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Hello! The university met with the AIGC (Alumni InterGreek Council) on Saturday, June 9th and announced that sanctions would be brought against the Greek community that include suspending fall recruitment, suspending all social events for a year, and potentially suspending the entire Greek system.

The Interfraternal Council responded with the following letter: https://www.docdroid.net/kQPm14f/task-force-address.pdf.

It is currently unclear as to why they are going forward with trying to suspend the Greek system. They state it is due to increases in alcohol and drug violations, but according to the university's official statistics those metrics have declined significantly over the past year, regardless of increased enrollment.

If you would like to support the Save Greek Life movement on campus, please contact the university and let them know that their actions are not acceptable and can lead to lost donations.

As one of those aforementioned students, i would like to clarify that we didn't "work" for the union - We weren't paid by the union.

It was just something we, the web technologies group (i.e. the people who made concerto), thought needed a drastic upgrade, so we did something about it.

BTW: Here's a what the old union Website looked like

I've uploaded the solution to all parts of Q1 here. Notice that part E is not true. I've used the PC oracle to do sub-proofs that seemed intuitive to me, but if you need any of those proofs expanded, let me know. Also, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. To reverse-engineer the proofs to figure them out, it may be easier to examine them from the bottom up. I haven't done any of the other questions in slate because they don't really seem to be slate problems, but here are some quick answers:

Q2: I'd suggest E≠k , which could be expressed as the negation of whatever representation there is of E=k , and E>k , which would be the negation of the representation of E≤k . You may want to write these out.

Q3: The star in A* apparently means the set of all finite strings that can be formed with alphabet A, so they are not the same size, in fact A* is larger than the natural numbers, because A* is uncountably infinite. To prove this, I would probably use Cantor's diagonal argument, with the members of A being the numbers in the grid displayed in the linked article. (The article only displays 1s and 0s, but these can be replaced with other symbols).

EDIT: /u/arcaneVII pointed out that Cantor's argument may not apply, and that A* is countably infinite. A way that this could be proven is by considering the combinations of the alphabet to be a whole number in base n. I'm not sure why Cantor's argument doesn't apply, so I'm leaving my previous response here, but I'm fairly certain /u/arcaneVII is correct

Q4: As /u/crx pointed out, this can be done because it is only a machine for determining if an expression in FOL is correctly written, which is fairly simple to do algorithmically. My original answer was the result of a misinterpretation of the problem.

EDIT: Fixed answers to 3 and 4

RPI attracts mostly systemizing phenotypes (mildly autistic engineer minds and the like). Human social interaction involves significant olfactory communication. The same cumulative adaptive genetic mutations that produce smart awkward people (under selection since the agricultural revolution) also impair/alter certain sensory capacities:

Impaired Olfactory Identification in Asperger's Syndrome (2003)

> In nonhuman and human primates, damage to orbitofrontal cortex and medial temporal lobe, including amygdala, results in deficits in social behavior. Medial temporal lobe lesions in infant monkeys produce social indifference and stereotypic behaviors analogous to those of autism. Moreover, in adult humans, damage to orbitofrontal cortex may result in decreased empathy, inappropriate social interaction, and increased obsessionality.

Olfaction and Taste Processing in Autism (2007)

> True differences exist in taste and olfactory identification in autism. Impairment in taste identification with normal detection thresholds suggests cortical, rather than brainstem dysfunction. Further research is needed to determine the neurologic bases of olfactory and taste impairments, as well as the relationship of chemosensory dysfunction to other characteristics of autism.

If you know the person or are comfortable confronting strangers I recommend quietly informing them that they smell like ass.

Concerto has been deployed in lots of places outside of RPI from other universities to Fortune 500 companies.

If you're having trouble I would recommend starting with our Google Group[1]. If that doesn't work, feel free to reach out to me and I can answer or find someone who can. I don't triage the group posts as often as I should these days...

[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/concerto-digital-signage

Everyone should report this here and then go fill out the phishing form with false data to make this too much trouble for the phisher if Google doesn't take it down in time.

Yes, allow me to share with you the magical story of /u/brzaik... which also showcases our passion about delivering quality work if only for the sake of creating something beautiful to share with others.

Ring Committee member here. We'll be working on getting them up as soon as possible. You'll find them on our Facebook page and our website.

Use your school email address to sign up for a public cloud provider.*

Get free cloud credits from said provider for being a student.

Spin up a small virtual private server running algo[1] to make a VPN. It's an auto provision install, very easy. Micro instances on GCP and AWS are free forever and all you need.

Leave your desktop plugged in. Algo handles dhcp renegotiation and dhcp punch through to your server in the cloud.

Configure algo on your machines

Route traffic on a subnet you won't use on a /24 to other hosts on your vpn network. (ie: 192.168.2.0)

(Optional) setup your vps to forward egress traffic so you have a free vpn service

(Optional) charge your friends for said vpn

RPI sysadmin won't do anything about it and all of your traffic will be encrypted.

This is called a road warrior setup. It'll work anywhere you go with an internet connection

[1] https://www.wireguard.com [1] https://github.com/trailofbits/algo * You can also get hosting from rpi with network access but they're keen on not doing their job well * You could also politely ask that they make a dhcp reservation for you but again, they suck

If you absolutely must use an IDE, I'd recommend CLion.

Personally, as for what to do in Data Structures, I recommend vim + g++/clang + gdb for debugging. The latter two are all more or less required at one point or another in Data Structures.

For vim - there's a lot of plugins and you can get all the functionality you need for DS into vim (or neovim). I use a pretty lightweight version with few plugins, but I used to use several and it made for a nice experience.

Join us at St. Paul's Episcopal Church (the Tiffany Church) at 3rd and State Street downtown!

There will be a high Choral Eucharist at 10 AM, with music by Bach (and brass and percussion).

People talking shit about Genericon should look at the tag on Tumblr. Just passionate people having a really good time and wearing awesome, usually handmade costumes.

I read it's only if your device is listed on RPI's active directory (might be something else) such as library computers. I was connected to eduroam for four days and haven't seen anything downloaded. In addition, if you need to use the VPN download openconnect instead, as Cisco AnyConnect downloads Umbrella which tracks you even after disconnecting the VPN

Unfortunately, every VPN I've used that's free is unreliable when it comes to a stable connection or whether or not it's doing what it's supposed to.

If you're considering doing something that you shouldn't, you need to buy a good VPN subscription. NordVPN has worked for me, and they have a lot of discount coupons. (Its like $75 for 3 years of use). I use it mainly for privacy in general.

I feel though that you should try all other options besides pirating first though. Honestly, for any movie or game that I really want to play/watch, I buy it. I guess if I wanted to I could pirate things that I don't think deserve my money, but I'm typically not looking for a lackluster experience.

Here's a linked in thread for your enjoyment. Even more fun because it's on the RAA's page, in case you were hoping for more bigoted alumni instead of just strangers.

I really wish I could answer this definitively, but it's been a few years since I lived on-campus, so I'll defer to someone else...

But for what it's worth, I remember walking around and seeing stars at night, sure. The light pollution's a kicker though, there's a lot of illumination on campus, so it can make it hard to see more than a few of the brightest stars.

Your best bet, in my opinion? Try a place partially shielded from the streetlights, such as the track (Harkness Field). If there's only place I remember seeing some good stars, it's Harkness at night in the fall (the trees on its west side help shield you from Troy and beyond).

If you need a better view, take an Uber or Lyft or get a friend to drive you out about 10-15 minutes to the east, and things get pretty rural fast. See below for more info:

https://tinyurl.com/yavg5sgl

The W500 should be able to run it on either low or medium. You can compare requirements on System Requirements Lab. The W500 passes all the minimum requirements, but fails the recommended CPU and GPU. CPU speed is exactly the recommended (2.8 GHz), but it's only dual core, not quad. Depending on how well the game is optimized to use these extra cores, it may or may not make too much of a difference. The big problem is the GPU, (note that the website is wrong on the Video RAM, the FireGL V5700 only has 512MB, not 2.2GB (if only!)), but I would bet it's possible to run at medium settings at a lower resolution.

Little life pro tip from when my old job forced me to do something similar just to check email on my phone, get something like a super cheap Tracfone and just use it only on wifi. It's less than ideal I'll grant you, but it does effectively allow you to segment your devices. If you really need to check email while out and about you could probably still tether it to your regular phone.

Oh man..Krispin's automotive right on river st: https://sites.google.com/a/krispinsauto.com/www/

fucking awesome...the receptionist is great...always extremely honest..I was recommended there by several people and I now recommend everyone go there. Fair pricing, pretty fast, super easy location, nice people. I went to 3 different mechanics in the area during my time at rpi and they were all shady and ripped me off..but krispin's was amazing and is nice to rpi students

That's quite embarrassing. Was at least good porn?

Get a VPN. RPI really doesn't care that you are using their bandwidth, they have a lot of it, but they do care when they get a DMCA. I've used Private Internet Access for years now. It's super cheap ($40/yr) and pretty fast (>50mbps up/down even during evenings). There are servers all over the world, which is also helpful for viewing content that is geo-blocked. They also have a ton a payment options, if you are super paranoid. Link

Edit: I should also add that you'll want to kill IPv6 while you are on a VPN because most do not tunnel it through their servers.

There's a forecast for snow tonight

Also better do it now, than when it is too late to put the signs up

I've found this website to be pretty helpful in order to gauge if my computer can run games. It isn't always accurate though, so just take it as an initial guess. (don't just look at their grade and take it at face value, look at the specs that you have vs. what they recommend)

As one example: Essentials of Economics by Mankiw. $334.75 to buy a new hardcover edition at the RPI bookstore, $280.44 to buy a new hardcover from a major competitor with brick-and-mortar stores.

Try using f.lux if your head hurts after looking at a computer screen. It's a program that automatically dims your screen to match the level of sunlight based on your location. I've been using it for a few years now and it never goes back. Hopefully it'll help you out, I recommend checking it out: https://justgetflux.com/

One of the Pep Band managers has been maintaining a Google Calendar with the dates that have been announced. As far as I know, no November dates have yet been determined.

Link!

I had a few hdd's bomb out in my time.

I caved and bought a program from these guys a few years ago: http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm

It worked pretty well for me but the catch for stuff like this is to stop any writing to the disk immediately. I recovered about 80% but I was foolish and tried many methods to repair so that may have screwed up the remaining data.

As others have mentioned, freezer, logic board switch, try to mount it in Linux.

The internet in freshman dorms seems to have ceased working, and SIS, LMS and main site are down: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/rpi.edu

Thank god for 3G tethering!

Edit: http://cl.ly/0w3Y1N2r0d1d2n3F2z3t

Edit 2: It's back up. That was fast! (10min) Maybe we just switched ISPs?

I managed to get some more.

Here is a torrent of mine and yours, just point it at the same location.

Magnet Link:

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7188555a4a0777b9c4f04dd41797410db31a11e9&dn=Engineering%20Study%20Group

I'm currently there at an internship and they're a super cool company! Very laid back silicon valley atmosphere complete with foosball and a keg in the office.

They're currently hiring for a ton of positions in Troy for any CS minded students who want to stay in the area! Info can be found here for anyone interested.

Rensselaer for Ethics in Science, Engineering, and Technology is a discussion group on social, legal, and moral issues in science and tech. Lately, the scope of the group has expanded into politics and economics. We've been having voice meetings every week and plan to continue them into the semester. The group also has a very active Discord (with over 140 members!) where we share articles, events, and have discussions. Our Discord Our Website

I feel like this is a relevant file to drop here. I was thinking about making it it's own post, but I don't believe it's that revolutionary. Instead, it is here.

It is basically a selection of all the previous common data sets available for RPI, and then placed next to each other over time, in a excel format.

Sorry it doesn't look good online, it's the best solution I could think up without signing up for anything. I recommend downloading.

Literally every service I use that deals with security and privacy has people bashing it. There's always something potentially wrong with my password manager, my VPN, my chrome extensions, my browser, etc. Sure, you shouldn't just blindly accept NordVPN without research, but I doubt that they would be a business if they weren't able to do what they say.

I will say though that I have avoided certain programs that have marketed themselves well like Dashlane (password manager) because it sucks, so ymmv for whatever program you choose.

Edit: I will day though, that I haven't used Nord in about 14 months (since I've gotten to college, really). I've just checked and some say that their service is now overloaded since it's used so much. I actually might try something else. Their service was good, but PIA seems to have a better rep atm.

You can get Men's Hockey push notifications via the CHN app (iOS or Android).

That said, I don' think this statement from the Rensselaer Pride Alliance has been linked to yet. Perhaps it deserves it's own thread?

RESULTS:

236 responded

of the first 100 replies... (blame surveymonkey)

1. Do you know what the CLASS initiative is?

....58 replied YES

....33 replied NO

....11 replied NOT SURE

1. Do you approve of the CLASS initiative?

....14 replied YES

....35 replied NO

....53 replied NOT SURE

61 wrote changes they wanted (https://docs.google.com/document/d/19k1Mg2TNYMPcC23PxTazZvo-X2jBtAkIxoidcB9TIe4/edit)

Thank you for filling this survey out reddit! I got a lot of replies and helpful thoughts from you :)

RPI ITWS major and professional software engineer here - this guy/gal nailed it. While there may be differing opinions on operating systems for specific uses, Apple does pretty much make the best laptop hardware in the business. The Unix environment with OS X will do you well, but you can always spin up a VM if you'd like. If for some cases you really need Windows, there is always Bootcamp.

In the RPI union, to the right of the welcome desk near the horse shoe, there is a little container that you can drop them into. Took a picture of it to help you out. It is the little box on the bottom there. https://www.dropbox.com/s/80fs72nb87fc41p/IMG_20130208_170015.jpg

No you do not need a team, however, if you do not have a team the team creation will be a on a first come first serve basis and there is no guarantee that we will have enough extra people to form it.

You should preregister to increase your chances. Register

I appreciate this context, as it's easy for me, as an alum 300km away in Boston to only see this through the angry, fogged up lens of this subreddit.

In a way, she is doing a good job of leveraging what is awesome about all the clubs enabled by Union funding. I love that as an alum, I can go to the Flickr account and see photos from the events.

However, I completely empathise with why everyone is angry here. Familiar with RPI culture or not, this new Union logo has come to symbolise an effort to blindly re-brand the Union without doing the thorough research required for such a feat, even though I'm sure she did it in earnest.

I'm planning a trip back to campus in the next few weeks and hope to meet with her as part of a more general visit to finish design work on the signage system I started.

RPI has actually regressed when it comes to online ticket sales. Tickets used to be sold through Ticketmaster up through the 2009-2010 season: https://web.archive.org/web/20100817141755/http://www.rpi.edu/dept/aux_serv/fieldhouse/ticket.html

Congrats on your admissions. Preparing kind of depends on what classes you have taken in high school. If you did not take Calculus, I would recommend practicing with Ready Set Calculus which can be found here: https://calculus.math.rpi.edu/rsc/rsc-online.pdf.

As an AERO you do not really start taking major specific courses until your sophomore year so in that sense there is not really anything you can do to get an edge. The SoE Hub has some great youtube videos that you could watch to see what is required for the major.

The weather can be a total toss up. September we can have temps in the 80s but through Thanksgiving temps are in 60s down to 40s. Snow can happen anytime starting in November through March with sporadic storms in April. You really notice the cold in January through February. https://weatherspark.com/y/24924/Average-Weather-in-Troy-New-York-United-States-Year-Round

I will leave the other questions to students.

Here's the link to the kickstarter page

You can also visit Spectre's website to sign up for periodic updates on the game and the kickstarter's progress.

To anyone who missed the Virtual Activities Fair - Please see the full club directory here: https://airtable.com/shrwsDtiZTL5BWpyI/tblmorIaVH8q7YKVA/viwWCc4BXS3fHTXdv?blocks=hide There are so so many incredible opportunities!

One technique I've found especially helpful at work is (a take on) a practice called email transparency:

https://stripe.com/blog/email-transparency

Revamping the mailing list system to allow people to subscribe to public/announce mailing lists would be a prerequisite though.

I've been at it for ~6 years. I mostly use Renoise, though I do have several hardware synths I'm rather fond of. I do live breakcore, (some) live dubstep related things, live acid (on hardware!), and recorded ambient, dance, etc. If you're interested in checking it out, let me know!

I don't have any experience to give a good recommendation. I will let others here respond to this. Also look into a MOOC course that uses Python (https://www.udacity.com/course/cs101). The most important thing is to write programs, not just watch!

I can tell you that if you came here with no programming experience whatsoever, you are not at a disadvantage. I have detailed data that shows exam by exam, including the final grade, there is no difference in performance.

See you in Fall.

Sure; we used hackerrank so the problems are still available online.

Link to easy track: https://www.hackerrank.com/rpi-upe-progcomp2017-easy

Link to hard track: https://www.hackerrank.com/rpi-upe-progcomp2017-hard

Haven't used it specifically, but i've been an Intellij user for a long time and it's excellent, so perhaps you should check out https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/ - (note: Jetbrains products are free for students)

I tried going to https://www.djangoproject.com/ as I'm thinking about using it for a project, but the page timed out. I pop over to RPI Reddit a second later, and Django is the top post. ಠ_ಠ

CS is a weird major compared to much any other because you could graduate with a lousy GPA, but if you've built quite a few exciting projects that are well made and have gotten a lot of recognition, then you're probably fine. On the other hand, if you're graduating with just a high GPA, but have nothing to show for it but just grades, you may still lose out the guy with a worse GPA because he's actually made stuff.

Of course, it's also worth noting you can (and people have) work at the big companies without a degree (a good read: https://medium.com/this-happened-to-me/8f381aa6bd5e)

Senator here. Reiterating the OP, senators are expected to attend weekly senate meetings, as well as participate in at least two committees.

On the topic of committees, they are where most of the work of a senator are done. This document has more information about each committee and what they do. You do not have to be a senator to join a committee. If you have any further questions, reply or PM me or any other member of the Senate!

Try Obsidian (https://obsidian.md/). It's free, has Markdown formatting for text, LaTeX formatting for equations and hyperlinks like a wiki (including backlinks). You can include files, use tags and audio. There are Windows, Linux and Mac versions.

I think I'm going to start with an easier online resource to learn C++/ get the basics down. I think a bit of basic knowledge is going to a big help; if it's a cake walk/baby steps, I'll definitely keep a copy of C++ Primer "primed".

If I'm not getting anywhere, I'll start with python for CSCI 1100 and squeeze in whatever time I have after for C++ during the summer & winter break to prep for DS/add to my own "data structure" and skillset. Thanks!

Puns for lifeee

I shop at Trader Joe's (the one on wolf rd. in Albany) mostly. They're cool b/c they mark their specifically vegan products with a "V" and they also have a lot of 'accidentally vegan' stuff if you're willing to look. I also use an app called Is It Vegan in case I'm ever in doubt.

As for meals here are some examples:

Breakfast:

• Tea
• The pancake recipe I mentioned above
• TJ's cinnamon crumpets

Lunch:

• I eat the same thing for lunch pretty much every day which is salad w/ tomatoes, lettuce, red onion, TJ's chickenless strips, and TJ's peanut vinaigrette. I also have veggie chips and a banana/apple.

Dinner: Still figuring this one out but a few things I've eaten this week are:

• Lentil soup
• Avocado+soy chorizo sandwich
• Stir fry which is by far the easiest thing to throw together. Just throw some veggies and tofu in a pan, fry it up, add some of TJ's soyaki sauce, and put it over rice or noodles.
• Pasta w/ roasted peppers/tomatoes/eggplant

Snacks:

• Oreos forever
• Sour patch kids (I love junk food, I was glad to hear these are vegan)
• Popcorn (I like to use chili oil and salt to pop it)
• Roasted chick peas

All in all it's not too bad and the food I eat is pretty quality. The only trick is not being able to just grab some food without thinking if I'm in a rush, and finding places that have some vegan options (bless Chipotle).

Adding to the suggestions above, the combination of the 370 and 190 is another, less frequent, way to get to Crossgates via CDTA. Take the 370 as far as Latham Farms Plaza and then the 190 the rest of the way from there to Crossgates. CDTA has the schedules timed so that there shouldn't be too long of a delay between when the 370 arrives at and when the 190 leaves from Latham Farms.

CDTA also has apps for both Android and iOS that will let you do trip planning and show real-time bus status for many routes.

If you have a bike on campus, and this post is scaring you, get a better lock and learn how to use it. So many bikes I see around campus/town are secured with simple cable locks that you can cut with a decent pair of scissors.

Get a D-Lock with cable (example), lock up through your frame and rear wheel to a proper bike rack (not a street sign) and use the cable to secure your front wheel.

Not saying OP did anything wrong, I don't know how they parked it. But bike theft is a crime of opportunity, and I see a LOT of opportunities.

Saturday is Occupy Your State Capital day. https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=294179053932952

Albany is close and I hear a buch of the Occupy Wall Street folks are making the trip up to do something big at the capital. Might be worth checking out.

Stay safe everybody, 12-21 inches of snow expected

https://weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/l/172eab6143a19ca0db72734a65532fffa747eadbab2ef34993e0158130045603?phenomena=WS&significance=W&areaid=NYZ053&office=KALY&etn=0009

12-21 inches of snow expected, they might actually cancel everything

https://weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/l/172eab6143a19ca0db72734a65532fffa747eadbab2ef34993e0158130045603?phenomena=WS&significance=W&areaid=NYZ053&office=KALY&etn=0009

> I have established that people did not lie

Impossible, you can't establish something that's false. And still, you ignore the fact that I provided a direct reference to where Dr Ross lied in the past two weeks and you've yet to address it.

>NOT THAT AHISTORIC IS EVEN A WORD

Putting aside the bullshit prescriptivism assumed in this comment, you might want to check your facts before commenting. Not that that's stopped you yet.

> that refuses to acknowledge the knowledge bombs I'm dropping over here.

Knowledge is factive. You haven't dropped a single one.

Additionally, if you’re going to be taking the organic chemistry lab course later in your coursework, you will need indirectly vented lab goggles like these ones: https://www.amazon.com/Supermore-Anti-Fog-Protective-Safety-Goggles/dp/B07VF3C2CW/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=indirectly+vented+safety+goggles&qid=1660145744&refinements=p_72%3A2661618011&sr=8-5

Another even cheaper recommendation (the one I use)

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-8-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet-Unmanaged/dp/B07PFYM5MZ/ref=sxts_rp_s_a1_0?crid=1NHQ345KLXP1L&cv_ct_cx=gs308&keywords=gs308&pd_rd_i=B07PFYM5MZ&pd_rd_r=d69c238a-dd38-4c45-8e10-0324faa3e02d&pd_rd_w=DzfuN&am...

>Most wireless routers cost far less than a dedicated gigabit switch.

No that's not right. Some examples.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A128S24/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Protection-GS105NA/dp/B0000BVYT3/ref=sr_1_2

Let's Google it!

First result (text from 2010): >Jim [Tatalias] is a Chemical Engineer and the Editor in Chief at Statler and Waldorf, a student-run magazine.

yes! we're working on getting them all up on the EMPAC vimeo channel. Check out Simon Critchley's lecture on the Book of Dead Philosophers: https://vimeo.com/63258718 and Ursula Heise's lecture on J.G. Ballard: https://vimeo.com/79435208

Stevenson is a new professor here: he just came here this semester his reviews from University of Albany are present here: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1431243

Stevenson is a new professor here, he just came in this semester.

His reviews from university of Alabny are present here: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1431243

For those interested, here is a description of the EPICS program at Purdue. It discusses how to start such a program, what the outcomes were, how to grade open-ended projects, etc.

Thank you for excellently answering my questions- I was half taking the piss and half genuinely curious, and I think you handled it quite well. However, you did get <code>48÷2(9+3)</code> wrong. :[

I will get in touch with you about the playground. Thanks again!

> I've just seen a lot of people hurt due to porn and was hoping that perhaps someone would see them and give the issue some serious thought.

I was on co-op last semester, so I didn't see the when they were up. But a friend of mine just showed me a photo of the poster. After looking at it, I can say that the poster was not designed to prompt discussion or serious though.

The phrase "porn kills love" is associated "Fight the New Drug", a nonprofit organization which is headed by Mormons (see here, original page was removed from Wikipedia).

I would like to know more about your motivations for putting up the posters as your initial comment was very vague, since after seeing the posters, I have a hard time believing that they are as straightforward as you make it out to be.

Back to the thread's original purpose: I'm currently a Junior CS major and I can say that RPI is an initial challenge, just like any other college. I can say that the classes have not gotten easier over the years, but I've definitely had a fun time with clubs and other activities.

I personally believe that part of the experience comes from what you're planning to major in, so I don't know if my experience will match up with yours.

Okay well I emailed the guy over at solutionsmanual.info and he sent me a demo pdf of the solutions manual. If anyone wants to check through it here is the link... . So if that one guy can't get it to you there is always the option to buy.

This would have been immensely helpful for me in making sure HackRPI's color scheme and use of the Rensselaer logo were proper.

Before this, the only reference was that the color was "cherry red". That didn't directly translate to PANTONE, CMYK, or RGB, so I had to guess. Now it's specified.

I also know that my choice of using what they're now calling the "merchandising seal" on the T-Shirt was the correct choice to make.

A lot of companies do this so that the less design-oriented people do what the designers intended. A great example is Skype's: http://issuu.com/bondo/docs/skype_brand_book_-_look

Took it last semester with Malik, so I can give you a rough summary:

Tinker!

(memes aside, things don't move too fast right away. I'd just recommend taking your time with your homework and putting in a bit of effort to learn how to use LaTeX effectively. Overleaf is great for that. The shorter mornin' wednesday block is recitation (problem-solving session) and the longer evening block is the exam block. Just do try to go to lectures because Malik is truly a gem.)

edit: just saw malik isn't teaching it this semester. rip

I use gmail on my android phone, I dont know if you can do that on a computer. However thunderbird is a pretty good desktop email client. https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

I am also taking Visual Communication, though with Professor Tack. Here is a link to her ratemyprofessor details... not sure if you have her, or one of the others instructors. I wouldn't mind some more details, but it seems like a fairly straight forward syllabus.

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=326946

I've had luck running it through OpenRCT2, other than that I think there's an option in windows called compatibility mode that might help?

Also forcing older games to use a single core helps I've noticed (at least with simcity4)

Good to know good ol' bringsjord still is pulling this scam. Can attest to this review when i took it 4(?) years ago. Does he realize competent theorem provers that use plaintext exist?

Folding@Home is doing significant work on it, but so many people have signed up to donate their computing time that there's a shortage of work units and many systems in the network are sitting idle waiting for work.

you could play around with masscan, probably get more attention from dotcio. https://github.com/robertdavidgraham/masscan

Or run a tor relay, even better an exit node. I think your idea is a cool one. Good luck!

This is software widely used in the cybersecurity field to reverse engineer software, so should be of interest to the RPISEC-types.

The educational version is better than the freeware edition as it supports IDAPython and ARM as well.

Likely in response to the NSA releasing Ghidra this month.

So I can only really speak to the more software-oriented projects. I think in general if you limit yourself to the standard Data Structures -> FOCS -> Algo curriculum you lose the opportunity to work in a full software ecosystem. From what I've heard, unlike a major like ITWS, CSE doesn't teach you things like modern web development skills (e.g. ReactJS, MongoDB, Node), and unless you take a class like Database Systems, you're gonna miss out on working with real integrated systems that ingest and process data.

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I won't say specifically what you should do for a project, but I think CSE's can really advance their skills in software by working on projects with something like the MERN Stack, and generally gaining insight into good software development practices.

Additionally, I would say the projects and work experience that helped advance my degree outside of RPI involved working with real-world data and integrating a variety of software tools. Far too often, the code you write in a freshman CS course is isolated to the terminal: you write the code, run it on the command line, maybe pass in a file if you're feelin' dangerous lol. While this is of course a crucial starting point for writing code, it is not the whole of writing software.

TL;DR Do anything that gets you practical skills and forces you to work with multiple frameworks. Integrating different moving parts is important in making a software product.

Before coming to RPI, he was adviser to ElBaradei... he even says so himself in the interview he did with the Statler & Waldorf this past spring: http://issuu.com/sandw/docs/10.8/9 - straight from Laban himself seems to be a pretty reliable source. ElBaradei was head of the International Atomic Energy Agency at the time.

You could always support a couple students.

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207556019276486

Prices are higher than the book store and every book is worth something. ex. I'm pretty sure the OCHEM book is going for $83 from these guys.

You can organize a professional headshots event by working with RPI’s official photographer, Eleanor Goldsmith. She has a formal request form: <strong>Photography Request</strong>.

Try Riseup VPN, it's free, but mostly for use by like political activists and stuff, so you might not get the best speed, but it's probably less likely to spy on you than other free VPNs with questionable business models. Otherwise I've heard good things about AirVPN vis a vis not actually keeping your data despite you paying for it.

P.S. I also learned a lot about software engineering in Cognitive Robotics. Not because it teaches software engineering, but because the projects are sufficiently complex that you need to consider the topics mentioned in SDD and The Pragmatic Programmer in a relevant/useful way.

https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Organization-Design-MIPS-Fifth/dp/0124077269

I believe this is the one. I had just rented it for the semester from Amazon, but they also have it in the bookstore. I don't doubt there's PDF's you could find of it online too.

They now have 1 book listed as Recommended: Database Systems: The Complete Book. I'm really hoping it isn't necessary since it's listed at $142 (or $175 from the bookstore).

nintendo products do not play nice with the RPI wireless. I believe the only work around is a USB wifi adapter-ish thing ($99 from nintendo, not sure if there is a cheaper option http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-DS-Wi-Fi-USB-Connector/dp/B000MXMNG4).

Not sure if its really allowed because it acts like a mini wireless router... I think it should be ok because the signal strength is so weak

Just a general protip: monitor resolution is really more important than size.

Anywho, both of these are pretty cheap support 1920x1080 resolution:

• http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009437
• http://www.amazon.com/Acer-G236HL-Bbd-23-Inch-LCD-Lit/dp/B0098Y77U0/

External, USB powered. Same as this one.

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STAX500102/dp/B0056YNA7U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1345815816&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=500+gb+external+hard+drive+portable

I bought a brand new Lenovo one on Amazon for $80. I just don't trust 3rd-party batteries, and twice the price was worth the peace of mind. And it comes with a 12 month warranty!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QWRTVY

And one thing I've found if the power manager gets angry at your new battery, is to uninstall the program and reinstall it. It didn't like my new legit battery, did that, and it was all smiles from there.

That's not the same motherboard. That is the P8Z77-V LX version of the board. I have the regular version of it.

Thanks for trying to point it out though.

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-P8Z77-V-1155-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B007G51UWY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1352322997&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=p8z77v

I just checked the bookstore site, the pack last year was different. We bought this book by Carlson, which included the MyPsychLab info. It could be the same book, you can email Hubble if you really want to know. I actually didn't buy my book until after the semester started to make sure I ordered the right one, then got it cheap. So that's another option.

tldr: The site isn't specific, if I was going to hazard a guess I would say it's the same book as last year.