[LON-CAPA-users] LON-CAPA changing numbers?

[Gerd Kortemeyer]

Could this have happened between a server running RedHat 6.2 printing the exam, and a
server running RedHat 7.3 showing it?


Mark Lucas wrote:

> Has anybody seen this problem before where LON-CAPA changes the random
> numbers in the middle of an assignment?
>
> Can someone clarify what items of information are used when creating a
> random number seed for a student?
>
>                                                 Mark
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mark Lucas                                      email: lucasm@ohiou.edu
> 252D Clippinger Lab                             phone: (740)597-2984
> Department of Physics and Astronomy             fax:   (740)593-0433
> Ohio University
> Athens, OH 45701
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 06:19:57 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Daniel S. Carman <carman@carman1.phy.ohiou.edu>
> To: lucasm@ohiou.edu
> Subject: Re: P251 Exam (fwd)
>
> Mark,
>
> I include below an occurrence that has happened to me once before too.
> LON-CAPA changing the numbers in a given problem from what they were
> when they first printed the assignment out.
>
>                                         Daniel
>
> **********************************************************************
> *                                                                    *
> * Dr. Daniel S. Carman                   e-mail : carman@ohio.edu    *
> * Ohio University                        office : (740)-593-2964     *
> * Department of Physics                  fax    : (740)-593-1436     *
> *                                                                    *
> **********************************************************************
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 23:25:06 -0400
> From: Jeremy Miller <jm331801@ohio.edu>
> To: Daniel S. Carman <carman@carman1.phy.ohiou.edu>
> Subject: Re: P251 Exam
>
> Dear Dr. Carmen,
>         Thank you for finalizing everything with my exam.
>         I thought you would like to know that when I did my CAPA homework today, I
> found that the computer changed my numbers around from when I printed it
> off earlier.  Now, I caught the problem after about five tries, so
> everything is okay.  If this happened to anyone else, they might not have
> cought on.  Just thought you would like to know.
>         Jeremy Miller
> --On Monday, October 07, 2002 9:22 AM -0400 "Daniel S. Carman"
> <carman@carman1.phy.ohiou.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Jeremy,
> >
> > I believe your situation regarding the P251 midterm exam is
> > finalized.  You will take the exam on Wednesday, October 9
> > from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. in the same room with the remainder
> > of the class.  Please be sure to announce yourself to the
> > exam proctors.
> >
> >
> >                               Prof. Carman
> >
> >
> > **********************************************************************
> > *                                                                    *
> > * Dr. Daniel S. Carman                   e-mail : carman@ohio.edu    *
> > * Ohio University                        office : (740)-593-2964     *
> > * Department of Physics                  fax    : (740)-593-1436     *
> > *                                                                    *
> > **********************************************************************
> >
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> LON-CAPA-users mailing list
> LON-CAPA-users@mail.lon-capa.org
> http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users