Attendance
Questions?
ANNOUNCEMENTS & ASSIGNMENTS:
First Exam: Two weeks away (Feb 21). Be on time or lose points! Exam will cover anything presented in lecture, lab, and readings online and in the textbook. Old Exams are online.
Websites of the Week: National Center for Biotechnology Information, TED (Technology Entertainment Design) Talks: view Michael Schermer's Talk
Preview of
Lab Next Two Weeks:
This week:
Finish any leftover
Power Point Presentations
(questions?).
File and
folder management on diskettes and FTP. Remember: Do not put things you want to
keep private in your public_html directory.
Next Week:
Working with
Unix
command line, and safe fast email client
pine.
Reading: CD Players, Sound coded as bits, Laser Printers, Scanners, Optical character readers.
Text Sections 4-6 (pages 24-45)
LECTURE:
Finish video, how Bill Gates became the Richest Man
System board handout
Difference between Memory and Storage, and Units
Graphing Exercise #1