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@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ This course is co-taught by [Chris Barker](http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cb125/) and
 The seminar meets in spring 2015 on Thursdays from 4 until a bit before 7 (with a short break in the middle), in
 the Linguistics building at 10 Washington Place, in room 103 (front of the first floor).
 
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-One student session will be held every Wednesday from XX-YY at WHERE.
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+One student session to discuss homeworks will be held every Wednesday from 5-6, in Linguistics room 104 (back of the first floor).
 
 ## [[Index of Content (lecture notes and more)|content]] ##
 
@@ -22,20 +20,18 @@ the text and links there haven't been updated. And/or you can get started on ins
 
 *   As we mentioned in class, if you're following the course and would like to be emailed occasionally, send an email to <mailto:jim.pryor@nyu.edu>, saying "lambda" in the subject line. Most often, we will just post announcements to this website, rather than emailing you. But occasionally an email might be more appropriate.
 
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 *   As we mentioned in class, we're also going to schedule a session to discuss the weekly homeworks. If you'd like to participate in this, please complete [this Doodle poll](http://doodle.com/7xrf4w8xq4i9e5za). It asks when you are available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
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-<!--
-One student session will be held every Wednesday from XX-YY at WHERE.
+*   The student session has been scheduled for Wednesdays from 5-6, in Linguistics room 104 (back of the first floor).
 
-For those who'd like to attend the section but can't make the
-Wednesday time: If you're one of the students who
-wants to meet for Q&A at some other time in the week, let us know.
+    Those of you interested in additional Q&amp;A but who can't make that time, let us know.
 
-You should see the student sessions as opportunities to clear up lingering
+    You should see these student sessions as opportunities to clear up lingering
 issues from material we've discussed, and help get a better footing for what
-we'll be doing the next week. It would be smart to make a serious start on that
-week's homework, for instance, before the session.
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+we'll be doing the next week. It's expected you'll have made at least a serious start on that
+week's homework (due the following day) before the session.
 
 *   Here is information about [[How to get the programming languages running on your computer|installing]]. If those instructions seem overwhelming, note that it should be possible to do a lot of this course using only demonstration versions of these languages [[that run in your web browser|browser]].
 
@@ -134,6 +130,9 @@ course is to enable you to make these tools your own; to have enough
 understanding of them to recognize them in use, use them yourself at least
 in simple ways, and to be able to read more about them when appropriate.
 
+"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -- [E. W. Dijkstra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra) <small>(or Hal Abelson, or Michael Fellows; the quote's <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Computer_science">origins are murky</a>)</small>
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 [[More about the topics and larger themes of the course|overview]]