All students in CS 1371 should read the announcements daily at:
http://t-square.gatech.edu
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Back to General FAQFirst go to lecture and recitation. If you need extra help you can check out or posting to the newsgroups, you can also visit help desk.
You can also email your TA. We prefer that you only do this if you have to include code though. Otherwise it is better to post the question to the newsgroup so that everyone can benefit. FAQ about the proper way to email your TA first!
Back to General FAQYou can find your TAs and their emails here. Make sure you read the FAQ about the proper way to email your TA first! Also see the FAQ about the proper places to get help.
Back to General FAQFrom the syllabus:
"You are encouraged to conduct all official email correspondence for this course using your official GT email account. This is to protect your privacy. Email with HTML formatting should be avoided. Email from outside sources such as gmail, hotmail, yahoo, and other personal accounts should also be avoided - many Spam killers automatically reject mail from these accounts. For a quickest response, put CS1371 in the subject of your e-mail."
Back to General FAQThe office for the TAs is located in the CoC in room 130
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Back to General FAQThe help desk is a great place to get extra homework help and to ask homework related questions. Try it out! You can find out more by reading the rest of help desk FAQ.
Back to General FAQThere are a lot of students trying to get help at the help desk and the TAs do their best to help everyone. You can help us, everyone else, and especially yourself by following these guidelines at the help desk:
The help desk is located in the CoC room 104a. Note that the CoC is the the old computing building, not the new Klaus building. You can find a map of it's location here : help_desk_map.jpg.
Back to General FAQNewsgroups are a great way to ask your questions and get them answered. Lab 1 explained how to subscribe to newsgroups and how to use them. If you have questions about the use of newsgroups, please refer back to Lab 1. You should be subscribed to the git.cc.class.cs1371.rec and git.cc.class.cs1371. lab newsgroups for this class. .lab is for questions about the labs and .rec is for everything else. You should read them often and post questions there first before emailing your TA. Don't post any answers to the homework problems though and be sure to prefix your subject line with something like [hw5] so that we know what the post is about.
Back to General FAQThere are a lot of questions on the newsgroups and you can help us, everyone else, and especially yourself by following these guidelines before posting and when looking for answers:
Please use specific subject lines in the following format:
[hw#-prob#]
For instance, the following formats would be great for subject lines:
[hw5-prob1] how do I find cnum for even matrices
[hw5-prob2] how do I set the state for rand
[hw5-prob2] what number do we use to set the state for rand
[hw5-prob3] does the third quartile contain the median
[hw5-prob4] what does the problem want
The following are bad subject lines:
hw5 - prb2 clarification hw5 q2 clarification Problem 4, Homework 5 Problem 2, HW5 HW5 - Prob3
Back to General FAQIn Thunderbird highlight the post and press the delete button. In Outlook Express, you highlight the message, go to the message menu and click, "cancel message."
Back to General FAQNo, all homework should work correctly with V6.0 or later.
Back to General FAQYou need to install X11 for Mac. This was included on the Mac OS X install disk, but it wasn't installed. You can either install it from your disk (put the disk in, open it in Finder, and then scroll down. Look for an option to install additional packages) or download it here: external link: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~badcock3/X11Tiger.zip You may need to re-install MATLAB in order to get it working, and you may not.
Back to General FAQThe process is usually straightforward. For most files, you will download them as .dmg files. When you double click them, a window will pop-up with the application inside of it. You then need to drag this Application into your Applications folder (or wherever you want to install it, I'd put it in the Applications folder). To open the Applications folder, click the pop-up window, and then go to File->New Finder Window, and then Go->Applications. Drag the application into the Applications folder. When you're done, you need to eject the disk image you mounted. The disk image will appear on your Desktop, just drag it into the Trash. The wastebasket should change into an eject button when you do this.
Back to General FAQThe Mail application that comes with your Mac can handle Mail accounts but not newsgroups. I suggest Thunderbird as a news reader. You can use either program to read your mail, you can find instructions for setting up both Mozilla Thunderbird and Apple Mail to do mail or newsgroups on OIT's website.
Configure E-mail on Mail or Thunderbird: external link: http://faq.oit.gatech.edu/0303.html
Configure News on Thunderbird: external link: http://faq.oit.gatech.edu/0234.html
Back to General FAQUnfortunately, these two commands don't work so well on a Mac. Xlsread works fine, the warning it gives you can be disregarded safely. However, xlswrite won't function at all. To complete this assignment, you should take your code to a Windows machine (There are public labs located in the Library, the Student Center, the first floor of Klaus, to name a few) and make sure it runs before you submit it.
Back to General FAQInstalling MATLAB on your Mac puts two applications on your computer:
* MATLAB
* StartMATLAB
The only way to get MATLAB to open is to run the StartMATLAB application. In another note the only way to start MATLAB from your dock is by placing the StartMATLAB application in it. If this doesn't solve your problem, then look at this flowchart. (Link to Patrick's amazing MATLAB install flow chart)
Back to General FAQssh and sftp come preinstalled with Mac OS X, they are all you really need, but they can be a little daunting for people not accustomed to the command line. Instead, you should download Fugu, a free ssh/sftp GUI. It can be found here:
external link: http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/download.html
Download the latest English version. Run the program. Supply your username and the server (acme.gatech.edu) and leave the other fields blank. Once you've logged in, create a public_html folder in your remote home folder. Put your web page files in there.
Back to General FAQThe FAQ are here to answer your questions; so, read them whenever you have a question. If your question hasn't already been answered and you think a lot of other students will have the same question, try getting it added to the FAQ (See below). You can also try asking your question on the newsgroups if it applies to everyone.
You should check the homework FAQ fairly regularly to see if there is any important information about the current week's homework.
Back to General FAQEmail your TA and with the question and ask him to get it added to the FAQ.
Back to General FAQYes maintain the filenames exactly the way we have told you to on the HW files.
Back to General FAQNo. Unless the question specifically ask for it.
Back to General FAQYes, a good example would be a function that creates a plot.
Back to General FAQWe will be posting HW solutions regularly. If you do not understand the provided solution or solved it differently, There are two things you must consider:
