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 UWA week 39 (2nd semester, week 9) ↓
SVG not supported 5:39am Wed 27th Sep, Christopher M.

Details of the 2nd project are available from https teaching.csse.uwa.edu.au units CITS2002 projects project2.php Please post requests for clarification about any aspect of the project to help2002 so that all students may remain equally informed. S...


SVG not supported 5:14am Sun 24th Sep, Christopher M.

You may find a copy of the 1st project's sample solution from https teaching.csse.uwa.edu.au units CITS2002 projects myscheduler-solution.c Please review the sample; it's written with (only) arrays and structures, and (as promised) does not employ ...


Command line input validity (both)
4:11pm Wed 27th Sep 2nd project ANONYMOUS
2 hours later 2nd project  👍x1 Christopher M.

Project 2 Clarification (both)
2:13pm Wed 27th Sep 2nd project Jacob R.
62 mins later 2nd project  👍x1 Christopher M.

strdup() function not a standard function? (both)
10:03am Wed 27th Sep 2nd project ANONYMOUS
5 hours later 2nd project Christopher M.

project 2 partner (all 9)
7:00am Wed 27th Sep seeking a 2nd project partner ANONYMOUS
3 hours later seeking a 2nd project partner ANONYMOUS
3 hours later seeking a 2nd project partner Oliver C.
4 hours later seeking a 2nd project partner ANONYMOUS
10 hours later seeking a 2nd project partner ANONYMOUS
10 hours later ANONYMOUS
12 hours later seeking a 2nd project partner Oliver C.
13 hours later seeking a 2nd project partner ANONYMOUS
15 hours later seeking a 2nd project partner ANONYMOUS  O.P.

Writing Header Files Conventions (both)
10:29am Tue 26th Sep ANONYMOUS
9 mins later Christopher M.

History of UNIX Manpages
4:09am Sun 24th Sep computer-systems history Christopher M.

 UWA week 38 (2nd semester, week 8) ↓
Can't view labsheet 4: question 5: concordance-basic.c solution (both)
8:22pm Sat 23rd Sep ANONYMOUS
7 hours later Christopher M.

Regarding late submission of project (both)
12:34pm Sat 23rd Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
15 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Why do programming languages use the asterisk * for multiplication?
5:00am Fri 22nd Sep computer-systems history Christopher M.

Forty years of GNU and the free software movement
3:30am Wed 20th Sep computer-systems history Christopher M.

Final Exam solutions (both)
4:14pm Tue 19th Sep final exam ANONYMOUS
54 mins later final exam Christopher M.

Details of our final exam now available
3:49am Mon 18th Sep final exam Christopher M.

An update on the 1st project
3:35am Mon 18th Sep 1st project Christopher M.

 UWA week 37 (2nd semester, week 7) ↓
Rounding errors in Sample Solution (both)
2:27pm Fri 15th Sep Mosleh H.
20 mins later Christopher M.

Sleep sample solution (both)
1:38pm Fri 15th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
43 mins later 1st project Christopher M.

Submitting your 1st project
9:09am Fri 15th Sep 1st project Christopher M.

Sleep CPU Time In Sample Solution (both)
1:51am Fri 15th Sep 1st project Hongyuan C.
5 mins later 1st project  👍x1 Hongyuan C.  O.P.

Using functions to perform actions (both)
4:37pm Thu 14th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
27 mins later 1st project Christopher M.

Output of Project (both)
3:49pm Thu 14th Sep Nicholas M.
65 mins later Christopher M.

Compiling flag for Project 1 (all 5)
11:33am Thu 14th Sep ANONYMOUS
25 mins later Christopher M.
28 mins later Victor I.
2 hours later ANONYMOUS
2 hours later Christopher M.

On storing Unix time values in 32-bit integers
4:12am Thu 14th Sep just interesting Christopher M.

Verbose output and clarification (all 4)
12:51am Thu 14th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
2 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.
13 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS
16 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Confusion over sample solution (all 5)
10:43pm Wed 13th Sep ANONYMOUS
5 hours later Christopher M.
10 hours later ANONYMOUS
10 hours later  👍x1 Christopher M.
19 hours later ANONYMOUS

Processes and Queues (all 4)
2:15pm Wed 13th Sep ANONYMOUS
4 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
13 hours later Christopher M.
13 hours later Christopher M.

Data bus idle Error (all 4)
2:13pm Wed 13th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
7 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS
15 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.
15 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Preprocessor Constants and Their Use (all 3)
10:23pm Tue 12th Sep ANONYMOUS
89 mins later Lewei X.
6 hours later Christopher M.

myscheduler sample stuck on idle and idk why (both)
9:29pm Tue 12th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
 ✅46 mins later 1st project Lewei X.

Sleep to Ready question (all 4)
6:40pm Tue 12th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
65 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
101 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
10 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

-lm flag (both)
4:01pm Tue 12th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
2 mins later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.

Clarification on Data-Bus Understanding (both)
1:55pm Tue 12th Sep ANONYMOUS
108 mins later  👍x1 Christopher M.

How was the original Unix OS written in only 13K lines?
7:23pm Mon 11th Sep computer-systems history Christopher M.

IO Time calc (all 6)
11:14am Mon 11th Sep ANONYMOUS
52 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
104 mins later Christopher M.
111 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
115 mins later Christopher M.
118 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.

Defining timequantum clarification (all 6)
2:39pm Sun 10th Sep 1st project Hugo S.
3 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
19 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS
22 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
54 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS
62 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Extra Functions and/or Sub-functions (both)
1:22am Sun 10th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
4 hours later 1st project  👍x2 Christopher M.

 UWA week 36 (2nd semester, mid-semester break) ↓
Clarification for time quantum (both)
11:37pm Sat 9th Sep ANONYMOUS
5 hours later Christopher M.

Help concerning extra 1usecs (both)
11:30pm Sat 9th Sep ANONYMOUS
7 hours later Christopher M.

Running code in lab computers (both)
10:32pm Sat 9th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
6 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Sample solution only running first process (all 4)
10:49am Sat 9th Sep 1st project Cameron H.
2 mins later 1st project Lewei X.
2 hours later 1st project Daniel C.
2 hours later 1st project Daniel C.

Command File read function (both)
9:22am Sat 9th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
84 mins later 1st project Lewei X.

Email about the project (all 3)
7:24am Sat 9th Sep 1st project Leon T.
23 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.
25 hours later 1st project Leon T.  O.P.

Data transfer calculation (all 6)
10:52pm Fri 8th Sep 1st project Minn MKM.
13 mins later 1st project Minn MKM.  O.P.
15 mins later 1st project Minn MKM.  O.P.
9 hours later 1st project Jacob R.
18 hours later 1st project Minn MKM.  O.P.
30 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Unblocking when idle clarification (both)
2:56pm Fri 8th Sep 1st project Marc L.
6 hours later 1st project Lewei X.

Sample solution running infinitely (both)
11:52am Fri 8th Sep ANONYMOUS
20 mins later Christopher M.

Sample Solution Confusion (all 3)
11:32am Fri 8th Sep ANONYMOUS
7 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
40 mins later Christopher M.

sample sol concern (all 12)
11:19am Fri 8th Sep ANONYMOUS
83 mins later Marc L.
87 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
88 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
2 hours later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
2 hours later Marc L.
 ✅3 hours later  👍x1 Marc L.
3 hours later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
11 hours later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
20 hours later Jacob R.
24 hours later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
26 hours later Jacob R.

Mid Sem test (all 3)
6:08am Fri 8th Sep the unit in general ANONYMOUS
2 mins later the unit in general Christopher M.
13 hours later the unit in general ANONYMOUS  O.P.

Code "Cleanliness" (both)
11:03pm Thu 7th Sep 1st project Hongyuan C.
5 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.

Clarification (both)
8:15pm Thu 7th Sep ANONYMOUS
 ✅36 mins later Lewei X.

Server With Full Hard Drive Shuts Down Every Toyota Plant in Japan
7:50pm Thu 7th Sep systems in the news Christopher M.

MAX_RUNNING_PROCESSES constant clarification (both)
6:04pm Thu 7th Sep ANONYMOUS
9 mins later Christopher M.

Data-Bus (all 3)
5:29pm Thu 7th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
9 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
4 days later 1st project ANONYMOUS

Asking for clarification about the project constants (all 6)
4:25pm Thu 7th Sep ANONYMOUS
11 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
15 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
64 mins later Christopher M.
84 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
105 mins later Christopher M.

Rubric (both)
3:53pm Thu 7th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
2 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

System Call with Equal Length to Time Quantum (both)
2:07pm Thu 7th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
23 mins later 1st project Christopher M.

Sample solution small issue (all 3)
12:13pm Thu 7th Sep Lewei X.
66 mins later Lewei X.  O.P.
2 hours later Christopher M.

I/O Commencing (both)
12:04pm Thu 7th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
2 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Sleep call (both)
11:15am Thu 7th Sep ANONYMOUS
2 mins later Christopher M.

[for sale] Apple M2 Mac Mini
11:03am Thu 7th Sep just interesting Christopher M.

Project 1 Sample Solution Output (all 11)
10:34am Thu 7th Sep 1st project Jordan J.
1 min later 1st project Christopher M.
36 mins later 1st project Jordan J.  O.P.
38 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
39 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
40 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
3 hours later 1st project Jordan J.  O.P.
3 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
4 hours later 1st project Jordan J.  O.P.
5 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS
6 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Extra Second for Status Change (all 6)
1:18am Thu 7th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
8 hours later 1st project Jacob R.
8 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.
11 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
44 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
5 days later 1st project ANONYMOUS

Sample Solution help (all 8)
4:14pm Wed 6th Sep ANONYMOUS
15 mins later Jacob R.
4 hours later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
4 hours later Jacob R.
4 hours later Jacob R.
4 hours later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
 ✅4 hours later Jacob R.
18 hours later Christopher M.

Block (all 15)
3:06pm Wed 6th Sep 1st project Ziyang W.
63 mins later 1st project Lewei X.
100 mins later 1st project Ziyang W.  O.P.
102 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
110 mins later 1st project Ziyang W.  O.P.
2 hours later 1st project Jacob R.
8 hours later 1st project Ziyang W.  O.P.
18 hours later 1st project Jacob R.
19 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
21 hours later 1st project Ziyang W.  O.P.
21 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Ziyang W.  O.P.
23 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.
28 hours later 1st project Ziyang W.  O.P.
28 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.
32 hours later 1st project Ziyang W.  O.P.

Question about databus acquisition time (all 3)
9:53am Wed 6th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
6 hours later 1st project Lewei X.
24 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

1usec increase from running --> sleeping (all 5)
3:08pm Tue 5th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
13 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
23 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS
23 hours later 1st project Jacob R.
42 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Ready queue clarification (all 3)
12:01pm Tue 5th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
 ✅36 mins later 1st project Lewei X.
16 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Waiting queue clarification (both)
11:27am Tue 5th Sep 1st project Yichen T.
17 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Project 1 Issue (both)
11:11am Tue 5th Sep 1st project Jacob R.
16 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Rounding (both)
11:03am Tue 5th Sep 1st project Jacob R.
17 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Input Command File (all 3)
10:26am Tue 5th Sep 1st project Hongyuan C.
 ✅1 min later 1st project Jacob R.
36 hours later 1st project Hongyuan C.  O.P.

Sample solution problems (actual bugs this time) (all 19)
9:41am Tue 5th Sep 1st project Lewei X.
2 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
5 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
12 mins later 1st project Lewei X.  O.P.
15 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
19 mins later 1st project  👍x3 Lewei X.  O.P.
21 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
29 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
35 mins later 1st project Lewei X.  O.P.
36 mins later 1st project Lewei X.  O.P.
39 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
43 mins later 1st project Lewei X.  O.P.
46 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
58 mins later 1st project Lewei X.  O.P.
65 mins later 1st project Lewei X.  O.P.
66 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
2 hours later 1st project Lewei X.  O.P.
3 hours later 1st project Jacob R.
4 hours later 1st project Lewei X.  O.P.

Unblocking question (all 5)
8:35am Tue 5th Sep 1st project Jacob R.
26 mins later 1st project Jasper P.
50 mins later 1st project Jacob R.  O.P.
55 mins later 1st project Jacob R.  O.P.
64 mins later 1st project Jacob R.  O.P.

The Evolution of Computing: From 8-bit to 64-bit
6:13am Tue 5th Sep computer-systems history Christopher M.

Sample solution changes (both)
12:23am Tue 5th Sep ANONYMOUS
5 hours later Christopher M.

clarification about getting new timequantum (all 4)
11:25pm Mon 4th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
6 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
12 hours later 1st project Ziyang W.
 ✅13 hours later 1st project Jacob R.

Possible Bug (both)
9:31pm Mon 4th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
8 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Sleep clarification (both)
9:14pm Mon 4th Sep ANONYMOUS
7 hours later Christopher M.

Solutions to formative assessment available
6:01pm Mon 4th Sep Christopher M.

Wait bug found in sample solution (all 3)
4:24pm Mon 4th Sep 1st project Lewei X.
5 mins later 1st project Lewei X.  O.P.
80 mins later 1st project Christopher M.

Clarifications about the clarifications (all 6)
2:51pm Mon 4th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
2 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.
2 hours later 1st project Yichen T.
2 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
5 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS
14 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

New sample solution problems (all 5)
2:00pm Mon 4th Sep 1st project  👍x3 Lewei X.
76 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS
3 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
3 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
4 hours later 1st project  👍x2 Lewei X.  O.P.

full runtime & cpu runtime (both)
12:07pm Mon 4th Sep ANONYMOUS
2 hours later Christopher M.

New Sample Solution Bug? (maybe) (all 3)
11:35am Mon 4th Sep 1st project ANONYMOUS
3 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
40 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Updated Clarifications and sample solution
9:52am Mon 4th Sep 1st project Christopher M.

Looking for a partner for the project
8:20pm Sun 3rd Sep seeking a 1st project partner ANONYMOUS

Brielfy started solo, looking for partner.
6:21pm Sun 3rd Sep seeking a 1st project partner ANONYMOUS

Something wrong with sample (all 7)
10:27am Sun 3rd Sep 1st project Ziyang W.
2 mins later 1st project Ziyang W.  O.P.
 ✅96 mins later 1st project  👍x1 Jacob R.
2 hours later 1st project Ziyang W.  O.P.
3 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.
6 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Jacob R.
6 days later 1st project Ziyang W.  O.P.

 UWA week 35 (2nd semester, week 6) ↓
Project 1 clarification: marked speed of device (both)
6:26pm Fri 1st Sep Christofle S.
63 hours later Christopher M.

Read/write clarifications (all 4)
1:38pm Thu 31st Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
3 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
21 hours later 1st project Jasper P.
92 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Read and Write in sample solution (both)
12:49pm Thu 31st Aug 1st project  👍x1 ANONYMOUS
3 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Time taken to transition (both)
12:02pm Thu 31st Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
5 mins later 1st project Christopher M.

Will sample solution problems be fixed? (both)
9:27am Thu 31st Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
5 mins later 1st project  👍x3 Christopher M.

FreeBSD can now boot in 25 millisecond
8:33am Thu 31st Aug systems in the news Christopher M.

Using AI to accelerate computing speed by thousands of times
6:08am Thu 31st Aug just interesting Christopher M.

why [Ready to Running] have time lag, but only sometimes? (both)
10:01pm Wed 30th Aug 1st project  👍x2 ANONYMOUS
4 days later 1st project Christopher M.

State Transitioning Affecting Non-CPU Events (both)
3:28pm Wed 30th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
4 days later 1st project Christopher M.

Sample Solution Error (both)
2:39pm Wed 30th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
40 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Spawning Command Declaration (all 3)
2:13pm Wed 30th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
 ✅84 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
16 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

csv file (all 4)
1:33pm Wed 30th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
4 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS
5 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
15 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

argv0[] paramater in read functions (both)
12:07pm Wed 30th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
8 mins later 1st project Christopher M.

Wait syscall (all 4)
12:02pm Wed 30th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
8 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
8 days later ANONYMOUS
8 days later Christopher M.

Spawning processes (both)
11:44am Wed 30th Aug ANONYMOUS
1 min later Christopher M.

Sample solution time quantum (both)
10:47am Wed 30th Aug 1st project  👍x2 ANONYMOUS
4 days later 1st project Christopher M.

Suspend/wait state (all 3)
9:55am Wed 30th Aug the unit in general Amanda B.
18 mins later the unit in general Amanda B.  O.P.
2 hours later the unit in general  👍x1 Christopher M.

Sample solution output
9:47am Wed 30th Aug 1st project  👍x3 ANONYMOUS

Global variables or pointers (all 4)
9:43am Wed 30th Aug 1st project Jacob R.
30 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS
20 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
25 hours later 1st project Jacob R.  O.P.

Round-off error: how bad can it be?
6:56am Wed 30th Aug Christopher M.

had to restart pc, issues with ubuntu (all 3)
11:32pm Tue 29th Aug the unit in general ANONYMOUS
5 hours later the unit in general Christopher M.
54 hours later the unit in general James A.

Timing seems inconsistent in the sample
10:25pm Tue 29th Aug 1st project  👍x1 ANONYMOUS

Can spawn be blocked? (both)
2:35pm Tue 29th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
14 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Confusion at output of sample solution (all 3)
11:04am Tue 29th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
50 secs later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
18 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

A 1930s mechanical analogue computer built from Meccano
5:10am Tue 29th Aug computer-systems history Christopher M.

The 10 Most Influential CPUs of All Time
4:56am Tue 29th Aug computer-systems history Christopher M.

Project 1 clarification (all 4)
7:33pm Mon 28th Aug 1st project Jacob R.
9 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
12 hours later 1st project Jacob R.  O.P.
6 days later 1st project Christopher M.

Memory allocation efficiency (both)
7:21pm Mon 28th Aug Minn MKM.
8 hours later Christopher M.

Sample solution timing & percentage output (all 6)
7:13pm Mon 28th Aug ANONYMOUS
13 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
14 hours later ANONYMOUS
15 hours later  👍x1 Jasper P.
24 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
6 days later 1st project Christopher M.

Time Quantum exceeded? (all 3)
7:02pm Mon 28th Aug ANONYMOUS
4 mins later Minn MKM.
9 hours later Christopher M.

Question about long operations of nothing (both)
6:43pm Mon 28th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
9 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Graceful exits and assumptions (both)
4:40pm Mon 28th Aug 1st project Minn MKM.
22 mins later 1st project Christopher M.

time quantum (all 7)
3:08pm Mon 28th Aug ANONYMOUS
84 mins later Minn MKM.
108 mins later Christopher M.
10 days later ANONYMOUS
10 days later Christopher M.
13 days later ANONYMOUS
13 days later Christopher M.

RUNNING state (all 4)
2:16pm Mon 28th Aug ANONYMOUS
2 hours later Christopher M.
6 hours later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
14 hours later Christopher M.

Sample solution infinitely spawns process (all 4)
1:19pm Mon 28th Aug Jasper P.
8 mins later Christopher M.
45 mins later Jasper P.  O.P.
3 hours later  👍x1 Christopher M.

project execute commands (both)
1:01pm Mon 28th Aug ANONYMOUS
29 mins later Christopher M.

Finding a project partner (both)
11:38am Mon 28th Aug Matthew C.
30 days later seeking a 2nd project partner ANONYMOUS

Sample Solution (all 3)
10:11am Mon 28th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
2 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
9 days later ANONYMOUS  O.P.

Aug 25th 1991, Linus Torvalds announced he was working on what would become Linux
5:58am Mon 28th Aug computer-systems history Christopher M.

Sample solution questions (all 7)
12:49pm Sun 27th Aug 1st project  👍x1 Jacob R.
18 mins later 1st project Jacob R.  O.P.
16 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
16 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
19 hours later 1st project Jacob R.  O.P.
22 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
23 hours later 1st project Jacob R.  O.P.

Project Concept and Understanding (all 3)
12:15pm Sun 27th Aug Joshua T.
16 hours later Christopher M.
30 hours later Christopher M.

Blocked -> Ready (all 6)
12:14pm Sun 27th Aug ANONYMOUS
16 hours later Christopher M.
21 hours later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
23 hours later Christopher M.
24 hours later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
28 hours later Christopher M.

Sample solution timing (all 5)
9:57am Sun 27th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
4 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
18 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
23 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
24 hours later 1st project Jacob R.

Don't forget the formative assessment
5:34am Sun 27th Aug the unit in general Christopher M.

 UWA week 34 (2nd semester, week 5) ↓
Question about the BLOCKED STATE (both)
11:16pm Sat 26th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
5 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Project Clarifications (both)
9:02pm Sat 26th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
7 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

When will program shown in Workshop be available (both)
8:40pm Sat 26th Aug 1st project Luke G.
10 mins later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.

Project-1 web-based sample solution available (all 3)
7:37pm Sat 26th Aug 1st project Christopher M.
53 hours later 1st project Kazi I.
57 hours later 1st project Christopher M.  O.P.

An annotated history of some character codes (ASCII)
5:55pm Sat 26th Aug computer-systems history Christopher M.

The History of the First Computer Shell
5:49pm Sat 26th Aug computer-systems history Christopher M.

A few clarifications (all 3)
9:34pm Fri 25th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
9 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
6 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Changing the parameters and return types of functions (both)
6:20pm Fri 25th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
9 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Global variables (both)
3:44pm Fri 25th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
11 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

read_command and execute_command (both)
3:07pm Fri 25th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
12 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Libraries?? (both)
11:02am Fri 25th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
107 mins later 1st project Christopher M.

Command execution (both)
10:36am Fri 25th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
89 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.

The world’s most precious commodity is the size of an envelope
6:01pm Thu 24th Aug systems in the news Christopher M.

Command ordering (both)
5:55pm Thu 24th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
8 mins later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.

Looking for a project pal
5:23pm Thu 24th Aug seeking a 1st project partner ANONYMOUS

CommandLine file (all 4)
4:16pm Thu 24th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
74 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
52 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
60 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

How bad is importing libraries (both)
2:07pm Thu 24th Aug 1st project Asher B.
3 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

teh data-bus (both)
1:09pm Thu 24th Aug 1st project Asher B.
4 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Spawn Process (both)
12:50pm Thu 24th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
4 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

How does the commands file work (all 9)
12:03pm Thu 24th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
26 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
37 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
39 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
44 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
48 mins later 1st project Asher B.
67 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS
5 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
5 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Im trying to identify a new partner but the duplicate detection means that I need a special title
10:22am Thu 24th Aug seeking a 1st project partner Jared H.

Cits2002 (all 8)
9:30am Thu 24th Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
7 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
2 hours later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
2 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
13 days later 1st project ANONYMOUS
14 days later 1st project Christopher M.
14 days later 1st project Luyang C.
14 days later 1st project Christopher M.

Leading tab character in commands file (both)
7:22pm Wed 23rd Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
12 hours later 1st project  👍x2 Christopher M.

Process priority clarification (both)
6:31pm Wed 23rd Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
13 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Looking for a partner for project 1
5:42pm Wed 23rd Aug seeking a 1st project partner Yichen T.

The role of the time quantum (all 6)
12:04pm Wed 23rd Aug 1st project Anay J.
83 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
24 hours later 1st project Asher B.
29 hours later 1st project Christopher M.
20 days later 1st project ANONYMOUS
20 days later 1st project Christopher M.

Project Question (all 14)
10:37am Wed 23rd Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
 ✅8 mins later 1st project  👍x1 Jacob R.
10 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
16 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
20 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
26 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
31 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
33 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
34 mins later 1st project Christopher M.
36 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
43 mins later 1st project ANONYMOUS  O.P.
45 mins later 1st project Jacob R.
10 days later 1st project ANONYMOUS
11 days later 1st project Christopher M.

Files for testing project (all 4)
9:47am Wed 23rd Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
71 mins later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.
3 hours later ANONYMOUS
3 hours later Christopher M.

Segmentation fault (core dumped) (all 5)
8:40pm Tue 22nd Aug ANONYMOUS
11 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.
 ✅7 hours later  👍x1 James A.
8 hours later  👍x1 James A.
94 hours later ANONYMOUS  O.P.

Lab 2 - Question 2 (both)
8:09pm Tue 22nd Aug ANONYMOUS
36 mins later ANONYMOUS  O.P.

tag says it all (both)
6:01pm Tue 22nd Aug seeking a 1st project partner Isaac G.
22 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Isaac G.  O.P.

Project Overall Brief Clarification (both)
4:26pm Tue 22nd Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
14 hours later 1st project Christopher M.

Looking for a Project Partnet
2:57pm Tue 22nd Aug seeking a 1st project partner Jansen C.

Looking for partner (all 4)
12:44pm Tue 22nd Aug seeking a 1st project partner Luke G.
45 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Jared H.
45 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Jared H.
5 days later seeking a 1st project partner Darryl M.

Need project partner!! (both)
12:21pm Tue 22nd Aug seeking a 1st project partner Kanishk
2 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Jansen C.

Clarifications for the project (both)
10:01pm Mon 21st Aug 1st project ANONYMOUS
7 hours later 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.

Seeking a partner for project 1
8:25pm Mon 21st Aug seeking a 1st project partner ANONYMOUS

Looking to work with someone for project
7:49pm Mon 21st Aug seeking a 1st project partner ANONYMOUS

Looking for a project buddy
12:47pm Mon 21st Aug seeking a 1st project partner Rabi RUH.

Its in the tag (both)
12:35pm Mon 21st Aug seeking a 1st project partner Asher B.
8 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Asher B.  O.P.

Partner for project (all 4)
10:41am Mon 21st Aug seeking a 1st project partner ANONYMOUS
91 mins later seeking a 1st project partner Katrina Y.
2 hours later seeking a 1st project partner ANONYMOUS  O.P.
3 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Katrina Y.

Problems with Lecture 9 and Lecture 10 PDFs (both)
10:07am Mon 21st Aug ANONYMOUS
10 mins later Christopher M.

Project-1 is available
7:31am Mon 21st Aug 1st project  👍x1 Christopher M.

 UWA week 33 (2nd semester, week 4) ↓
Seeking partner (both)
10:18am Sat 19th Aug seeking a 1st project partner Connor F.
33 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Connor F.  O.P.

Career advice for young system programmers (opinion)
6:46am Sat 19th Aug just interesting  👍x1 Christopher M.

Four-year old contributes to the Linux kernel project
6:42am Sat 19th Aug just interesting Christopher M.

CITS2002 Proj 1 Partner (all 3)
9:22am Fri 18th Aug seeking a 1st project partner Johnson C.
26 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Charles W.
73 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Johnson C.  O.P.

Topics in the final exam
10:51am Thu 17th Aug final exam  👍x4 Christopher M.

The minutiae of new OS releases
4:39am Thu 17th Aug systems in the news Christopher M.

Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc
3:21am Thu 17th Aug systems in the news Christopher M.

ChatGPT answers more than half of software engineering questions incorrectly (all 3)
3:13am Thu 17th Aug just interesting  👍x1 Christopher M.
25 hours later just interesting ANONYMOUS
50 hours later just interesting  👍x1 Christopher M.  O.P.

a QFin UWA Panel Night
4:06am Wed 16th Aug Christopher M.

How many calls to exit() are required? (all 3)
4:01am Wed 16th Aug labs Christopher M.
80 hours later labs  👍x1 Rory C.
4 days later labs Christopher M.  O.P.

Difference between %i and %d (both)
10:24am Tue 15th Aug labs ANONYMOUS
99 mins later labs Christopher M.

Project 1 Partner (all 7)
10:38pm Mon 14th Aug seeking a 1st project partner Amanda B.
8 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Christopher B.
11 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Amanda B.  O.P.
20 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Parham B.
37 hours later Zarif S.
5 days later seeking a 1st project partner Parham B.
8 days later seeking a 1st project partner Jakem P.

Project partner :D (both)
7:00pm Mon 14th Aug seeking a 1st project partner Lithika SK.
2 mins later seeking a 1st project partner Lithika SK.  O.P.

partners (both)
3:29pm Mon 14th Aug ANONYMOUS
2 hours later Christopher M.

Looking for project partner (all 4)
11:01am Mon 14th Aug seeking a 1st project partner Matthew V.
22 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Matthew V.  O.P.
7 days later seeking a 1st project partner ANONYMOUS
14 days later seeking a 1st project partner Noah G.

Project Partner (all 9)
10:26am Mon 14th Aug seeking a 1st project partner Giovanni G.
4 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Giovanni G.  O.P.
4 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Suha S.
22 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Christian M.
24 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Christian M.
48 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Vanessa M.
5 days later seeking a 1st project partner Amoldeep P.
6 days later seeking a 1st project partner Suha S.
13 days later Vanessa M.

looking for a project partner. monday 12:00-2:00 (both)
9:11am Mon 14th Aug seeking a 1st project partner Christofle S.
7 days later seeking a 1st project partner Christofle S.  O.P.

Looking for a Project 1 Partner (both)
9:09am Mon 14th Aug seeking a 1st project partner Jacob R.
5 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Jacob R.  O.P.

 UWA week 32 (2nd semester, week 3) ↓
unable to access first_day_of_month.c (both)
10:57am Sat 12th Aug workshops Kazi I.
20 hours later workshops Christopher M.

PRELIMINARY information about Project-1
5:41am Thu 10th Aug 1st project Christopher M.

Adding coloured syntax-highlighting in vim
4:40am Thu 10th Aug software hacks Christopher M.

Using foreground/background job control in your shell
4:29am Thu 10th Aug software hacks Christopher M.

Looking for a project partner. (all 5)
8:44am Wed 9th Aug seeking a 1st project partner ANONYMOUS
7 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Gemma L.
6 days later seeking a 1st project partner KulathungaMudiyanselage K.
15 days later seeking a 1st project partner Cian A.
22 days later seeking a 1st project partner Mahit G.

Looking for a lab partner
10:05pm Tue 8th Aug seeking a 1st project partner ANONYMOUS

Privacy Error when accessing unit home page (all 4)
2:52pm Tue 8th Aug the unit in general ANONYMOUS
4 hours later the unit in general  👍x1 Christopher M.
6 hours later the unit in general Nahian Z.
4 days later the unit in general Christopher M.

How SSDs and DRAMs work
2:50pm Tue 8th Aug  👍x2 Adib R.

Rollercoaster Tycoon's use of Assembly Language to Manipulate Registers
10:50am Mon 7th Aug just interesting  👍x1 Gareth M.

enviornment set up issue maybe (all 7)
7:38pm Sun 6th Aug labs Jie W.
8 hours later labs Christopher M.
60 hours later labs Christopher M.
73 hours later labs Jie W.  O.P.
6 days later labs Christopher M.
6 days later labs Jie W.  O.P.
7 days later labs Christopher M.

Storing time values in 32-bit integers
7:58am Sun 6th Aug systems in the news Christopher M.

 UWA week 31 (2nd semester, week 2) ↓
Sample solutions for Labsheet-1 and Workshop-2
6:32am Sat 5th Aug Christopher M.

Workshop cut off (both)
1:21pm Fri 4th Aug ANONYMOUS
17 hours later Christopher M.

Tracing the Lines: From the Telephone to Unix
6:05am Fri 4th Aug computer-systems history Christopher M.

[reminder] Invitation to CSSE Department Education Committee meeting
2:48pm Thu 3rd Aug Christopher M.

Throw away your first draft of your code
6:44am Thu 3rd Aug software hacks  👍x2 Christopher M.

Western Digital HDD capacity hits 28TB
6:37am Thu 3rd Aug systems in the news Christopher M.

FIFO worker looking for project partner (all 3)
8:36pm Mon 31st Jul seeking a 1st project partner Jie W.
8 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Christopher M.
84 hours later seeking a 1st project partner Jie W.  O.P.

xterm - font size (both)
2:37pm Mon 31st Jul labs Hugo S.
29 mins later labs Christopher M.

Systems Software Research is Irrelevant (both)
11:28am Mon 31st Jul just interesting Christopher M.
8 days later just interesting ANONYMOUS

The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives
5:34am Mon 31st Jul just interesting  👍x1 Christopher M.

Broken link (both)
12:00pm Sun 30th Jul labs Martin P.
17 hours later labs Christopher M.

 UWA week 30 (2nd semester, week 1) ↓
Discrepancy between WSL and iTerm manuals (both)
4:38pm Fri 28th Jul workshops ANONYMOUS
12 hours later workshops Christopher M.

Workshop lecture cutoff (all 3)
11:23am Fri 28th Jul Nahian Z.
18 hours later Christopher M.
68 hours later Nahian Z.  O.P.

Am I allowed to use virtualbox? (both)
10:48am Fri 28th Jul the unit in general  👍x1 Zac M.
18 hours later the unit in general Christopher M.

Free (and Legal) Access to Red Hat Linux (both)
9:12am Fri 28th Jul  👍x1 Christopher B.
19 hours later Christopher M.

Getting started with Linux and the C compiler (all 5)
4:31pm Thu 27th Jul labs Christopher M.
19 hours later labs Salman N.
19 hours later labs Sebastian G.
36 hours later labs Christopher M.  O.P.
38 hours later labs Salman N.

Please complete 2 Student Experience Surveys
12:14pm Thu 27th Jul Christopher M.

Interesting Youtube channel (both)
12:58pm Tue 25th Jul  👍x3 Ariel C.
11 days later Adib R.

From way back when a new C compiler was a big deal!
12:30pm Tue 25th Jul computer-systems history Christopher M.

Efficient and Environment Friendly Programming Languages (all 3)
7:08am Tue 25th Jul just interesting  👍x1 Christopher M.
9 hours later just interesting ANONYMOUS
22 hours later just interesting Christopher M.  O.P.

Unit's webpage teaching.csse.uwa.edu.au/units/CITS2002/ available
3:34am Tue 25th Jul the unit in general Christopher M.

Lecture Recording Problem (all 4)
4:56pm Mon 24th Jul lectures ANONYMOUS
79 mins later lectures Christopher M.
3 hours later lectures ANONYMOUS  O.P.
10 hours later lectures  👍x1 Christopher M.

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