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• Please remember that everything you post is public-- everyone will be reading it. As a result, in any posts you make to Campuswire, make sure that you do not give away any details in doing any of the assignments -- this could (and will) be construed as cheating. If you have questions about an assignment that require you to give specific details of your solution, please visit office hours or send an email to costa.c@cs.pitt.edu You can also send an email to the instructors from within the Campuswire system, if you prefer.

• Please do not post any assignment code on Campuswire, even as a private message. Visit office hours for any code related questions.

• Keep posts on Campuswire course-related. As you are all expected to read the forum on a regular basis, and many of you are quite busy, people don't have time to read stuff they shouldn't have to. In relation to this, Campuswire is not for posting "test" posts. (We have Assignment #0 for this!)

• Please read all questions and responses that are on Campuswire before asking a question. If you ask a question that has already been answered, you are wasting everyone's time. We realize that there is a bit of a lag between the time something is posted and when it actually appears in the group, so this is somethings unavoidable. However, please try to avoid it as best as possible. Utilize the excellent search facilities that Campuswire offers!

• Make it easy for other students to find your question - just in case they have the same question and want to see the answer! Use a meaningful subject heading. "Help" and even "Help for a03q3" is not very meaningful. "Clarify contract restrictions for a03q3" is much better.

• Make sure your questions/posts are in the appropriate folder (e.g., hw0, hw1, hw2, ...). This makes all questions nicely organized by assignment.

• Tag your post with all the applicable tags. Start a tag by typing the hash character (#). A drop-down list of tags that are currently in use will appear. Use one of them, if applicable. If not, create a new one. However, any tag you create should be applicable to many posts, not just yours.

• Please don't post things to the group that give no useful information to people. Posts like "I have the same question as this one posted" or "I agree with this comment" serve no useful purpose, and waste people's time.

• Please keep complaints about the course out of the newsgroup. If you have a concern about anything to do with the course, the best way to deal with it, and to get results, is to take it to the instructor. Campuswire is not a complaint forum.

• Please be respectful of your peers and others in your posts.