1. Choose a lab partner.
2. Register for a lab group with your partner.  The labs start in the 2nd week.
3. Download the 1st lab, The Telephone Switch Lab, and read it.
   There is a prelab quiz or check at the start of the lab.
   

Midterm

Lab Partners

Lab Partner and Slot Choice for 2010

  Students in 2607 work in groups of two.
    Groups of 3 are NOT allowed.
    Groups of 1 are tolerated, but if there is another single in the lab, you will be matched with them.

1.   You must work with someone registered in the same laboratory section.
2.   Each partner writes different sections of the lab report, which are identified by name.
    It is possible for you to get D (F?) on your sections and your partner to get A on theirs.
3.   Divorce requires the agreement of both partners, and it also requires you both to find new partners. 
     Prof Knight is the divorce court judge, and he makes Judge Judy look nice.
    It is much better to have a compatible partner. 
4.    If you are choosing a partner "blind", ask questions:
   • How much time do you expect to spend writing reports?
   • Do you live in Kanata because I live in Orleans?
   • Are you a Unix nut and don't use Word?
   • How well did you understand the Physic's labs?
   • I am trying for an A+ and get very annoyed with someone trying for a C-.
5.  If you are not sure about your partner, start working on the prelab together.
   The first prelab is so nasty, that if you can co-operate on that, you should be able to handle anything.

Mark Weightings for 2010

1. You must obtain  50% on your term work (midterm, labs, problems and class participation) to pass the course.
      Thus if you get 80% in the labs, do no problems and never show up in class, you need at least  44% on the midterm.
      If you get 90% in the labs, and do no problems and almost always skip class, you need at least  37% on the midterm.
     You have to be a real slacker for this rule to come into play! However it may be used to deny deferred privileges.
   
2. The final examination is for evaluation purposes only and will not be returned to students.
   
3. All persons exempt from more than one lab are required to submit all assigned problems, including ones which
   other students were not required to hand in.
   Your average problem and class mark becomes your mark for the undone labs. Thus if you are exempt from all labs,
   your problems and class mark counts (14+6)% of your total mark.
   

Health and Safety

Office Hours:  Check her web site 
    Mondays and Wednesdays from11:30-13:00. Ask Prof Ye questions either at the end of the lecture, or upon her return to her office in 7074 ME.

DeMorgan's Theorem and "Neither food nor beverages"
   The original statement was "Food and beverages are not permitted in the lab.."  Logically, if F=Food, and B=Beverage, this statement means the expression   ~(F&B)   must be true. It would be true for  F,B=0,0 as intended.  However it would also be true for F,B = 0,1 (beverages only);  or  1,0 (food only) which is clearly not what was intended.  There is more on this in the section of notes on DeMorgan's Theorem, or see -
Ronald B. Standler's humorous and informative site about English written by a real engineer who is also a lawyer.