Bruda.CA

ascii

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-09T12:57:03+00:00

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	+	====== HTML Emails and Proprietary Attachments Considered Harmful ======
	+
	+	I never read HTML emails. All my email clients are configured to display only the text version of messages. Please don't send HTML emails as I will not see them. I always considered HTML emails annoying; nowadays however everybody and their friends seem to just take the default settings of their email clients and happily send HTML away. Most of them get to be unreadable anyway, but the frequency of these is an annoyance and also an ever-present danger. [[http://www.birdhouse.org/etc/evilmail.html\|Other]] [[http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil_still.shtml\|people]] said it better so I am not going to rehearse the arguments here.
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	+	Since I am at it, whenever you attach documents please do not use proprietary formats (such as Microsoft Word). Unless I know where it comes from and I really need to see it, I will never open an email attachment that is not written in some generic format such as PDF. The underlying reasons for this are again said better by [[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html\|other]] [[http://www.georgedillon.com/web/netiquette.shtml\|people]] but on top of this I also like to mention one personal reason: Whenever I need to read a Word document I have to launch a big application (OpenOffice) which wastes more than ten seconds of my life; a PDF or Postscript document opens almost instantaneously on my system.
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	+	Of course, email has been invented to transport plain text, so ultimately that's how I like it the most. Most of the time one does not need anything else anyway. I have seen (and fail to understand) people writing a piece of text and then attaching it as a Word (or for that matter PDF or anything else) document instead of pasting it into the email message. I have also seen (and still fail to understand) people writing a plain text message as HTML simply because their signature contains formatted text and images. I consider all of this bad practice and I really dislike it.
	+
	+	() ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail
	+	/\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

computer_technology

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-09T13:04:58+00:00

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		+	{{ ::understanding.png?nolink&600 \|}}

contact

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-08-13T14:35:32+00:00

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	Feel free to bother me every time you see me. If you do not see me around, then leave me a message (keep ringing for almost a minute to get to a voice mail---please don't ask why) or better yet send me an email (I tend to answer to emails faster than to voice messages). Here are my coordinates.		Feel free to bother me every time you see me. If you do not see me around, then leave me a message (keep ringing for almost a minute to get to a voice mail---please don't ask why) or better yet send me an email (I tend to answer to emails faster than to voice messages). Here are my coordinates.

-	<blockquote>
	Stefan D. Bruda\\		Stefan D. Bruda\\
	Department of Computer Science\\		Department of Computer Science\\
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	Phone: 819-822-9600 x2374\\		Phone: 819-822-9600 x2374\\
	<stefan@bruda.ca>		<stefan@bruda.ca>
-	</blockquote>

	My [[PGP public key]] is also available on the [[http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD5DD6092\|MIT key server]] (and other stores where fine cheese is sold).		My [[PGP public key]] is also available on the [[http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD5DD6092\|MIT key server]] (and other stores where fine cheese is sold).

	I consider HTML email and propriatery attachments [[ascii\|harmful]].		I consider HTML email and propriatery attachments [[ascii\|harmful]].

cv

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-29T23:22:22+00:00

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	====== Other contributions ======		====== Other contributions ======

-	* Member, Graduate Studies Committee ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2015 - present)	+	* Member, Graduate Studies Committee ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2015 - 2019)
-	* Member, Senate ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2015 - present)	+	* Member, Senate ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2015 - 2019)
	* Member, Evaluation Committee ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2010 - 2014)		* Member, Evaluation Committee ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2010 - 2014)
	* [[http://ucosp.ca/\|UCOSP]] faculty mentor for Bishop's University (2010 - 2018); continuing deparmental liaison for similar projects after the demise of UCOSP		* [[http://ucosp.ca/\|UCOSP]] faculty mentor for Bishop's University (2010 - 2018); continuing deparmental liaison for similar projects after the demise of UCOSP

definition_of_love

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-08-13T22:20:57+00:00

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	Who has not at some time mused about the inevitable circularity of dictionary definitions? Anyone can see that all words eventually are defined in terms of some fundamental set that is not further reducible, but simply goes round and round endlessly. You can amuse yourself by looking up the definition of a common word in a dictionary and replacing the main words in it by their definitions. I once carried this process out for "love" (defined as "A strong affection for or attachment or devotion to a person or persons"), substituting for "strong," "affection," "attachment," "devotion," and "person," and coming up with this concoction:		Who has not at some time mused about the inevitable circularity of dictionary definitions? Anyone can see that all words eventually are defined in terms of some fundamental set that is not further reducible, but simply goes round and round endlessly. You can amuse yourself by looking up the definition of a common word in a dictionary and replacing the main words in it by their definitions. I once carried this process out for "love" (defined as "A strong affection for or attachment or devotion to a person or persons"), substituting for "strong," "affection," "attachment," "devotion," and "person," and coming up with this concoction:

-	>> A morally powerful mental state or tendency, having strength of character or will for, or affectionate regard, or loyalty, faithfulness, or deep affection to, a human being or beings, especially as distinguished from a thing or lower animal.	+	> A morally powerful mental state or tendency, having strength of character or will for, or affectionate regard, or loyalty, faithfulness, or deep affection to, a human being or beings, especially as distinguished from a thing or lower animal.

	But not being satisfied with that, I carried the whole process one step further. This was my result:		But not being satisfied with that, I carried the whole process one step further. This was my result:

evolution

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-09T13:02:53+00:00

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		+	{{ :evolution.png?nolink \|}}

new_bu_logo_-_no_more_tradition_and_half_the_scholarship

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-15T00:59:40+00:00

one-man_wiki

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2017-01-03T13:02:19+00:00

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-	This Web page used to be powered by plain old XHTML in part constructed by hand and in part converted automatically from LaTeX. This was (still is) a reasonable choice given the small nature of the site. However, I started working with a Wiki system (I am the ad-hoc maintainer of our [[http://cs.ubishops.ca\|departmental site]], that uses [[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]]), which proved to be so much more convenient that I decided to do it for my site as well. This is the result.	+	This Web site used to be powered by plain old XHTML in part constructed by hand and in part converted automatically from LaTeX. This was (still is) a reasonable choice given the small nature of the site. However, I started working with a Wiki system (I was the ad-hoc maintainer of our [[http://cs.ubishops.ca\|departmental site]], that uses [[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]]), which proved to be so much more convenient that I decided to do it for my site as well. This is the result.

	What you see here is thus a one-man wiki! With few exceptions (on the [[https://part.bruda.ca\|PART]] side) I am the sole "contributor" so this is technically a Wiki but it is not really a Wiki. Still, the concept (and Dokuwiki in particular) is so convenient that I became an instant convert!		What you see here is thus a one-man wiki! With few exceptions (on the [[https://part.bruda.ca\|PART]] side) I am the sole "contributor" so this is technically a Wiki but it is not really a Wiki. Still, the concept (and Dokuwiki in particular) is so convenient that I became an instant convert!
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	====== Technical information and acknowledgments ======		====== Technical information and acknowledgments ======

-	This site is powered by [[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]], [[http://apache.org\|Apache]], and [[http://www.gentoo.org\|Gentoo Linux]]. The SSL certificates are provided by [[http://www.startssl.com\|StartCom]].	+	This site is powered by [[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]], [[http://apache.org\|Apache]], and [[http://www.gentoo.org\|Gentoo Linux]]. The SSL certificates are provided by [[https://letsencrypt.org\|Let's Encrypt]] (used to be [[http://www.startssl.com\|StartCom]] until they got purchased by WoSign and started backdating certificates).

-	The look of this site is inspired from, though not identical to the template used by [[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]] (where I work). Their however indirect contribution is warmly acknowledged. In particular Julie Fradette (Bishop's Webmistress) and Bruno Lacasse (ITS Director) have been very helpful and forthcoming in the process of converting the Bishop's Web template into a Dokuwiki template for our departmental site (and thus indirectly for this site).	+	The look of this site is inspired from, though not identical to an older template used by [[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]] (where I work). Their however indirect contribution is warmly acknowledged. In particular Julie Fradette (Bishop's Webmistress) and Bruno Lacasse (ITS Director at the time) have been very helpful and forthcoming in the process of converting the Bishop's Web template into a Dokuwiki template for our departmental site (and thus indirectly for this site).

	[[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]] is a light-weight wiki system which is in particular easy to set up and configure and relatively easy to customize. A big plus is the storage of pages as plain text, which makes for easy backup, recovery, and off-line changes. I cannot recommend it strongly enough. The only criticism I have is that they started a couple of versions ago to be non-standard compliant in respect to their CSS.		[[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]] is a light-weight wiki system which is in particular easy to set up and configure and relatively easy to customize. A big plus is the storage of pages as plain text, which makes for easy backup, recovery, and off-line changes. I cannot recommend it strongly enough. The only criticism I have is that they started a couple of versions ago to be non-standard compliant in respect to their CSS.
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	The only non-trivial problem I encountered was having portions of the Wiki seen under different domains. I eventually solved this (though not thoroughly satisfactory) using Apache's [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html\|mod_rewrite]] and [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html\|mod_proxy]].		The only non-trivial problem I encountered was having portions of the Wiki seen under different domains. I eventually solved this (though not thoroughly satisfactory) using Apache's [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html\|mod_rewrite]] and [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html\|mod_proxy]].

-	I am an old Unix hand and I am fairly good at configuring and maintaining Linux. I am also a control freak, at least when it comes to computing. It is no wonder then that my favourite flavour of operating system is [[http://www.gentoo.org\|Gentoo Linux]], which is not the friendliest distribution out there but is extremely easy to customize and very powerful.	+	I am an old Unix hand and I am fairly good at configuring and maintaining Linux. I am also a control freak, at least when it comes to computing. It is no wonder then that my favourite flavour of operating system is [[http://www.gentoo.org\|Gentoo Linux]].

pgp_public_key

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-14T02:58:58+00:00

Wed 9 May 2012 1:19 pm -0400		current
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		+	This key is associated to the email address <stefan@bruda.ca> and is also available on PGP public key servers such as the [[http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD5DD6092\|MIT key server]].
		+
	<code>		<code>
	-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----		-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

start

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-03T21:55:02+00:00

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	====== Teaching ======		====== Teaching ======

-	This term (Fall 2025) I teach [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs317\|CS 317 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms)]] and [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs403\|CS 403 (Principles of Programming Languages)]]	+	This term (Winter 2026) I teach [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs310\|CS 310 (Introduction to Software Specifications)]] and [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs464\|CS 464/564 (Network Programming/Network Programming and Distributed Algorithms)]]

	[[teaching\|More...]]		[[teaching\|More...]]

teaching

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-03T21:53:17+00:00

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	The following are all the undergraduate courses that I teach at Bishop's (some more occasionally than others), together with their most recent Web sites.		The following are all the undergraduate courses that I teach at Bishop's (some more occasionally than others), together with their most recent Web sites.
		+
		+	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs310\|CS 310, Introduction to Software Specifications]] (Winter 2026)
		+	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs464\|CS 464/564, Network Programming/Network Programming and Distributed Algorithms]] (Winter 2026)

	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs317\|CS 317, Design and Analysis of Algorithms]] (Fall 2025)		* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs317\|CS 317, Design and Analysis of Algorithms]] (Fall 2025)
	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs403\|CS 403, Principles of Programming Languages]] (Fall 2025)		* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs403\|CS 403, Principles of Programming Languages]] (Fall 2025)
-
-	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs310\|CS 310, Introduction to Software Specifications]] (Winter 2025)
	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs467\|CS 467/567, Special/Advanced Topics in Algorithms]] (Winter 2025)		* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs467\|CS 467/567, Special/Advanced Topics in Algorithms]] (Winter 2025)
-	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs464\|CS 464/564, Network Programming/Network Programming and Distributed Algorithms]] (Fall 2023)
	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs316\|CS 316, Artificial Intelligence]] (Winter 2023)		* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs316\|CS 316, Artificial Intelligence]] (Winter 2023)
	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs455\|CS 455/555, Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science/Automata Theory and Computational Complexity]] (Fall 2020)		* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs455\|CS 455/555, Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science/Automata Theory and Computational Complexity]] (Fall 2020)

Mon 8 Nov 2021 5:02 pm -0500		current
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	====== Other contributions ======		====== Other contributions ======

-	* Member, Graduate Studies Committee ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2015 - present)	+	* Member, Graduate Studies Committee ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2015 - 2019)
-	* Member, Senate ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2015 - present)	+	* Member, Senate ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2015 - 2019)
	* Member, Evaluation Committee ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2010 - 2014)		* Member, Evaluation Committee ([[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]], 2010 - 2014)
	* [[http://ucosp.ca/\|UCOSP]] faculty mentor for Bishop's University (2010 - 2018); continuing deparmental liaison for similar projects after the demise of UCOSP		* [[http://ucosp.ca/\|UCOSP]] faculty mentor for Bishop's University (2010 - 2018); continuing deparmental liaison for similar projects after the demise of UCOSP

Sun 3 May 2015 5:54 pm -0400		current
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-	This Web page used to be powered by plain old XHTML in part constructed by hand and in part converted automatically from LaTeX. This was (still is) a reasonable choice given the small nature of the site. However, I started working with a Wiki system (I am the ad-hoc maintainer of our [[http://cs.ubishops.ca\|departmental site]], that uses [[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]]), which proved to be so much more convenient that I decided to do it for my site as well. This is the result.	+	This Web site used to be powered by plain old XHTML in part constructed by hand and in part converted automatically from LaTeX. This was (still is) a reasonable choice given the small nature of the site. However, I started working with a Wiki system (I was the ad-hoc maintainer of our [[http://cs.ubishops.ca\|departmental site]], that uses [[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]]), which proved to be so much more convenient that I decided to do it for my site as well. This is the result.

	What you see here is thus a one-man wiki! With few exceptions (on the [[https://part.bruda.ca\|PART]] side) I am the sole "contributor" so this is technically a Wiki but it is not really a Wiki. Still, the concept (and Dokuwiki in particular) is so convenient that I became an instant convert!		What you see here is thus a one-man wiki! With few exceptions (on the [[https://part.bruda.ca\|PART]] side) I am the sole "contributor" so this is technically a Wiki but it is not really a Wiki. Still, the concept (and Dokuwiki in particular) is so convenient that I became an instant convert!
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	====== Technical information and acknowledgments ======		====== Technical information and acknowledgments ======

-	This site is powered by [[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]], [[http://apache.org\|Apache]], and [[http://www.gentoo.org\|Gentoo Linux]]. The SSL certificates are provided by [[http://www.startssl.com\|StartCom]].	+	This site is powered by [[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]], [[http://apache.org\|Apache]], and [[http://www.gentoo.org\|Gentoo Linux]]. The SSL certificates are provided by [[https://letsencrypt.org\|Let's Encrypt]] (used to be [[http://www.startssl.com\|StartCom]] until they got purchased by WoSign and started backdating certificates).

-	The look of this site is inspired from, though not identical to the template used by [[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]] (where I work). Their however indirect contribution is warmly acknowledged. In particular Julie Fradette (Bishop's Webmistress) and Bruno Lacasse (ITS Director) have been very helpful and forthcoming in the process of converting the Bishop's Web template into a Dokuwiki template for our departmental site (and thus indirectly for this site).	+	The look of this site is inspired from, though not identical to an older template used by [[http://www.ubishops.ca\|Bishop's University]] (where I work). Their however indirect contribution is warmly acknowledged. In particular Julie Fradette (Bishop's Webmistress) and Bruno Lacasse (ITS Director at the time) have been very helpful and forthcoming in the process of converting the Bishop's Web template into a Dokuwiki template for our departmental site (and thus indirectly for this site).

	[[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]] is a light-weight wiki system which is in particular easy to set up and configure and relatively easy to customize. A big plus is the storage of pages as plain text, which makes for easy backup, recovery, and off-line changes. I cannot recommend it strongly enough. The only criticism I have is that they started a couple of versions ago to be non-standard compliant in respect to their CSS.		[[http://dokuwiki.org\|Dokuwiki]] is a light-weight wiki system which is in particular easy to set up and configure and relatively easy to customize. A big plus is the storage of pages as plain text, which makes for easy backup, recovery, and off-line changes. I cannot recommend it strongly enough. The only criticism I have is that they started a couple of versions ago to be non-standard compliant in respect to their CSS.
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	The only non-trivial problem I encountered was having portions of the Wiki seen under different domains. I eventually solved this (though not thoroughly satisfactory) using Apache's [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html\|mod_rewrite]] and [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html\|mod_proxy]].		The only non-trivial problem I encountered was having portions of the Wiki seen under different domains. I eventually solved this (though not thoroughly satisfactory) using Apache's [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html\|mod_rewrite]] and [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html\|mod_proxy]].

-	I am an old Unix hand and I am fairly good at configuring and maintaining Linux. I am also a control freak, at least when it comes to computing. It is no wonder then that my favourite flavour of operating system is [[http://www.gentoo.org\|Gentoo Linux]], which is not the friendliest distribution out there but is extremely easy to customize and very powerful.	+	I am an old Unix hand and I am fairly good at configuring and maintaining Linux. I am also a control freak, at least when it comes to computing. It is no wonder then that my favourite flavour of operating system is [[http://www.gentoo.org\|Gentoo Linux]].

Fri 5 Sep 2025 11:17 am -0400		current
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	The following are all the undergraduate courses that I teach at Bishop's (some more occasionally than others), together with their most recent Web sites.		The following are all the undergraduate courses that I teach at Bishop's (some more occasionally than others), together with their most recent Web sites.
		+
		+	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs310\|CS 310, Introduction to Software Specifications]] (Winter 2026)
		+	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs464\|CS 464/564, Network Programming/Network Programming and Distributed Algorithms]] (Winter 2026)

	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs317\|CS 317, Design and Analysis of Algorithms]] (Fall 2025)		* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs317\|CS 317, Design and Analysis of Algorithms]] (Fall 2025)
	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs403\|CS 403, Principles of Programming Languages]] (Fall 2025)		* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs403\|CS 403, Principles of Programming Languages]] (Fall 2025)
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-	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs310\|CS 310, Introduction to Software Specifications]] (Winter 2025)
	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs467\|CS 467/567, Special/Advanced Topics in Algorithms]] (Winter 2025)		* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs467\|CS 467/567, Special/Advanced Topics in Algorithms]] (Winter 2025)
-	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs464\|CS 464/564, Network Programming/Network Programming and Distributed Algorithms]] (Fall 2023)
	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs316\|CS 316, Artificial Intelligence]] (Winter 2023)		* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs316\|CS 316, Artificial Intelligence]] (Winter 2023)
	* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs455\|CS 455/555, Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science/Automata Theory and Computational Complexity]] (Fall 2020)		* [[http://cs.ubishops.ca/home/cs455\|CS 455/555, Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science/Automata Theory and Computational Complexity]] (Fall 2020)

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-	Around 2007 the Bishop's University brand standards have undergone substantial changes. I generally like the new look of things, but there is one particular change that is in my opinion inappropriate: the change of the Bishop's logo. It would appear that both the university and the image consultants it has hired (for good money) have failed to do their homework on this one.	+	The Bishop's University brand standards have undergone substantial changes in 2007. I generally like the new look of things, but there is one particular change that is in my opinion inappropriate: the change of the Bishop's logo. It would appear that both the university and the image consultants it has hired (for good money) have failed to do their homework on this one.

-	I noticed the whole thing by myself awhile ago, but I did not care enough to take action. The real discussion on the matter has been started by Dr. Catherine Tracy from Classical Studies. It is Dr. Tracy who is the source of most of the information below (especially the heraldic information she discovered after a dialogue with the Canadian Heraldic Authority).	+	I noticed the whole thing awhile ago, but for one reason or another I failed to pursue the matter. The real discussion on the matter has been started by Dr. Catherine Tracy from Classical Studies. It is Dr. Tracy who is the source of most of the information below (especially the heraldic information she discovered after a dialogue with the Canadian Heraldic Authority).

	====== Half the Scholarship ======		====== Half the Scholarship ======
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	{{ ::bu-logo.jpg?nolink&200 \|}}		{{ ::bu-logo.jpg?nolink&200 \|}}

-	You will easily see the heavy simplification that has gone into the new logo. Unfortunately, the simplification causes it to loose about all the possible meaning. In particular you will notice that the Latin motto is no longer there but the (now empty) motto scroll is kept;as some of my colleagues have pointed out, this can only imply that our mission statement is empty!	+	You will easily see the heavy simplification that has gone into the new logo. Unfortunately, the simplification causes it to loose about all of its meaning. In particular you will notice that the Latin motto is no longer there but the (now empty!) motto scroll is kept;as some of my colleagues have pointed out, this can only imply that our mission statement is empty!

	The book just underneath the mitre is also an important symbol of an institution of higher learning. The disappearance of said book in the new logo is therefore equally appalling, though fortunately the open book in the middle has been kept (one out of two; it could have been definitely worse).		The book just underneath the mitre is also an important symbol of an institution of higher learning. The disappearance of said book in the new logo is therefore equally appalling, though fortunately the open book in the middle has been kept (one out of two; it could have been definitely worse).

-	Overall, I find the new logo to have lost its meaning completely. Out image is now a doodle.	+	Overall, I find the new logo to have lost its meaning completely. Our image is now a doodle.

	====== No More Tradition ======		====== No More Tradition ======

-	The pre-2007 logo has actually heraldic significance. It is itself a simplification of the official Bishop's University Coat of Arms (which appears rarely nowadays, only on documents produced for special occasions such as the Convocation) which looks like this:	+	The pre-2007 logo has actual heraldic significance. It is itself a simplification of the official Bishop's University Coat of Arms (which appears rarely nowadays, only on documents produced for special occasions such as the Convocation). Our full Coat of Arms looks like this:

	{{ ::bu-full-coat-of-arms.png?nolink&200 \|}}		{{ ::bu-full-coat-of-arms.png?nolink&200 \|}}
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	====== Dumbing Down the University Image ======		====== Dumbing Down the University Image ======

-	I am all for simplifying things, but this is in my book too much simplification. I believe that the 2007 changes have dumbed down our image. I also believe that this is the wrong way to do for a university and that this sends the wrong message to our potential students. Dumbing down seems to be the exact opposite of higher learning...	+	In principle I am all for simplifying things, but this is in my book too much simplification. I believe that the 2007 changes have dumbed down our image. I also believe that this is the wrong way to go for a university and that the changes send the wrong message to our potential students. Indeed, dumbing down seems to be the exact opposite of higher learning...