Test fallout...
So I get my MEA 200 (oceanography) test back. This class is an intro level class, so it should be fairly easy, right? I got an 82, which probably could have been better, but compared to the rest of the class, might be generous....
This is one of 3 grades in the course--each equally weighted, 50 question multiple choice tests. So, to make it clear how everyone did, here is the distribution. The highest score was a 94, the median was a 70, and the mean was a 65. The rest of the distribution:
Range Frequency
90-100 2
80-90 13
70-80 20
60-70 9
50-60 13
40-50 9
30-40 2
Oh, by the way, there is no curve on this test, or any indication that there will be any curve. I figured out that if I want an A in the class (assuming 93=A, which actually might not be true), I have to miss no more than 2 questions for the remainder of the semester. A bit close.
My assembler grade was much nicer--got it by email tonight, and it had three digits in it, which made me happy. It might be easier to get an A+ in that class than an A- in oceanography, and there's
no way I would've thought that before the semester.
And finally: Naruto fans--I feel your pain. I know that one day something I like dearly will too be licensed.
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Slight edits--fixed distribution; professor wrote in a later email that he adjusts grades at the end of the course (he still won't disclose how he does that though!)
Labels: school
This was fun without a calculator:
Problem: Find the integer n for which this is true.
8n log2n < 4n2
The answer is 5, which is what I deduced (the two terms equal each other when n=2 and n=4), but it was extremely fun trying to figure out if I was right.
Unfortunately, I missed the related problem:
Find the given c and n for which 4n2 is in Ω(8n log2n).
I set c=1, and I had thought the answer would be the same as above. Wrong! If c=1, n=4, since 4n2 ≤ c*8n log2n for Ω.
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Labels: computing, school
Good news...and bad news...
Good news:
- The GPS receiver was at the Post Office today, and it's almost time to test it out!
- I found out that (perhaps!) the Linuxes in Jordan 1111 have DVD writers.
Bad news:
- Neither Bleach 18, Monster 39, nor Yakitate 11/12 have come out yet.
I never thought either that I would ever hear NC State students screaming after a Duke win, but sure enough, after Duke beat UNC 71-70 last night, I could hear the screaming 5 floors down from me.
And I just read the short term forecast from the NWS WFO Raleigh--there is a chance of flurries this afternoon due to the cold temperatures aloft; but it's so freaking warm at the surface that nothing significant will happen except it will look neat.
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It's Usually Not a Good Thing...
...If the University thinks you aren't enrolled in any classes. But the Wolfware Lookup tool thinks I'm not:
Unity ID: [you don't need to know that]
Full Name: [you really don't need to know that]
Enrolled in: Not enrolled in any courses
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Labels: computing, school
We won!
The winning GPS unit. Now, for some serious mapping!
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Si fuera la lluvia que ata la tierra y el cielo junta, quien en todo de la eternidad nunca mezclará, ¿podría atar dos corázones juntos?
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