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

=====Entries=====
====Entry 1: November 27, 2012====

I am getting started on the Binary Tree project. I looked into function pointers and got that all figured out.  Now I just need to figure out the algorithm for inputting the queued values into the binary tree in a way that the traversal will actually print from least to greatest and so on.
Also printing it in a 'tree' format will be tricky.  I think once I figure it out iteratively then recursively and stack based should be easier.
====Entry 2: November 27, 2012====

For DataComm we setup strings and cans and managed to get a few bytes of data across them! Despite the fact that only about 1% of the data could make it through, it was still pretty cool. I would like to try to setup like a cardboard tube system and see if that transmits the sound cleanly enough for it to have a better transfer success rate. We also think that the sound may be becoming morphed, making it impossible for the receiving computer to pick it up. 
It was still pretty cool.
====Entry 3: November Day, 2012====

For Comp. Org. I got my increment working! Now that I have fully working code, I can work on the scripts that will make increment work for every possibility (every register, basically). Then I can modify increment to make a decrement. Then I can use increment and decrement for the addition and subtraction. I just wonder if it would be possible since they take command line arguments --- I am planning on asking Matt. If so - then it is all go-ahead with the simulator!
====Entry 4: November Day, 2012====

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

====Question====
What is wrong with this hard drive?
====Resources====
Didn't collect info - just kind of winged it.
====Hypothesis====
According to my friend, the hard drive is dead. He says he can't install an OS onto it, but he says it can store files just fine. I find this rather weird. He said I could keep it, so I want to get it working.

====Experiment====
I'm going to see what's on the hard drive right now, delete everything on it, and try to install an OS onto it.

====Data====
I checked the hard drive - it was completely un-formatted.
I installed ubuntu onto it - it checked out okay.. but when I try to boot into it, it says that there is an error reading device. Something about a name mismatch or something. Weird.
Wiped ubuntu off of it... installed debian. This time I noticed it actually installed grub - maybe that's what was wrong? No way to boot it?
Yes! That was it! The hard drive is bootable now.
Went ahead and put Windows 7 on it for gaming (since its a faster HD). I use the slower one for work, this new one for play. Fun.
====Analysis====
from what I can tell, I think my friend had an issue getting the hard drive to boot because he wasn't giving it a boot partition which I think a hard drive needs. Installing grub fixed that, and then installing windows 7 installed the windows boot partition deal as well, so now the hard drive is happy. I have yet to run into the file lost horror stories he's told me about.

====Conclusions====
I'm happy I got a nice hard drive for free and got it to work.