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From: denelsbe@cs.unc.edu (Kevin Denelsbeck)
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Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
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Subject: UNC Fall '90 course corrections
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Date: 20 Sep 90 23:30:08 GMT
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NOTICE OF CHANGE IN COURSE SCHEDULE
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Due to the well-publicized budget crunch at UNC, the Fall 1990 graduate
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computer science course schedule has undergone some changes. The following
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corrections take place immediately :
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Replacing COMP 122 (ALGORITHMS AND ANALYSIS):
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COMP 123 ALGORITHMS AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
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Investigation into the motives of famous algorithm designers. Anal
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retentive behavior among sort developers. Gardening habits of Prim, Kruskal,
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Adel'son-Vel'skii, and Landis. Examples of Dijkstra's lecture tour routes.
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Karp's early career as a brush salesman. Scavenger hunt successes of Boyer
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and Moore, with discussion of recent losses to some new guy.
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REQUIRED TEXT: _The Psychology of Computer Programming_, Weinberg.
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Replacing COMP 171 (NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING):
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COMP 175 SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
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Tools and techniques in computer analysis of psychic communication.
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Syntactic and semantic models of telepathy. Technical considerations for
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power outages, especially within the context of the seance. Implications
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of "ghosts in the machine". Investigation of various interface strategies,
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including tarot card readers, crystal trackballs, and ouija mousepads.
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REQUIRED TEXT: Time-Life _Mysteries of the Unknown_. Students will
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be required to READ THE BOOK.
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Replacing COMP 213 (FILES AND DATABASES):
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COMP 215 FILES NAND DATABASES
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Due to budgetary limitations, the subject matter for this course
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will be necessarily abridged. We might cover files; we might not. Ditto
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for databases. But we certainly won't cover both. As a matter of fact, we
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might not cover anything! Prerequisite: COMP 216 (Digital Logic Techniques),
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just to figure out your options.
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REQUIRED TEXT: Maybe.
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Replacing COMP 217 (INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES):
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COMP 218 INTRODUCTION IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
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Investigation of techniques (in various programming paradigms) of
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creating the "Hello World" program. Generalization to other useless programs.
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Introduction to NP-easy problems.
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REQUIRED TEXT: _I Didn't Know You Could Do That With A Computer!_
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Replacing COMP 233 (DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION):
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COMP 235 DISCREET EVENT SIMULATION
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Virtual realization of scenarios that most of us geeks will never
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experience in real-life. Digitization of glossy pictures. Redesign of
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WalkThru, and possible renaming of same. Techniques for interfacing with
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various 1-900 numbers. Course project required; may need to be evaluated
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several times by instructor.
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REQUIRED TEXT: It's a secret.
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Replacing COMP 238 (RASTER GRAPHICS):
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COMP 239 RASTA GRAPHICS
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Hey mon. Let me tell you, mon, you'll be likin' this course. We
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be jammin' to many important concepts, mon. Rendering dreadlocks, mon.
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Synchronization with MIDI sources of reggae, mon. Debugging with voodoo,
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mon. You get the picture; get it, mon, "get the picture"? I be seeing
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you, mon. Take the course.
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REQUIRED TEXT: None, but bring your Marley and Tosh cassettes.
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Replacing COMP 290-1 (EXPERT SYSTEMS):
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COMP 290-3 NOVICE SYSTEMS
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Design, implementation, and testing of systems that simulate computer
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novices. Observation and analysis of real novices in Mac Lab. Course
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project required; end-of-semester demonstration constitutes substantial
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portion of grade. "Optimal" NS's will behave erratically at this demo:
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complaining, crying, copying other students' disks, failing to do rudimen-
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tary documentation, and bothering COMP 4 and 14 TA's to distraction. Extra
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credit given for creative program generation.
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REQUIRED TEXT: _Pascal_, Koffman, but students are not allowed to
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refer to it at any time.
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Replacing COMP 290-2 (HIGHLY PARALLEL PROGRAMMING):
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COMP 290-4 HIGHLY PERPENDICULAR PROGRAMMING
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Design of multiprocessor machines, with the emphasis being on
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non-cooperation among the nodes. Geometric theorem-proving by computer,
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with varying approaches to internal representation of compass and
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straightedge. Introduction to truly orthogonal programming constructs.
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REQUIRED TEXT: Who'd write a text on this?
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Replacing COMP 291 (PROFESSIONAL WRITING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE):
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COMP 292 CONFESSIONAL WRITING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
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This course further emphasizes UNC's strong commitment to building
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a real sense of ethics in its students. If you're bound and determined to
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cheat on the job, this course will provide you with the writing skills to
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confess about it later. Through successive drafts, students refine their
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public catharsis to a razor-sharpness that any politician would find
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enviable. Special guest lecturers: Jimmy Swaggart, Robert Morris, Jr.
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REQUIRED TEXT: None -- the STUDENTS write the book.
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