======Part 3======

=====Entries=====
====Entry 1: November 29, 2012====

Today we will talk about graphics and creating them with the the gd library!!
in class we will make a CCC logo.  The logo is basically 3 consecutive half circles filled in red.  When considering making an image you must consider the size if your image size is 600x800 you might want some white space and not make your image the full size.  so we created margin variables that held the upper,lower, left and right margins.  With these we were able to easily create parameters .  Once all these are created you will fill the function with the parameters That were previously decided upon.  When creating an image it is very important to "plan ahead" and what i mean by that is don't just start writing the code.  This can be problematic.  By "planning ahead' you have already done all the math and know all the dimensions you are working with and will be able to easily enter the information in to the function.  Also do your research on the function itself.  Knowing the parameters and what they mean and represent is very important.  When i was creating the image that was what set me back, not being extremely familiar with the function.  



====Entry 2: November 9, 2012====

Today we talked about a number of commands, some of which including head, and tail.  These commands are mainly used in the filtering of data in large files ore outputs. First we will talk about head.  head automatically will display the first 10 lines of a file or output.  This can be notified.  For instance if i were to type in the the terminal head -5 file.txt only the first five lines would be displayed. Now this may not seem very interesting but it can be very useful especially when combined with tail.  Tail respectively automatically prints the last 10 lines ogf an output and also can be modified just like head.  For example say you were only interested in a certain line of a file and you wanted it to be displayed.  You could easily type "head -23 file.txt | tail -1"  head would display the first 23 lines and when piped to tail it would only display the last line of that 23 therefore you have the 23rd line!!    

====Entry 3: November 30 , 2012====

Today i spent most of my time in the lair working on the opus.  I got a TON done.  By the time i finish i will only have 2 demonstrations to do!  This is good news!!  Once the opus is finished i will then be able to start working more heavily on the binary tree and the EoCE.  I plan on finishing the rest of the opus tonight which will mean i will have it done a day early!!!  

====Entry 4: November 30, 2012====

In moy break between working on the opus and heading home i installed vlc on debian in the hopes to be able to play a dvd which happened to be in my disk drive.  

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=====Experiment 3=====

====Question====
Would a different configuration of the "two can and string model" increase the performance enough to be noticeable.  

====Resources====
I basically used my own thoughts and knowledge to estimate what would be a better configuration that what was currently there.  

====Hypothesis====

I believe that a central location on the can is ideal for the best acoustics of the can.  Currently there was a central hole in the can but instead of tethering the copper wire directly to that central whole it was, loosely tied around and inside of the can.  This did not make very much sense to me, i thought there would be a tremendous loss of signal.  I decided to drill a second hole and tether the wire centrally on the can and not as loose. 

====Experiment====
I AM GOING TO MAKE IT!!!

====Data====
After completion of the build we tested and it was clear that the system was a lot more effective.  Although with a new system there will always b more bugs to figure out.  I will continue toying with this system.   

====Analysis====
Based on the data collected:

  * YES! IT WAS

  * Yes there is more.  The copper wire when functioning "correctly" picks up alot of extra noise.  
  * The noise issue that needs to be solved.
  * A loud room.

====Conclusions====
The experiment was a success and i got the results i was hoping for.  I would still like to work with this idea and improve upon it.