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'''This final exam is take-home'''. It is open-books, open-notes, and open-Web. ''' It is due''' a week after it is made available, '''at 9:00 a.m.''' on Wed. '''October 15''', 2008. | '''This final exam is take-home'''. It is open-books, open-notes, and open-Web. ''' It is due''' a week after it is made available, '''at 9:00 a.m.''' on Wed. '''October 15''', 2008. | ||
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| − | ::<font color="red">'''Important Note:'''</font> If you are working off campus, you can very easily do this problem without having to access your H: drive. Assuming you are working on a Windows machine, simply use Notepad and store your HTML file to your desktop. Then double-click on the new icon just created on your desktop, and your default browser should open up and | + | ::<font color="red">'''Important Note:'''</font> If you are working off campus, you can very easily do this problem without having to access your H: drive. Assuming you are working on a Windows machine, simply use Notepad and store your HTML file to your desktop. Then double-click on the new icon just created on your desktop, and your default browser should open up and display your HTML file. Just make sure that your browser is set to allow Javascript code inside html pages. |
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Write a second javascript program (modifying the first one) that computes the volume of '''all''' the grains of rice that would have to be put on all 64 squares of the the chess board, that is the volume of the sum of the grain on the first square, plus the grains on the second square, third, fouth, etc., all the way to the 64th square. | Write a second javascript program (modifying the first one) that computes the volume of '''all''' the grains of rice that would have to be put on all 64 squares of the the chess board, that is the volume of the sum of the grain on the first square, plus the grains on the second square, third, fouth, etc., all the way to the 64th square. | ||
| − | Again, your answer should be in | + | Again, your answer should be in cubic miles, and the output of your javascript program should look something like this: |
[[Image:CSC103_Rice_Chess_2.png]] | [[Image:CSC103_Rice_Chess_2.png]] | ||
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Then answer the following questions: | Then answer the following questions: | ||
| − | # When people mention women who were key in the development of early computers, some names always come up: '''Ada Lovelace''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_lovelace] is one of them. '''Grace Murray Hopper''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper] another one. However, in his talk, Grier shows that women were involved with computing in different ways that have not been widely popularised. Expend on two different examples illustrating how women have been instrumental in the area of "computing." | + | # When people mention women who were key in the development of early computers, some names always come up: '''Ada Lovelace''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_lovelace] is one of them. '''Grace Murray Hopper''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper] another one. However, in his talk, Grier shows that women were involved with computing in different ways that have not been widely popularised. Expend on two different examples given by Grier illustrating how women have been instrumental in the area of "computing." <br /> |
| − | + | # What was the purpose of having human computers in the beginning of the 20th century?<br /> | |
| − | # What was the purpose of having human computers in the beginning of the 20th century? | + | # In what ways were human computers similar to electronic computers? I am thinking here about the behavior and ways of organizing work exhibited by the human computers. |
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Please limit your answers to a maximum of one page of typed information for both answers. | Please limit your answers to a maximum of one page of typed information for both answers. | ||
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[[Image:CSC103_MemoryBitOption.png]] | [[Image:CSC103_MemoryBitOption.png]] | ||
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