Using
the Newsgroup In CS 100B
The CS 100B Newsgroup gives students the chance to pose
questions about the technical content of the course.
It will be monitored closely by the Teaching Assistants who will try to
offer timely answers. The principles of Academic Integrity apply to Newsgroup
activity. So for example you must not post fragments of your nonworking
programming assignment code and ask for help. Instead, you should seek
clarification of the underlying concepts, perhaps by pointing to
a lecture example or to a section assignment problem that you do not understand.
Here is how to proceed:
I. On a Windows Platform:
Use WinVN program in CIT labs.
Otherwise, try Netscape:
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Start Netscape.
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Click on `Communicator' and select `Newsgroups' from the drop down menu.
A newsgroup window should appear.
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Click on `File' and select `Subscribe.' On the window that appears, make
sure the server is `newsstand.cit.cornell.edu'. If it is something else,
click `Add Server', choose New Server (NNTP) and then type in the above
server name.
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In the newsgroups that appear, double click on `cornell' and then on `cornell.class.'
Then select the newsgroup `cornell.class.cs100b' by double clicking on
it followed by `OK'. You are now subscribed to the newsgroup.
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The messages posted can be seen by double clicking on the newsgroup title.
To post a message, right click on the newsgroup title and select `New Message.'
II. On the Macs in the Carpenter Lab:
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Double click on the hard drive icon, followed by `Bear Access f' and `MT-NewsWatcher.'
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Double click on MT-NewsWatcher. Select `Shared' and create a folder on
the desktop.
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Type in `newsstand.cit.cornell.edu' as the news server, and `postoffice.mail.cornell.edu'
as the mail server.
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Fill in the blanks in the window that appears.
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After all the newsgroups appear, select `cornell' followed by `cornell.class'
and `cornell.class.cs100b'
For further assistance, please ask the consultants in the lab in Carpenter
Library.
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