Game of the Week

It doesn't make it past X-Stop, but you'll have fun playing it at home.

Second Period Site

CHeck it out here.

Due before Sunday February 2007 at 8 pm

You are to answer all the questions and type them using the word processor at http://docs.google.com

Add me as a collaborator.

Networking 101.
Put the answers in your words. If you use someone else's arrangement of words, you need QUOTATION MARKS.

You will have a test on these terms and concepts on Tuesday, February 20th 2007.


Answer the following questions, (search online if no URL is given):

1. http://compnetworking.about.com/od/tcpiptutorials/a/ipaddrnotation.htm How many IP addresses can IPv6 handle?
2. What is a computer network?
3. Remember traceroute? Check out this cool implementation of it here: http://visualroute.visualware.com/ and search for any web site you choose. Write a brief review of this Java applet.
4. On the home side of things, click here: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm Define 'technophile'.
5. Still at howstuffworks.com, what does a router do?
6. Consider the question of 'piggy-backingo' off a neighbor's wireless router. Is it the wrong thing to do?
7. Follow the link about 'Phone Line Networking' and summarize how it works in five sentences!
   
8. http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/wireless/2007/0129wireless2.html What is 802.11n all about?
   
9. Summarize three other articles at http://www.networkworld.com/.
10. Define 'bandwidth'.
11. Do you think this is cool? http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 Would you ever do such a project?
    
12. What is DNS?
13. What is SSL? What is it used for?
    
14. http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2005/ssl.asp Where can someone get SSL certifications?
    
15. Check out some of these http://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html interesting programs on your own.
16. What is a VPN? What is it used for?
    
17. http://www.thebakershome.net/?q=node/56 Why did he want to own a server?
    
18. What is an application server used for?
19. What is a print server?
20. What is the difference between an Intranet and Internet?
21. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network and read through 'Classification of Computer Networks'. You'll learn all this stuff.
    

Funny?

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning.

One of my best students made this game!

Check it out!

Find the secret passages (if you are daring enough)!

Look at what second period has done!

Flash animation.

It takes a while to load but it's pretty cool.

Cool idea for your own TIVO

See what you can do when you tweak some things.

Look what they used to make it

Interesting map.

http://www.flashadvisor.com/tutorial/Gaming/how_to_make_a_laser_maze_game-46.html

Questions for blog

1. Do you enjoy the modules? Why or why not?
2. What is the best module you have worked with? What is the worst?
3. Should the school have invested in the modules?

Cool Game

http://www.unoriginal.co.uk/red.html

All students working on the Flash video game...

Will have to post daily updates on their blogs.

Check out this DHTML layout

Wow. Cool: http://www.dhteumeuleu.com/runscript.php?scr=gal3D-F2.html.

A veritable Revolution

Why aren't you part of this??

The article makes a few errors. Or at least I think there are. Anyone else find any?

Funny game

I assume this is Flash. Just played around with it and found it to be funny.

Here's a good tutorial

For those of you working on the Flash video game.

How to learn

How this guy taught himself programming.

Making games!

If you have time at home...

Free sim city online.

Groups

Second Period Groups:
Module-
N.M.
J.M.

Module-
J.C.
F.L.

Module-
H.S.
J.W.

Module-
J.A.
A.M.

Flash-
A.B.
J.A.

Module-
M.C
Y.H.

Flash-
N.F.

Fifth Period Groups:
Flash-
Y.B.
I.D.

Flash-
K.M.
M.D.

Flash-
J.B.
L.L.

Flash-
D.L.
J.S.

Module-
C.L.
J.L.

Module-
S.O.
S.H.

Module-
D.A.
C.C.

Module-
N.G.
L.G.

Module-
S.A.
S.C.

Site evaluation

Today's site is www.reddit.com. Due before tomorrow.

1. Who decides what articles are at the top?
2. Compare reddit with cnn.com.
3. Who started reddit?
4. What articles are most interesting to you?