At last! A solution to getting the frog! I have posted a revised version of ArrowKeyTests.java with these (and only these) changes:
- Completely rewritten (and considerably more complicated)
loadImagemethod. You should be able to just copy and paste this method into your program. - Two additional statements to
import java.net.URLandjava.awt.MediaTracker, which are needed by theloadImagemethod.
This improved method should allow you to load the frog images (1) on any platform, and (2) even if you put your program and the frog images into a jar file. It probably won't work if you are writing a JApplet instead of an application, though.
You should use the new, "improved" method even if the program works for you, because that will improve the chances that it will also work for me.
Oh, by the way--only load the images once. It takes milliseconds to load an image, so you don't want to do it every time the display changes!
And one evaluation form I missed:
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Pizza party! Thursday, December 9, 6 p.m. Who is invited: All current and former MCIT students and faculty, and students taking MCIT classes. OK to bring a guest. An informal RSVP to would be appreciated. |
Special MCIT lecture!
Frank O'Brien, author of The Apollo Guidance Computer, will be speaking in
Towne 337
6-8pm Thursday evening
December 2, 2010
Please come and join us for a fascinating look at the hardware and software that got us to the moon!. Everyone is welcome!
Also: The current CIT 591 assignment will be due Friday midnight.
Clarifications and corrections to Text Translator assignment:
Please name your classes as follows, with this capitalization: Identity, WrapLines, Detab, SingleSpace, HtmlToWiki, WikiToHtml, ZapGremlins. This is so we know how to call your classes from our JUnit tests. (Note: To rename a class in Eclipse, select the name of the class, then choose Refactor → Rename... and enter the new name. Eclipse will do exactly the right thing, everywhere it's needed!)
WrapLines: Lines should not end in spaces or tabs. If there are spaces or tabs ending in column 72, they should be discarded. If there are spaces or tabs starting in column 73, they should be discarded.
WrapLines: When a line is wrapped, the new line should begin with exactly the same whitespace (if any) as the previous line. If a long line begins with (for example) two tabs and a space, then the part that is wrapped should begin with two tabs and a space. If I told you something else when you asked me, I was mistaken--my apologies.
SingleSpace: I gave a bad example in the assignment. Pairs of newlines should be replaced with a single newline; single newlines should be left alone. So text\n\n\n\n\ntext should become text\n\n\ntext.
Many of you have been concerned about a poor grade on the midterm exam. As stated in class, if you do "better" on the final exam than on the midterm exam, I will count the midterm "less heavily." Here's what I mean by that.
- "Doing better": Some exams are harder than others. The average score on the final exam might be 65, or it might be 85. For that reason, I always convert raw exam scores into Z scores, which tell me how well you did compared to the class average. If you got a poor grade on the midterm, "doing better" means getting closer to the class average.
- "Less heavily": Ordinarily I count the midterm as 20% and the final as 30%. If you do better on the final exam, I will count the midterm as 10% and the final as 40%.
- To the better students: This will not hurt your final grade. For one thing, this applies to everyone. For another, I don't have some fixed number of As and Bs to hand out; your final grade isn't based on how well you do compared to your classmates, but on how well you do compared to all the other students I have ever taught.
getShipArray method wherever you need it. Reminder: Filling out these forms is a course requirement; it is not optional.
Partner evaluation form for 04 Squarelotrons
Partner evaluation form for 05 War (Card Game)
Partner evaluation form for 06 Hammurabi
main should be static. Furthermore, it should be public static void main(String[] args) If you are majoring in MCIT:
I am your advisor. This semester, and every semester, you will have a "hold" placed on your registration. You cannot register until you are advised by me. This is totally routine. Don't panic.
If you are full-time, taking CIT 591, CIT 592, and CIT 593 this semester, and you wish to take CIT 594, CIT 595, and CIT 596 next semester, you can just send me an email, and I will have the hold cleared.
If you are part-time, taking just CIT 591 this semester, and you wish to take just CIT 594 next semester, you can just send me an email, and I will have the hold cleared.
If you are doing, or planning to do, something unusual, you should probably talk to me about it. Of course, you are welcome to come and talk to me in any case, but if you're just taking the standard sequence of courses, you don't really need to.
If you are not majoring in MCIT, I am not your advisor, and you don't need to clear anything with me. If you want to take CIT 594 next semester, and it's okay with your advisor, it's okay with me.
bushelsUsedAsSeed parameter from the harvest method.Cracking the Coding Interview:
Advice for CS undergraduate and master's students on interviewing for software engineer positions
Gayle Laakmann
Thursday, September 30, 2010, 4:30pm, Heilmeier Hall Auditorium
I highly recommend Ms. Laakmann's talk for anyone interested in getting a job in the CS/IT field. If this doesn't describe you, you probably should skip this talk.
odd or even once, at the beginning of the game, not once per bet. Changes to the assignment:
- You will win or lose the total amount bet.
- Example: You each have 100, and you are the even player: You bet 10, the computer bets 2. You win 12. Now you have 112, the computer has 88.
- Example: You each have 100, and you are the even player: You bet 1, the computer bets 2. You lose 3. Now you have 97, the computer has 103.
- You are not allowed to bet more than (the amount you have plus minus the maximum bet). In other words, you can't lose more than you have.
- Example: You have 16 left. The maximum bet is 10. You may not bet more than 6 because, if you bet 7 and the opponent bets 10, and you lose, you can't pay the 17 you owe.
- The game ends when either player has less than the maximum bet + 2.
- Example: You have 12 left. The maximum bet is 10. You still have a choice: you can bet 1 or 2 (or zero, to quit). You can play.
- Example: The maximum bet is 10. The computer has 11. The only possible thing for the computer to bet is 1. Since the computer has no choice, the game ends here.
Clarification:
- In the assignment it says to ask the human whether to be
oddoreven. Please read in one of the wordsoddoreven; don't make the human type in a number.
Non-MCIT students: The good news is that now we have a lab. The bad news is, now that we have a lab, it's required.
Everybody who missed lab, here's what we did:
- Got everyone started using Python and IDLE, and working through these warm-up exercises. (These are not to be turned in.) You should install Python on your own computer and try these.
- Got people started on the Odds and Evens assignment that is due next Thursday.
Lab for MCIT students: Fridays at 3:00 in Moore 207.
Lab for non-MCIT students: Fridays at 4:30 in Moore 207.
I have tried to contact everyone for whom I have a valid email address; please help spread the word.
Get my attention. When you send me email about this course, please:
- For CIS554, put 591 as some part of the
Subject:line. (I will see your mail anyway, but it may take a little longer.) - For general email about the MCIT program, put MCIT as part of the
Subject:line. - Send plain text only (not HTML or RTF)
- Do not include any attachments. Especially, do not include assignments!
- Make sure your computer is virus-free.