According to the reading "on writing well," what does the author think the
students learned from the discussion?

This first part of the film shows the early history of motion pictures. how accurate do you think the portrayal of the early motion picture industry is? why? is historical accuracy important in films and theatre productions? explain. in the scene where don is going to the party (starting at time code 14: 51), we see a street scene as he first rides with cosmo and then with kathy. what aspects did the filmmaker include to make the scene look and feel like don, cosmo, and kathy are riding in a car on a street? think about elements such as scenery, sound, props, lighting, and so on. a "talkie" picture is shown starting around time code 21: 15. how does the audience in the film react to the "talkie"? what influence do audiences have on film and theatre performances? how do film and theatre actors influence audiences? in the musical scene with cosmo (starting at time code 27: 00), how does the actor use props? what is the result? do you think the use of props effectively fulfilled the artistic vision for this musical number? why or why not?

Consider a slotted aloha system, where the time slot equals the fixed duration of each packet. assume that there are 4 stations a,b,c,d sharing the medium. (a) stations a,b,c,d receive one packet each from higher layers at times 1.3, 1.5, 2.6,5.7 respectively. show which transmissions take place when, according to the slottedaloha protocol; describe all transmissions until all four packets have been successful.when needed, each station has access to the following sequence of random number, provided by a random number generator and drawn uniformly between 0 and 1: (1) station a draws numbers: 0.31, 0.27, 0.78, 0.9, 0.9, 0.11, 0. (2) station b draws numbers: 0.45, 0.28, 0.11, 0.83, 0.37, 0.22, 0. (3)station c draws numbers: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0. (4) station d draws numbers: 0.36, 0.77, 0.9, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0. (b) in slotted aloha, a station transmits in each time slot with a given probability. what probabilities would you assign to each of the four stations so as to: (i) maximize the efficiency of the protocol? (ii) maximize fairness among the four stations? (c) will the efficiency increase or decrease if we modify slotted aloha as follows: (i) get rid of slots and allow stations to transmit immediately? (ii) implement carrier sensing? (iii) implement collision detection? (iv) implement collision avoidance?

Take a critical look at three gui applications you have used—for example, a spreadsheet, a word-processing program, and a game. describe how well each conforms to the gui design guidelines listed in this chapter.