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--- haas:spring2019:unix:projects:pct0 [2019/04/05 20:31] – [puzzle key] wedge
+++ haas:spring2019:unix:projects:pct0 [2019/08/04 13:46] (current) – [Objective] wedge
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 =====Objective=====
-To continue to cultivate your problem solving, critical thinking, analytical, and observation skills; to apply your skills on the UNIX command-line.
+To continue to cultivate your problem solving, critical thinking, analytical, and observation skills.
+The aim here is on observation, analysis, and documentation. You are solving and documenting a problem by hand, thinking your way through to solution, NOT copying something, NOR writing any sort of program.
 =====Background=====
-The true nature of problem solving frequently involves critical thinking, analytical, and observation skills. Where problems are not solved by memorizing some pre-defined set of answers and regurgitating them mindlessly, but it crafting an elaborate solution from subtle cues and tested, experimental realizations.
+The true nature of problem solving frequently involves critical thinking, analytical, and observation skills. Where problems are not solved by memorizing some pre-defined set of answers and regurgitating them mindlessly, but in crafting an elaborate solution from subtle cues and tested, experimental realizations.
-This project has puts you in contact with such endeavours.
+This project puts you in contact with such endeavours.
 ====Long Division====
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 =====Getting started=====
-In the **pct0/** sub-directory of the UNIX Public Directory, under a directory by the name of your username, you will find the following file:
+In the **pct0/** sub-directory of the UNIX Public Directory, under a directory by the name of your username, you will find the following files:
+  * **bonus**
+  * **practice0**
+  * **practice1**
+  * **practice2**
+  * **practice3**
   * **puzzle**
-Copy this file into your project directory.
+Copy these file into your project directory.
 There is also a **MANIFEST** file in the parent directory (the **pct0/** sub-directory), which will contain MD5sums of the various puzzle keys, provided to help you in verifying your puzzle key.
+For this project, the only puzzle you HAVE to solve in order to be eligible for full credit will be the one contained in the **puzzle** file.
+Should you desire, there's an opportunity to gain some bonus points, which can be earned by successfully solving and documenting your solution to the puzzle contained within the file **bonus** and reporting it to me as appropriate.
+As you gear up to work on the project-required puzzle (or additionally the bonus puzzle), I have provided a sampling of practice puzzles that you can try your hand on in order to get more experience working with these type of puzzles. Doing them will not net you any points, nor will not doing them diminish your totals for this project. I would recommend doing them, though, as the more exposure you have within this domain, the more patterns become identified, further facilitating your chances of success.
 =====Process=====
 Solve and document the puzzle.
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 As this project focuses more on the critical thinking process than being heavy in unravelling a problem using UNIX commands, your solution will be in 2 parts:
-  * your puzzle key, in a textfile called 'key' containing ONLY the capital letters corresponding in order to the 0-9 values (and a trailing newline).
+  * your puzzle key, in a textfile called 'puzzle.key' containing ONLY the capital letters corresponding in order to the 0-9 values (and a trailing newline).
-  * your documentation of your solving and exploration of the puzzle. If you did this on paper, I'll want it digitized and submitted as a file with this project.
+  * your documentation of your solving and exploration of the puzzle. If you did this on paper, I'll want it digitized and submitted as a file with this project. The file, if is text form, should be called 'puzzle.solution'; if an image, please append the image format to the end of the filename.
 ====puzzle key====
-As indicated, you are to place the determined key to your puzzle in a regular text file called 'key', and will contain ONLY the capital letters, in order from 0-9, of your puzzle (and a trailing newline).
+As indicated, you are to place the determined key to your puzzle in a regular text file called 'puzzle.key', and will contain ONLY the capital letters, in order from 0-9, of your puzzle (and a trailing newline).
 For example, using the example puzzle above:

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