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\centerline{\bf HW 00 CMSC 250}
\centerline{\bf Morally Due Jan 31 at 9:00AM. Dead-Cat Due Feb 2 at 9:00AM} 

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(24 points- 2 points each) READ the Syllabus before doing this problem. 
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When is the untimed part of midterm one due?  Give date and time. 
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When is the timed midterm one. Give date and time. 
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When is the untimed part of midterm two due?  Give date and time. 
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When is the timed midterm two. Give date and time. 
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When is the untimed part of the final due? Give date and time.
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When is the timed part of the final due? Give date and time.
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What is {\it the dead-cat policy}?
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Why is is called {\it the dead-cat policy}? 
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What is the {\it Mask Policy}? 
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When are Emily's Office Hours?
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When are Bill's Office Hours? 
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Name all of the ways you can communicate with Emily and Bill.
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(36 points-12 each)
Learn Python 3 and write a simple program in it before doing this problem. 
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Name a PRO of Python.
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Name a CON of Python. 
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What did your program do? 
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(0 points but do it anyway. This is the most important problem on this HW!)
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Learn LaTeX and write some simple documents in it. 
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Write a LaTeX document that summarizes the lecture on Propositional Logic. 
The document should include a truth table (so you get practice doing
LaTeX tables) and some formulas on the variables $x_1,x_2,x_3$
(so you get practice typesetting mathematics). 
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(40 points) 
Read Vannevar Bush's paper from July 1945: 

\url{http://web.mit.edu/STS.035/www/PDFs/think.pdf}

Write down two predictions he made that came true. 

(Note- this is not a paper in Discrete Math but it is such a good paper that every undergraduate should read it!) 

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