[253] week 6 notes

[Richard Smith <smith@sfu.ca>]

Dear 253,

The time before the midterm (Week 7, February 23) is all but over.  
And "reading weekend" is nigh upon us. Hopefully you are all there  
for class and tutorials tomorrow - the TA's will be spending some  
time reviewing the book and any questions you might have.

I will be lecturing about networks, network history, and network  
applications. If you have been following the internet news in the  
past two weeks you'll know that there has been considerable  
controversy about "network neutrality." I meant to talk about this  
last week (and that's why I was playing the streaming internet music  
when you came in). I've put a couple of links on the course materials  
side of the class web site if you'd like more information.

	http://arago.cprost.sfu.ca/cmns253/course/materials/Week6

As usual we will be streaming the class live to the internet, using  
the eLive software. To join the session as a Participant, click the  
following link: https://www.elluminate.com/mtg.jnlp? 
password=949619422 To playback the recorded session, click the  
following link: https://www.elluminate.com/pmtg.jnlp? 
psid=d1435220734.373635 (recorded session not available - of course -  
until after the class is over).

In addition, I have added to my "podcast" site, which is pretty low  
production values (in other words, the sound is crappy, and I will  
never get a job as a radio announcer). You can subscribe here (open  
in iTunes):

	http://bosquet.cprost.sfu.ca/~smith/cmns253-d1.xml

You should be done assignment 2 soon (I notice my web server is  
having a lot of activity just now...). Details are
here:

	http://arago.cprost.sfu.ca/cmns253/course/materials/Assignment2


See you in the morning.

...r

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