Spring '04 - Spring '05 cs104

The status of cs104 from Fall '05 and onward is tentative cancellation.
What follows is the Spring '05 cs104 web page. The content was nearly identical in Fall '04 and mostly similar in Spring '04.
It is here for historical reasons.

Labs:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	-	10	11	12	13	14

Mon May 9	Added grades (copied by hand from grade sheet, so could have errors) and final scores. Selected final answers.
Thurs Apr 28	My ethics essay answers.
Tue Apr 26	Times for the final are posted. At the end of class Friday I'll hand out evaluations for John (the TA.) There will also be a course/instructor eval, which won't matter since neither is returning.
Mon Apr 25	The latest to turn in the ethics paper is this Wed 5pm (under my door/mailbox if I'm not here.) Even handwritten, it is worth 14/20 (see bottom of the assignment.) Added last Spring's final.
Fri Apr 22	Added final Qs to the Exams page.
Mon Apr 18	Added some comments for lab 14 at the end of Spreadsheets (in the notes.)
Apr 14	Some information about the final exam is on the Exams page.
Apr 13	The ethics/LaTeX homework is finally ready. It is worth 20 lab points and is due Fri, April 22nd (but see assignment.)
Fri Apr 1	Monday I'll go over labs 8/9 & 10 (test review) a little on ftp (for lab 12) and the rest of Apple/MicroSoft history.
Mon March 28	The test over labs 8/9(forms/javascript) & 10 (grep/sed/reg-exps) will be next Wed, April 6th. This Wed I'll be covering Job Control (in lab 12). Fri I should have visual basic on my laptop.
Mon Feb 28	There will be a lab 6&7 test next Monday.
	There will be a presentation from Cargill representatives the Wed before Spring break (March 9.) Cargill is a giant, huge ag company based in Minn which hires from ISU. Like most giant companies, they run their own computers and have their own programmers writing things you can't buy anywhere else. They usually give a pretty good presentation. Topics include what kinds of software they use (databases, communications, OSes, ... ) and what programmers do vs. what MIS majors do. I believe they will be speaking at the Com Sci club meeting later that night.
Fri Feb 18	Next Wed (Feb 23) will have an html quiz (over lab 5) during the last 30 minutes (more on exams page.)
Tues Feb 15	Score for test#2 are posted. It was out of 100 points. Solutions are on the exams page.
Fri Feb 4	Test #2 is next Friday. It will be over labs 3 & 4 and intro architecture (CPU, registers, the bus, assembly/machine language, hex/octal/binary, byte.) I'll post a similar exam from last semester.
Sun Jan 30	Test 1 scores are entered. The maximum is 85. If I had to assign grades, maybe: 75:A, 65:B, 45:C (you had to know something to get 45.) For anyone who missed this one, don't worry -- there will be unix on a few more tests and on the final.
Mon Jan 24	Lab scores are being entered, but are still incomplete.
Fri Jan 21	The first text is in class next Friday. It is over labs 1 & 2. The exams page has exam 1 from last Spring.
Tues Jan 11	There was an office miscommunication. Lab is not cancelled this week. If you read the email in question and missed it, you may show up to a lab Wednesday, or start it on your own and have it "checked off" next week.
Mon Jan 10th	Labs will meet this first week. You will need to get a CS account before lab starts. Our system should "know about you" (so you can get an account) for sure by 5pm today (Monday.) If you are a cs major and ever got this account, or got one for cs227, it is the same. To get one, go to http://register.cs.iastate.edu from a broswer. You should pick the same username as you did for your Project-Vincent "Email" account. If you added the class late, our computer won't "know about you" for a few days. Bring your class schedule for the first day of class. There are only about 30 students, but the labs were set-up for 140. I'd like to consolidate into 3-4 lab times. Labs times are T/W 12-2, 2-4 and 4-6, plus T6-8. I'd like to consider eliminating some of the emptier ones (W12-2 and 4-6 are the only sort-of full ones (8 and 6 students.)

Mon May 9

Added grades (copied by hand from grade sheet, so could have errors) and final scores.
Selected final answers.

Thurs Apr 28

My ethics essay answers.

Tue Apr 26

Times for the final are posted.
At the end of class Friday I'll hand out evaluations for John (the TA.) There will also be a course/instructor eval, which won't matter since neither is returning.

Mon Apr 25

The latest to turn in the ethics paper is this Wed 5pm (under my door/mailbox if I'm not here.) Even handwritten, it is worth 14/20 (see bottom of the assignment.)
Added last Spring's final.

Fri Apr 22

Added final Qs to the Exams page.

Mon Apr 18

Added some comments for lab 14 at the end of Spreadsheets (in the notes.)

Apr 14

Some information about the final exam is on the Exams page.

Apr 13

The ethics/LaTeX homework is finally ready. It is worth 20 lab points and is due Fri, April 22nd (but see assignment.)

Fri Apr 1

Monday I'll go over labs 8/9 & 10 (test review) a little on ftp (for lab 12) and the rest of Apple/MicroSoft history.

Mon March 28

The test over labs 8/9(forms/javascript) & 10 (grep/sed/reg-exps) will be next Wed, April 6th.
This Wed I'll be covering Job Control (in lab 12). Fri I should have visual basic on my laptop.

Mon Feb 28

There will be a lab 6&7 test next Monday.

There will be a presentation from Cargill representatives the Wed before Spring break (March 9.) Cargill is a giant, huge ag company based in Minn which hires from ISU. Like most giant companies, they run their own computers and have their own programmers writing things you can't buy anywhere else.
They usually give a pretty good presentation. Topics include what kinds of software they use (databases, communications, OSes, ... ) and what programmers do vs. what MIS majors do. I believe they will be speaking at the Com Sci club meeting later that night.

Fri Feb 18

Next Wed (Feb 23) will have an html quiz (over lab 5) during the last 30 minutes (more on exams page.)

Tues Feb 15

Score for test#2 are posted. It was out of 100 points. Solutions are on the exams page.

Fri Feb 4

Test #2 is next Friday. It will be over labs 3 & 4 and intro architecture (CPU, registers, the bus, assembly/machine language, hex/octal/binary, byte.) I'll post a similar exam from last semester.

Sun Jan 30

Test 1 scores are entered. The maximum is 85. If I had to assign grades, maybe: 75:A, 65:B, 45:C (you had to know something to get 45.)
For anyone who missed this one, don't worry -- there will be unix on a few more tests and on the final.

Mon Jan 24

Lab scores are being entered, but are still incomplete.

Fri Jan 21

The first text is in class next Friday. It is over labs 1 & 2. The exams page has exam 1 from last Spring.

Tues Jan 11

There was an office miscommunication. Lab is not cancelled this week. If you read the email in question and missed it, you may show up to a lab Wednesday, or start it on your own and have it "checked off" next week.

Mon Jan 10th

Labs will meet this first week. You will need to get a CS account before lab starts. Our system should "know about you" (so you can get an account) for sure by 5pm today (Monday.) If you are a cs major and ever got this account, or got one for cs227, it is the same.
To get one, go to http://register.cs.iastate.edu from a broswer. You should pick the same username as you did for your Project-Vincent "Email" account.
If you added the class late, our computer won't "know about you" for a few days.
Bring your class schedule for the first day of class. There are only about 30 students, but the labs were set-up for 140. I'd like to consolidate into 3-4 lab times. Labs times are T/W 12-2, 2-4 and 4-6, plus T6-8. I'd like to consider eliminating some of the emptier ones (W12-2 and 4-6 are the only sort-of full ones (8 and 6 students.)

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