From:   GORDON::COCKCROFT    "Jeremy Karl Cockcroft" 22-MAR-2001 18:45:02.56
To:     SMTP%"wolfgang.seidl@chemie.uni-regensburg.de"
CC:     COCKCROFT
Subj:   RE: Question to assignment4!

Dear Wolfgang,
  No diagrams are required - I simply meant examples in symbolic format. I will
improve the wording of the question to try and make this point clearer.
  Thanks also for your feedback comments. We discussed your point that you made
about linking the assignments more closely to the release of the lectures
at our last course meeting. I agree 100% with you in principle, but there
are some practical matters to consider too. For this year, it will be difficult
to take action, but it will possible to do this for some of the assignments
next year. In particular, the problems set by Paul Barnes are very closely
connected with his course material and will therefore be scheduled closer
to the release of his appropriate course material. I will look at the 
possibility of chopping up some of the other assignments. The practical matter
concerns the fact that not all students study regularly - irregular study is
an advantage to some students, especially those in industry, but we have to 
balance this against the needs of those who study regularly. Hence the
release of coursework at monthly intervals rather than, say, weekly.
  You mentioned also one problem concerning printing. I assume that it
is very light colours such as yellow that vanish when printing in black
and white - Is this correct? We do try to avoid light colours, but it is 
not always possible, especially if they are used for coloured backgrounds.
For information, you may also get minor errors when printing text that
contains italics, bold type, and the symbol font. We cannot do much about
this (at least at present).
  In an earlier email, you mentioned minor errors - we are very happy to
be told about these - typographical errors can be difficult to pick up
due to our familiarity with the course material. If you think there are any
factual errors, definitely let us know - for example, it is all too easy 
to leave out a critical small word such as "not" so that the whole meaning 
of a sentence becomes inverted (or just nonsense).
  Cheers, Jeremy Karl.

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