?rev=1567967982&do=diff Relational Databases and SQL CMPU-381 Vassar College, Fall 2019 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. Contact Information text/html 2008-05-06T18:34:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) in_the_department https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/ssh/in_the_department?rev=1210098899&do=diff Page in progress This page is not yet compleate. When it is, this will be removed Ssh between machines a CS It is quite simple to get to a machine in the department remotely from another machine in the department. All machines in the labs, classroom and faculty offices should already have an ssh client installed on them and those machines which allow remote access are running an ssh daemon to accept incoming connections.```````````````````` text/html 2021-04-05T15:53:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) programmer-poet https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/programmer-poet?rev=1617638030&do=diff The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination. Few media of creation are so flexible, so easy to polish and rework, so readily capable of realizing grand conceptual structures. Yet the program construct, unlike the poet's words, is real in the sense that it moves and works, producing visible outputs separate from the construct itself... O… text/html 2021-05-15T06:01:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) schedule https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/schedule?rev=1621058507&do=diff Spring 2021 Schedule The table below is your guide to the entire semester. Each row corresponds to a week of the semester, and the week numbers in the first column are clickable links that connect this page to the lecture notes and other course materials for that week. The last column lists the sections in $\lambda$ text/html 2012-09-04T17:12:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) how_to_create_a_listing_for_your_course https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/how_to_create_a_listing_for_your_course?rev=1346778749&do=diff Creating a New Namespace for your Course  Please follow these conventions for creating your course namespace(directory) and pages(files) in the namespace. One space or many? You have a few choices to make.  If you want to use the same pages each time you teach a particular course and make modifications to these pages over time then call your new namespace text/html 2021-02-18T07:08:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab1?rev=1613632136&do=diff Lab 1 - Spring 2021 Introducing the Command Line, DrRacket, and GitHub The main purpose of this initial laboratory exercise is to acquaint you with * GitHub, * the DrRacket IDE, and * the procedure for submitting your work using GitHub. text/html 2022-09-23T19:36:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 03 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/03?rev=1663961798&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p { margin-bottom: 1em; max-width: 700px; } div.dw-content p, … text/html 2017-08-28T09:17:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) jobs_multiple_visiting_assistant_professors https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_events/jobs_multiple_visiting_assistant_professors?rev=1503911820&do=diff text/html 2022-10-07T17:31:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 05 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/05?rev=1665163894&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } code.pyret { color: black; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table th, table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; font-size: 13pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div… text/html 2020-09-02T05:15:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs381-2020/top?rev=1599023705&do=diff Relational Databases and SQL CMPU-381 Vassar College, Fall 2020 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. Contact Information text/html 2022-09-16T17:52:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/week3?rev=1663350760&do=diff Week 3 Monday * Last week, we talked about functions (lecture) and conditionals/boolean values (lab). Let's review the slides from chapter 4 * Lecture notes * [Tables] * [pdf Tables] * [Conditionals & Booolean Values] * [pdf version of Conditionals & Boolean Values] Wednesday * Let's take a quick look at The Best In Show for lab 1! text/html 2023-01-26T15:53:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) logging_out_of_a_desktop_or_remote_desktop https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/logging_out_of_a_desktop_or_remote_desktop?rev=1674748402&do=diff Logging out of the Computer Science Computers Leaving files open in editors such as pluma and emacs, or leaving applications running can lead to corrupt files and loss of your work because your files are not local to any computer. Your files are shared from a central server. Therefore, if you leave an application open on one computer and then go to another computer, you have several devices trying to access your files. Applications don’t like this. Firefox, for example, won’t allow you to star… text/html 2016-05-20T15:48:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_five https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_five?rev=1463759337&do=diff Linux Tutorial Five 5.1 File system security (access rights) In your testdir directory, type compsci-user@tim:~$ ls -l (l for long listing!) You will see that you now get lots of details about the contents of your directory, similar to the example below. text/html 2008-11-19T19:30:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-11-13_asprey_lecture https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2008-11-13_asprey_lecture?rev=1227123015&do=diff 2008-11-13 Asprey Lecture The Winifred Asprey Lecture Series in Computer Science Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science in honor of Winifred Asprey'38 Emeritus Professor of Computer Science Dr. James Coplien Software Patterns, Agile Software Development, and Extreme Programming text/html 2019-01-22T04:28:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/top?rev=1548131336&do=diff Foundations of Computer Science CMPU-145 Section 51 Vassar College, Spring 2019 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It is the main page from which our course materials will be accessed. Contact Information Professor: text/html 2020-07-04T20:59:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) filecopy https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/filecopy?rev=1593896345&do=diff Secure Shell on macOS, Unix, and Linux Installation Any modern Unix-like operating systems should come with secure shell client utilities already installed. This is true for macOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandrake Linux, FreeBSD and many others. If, however, you need a ssh client, you can download one from the openssh website: text/html 2008-02-21T21:07:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) multihome_dokuwiki_hacks https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/multihome_dokuwiki_hacks?rev=1203628033&do=diff Multihome Dokuwiki Hacks I use the article by Lukas Ruf on setting up dokuwiki on a mutihomed web server to allow multiple separate wikis to run on one machine. The article is available at <http://wiki.lpr.ch/doku.php/multihomed>. These are a few things I have done in addition to the suggestions in the article. text/html 2008-04-10T20:51:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/3d/top?rev=1207860669&do=diff Plain text 3d? Yep. Here are some simple examples to warm you up for the more complex pages to come. Look at the screen (or page if this has been printed out) and see if you can get the 2 X's below to look like like 3 X's. This is the basic skill needed for viewing the images. text/html 2010-10-29T19:16:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) using_htaccess https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/using_htaccess?rev=1288379766&do=diff Using htaccess for web pages Please note: htaccess is for pages served from OUTSIDE THE WIKI in users directories. The wiki has similar ability, but it is set up differently -Greg Web Access Restriction by user/password This can be used in many ways, the user and password are not related to our system users and passwords, so you can use anything you like, however, there is no mechanism for the web users to maintain or reset their htaccess password so it can become a maintenance nightmare qui… text/html 2011-04-28T19:51:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs224-201101/assignments/top?rev=1304020318&do=diff <html> <h2>Assignments: </h2> </html> Assignment 1: Chapter 2: #4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 18 - Due Thursday, 2/3/2011 Assignment 2: Chapter 2: #34, 42, 44 due Thursday, 2/10/2011 Assignment 3: Chapter 3: #2, 4, 6, 8, 10 - Due Thursday, 2/24/2011 Assignment 4: Chapter 3: #13 (parts b & c, solve with algebra, then Karnaugh Map), 14, 19, 22 (for part c use k-map) - Due Thursday, 3/3/2011 text/html 2021-09-28T15:54:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/top?rev=1632844460&do=diff Database Systems CMPU-311 Vassar College, Fall 2021 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. Contact Information Professor: text/html 2016-09-20T15:55:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab4/top?rev=1474386954&do=diff Lab 4 CS203 Fall 2016 Goals * Design a software system for managing a car rental agency. * Determine the necessary classes from the problem description. * Use CRC cards to determine the responsibilities and collaborations. * Create a class diagram showing relationships and cardinalities. text/html 2016-04-09T17:05:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) newsdata https://www.cs.vassar.edu/news/newsdata?rev=1460221557&do=diff One-Year Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science * anchor: #20160408121250 * head: One-Year Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science * subtitle: * link: /news/allnewsdata#20160408121250 * start: 2016-04-08 * stop: 2016-08-08 text/html 2016-05-20T15:48:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_four https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_four?rev=1463759331&do=diff Linux Tutorial Four 4.1 Wildcards The characters * and ? The character * is called a wildcard, and will match against none or more character(s) in a file (or directory) name. For example, in your unixstuff directory, type compsci-user@tim:~$ ls list* text/html 2010-05-02T14:19:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs224-201001/assignments/top?rev=1272809976&do=diff <html> <h2>Assignments: </h2> </html> Assignment 1: pg 94: #2 (a,b), #4 (a,b) #5 (c,d), 6, 7, 8 - Due Wed, 2/3/2010 Assignment 1: (added) pg 97 #24 - also due Wed, 2/3/2010 Assignment 2: pg 98: #30, 34, 42, 44 due Wed, 2/10/2010 Assignment 3: pg 155: # 2, 4, 6 due Wed, 2/17/2010 text/html 2021-05-07T17:05:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab8 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab8?rev=1620407137&do=diff Lab 8 - Spring 2021 Abstraction (or, if you copy/paste, you'll be toast!) Today's lab will give you practice with abstraction, local definitions, passing functions as arguments to other functions, and generally with the satisfaction that comes from avoiding duplicate code. text/html 2019-12-09T20:01:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assigns https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs381-2019/assigns?rev=1575921679&do=diff Assignments Database Project Ideas * Internship DB: location, company size, skill level, ... * Networking DB: groups of eople by interests - professional, location, etc. * VC Arboretum DB: Trees, Location, ... * GHC DB - interview questions text/html 2026-03-05T19:45:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week7 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs377-202651/week7?rev=1772739902&do=diff Week 7 From Semaphores to Monitors Monitors * Marc's Lecture Notes: [PDF] * Ben-Ari Ch 7 * begin slide 146 * Dr. Seuss on Deadlock: * The Zax * Semaphores vs. Monitors Semaphore Monitor text/html 2026-04-30T19:03:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week13 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs377-202651/week13?rev=1777575790&do=diff Week 13 Final Assignment / Parallel Composition in Golang Final Assignment * Due: end of classes * Tue, May 5, 11:59pm * Marc's office * Logistics * handout: paper copy of full assignment and problem descriptions * submit electronically via submit377 script: text/html 2021-11-19T19:27:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week11 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week11?rev=1637350049&do=diff Week 11 Tuesday * questions on the lab? * Today, we cover maps and hash maps. * For reference, let's take a quick look at name/value pairs for a mainframe OS * What is a name/value pair? * perhaps a simpler construct: a dictionary! * [lecture notes] * [map code project] Thursday * Quick Summary from Tuesday's lecture on hash maps, or hash tables: text/html 2019-02-28T03:04:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week6?rev=1551323049&do=diff Week 6 Tuesday * First up: homework * Last week's homework is part of today's lecture * [Solutions to homework from 2/14] * [Solution to the Power Set question, # 1.4 B] * Today's lecture: Equivalence Relations & Partitions with examples * Also, completion of Chapter 2: order * Lab this evening: An equivalence relation checker text/html 2021-03-08T05:51:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assign1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/assigns/assign1?rev=1615182661&do=diff Assignment 1 - Spring 2021 Virtual Cat World Assigned: Mon, Mar 8 Due: Mon, Mar 15 ---------- Assignment Setup * Open a browser and copy/paste this URL: <https://classroom.github.com/a/rB8Krlqz> * Login to Github and you will be prompted to accept this assignment * After you click on the [Accept this assignment] button, you will see a new page display in your browser with the message: text/html 2010-11-24T23:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) acm_jar_applets https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/acm_jar_applets?rev=1290640216&do=diff Using acm.jar The ACM Java Task Force (JTF) created an API framework for Java programs which is distributed in the file acm.jar. Programs using acm.jar may be compiled and executed from the command line, or within your favorite Java IDE (e.g., Netbeans, DrJava). It is also possible to run your JTF programs as an applet within a browser or via the appletviewer. ```````````````````````````````````` text/html 2021-04-30T16:58:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab7 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab7?rev=1619801897&do=diff Lab 7 - Spring 2021 Intertwined Data 2: Files and Directories The main purpose of this lab is to practice * using the Design Recipe to write functions for intertwined data * we will use the Files and Directories example of intertwined data from text/html 2008-05-07T11:34:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-01-28_password_problem_resolved https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2008-01-28_password_problem_resolved?rev=1210160067&do=diff 2008-01-28 Password Problem Resolved The problem we had in yesterday’s lab (Monday Jan. 28) has been resolved. The problem was that one of the server maps needed to be manually rebuilt after changes made to our system. The other maps are all dealt with in an automated fashion so I did not notice at first that one of them needed to be built manually.  It is all fixed now. -Greg text/html 2026-06-04T02:45:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/mlsmith/top?rev=1780541125&do=diff Marc L. Smith (he/him) Professor of Computer Science Computer Science Department Vassar College Coordinates Office: SP 104.5 Voice: 845 437 7497 Zoom E-mail: mlsmith@vassar.edu Vassar College, Box 399 124 Raymond Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0399 2026 -- 2027 * On Sabbatical$((\lambda(x)\ (x\ x))\ (\lambda(x)\ (x\ x)))$ text/html 2026-05-05T18:43:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week14 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs377-202651/week14?rev=1778006637&do=diff Week 14 Last Class * Parallel Composition in Golang (one last thing to show you!) * implementing Legoland in golang presents a challenge: no PAR! * demo without PAR * demo with a PAR * and some lambdas... * PAR is blocking! (I forgot to show you this! and what happens text/html 2010-02-01T19:26:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) using_dbc https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/using_dbc?rev=1265052409&do=diff Using the script /usr/local/sbin/dbc Dropbox check script Description This script is used to look at information from file names created by the submit script used by the digital drop box. It assumes English month names (January, February, etc.) and cannot deal with spaces. It prints out the encrypted information in a readable format. text/html 2019-05-02T06:41:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week13 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week13?rev=1556779261&do=diff Week 13 Tuesday * For Today: * We will complete our discussion on probability, including expected values. * Propositional logic will be covered on Thursday and next Tuesday. * We'll go over one of last week's homework assignment in class today. text/html 2010-05-04T13:36:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) speed_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/vnc/speed_tips?rev=1272980194&do=diff Improving VNC Performance This page is a work in progress, use the information here if it helps, but do not consider it in any way authoritative. * -- Greg Priest-Dorman 2010/05/04 09:36 Why is my session so slow? VNC is sending the image of your screen over the network between the server (here at CS) and your client (the machine where you are working). Depending on the network speed, the load on the server, the speed of your machine and the protocols vnc is trying to follow, the speed of … text/html 2026-03-03T18:34:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) zax https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs377-202651/zax?rev=1772562862&do=diff Dr. Seuss on Deadlock The Zax by Dr. Seuss From The Sneetches and Other Stories Copyright 1961 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel, renewed 1989. Here's a clip One day, making tracks In the prairie of Prax, Came a North-Going Zax And a South-Going Zax. And it happened that both of them came to a place Where they bumped. There they stood. Foot to foot. Face to face. "Look here, now!" the North-Going Zax said, "I say! You are blocking my path. You are right in my way. I'… text/html 2022-08-31T12:49:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) sshkeysmswindows https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/sshkeysmswindows?rev=1661950198&do=diff SSH Keys on Microsoft Windows using the PuTTY Utility SSH keys are what you will use to establish an encrypted connection over the network, e.g. the internet, between your system and a remote machine. The default type of key to generate is RSA which is good for most purposes. RSA is universally supported among SSH clients. Note that EdDSA performs much faster and provides the same level of security with significantly smaller keys. In general, though, for what you need to do, RSA encryption is … text/html 2022-09-23T00:36:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 01 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/01?rev=1663893417&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li { font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 1em; ma… text/html 2022-11-23T14:35:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week12 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/week12?rev=1669214140&do=diff Week 12 Monday * Today's notebook, where we look at dictionaries, and rudimentary encryption. * notebook Wednesday * First up: I want to go over MiCkEy MOuSe voting for a bit. * We have one last homework assignment... * assignment 9 * Next, a pretty cool set of examples using dictionaries. Our notebook: text/html 2025-06-19T16:26:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) start https://www.cs.vassar.edu/start?rev=1750350362&do=diff Computer Science Department Wiki This site is for internal use by current students, faculty and administrators in the Computer Science department at Vassar College. It provides access to active course websites and up-to-date computer systems information. text/html 2025-06-19T16:26:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/top?rev=1750350362&do=diff Computer Science Department Wiki This site is for internal use by current students, faculty and administrators in the Computer Science department at Vassar College. It provides access to active course websites and up-to-date computer systems information. text/html 2014-08-17T14:47:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) cs379-201403 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs379-201403?rev=1408286838&do=diff Computer Animation: Art Science and Criticism <html> <h2>MEDS/ART/CMPU/FILM-379-01</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Fall 2014</h2> <h2>Syllabus / Course Wiki</h2> </html> Instructors: Tom Ellman Harry Roseman Class Meetings: Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:10pm--5:10pm, MC Sci Vis Lab text/html 2008-07-02T19:45:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) aiptasia_wiki https://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/ursi_2008/aiptasiabase/aiptasia_wiki?rev=1215027936&do=diff AIPTASIA WIKI Goals * Build a open resource for the bioinformatics community to access and contribute data and research on the aiptasia genome. * Create a tool for runnning tasks on the “BioInf” cluster from the internet. * Creating a “piping text/html 2022-12-13T17:36:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/top?rev=1670952996&do=diff Events The Nancy Ide Annual Lecture in Computer Science presents Daniela Rus One Robot for Every Task Monday, November 21, 2022, 3:00pm-4:00pm in Rockefeller 300 Reception to follow 4:00-5PM in the Aula Daniela Rus is the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT, and Deputy Dean of Research in the Schwarzman College of Computing at MIT. Rus’ research interes… text/html 2025-09-30T20:45:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) password https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/password?rev=1759265121&do=diff First Time Login The first time you log into a CS workstation with a temporary password, the login page will help you reset your password. First, enter your username (this will be the same as your Vassar email address, before the @-symbol): Enter your temporary password, which should have been given to you by your professor or sysadmin: text/html 2017-02-20T19:44:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) drschemonmac https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/drschemonmac?rev=1487619881&do=diff Getting Dr. Scheme to run on Mac * playonmac (www.playonmac.com) Install this program and then install the windows version of dr scheme. * x2go (<https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/x2go>) Install x2go on your macbook and then connect to the virtual desktop. One advantage here is that you don't have to copy files that you create, that is, they will be in your $HOME directory the next time you log into one of the linux machines in SP309 or the Asprey lab in SP. text/html 2011-02-21T11:49:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) iceweasel_thinks_it_is_running https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/iceweasel_thinks_it_is_running?rev=1298288975&do=diff Firefox or Chromium thinks it's already running Firefox Problem: firefox will not start and the message you get is something like this one: firefox is already running but not responding. To open a new window you must first close the existing firefox process or restart your system```````` text/html 2013-02-11T16:15:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2013-02-07_creative_computing_and_literary_code https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2013-02-07_creative_computing_and_literary_code?rev=1360599301&do=diff 2013-02-07 Creative Computing and Literary Code <html><style type=“text/css”>div.profile { float: left; padding-right: 0.5em;}</style></html> <html><div class=“profile”></html>[Nick Montfort]<html></div></html> Nick Montfort Associate Professor of Digital Media text/html 2009-09-11T18:31:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) vnc_inetd_gdm https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/vnc_inetd_gdm?rev=1252693878&do=diff VNC over inetd with gdm - number of session limitation There are a lot of pages about setting up vnc over inetd.  I had been running such a setup for years with 10 - 20 simultaneous sessions being commonplace, but an upgrade of the server to ubuntu 9.4 broke my configuration.  Eventually all but one problem had been worked out by poking around the changelogs, reading a few man pages and using the standard net searches.  That problem was that only 2 simultaneous sessions were supported.  The fix… text/html 2016-05-20T15:49:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_seven https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_seven?rev=1463759351&do=diff Linux Tutorial Seven 7.1 Compiling Linux software packages We have many public domain and commercial software packages installed on our systems, which are available to all users. However, students are allowed to download and install small software packages in their own home directory, software usually only useful to them personally. text/html 2010-03-01T15:08:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) find_cs https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/find_cs?rev=1267456128&do=diff Directions for March 5th MHVLUG Meeting To Find campus or see the full map that the one here was modified from try the visitors section of the Vassar College Website: <http://www.vassar.edu/visitors/index.html> On the above page you will find several maps. Computer Science is Building #24 on the PDF text/html 2011-05-05T19:17:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) using_the_pickup_script https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/using_the_pickup_script?rev=1304623047&do=diff Using the pickup script with your course What it is The pickup script is a companion to the submit script. Pickup allows you to place files for pickup in your course directories such that those files cannot be read by your students until they run this script. At that time an entry is logged showing the date, time, user and directory that was picked up. 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Setup Create the file lab06.arr and copy/paste the following into it: text/html 2021-10-29T03:47:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab7 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab7?rev=1635479228&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“lab-7-call-the-plumber-_a-k-a-_-a-tree-by-any-other-name-”>Lab 7: Call the Plumber (<em>a.k.a.</em> A Tree By Any Other Name)</h1> <h2 id=“learning-objectives”>Learning objectives</h2> <p>The purpose of this lab is to:</p> <ul> <li>give you practice modeling phenomena in our world using Trees</li> <li>give you practice working with structurally recursive data definitions </li> <li>give you practice writing functions using a template for structurally recursive data definitions</li>… text/html 2023-05-01T13:51:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) schedule https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-54/schedule?rev=1682949109&do=diff CS 101 Spring, 2023-04 Schedule at a glance Approximate schedule, subject to change. The homework assignments and labs will be added weekly, usually on Thursday evening. The assigned readings are direct links to the pdf versions of the chapters. They should, ideally, be read before the corresponding class. You are responsible for keeping up with the reading and for all material covered in class. text/html 2021-09-10T00:57:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asmt1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/asmt1?rev=1631235451&do=diff Assignment 1: Flags Assigned: Thursday, 9 September Due: Thursday, 16 September, 11:59 p.m. Learning goals * Navigate Pyret documentation * Use the images library Getting started * Open code.pyret.org and ensure it's connected to your Google account. text/html 2021-10-15T14:41:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab6?rev=1634308862&do=diff Lab 6: Recursion Again and Again 15 October 2021 Learning Objectives The purpose of this lab is to give you practice reading, understanding, and writing functions involving lists and recursion. Setup Create the file lab06.arr and copy/paste the following into it: text/html 2022-10-27T19:58:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 06 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/06?rev=1666900684&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } code, code.pyret { color: black; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table th, table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; font-size: 13pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content … text/html 2021-10-29T03:46:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab7 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab7?rev=1635479193&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“lab-7-call-the-plumber-_a-k-a-_-a-tree-by-any-other-name-”>Lab 7: Call the Plumber (<em>a.k.a.</em> A Tree By Any Other Name)</h1> <h2 id=“learning-objectives”>Learning objectives</h2> <p>The purpose of this lab is to:</p> <ul> <li>give you practice modeling phenomena in our world using Trees</li> <li>give you practice working with structurally recursive data definitions </li> <li>give you practice writing functions using a template for structurally recursive data definitions</li>… text/html 2021-05-12T18:14:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week13 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/week13?rev=1620843278&do=diff Week 13 Higher Order Functions / Midterm II (and Review) Monday * Midterm Exam II this Friday * Gradescope: <https://www.gradescope.com/> * use your email address to login (same as for Midterm I) * this will be the last exam of the semester! * Review this Wednesday text/html 2017-04-18T19:20:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab8/top?rev=1492543206&do=diff Lab 8 Alarm Clock We will be designing and building a clock application using the design patterns and principles we learned in class. 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You should divide the work when possible to have 2 pairs of programmers working, perhaps one pair working on the Model and one pair working on the View and Controller. text/html 2021-10-01T04:24:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week5 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/week5?rev=1633062279&do=diff Week 5 More Tables / Midterm 1 Ch. 8: Processing Tables with Nested Functions Monday * Announcement: * Coaching Hours posted! * I'm grading assignments (available soon in Gradescope) * Reminders: * Check Campuswire regularly for important and timely class announcements, like coaching hours text/html 2008-09-15T19:37:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-09-05_cs_account_required_lab https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2008-09-05_cs_account_required_lab?rev=1221507469&do=diff 2008-09-10 New CS Account - Required Lecture & Lab If you do not already have an account on the Computer Science Department lab machines and you will need one for your class this semester then you must attend one of the New Account Lecture and Lab sessions. text/html 2021-03-17T16:35:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week5 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/week5?rev=1615998922&do=diff Week 5 Data with Varieties Monday * Attendance * Notes: * there are still a few students who haven't been checked off for lab 3 (Mar 5th) * check Campuswire channels outside of class for communications: * #office-hours, #assignments, and the Class feed text/html 2015-08-27T14:16:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) emacs_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/emacs_tips?rev=1440684973&do=diff Emacs Tips Emacs Command Shorthand From the emacs built in tutorial Emacs commands generally involve the CONTROL key (sometimes labeled CTRL or CTL) or the META key (sometimes labeled EDIT or ALT). Rather than write that in full each time, we'll use the following abbreviations: C-<chr> means hold the CONTROL key while typing the character <chr> Thus, C-f would be: hold the CONTROL key and type f. M-<chr> means hold the META or EDIT or ALT key down while typing <chr>. … text/html 2020-07-04T21:02:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) vnc https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/vnc?rev=1593896566&do=diff Using VNC What is VNC? NOTE: VNC is deprecated. For all remote desktop access, we ask that you use X2Go (found here). VNC is a system for interacting with a computer display remotely, over a network. This technology was developed by AT&T Laboratories, and is now available for free over the internet (distributed under the GNU General Public License. Visit the text/html 2011-05-10T16:58:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) ewc https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/ewc?rev=1305046736&do=diff Export a window to the Projector Please note, the instructor's workstation in room 105 has a resolution of 1280×1024, the student workstations have screen resolutions of 14450×900. Please resize any window you want to export to fit on the display where you are exporting it. ```````````````````````````````````````````````` text/html 2020-07-04T21:04:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) x2go https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/x2go?rev=1593896682&do=diff X2Go -- Remote Desktop Access About X2Go is a program that lets you use your account's desktop remotely. Imagine that you want to do work using DrRacket (or DrScheme, Netbeans, etc.) from your home computer but don't want to deal with the fuss of copying your work onto your CS account afterwards. text/html 2025-06-27T18:51:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) priority https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/priority?rev=1751050267&do=diff System Priorities Priorities of programs are something to be aware of. PS The first thing to do is to get to know your processes. The ps command lists out the processes you have running on the system. By using ps -l, an extended listing of your processes is provided. The fields of the most interest to this topic are the PID, NI, and COMMAND fields. The COMMAND field lists the name of the command that started your process. So, if you're looking for your runaway c++ program, a.out is the one yo… text/html 2023-01-05T22:19:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) mitm https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/mitm?rev=1672957190&do=diff Host Key Verification Failed At some point you may attempt to SSH into a server, workstation or device, e.g. “my_server”, that you have logged into before and you encounter a long, scary message as follows that ends with “Host Key Verification Failed text/html 2020-07-15T21:38:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) integrity https://www.cs.vassar.edu/integrity?rev=1594849114&do=diff Vassar CS Student Integrity Guide This guide is designed to clarify Vassar College’s academic integrity policy as it applies to the Computer Science Department. Furthermore, it provides advice on how to best navigate integrity issues in the context of the field, where source code authorship is a central issue. text/html 2012-11-12T16:27:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012-11-12_mote_migration https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2012-11-12_mote_migration?rev=1352737626&do=diff 2012-11-12 Mote Migration The new remote access server is finally ready for general usage. This means everyone will have remote access to a system that has all the same software and settings as a department workstation. Fire up Racket and do your CMPU 101 homework, submit your CMPU 203 homework assignment, or just open up IDLE to work on your NLTK work, whatever you need. text/html 2022-10-14T03:30:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 06 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/06?rev=1665718203&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } code.pyret { color: black; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table th, table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li, d… text/html 2009-06-21T20:29:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) usb760 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/usb760?rev=1245616171&do=diff Well, I got my Novatel Wireless usb760 and my Verizonwireless broadband plan. I can report that the device works well but can't be set up entirely under linux. I can also report that VerizonWireless tech folks have much less than no clue about linux. text/html 2013-05-23T14:31:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) timeline_of_rigs https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/timeline_of_rigs?rev=1369319494&do=diff Timeline of Herbert [herb one in 1997] [herb three in 1999] [charmerino in 2000] [herb seven in 2008] [gerbert in 2013] Most of my wearables pages are about the changes and modifications I have made over the years.  I noticed that it gives the impression I am constantly changing things. On this page you can see just how long particular rigs were or have been in use. text/html 2013-03-17T20:31:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) iswc_2007 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/iswc_2007?rev=1363552281&do=diff Herbert and me at ISWC 2007 In both videos you can see the dual holster. I am also using the ntsc version of the M1. New Scientist Perhaps it should be called “Old Scientist without enough sleep”. When I was at ISWC 2007 in Boston I had a chat with Phil McKenna of New Scientist Magazine. I am the third person interviewed in the video and at the end of the written article archived at text/html 2009-12-23T18:23:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) herbeee https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/herbeee?rev=1261592581&do=diff herbeee aka "Herbert Lite" Herbert is a wonderful thing, but let's face it, it is not inexpensive.  I needed to send it in to Sony for a minor repair So, I built “herbeee” to tide me over... In April of 2008 I got an Asus eeepc with 4gig of flash and 512meg of ram.  In short order I installed text/html 2007-12-28T18:56:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) qemu_ubuntu_7.10 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/qemu_ubuntu_7.10?rev=1198868160&do=diff I recently wanted to try a windows only usb device. I deceided to bring up a qemu image and found a few things out that I wonted to put in one place: for win2k make sure to use -win2k-hack when building the system as indicated in the qemu man page text/html 2010-08-26T13:12:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) krock https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/krock?rev=1282828323&do=diff kroc install notes * Installed packages on martha listed on the debian install page * then grabbed “latest stable” with svn svn co http://projects.cs.kent.ac.uk/projects/kroc/svn/kroc/branches/kroc-1.5 kroc-svn which claims to be revison 6412 text/html 2010-02-17T17:58:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325-201001/assignments/top?rev=1266429509&do=diff <html> <h2>Assignments: </h2> </html> Assignment 1: First Program: Write 00h to 8000h, read 8000h, compare to 0, halt if zero. If not zero, go into an infinite loop. Second Program: Write AAh to every memory byte in RAM, check every byte in RAM for AAh. If not, go into an infinite loop. Write 55h to every memory byte in RAM, check every byte in RAM for 55h. If not, go into an infinite loop. text/html 2017-02-21T20:30:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab5/top?rev=1487709055&do=diff Lab 5 CS203 Spring 2017 Goals * Implement a software system for managing a car rental agency. * Use Javdoc comments for all classes and methods. * Use a JUnit framework and create tests for all methods. 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Plenty of changes have occurred to network this summer, here is a summary. The new workstations in the Asprey and Intro labs have quad-core Intel i7 2600 CPUs running at 3.4 GHz with 8 GB of RAM. The new workstations in the 105 classroom have dual-core Intel Atom D2700 chips runnings at 2.13 text/html 2015-08-26T21:23:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) jedit https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/apps/jedit?rev=1440624207&do=diff Jedit tip -. End of line codes When using jedit to edit files that will be saved on a remote linux or unix system, you may run into problems if you don't change the code jedit puts at the end of the line to indicate a return. 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Homeworks (prefixed with text/html 2010-05-16T13:28:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) senior_project_presentations_2010 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/senior_project_presentations_2010?rev=1274016499&do=diff 2010-05-10 Senior Project Presentations 2010 * Matt Baker will present on Monday, 10 May, at 11:30am in OLB 105 * Phil Tully will present on Tuesday, 11 May, at 1pm in OLB 105 * Toby Fox will present on Tuesday, 11 May, at 2pm in OLB 105. 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In this assignment, we&#39;ll use our experience working with tables (in class and in lab) to process a table of… text/html 2021-09-10T13:21:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab2?rev=1631280107&do=diff Lab 2: Conditionals and Reading Code 10 September 2021 Today's lab The purpose of this lab is to give you practice: * using Boolean expressions * reading and writing if expressions * writing functions that use if expressions * writing examples/tests for the functions you write$ \geq $$ \leq $ text/html 2021-09-17T01:43:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab3?rev=1631843030&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“lab-3-tables”>Lab 3: Tables</h1> <p>17 September 2021</p><br> <p>In this lab you’re going to be working with tables! 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Problems Sample Solutions text/html 2021-09-23T20:53:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/week4?rev=1632430418&do=diff Week 4 Tables Ch. 8: Processing Tables Tues * Lab recap * if you're still finishing up / need to be checked off, please see me during office hours (or see one of our coaches) * no late penalty, but please finish ASAP (no later than this Thursday) text/html 2021-09-17T02:57:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab3.html https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab3.html?rev=1631847436&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“lab-3-tables”>Lab 3: Tables</h1> <p>In this lab you’re going to be working with tables! 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This course approaches data structures and algorithms from a practical perspective, text/html 2019-04-29T18:38:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu102-201952/syllabus?rev=1556563083&do=diff <HTML> <h1>CMPU-102-52 Computer Science II: Data Structures and Algorithms - Spring 2019 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>An algorithm is the specification of a method to solve a given problem. A data structure is a specific way of organizing data so that it can be used efficiently by an algorithm. This course approaches data structures and algorithms from a practical perspective, text/html 2020-09-09T01:26:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu224-202001/syllabus?rev=1599614785&do=diff <html> <h1>CMPU-224-01 Computer Organization - Fall 2020 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>This course covers the underlying principles and internal structure of computer systems, with the goal of enabling students to become better programmers and encouraging further study in the area of computer systems. </p> text/html 2018-08-29T16:24:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu241-201801/syllabus?rev=1535559858&do=diff <HTML> <h1>CMPU-241-01 Analysis of Algorithms - Fall 2018 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>An algorithm is the specification of a method to solve a given problem. This course covers fundamental algorithm design and analysis techniques. These techniques shall provide students with a solid knowledge base, which will allow them to develop correct and efficient algorithms to solve whatever practical computer science problems they may encounter in the future.</p> text/html 2019-12-13T02:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu375-201901/syllabus?rev=1576203016&do=diff <html> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>Computer networks, in the form of the Internet, have revolutionized society in the last 3 decades. This course provides an introduction to the design and operation of the Internet and computer networks in general. 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Doing these steps will let you run the assembler from Prof. Voerman on our linux machines under DOS emulation. - Greg Running Z80 Assembler under DosEmu The Short version Log in on any lab linux box and put the floppy in the drive```````````````````````````````````````````````` text/html 2008-10-08T01:17:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-10-07_evening_server_maintenance https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2008-10-07_evening_server_maintenance?rev=1223428672&do=diff 2008-10-07 Evening - Web Server Unavailable for an Hour This web server and several others running here at Computer Science will be down tonight, Oct. 7!!th!! 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If you want to be able to typeset your mathematical work, or even to typeset any of your assignments, LATE… text/html 2020-01-21T18:33:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) final-project https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs366/final-project?rev=1579631624&do=diff Final project The full description of the final project is here. The final project is the main assignment of the second half of the course. Final projects can be done individually or in groups of 2 people. Group projects are expected to be more substantial than individual ones. All projects are required to be related in a substantive way to at least one of the central topics of the course. The main components are as follows: text/html 2021-10-05T05:49:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/week6?rev=1633412950&do=diff Week 6 Data Normalization From the 5 Rules of Data Normalization [poster]: * Unnormalized data * redundant and repetitive data (jagged length rows) * 1st Normal Form (1NF) -- eliminate repeating groups * 2NF -- eliminate redundant data * 3NF and 3.5NF text/html 2021-09-30T01:39:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week5 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week5?rev=1632965945&do=diff Welcome to Week 5 Tuesday * Any questions from Friday's lab? * Today's Topics: typecasting, final variables, exceptions, javadoc * Part 2 of the pet trainer homework assignment... is due on Friday. * <https://moodle.vassar.edu/course/view.php?id=19557#section-3> * Midterm exam - if we have one a week from Friday, 10/8, I can return them before Fall Break. text/html 2020-04-23T15:17:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week12 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week12?rev=1587655040&do=diff Week 12 Tuesday * the meeting id for tues/thurs lectures * <https://vassar.zoom.us/j/5845469406> * We will finish talking about HashSets * Then revisit stacks and queues * Oh, there is a stacks and queues lab for Wednesday, similar to last week's lab. * ok, a word about the HashSet: no exceptions in the specs! text/html 2021-11-04T16:56:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week9 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week9?rev=1636044962&do=diff Week 9 Tuesday * questions on the lab? * More On The Linked List and ADT (abstract data type) Lecture Notes * [Week 9 Lecture Notes] * [It came from our Lecture Notes!] * [This one too!] Thursday * Office hours: 2:30 - 4:30 on Thursday * Let's prepare for tomorrow's lab together... this should not be a passive exercise! text/html 2017-05-21T18:35:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) exams https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-201752/exams?rev=1495391716&do=diff Final Exam * Tuesday, March 23rd, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, RH 203. * Open notes. * General topics for each question will be posted. * [ Review questions for final exam] (Solutions will be posted). Part of solutions to review questions: [ final exam review answers] Note: Many of these can be tested in DrJava. text/html 2020-02-11T03:05:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) coaching https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/coaching?rev=1581390335&do=diff Coaches Corner Here's a chart for the coaches schedule. The coaches from either section of cmpu-102 should be able to help you. Note: I'll leave this one up, but there is a more recent schedule under the “UPDATE” section. [Schedule] UPDATE The above schedule may not be accurate. Here is the latest schedule details: text/html 2020-02-05T22:31:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week3?rev=1580941862&do=diff Week 3 Tuesday * I have a small homework assignment for you to do this week. It is good practice! We also have a lecture and some debugging based on last week's lab. A few links to share too. * Can we **protect** a java class? * The Curious Case of Strings, a reference * [Today's lecture notes] Wednesday * lab 2 still to come... text/html 2020-02-27T13:38:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week6?rev=1582810730&do=diff Week 6 Tuesday * The list of weekly topics is slightly skewed. We will cover the Final keyword, javadoc and exceptions this week * [Today's lecture notes] * We will take a look at exceptions - contract violations, if you consider an api to be a contract - with some code. text/html 2020-03-26T16:32:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week8 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week8?rev=1585240326&do=diff The Return of the Course? Tuesday * Not sure where to start. Maybe this link? * Luckily, this is not Vassar College. * Another thought: we've all been told what not to do, how to protect yourself and others from covid-19, especially in official communications from the college. What I suggest is to, whatever extent possible, keep up a sense of community with everyone at Vassar. Particularly with those you've been in contact with before Spring Break. Of course, you will want to do th… text/html 2020-04-09T18:24:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week10 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week10?rev=1586456679&do=diff Week 10 Tuesday * the meeting id for tues/thurs lectures * <https://vassar.zoom.us/j/5845469406> * The lecture for Tuesday is uploaded here * <https://moodle.vassar.edu/mod/folder/view.php?id=616360> * What's a GDS? Here's one. * While grading the tic-tac-toe assignment, I was thinking some more about random numbers. * An interesting article about random numbers * Come for the random numbers, stay for the IBM stories (and songs!) * I will talk about tic tac toe … text/html 2020-04-16T21:17:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week11 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week11?rev=1587071877&do=diff Week 11 Tuesday * the meeting id for tues/thurs lectures * <https://vassar.zoom.us/j/5845469406> * We will talk about sets today, even if you haven't taken cmpu-145 (!) * We'll implement sets in our Wednesday lab. 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The to-do list for today: * Midterm return. [midterm answers] * Some tangentially related links regarding division by zero. * Redhat explanation of java vulnerabilities * The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures link for same * Another link regarding the genesis of object oriented programming. * email from Dr. Alan Kay * We'll have two lectures today on functions. text/html 2019-04-19T12:36:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week11 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week11?rev=1555677376&do=diff Week 11 Tuesday * For Today: * A review of last week's lab. (It will be a helper file for today's lab) * IBM article, I'm not in any of the pictures. * A lecture: Chapter 5, combinations and permutations * A homework assignment * There is also a lab tonight, based on today's lecture. text/html 2013-09-01T20:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) success https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs240/success?rev=1378066915&do=diff How to Succeed in CS 240 (with a bit of effort) CS240 includes a lot of detailed information that supports the “big ideas” that we will gain an understanding of during the course. Here are some suggestions for approaching the course material and lectures that can help guarantee that you get the most out of it. text/html 2015-09-23T12:22:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs240/syllabus?rev=1443010933&do=diff Fall 2015 Syllabus Text Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Third Edition Michael Sipser Course Technology, Inc. Requirements * Exams: Three exams, each worth 20% of the final grade. The first two exams focus on material in the immediately preceding segment of the course. The third exam covers primarily later material, but may also cover material from earlier in the course. text/html 2023-03-27T16:58:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs241-2023-51/top?rev=1679936304&do=diff Analysis of Algorithms (CMPU-241-51, Spring 2023) CMPU-241-51: Analysis of Algorithms (Spring 2023) Instructor: Prairie Rose Goodwin Location: Sanders Physics (SP) 105 Hours: Tue/Thu - 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Notes: You can not enroll yourself in this course. text/html 2008-07-02T19:42:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) security https://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/ursi_2008/aiptasiabase/security?rev=1215027720&do=diff Security Concerns There are many important things to be concerned about when creating a system like this, and security is one of them. From a systems administration point of view, the following things must be considered. Uploading Executables Allowing any user to upload and run any executable is TERRIFYING. This will require either auditing uploaded programs (and requiring uploaded programs to be sent in the form of source code to be compiled in-house), or carefully making sure that only trus…