10/7 No Class

Because Professor is going to a conference, we don't have class on 10/7.
To be rescheduled at some other time.

Homework 9/30

"tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand"

1. Finish Lab Shopping comparison.

2. Why are Skype so successful as VoIP software?

Reading Assignments

1. Skype, Gizmo, and Google Talk

2. Read Appendix A of Textbook.

3. Please comment the following news coverage in your own blog.

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Lab Shopping e-Stores

Compare Amazon,
Yam Shopping, and PCHome Shopping.

Name 3 features of each.

"logic will get you from A to B - imagination will take you anywhere"

Lab Blogger

1. 留言顯示驗證詞
2. 正確設定時區顯示時間
3. 測試他人可否留言(comment)
4. 設定每當有人在您的 Blog 上留下意見時，Blogger會寄電子郵件到您的這個email

Lab Homepage Creation

Introduction to Internet
hypertext, http, WWW
(page 181~187 of Text)

features of Skype

http://iapblog.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_iapblog_archive.html

Related link about Skype, Gizmo, and Google Talk

Homework 9/23

1.
Get familiar with Firefox

Hands on Lab
1. Easy control of font size (try ctrl+ & ctrl- as many times as you like)
2. tabbed browsing (try ctrlT)
3. RSS feed, and support of Blog. Use the RSS feed from http://iapblog.blogspot.com/
to subscribe to it. Also subscribe to your own blog.

Note:
If your Firefox didn't work, you should check settings about proxy. It should be set as proxy.cycu.edu.tw at port 3128.

2. Why there are 8 bits in a byte? 7 bits should suffice to represent English well.