CS4624 News 970122


News from January 22, 1997


Rooms the same:

There is no alternative to McB 307 available at the same time, with a computer display unit. So, we will continue to meet in McB 307 for lecture.

Communicating by email:

Please adopt the following practices regarding email to the instructor and GTA.

Communicating by listserv:

Please send mail to listserv@ei.cs.vt.edu with only one line of text in the body and no subject, to subscribe to the class listserv. Put the following as the body of the message: subscribe cs4624-l
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Communicating by Internet Chat:

To start the lecture on Wedn. 1/22, a visitor from Internet Business Technologies, Inc. will explain about iFACE, a platform independent Java application that suport chat over internet. This will be used to provide virtual office hours. For more information contact sales@ibt.net or the Web site.

Project listing:

Please read about all the projects, form groups, and notify the instructor about your selection.

video.cs.vt.edu accounts:

The accounts requested have been set up. However, password limitations were 8 characters long; therefore anyone whose initial password was more than 8 characters was truncated to only eight characters. Also, user names were missing for 2 people, so "pngo" was selected for Mr. NGo and "rwilliam" was selected for Mr. Williams. If your account does not work, your handwriting may have confused Jason Foster, so ask him to fix things if there are troubles: jrfoster@video.cs.vt.edu

Reminders on paperwork:

Be sure to turn in the filled-in opscan form with your Pre-Test answers. Be sure to turn in the filled-in video.cs.vt.edu account request form so you will have space for exercises and project work, as well as access to various useful software there.