[Shacs] Java Triva

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Dr. Burris,

    A lot of people have heard the threat of the
degree recall plan for a long time.  Some people, such as Bronius but
not me, of course, are under the belief that such an action is just an
empty threat.  I've heard phrases like "wuss", "gun shy", and "full of
hot air" uttered from the mouths of those non-believers who think you
would never execute the degree recall plan on any former student. 
Worse even, is the whispers of a certain cross section of students,
both former and current, who seem to believe that not only would you
NEVER see the degree recall plan through, but in fact the degree recall
plan does not even exist and is only a joke you've chosen to tease the
alumni with throughout the years.  Perhaps it would be just of you to
implement such an action to show that you still are as ruthless, and
iron-fisted as ever, and not some kind hearted, well liked, playful
professor that some of the students and alumni have claimed you are. 
Bronius would serve as an excellent example for those who would be so
ignorant as to doubt your sinister nature.

Eric

----- Original Message ----
From: David Burris <csc_dsb at shsu.edu>
To: mcguire at shsu.edu
Cc: shacs at shsu.edu
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:04:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Shacs] Java Triva




  

It has been too long since we exercised the degree recall procedure. 
We should really take advantage of this opportunity before we forget
the process completely.  It would be best not to fiddle around
forever!  :)



Dr. Tim McGuire wrote:

  
  
Dr. B,

  

I think we should retroactively revoke Mr. Motekaitis' degree until he
does
some remedial work, and learns the difference between a nybble and a
byte.

  

Agreed?

  

TJM

  

Bronius Motekaitis wrote:

  I
don't mean to bring this up again (just read it and saw the datestamp
of
Apr 7, over a week old), but I hope you two have made up since then.. 
:O

    

Another, less discussed fact, is that that of the fifth byte of any Java code: it always falls in
the
range of 00-FF.

    

Ok, I'm potentially revealing a weakness in my practice (not my
education,
mind you, just a "man it's been a long time since I dealt in
byte-code"),
but isn't a byte = 8bits = 0-F, not 00-FF?  Is this a difference in
architecture
that dictates this discrepancy?  If so, could Burris' original post
have
said, "Depending on architecture, the first 4 to 8 bytes is.." 

    

-bronius

    

    

    On 4/7/07, Dr.
Tim McGuire <csc_tjm at shsu.edu>
wrote:
    
      

> The first four bytes in the header for Java class files are CA FE
BA
BE

> in hexadecimal. There is an interesting connection between the
café
St.

> Michael's Alley and the group the Grateful Dead. Note the first
four

> bytes spell "Café Babe." If you need help making the connection,
speak

> to Mr. Boyle.

      

      Glad to see, Dr. B., that you are actually progressing in
your
feeble attempts at making computer science relevant.  First of all, you
appropriate
my void clint_eastwood(void); example.  (Your modifications,
unfortunately, diminished its value.)  And now you're finally bringing
up this example --
I've had my CS272 students convert the first four bytes of a Java class
file
into hex as an exercise for several years now (supplementing the
previous
exercise of converting 12, 5655, 2550276, 76545336, 3726755 from octal
into hexadecimal.)

      

Welcome to the 21st century....  ;)

      

      

TJM

      

      

-- 

Timothy J. McGuire, Ph.D.

Department of Computer Science

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas 77341-2090

      mcguire at shsu.edu

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