That went fairly well
Just finished up the Software Engineering class. I'd say I bullshitted enough of the presentation so that the prof didn't think I participated as little as I did.
Exam Schedule
Monday: CS487 10:30-12:30
Tuesday: Com428 2:00-4:00
Wednesday: Math149 8:00-10:00
Friday: Psych303 8:00-10:00
I don't know what I was looking at before that told me my Software Engineering exam was on Thursday, but it's definitely Monday. I thought I had Monday empty. Poop. Looks like I gotta get things in order for studying this weekend. Damn, and I planned to do my COM exam this weekend too.
Fuckles!
The CS330 exam blew. That said, I feel fairly confident about problems number five and one. Which, compared to my normal attitude of "fucking fuck i don't know what the fuck i'm doing, fuck," is an amazing thing. I answered all but the third (second?) problem because I had no idea what it was asking... Wait, no.. I went back and did answer a question because the TA was being stupid and letting us work over time, was it that one? How can I not remember whether I answered all of the questions on an exam i finished fifteen minutes ago??? Oh well, I most likely attempted the three problems (with varying degrees of "success" on each) in between the good ones. My feeling of confidence comes from the fact that I believe I read that Finite State Machine correctly, then I should be good.
Here's the diagram, with the double circle being the end state:
For part A I basically said (albeit very verbose) that there are 3n+1 zeros and there can be any number of ones anywhere in the string, they basically don't matter. Part B asked for a regex to describe the machine and, while I don't remember exactly what I put (what is wrong with me? post exam amnesia, probably a defense mechanism of some sort), Joy says she wrote down 1*01*(01*01*01*)* which I should be extremely similar to mine. I think I may have stupidly put a U 1*01* afterwards. Why is that stupid? Because it folds into the first one. I hope I didn't, but I really shouldn't lose any points if I did.
I wrote a novel for the first problem. It basically described how a depth first search would find the... fuck, the LONGEST PATH I SEARCHED FOR THE SHORTEST PATH FUCK ASDLASDKJF in a noncyclic, directional graph. I should be fine with the shortest/longest discrepancy because it is the exact same algorithm, it's just storing different paths in each node based on length.
Overall, I feel like I'll do better than the 30 I got on the first exam. I better because I really need a good grade for the second exam..
I was looking over the grading scale for precalc last night and found out some awesome info! My three midterms were graded as such: 63%, 65%, 78%. I thought "shit, D, D, C." NO!! They're really C, C, B! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :cool:
Hahahaha! I feel relieved! My psych paper that I wrote during the class it was due got a 19.4 (18.4?) out of 24. A B. She allows rewrites until Tuesday. Corey got a 24/24. Based on my grade with my effort level and his grade, I should easily be able to hit 24 as well. COM paper got pushed back until next Tuesday, which is the latest we can turn in the final exam (also take home, also easy according to Prof Gehrs). Psych should be fine. Must study for precalc. Must study for COM.
This is turning out a LOT better than I thought it would.
Examinate!
If I'm reading this correctly, my final exam schedule looks like this:
CS330: This Friday during quiz section, 10AM-11:15AM. Currently feeling: Fuck fuck fuck.
COM428: The Tuesday after, 2PM-4PM. Currently feeling: If I read the sections I'll be fine..
Math149: Wednesday, 8AM-10AM. Currently feeling: Especially fuck fuck fuck.
CS487: Thursday, 8AM-10AM. Currently feeling: This could go either way.
Psych303: Friday, 8AM-10AM. Currently feeling: If I read, I'll be fine.
I'll double check the schedule later when I'm a little less tired and a little less procrastinating, but I like how that looks. All morning exams. Go to bed early the night before, grab a breakfast from the commons, then it's exam time. Other than the Com exam, that is, but that's ok as it'll probably be another take-home exam anyway. I like that the CS330 exam is the week before finals; it'll feel good to get that bastard out of the way first.
I found a really nice, minimalistic wallpaper. It's all white and stuff too (without being blinding) so it matches my GTK theme pretty well. I've been going with dark and black backgrounds lately, so this'll be a nice change. See!
Todo immediately: COM paper and presentation (holy fuck I suck at getting stuff done).
Just according to keikaku
[Translator's note: Keikaku means plan in Japanese.]
The COM syllabus told me that first round presentations were going to start last Wednesday. I emailed Gehrs and he told me the same thing. Apparently he decided to push it up a day and first round was supposed to start today. But the projector was broken. First round starts a week later than I originally anticipated. I can easily attend class on Wednesday, see what's expected of my presentation, and then spend the rest of the week conforming. This... this takes a LOT of pressure off of me right now. And here I was thinking I was two presentation days late. Goddamn. I am so glad that we just happened to sit near Shavonne's (acquaintance from COM) group of friends at dinner tonight.
Hit the jump below for lots of text. (It's my quick little review of Mario Kart Wii. It's long. You probably don't want to read it. Don't click it. Seriously.)
I am in serious need of some sleep. Lately I have been listening to the Piano Collections of Final Fantasies 4, 7, and 10 while working on my paper stuff. I also have 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10-2, but I have not played any of those games and thus do not appreciate the music as much. Sleep, however, has come quickly the past couple of nights with the aid of the FFXI and FFXI: Rise of the Zilart soundtracks. The music influences my dreams.
I must also make up serious hours at work. I skipped again today to work on my paper. That's a total of six hours that need to be made up. I'll squeeze 'em in no problem.