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UWA week 39 (2nd semester, week 9) ↓

2nd project Project-2 is available 👍x1

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...

1st project Sample solution for the 1st project

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.