A complete digression from CSC236 things

So we saw in Cog Sci today the difference between propositional and procedural statements. I got a friend to help me out with this one. For example, let's consider the following problem: 

How can you connect these nine dots with four straight connected lines (aka, you can't lift your pen from the paper)?


(the answer and more under the cut)

Midterm 2 studying

So I might have lied to work and told them I was sick when I wasn't. I'm not proud. I admit I should have had the time management skills to have accomplished both a good job studying and the ability to handle a shift before a test. But I'm fairly certain they got by fine without me and people have called in 'sick' when they were hungover probably not sick and I'm also extremely certain nobody in CSC236 also works with me and I was kind of sick a little bit in that I coughed earlier (does that count?) and ... I just really really wanted a good mark on my test.

That said I do think I did pretty well. It was mostly on the recursive correctness part of what we've learned, though it required using the Master Theorem. I think I like proofs of recursive correctness a lot, mostly because they involve a lot of talking. Most of my proofs ever proofed have been half math half talking about why the math works, so having it be more English is a format that is really reassuring.

Though I very nearly submitted something that would have shown the TAs that I don't understand exponent rules. I'm really glad I caught that one.

Arrgh

So this just in, I can't read a calendar or a table. I thought the assignment was due on the 4th for some reason? It was not due on the 4th. It was most definitely due yesterday. I most definitely did not submit anything.

...At least it'll be easy for the TA to mark?

The 4th is the last day to drop courses and switch to pass/fails for Fall semesters. That might've been why the 4th was in my mind.

Still. How not to read a calendar: this right here.