CALS 085 Lecture Fourteen, Thursday April 24, 2008

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ANNOUNCEMENTS & ASSIGNMENTS:

Last Lecture!

Website of the Week, distributed computing: SETI at home   Carl Sagan, Arecebo  Contact Trailer

Due Dates:  Final Lab Project:
        Due: Friday April 25, 4pm
        if late: -5% (-7.5 points) off per day including Sat. & Sun.
        ABSOLUTE DEADLINE, beyond which no projects accepted: Friday May 2, 4pm
                if handed in on May 2: -35% off late penalty.
        Last week of labs this week.
        Use your PCBackup folder on zoo to save your project so you can access and work
        on it anywhere there is an internet connection.  MAKE MULTIPLE BACKUPS: on
        data sticks (flash memory), your hard drive, and on zoo.

        Best to hand in your Final Lab Project to your Lab TA(s).  Next best hand into Prof. L,
        next best leave in Prof. L's mailbox, slip under office door (208 Morrill), or leave in
        box outside office door.

Graded Final Lab Projects will be returned at the final exam.

Final Exam Date: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Thursday May, 08 2008, Hills 234

Reading :  STUDY ALL PREVIOUS READING, PREPARE FOR THE FINAL EXAM!

LECTURE:

Giant Brains, History of computing video