[Cs5500] Counting tournament

[Madhuvanthi Balasubramanian]

Professor,

Again, the jar files did not move around. Since I had cleaned up the bin
directory, they were required to build the application, that would have
filled the bin directory. They could then have run the application as usual.
We had always sent them the bin directory too, but since David/Dennis felt
their clean up was not going through properly, I asked them to build it
themselves. I thought it would help them.
In our defense, this version was released early Saturday. Why did they have
to wait until late Monday to download this version and then start
complaining?
I mentioned specifically in my email for Saturday's release that the bin
directory was empty and they had to build it. Even if they had missed the
mail, any java developer would check the bin directory before running the
application. No one can run an application without executables.
We kept receiving mails last night saying they were being graded based on
"sub-standard application that the grads did not have time to complete". I
think it is worth mentioning that each one of us has been sweating it out
to perfect this application and help the undergrads. Several nights and
weekends have been spent trying to get this ready,sometimes even at the
expense of other courses we have taken.
While we understand their agony, we would expect them also to understand
and appreciate the work we do for them.

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Karl Lieberherr <lieber at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:

> Hi Madhu:
>
> is there an update needed to what is in the Avatar Designer Guide?
>
> Have some names changed without warning?
>
> Please double-check the instructions with the latest version of the
> software.
> Please can Ravi take an active role in this and coordinate.
>
> This user sends us a warning.
>
> -- Karl
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Adam Alix <adam.alix at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Counting tournament
> To: Karl Lieberherr <lieber at ccs.neu.edu>
> Cc: Ravishankar Rajagopal <rajagopal.r at husky.neu.edu>, Srinivas N Jay <
> srinivasnjay at gmail.com>, Ali Green <aligreen at ccs.neu.edu>
>
>
> Attached you can find the output from attempting to build the software,
> our .beh
> and .cd files.
>
> Adam
>
> On Nov 14, 2011, at 9:58 PM, Adam Alix wrote:
>
> > Hi Professor,
> >
> > We've been working to get our software to build correctly and haven't
> been able
> > to do so and don't anticipate getting it working in time for the
> tournament.
> >
> > Attached you can find my .beh and .cd files.  The documentation for
> building is
> > broken and jar files are moving around without any warning.  Overall,
> attempting
> > to get this software working has been like aiming at a moving target
> with each
> > new iteration.
> >
> > Respectfully,
> >
> > Adam
> > <hsrAvatar.beh><hsrAvatar.cd>
>
>


-- 
 Thanks
- Madhu
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