Assignment 1: An Introduction - warm up 50 pts

1. Send a message to the mailing list introducing yourself. The address of the list is below:
   CS-PADS@listserv.uga.edu, you will soon received an automatic invitation at the address you have listed in your UGA records.
   
   
2. Create a directory named 8220, under this directory create another directory named exactly: HW1 (2 upper case letters and one digit, the digit one). You will submit this directory as your first homework. The content of the directory should have 1 image file, and one text file.
   

   • Image 1: A picture of your self: It should be about (500x800 pixels is a good image size)
     The name of the image should be as follows.
     Lastname,FirstName.JPG (comma ',' between firstname and lastname, and please use capital letter for the first letter of Lastname, and first letter of FirstName, all other letters should be in lower case). The suffix should be JPG, where all letters are upper case.
     Example Name: Hybinette,Maria.JPG.
          If you prefer that your image and name are not displayed on the web site, add a prefix denoting a public web name (e.g., "HappyPixel", this name is different from your secret name to display grade - as dicussed in class) enclosed it in double Xs (and hyphens) on each side, as follows: XX-HappyPixels-XX-Hybinette,Maria.JPG.
     
     (we use scripts to parse your name and generate the web page, so it is is important that you follow the naming convention outlined).
     
     
     
   • A text file: called HW1.txt
     Please answer these questions in this texts file (please also turn in a hard copy/printout of this file the Tuesday after the assignment is due).
     (2 a) In order to derive their formula to price options Black & Scholes removed unquantifiable variables inherited from earlier models, and variable that did not make any sense. Which variable was the last variable that they could finally cancelled out?
     (2 b) What were the remaining variables?
     (2 c) What was their strategy to justify that it was removable? (what did they call their approach (or stategy) that allowed them to cancel out this last variable).
     
     

   To submit these files, you will need to use the submit program. Since files are under a common subdirectory called "HW1". Execute the below command line whiled directly under the 8220 directory you created (and just above the HW1 directory):

   submit HW1 cs8220

   
   
3. {NOT COMPLETE} Complete this surveymonkey survey:
   https://www.surveymonkey.com/XXX
   
   (you will give your name, and set a secret name that we can use to report your scores on projects and assignments, the survey allows us to collect your name, and secret name directly into our grade book.
   

Grade Criteria {not complete}

Grade 50 points total:
10 points for message sent to class list (5 points for 2 sentence introduction, 10 points if it is more interesting).
05 points for emailing image , correct image format (JPG format),
        and naming of file (including adding XXX for if an image restriction indication).
05 points for favorite game image (PNG format, naming convention)
15 points for answering the 3 questions (5 pts each question)
10 points for survey monkey survey