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 ===== January 29, 2009 =====
-The Back-To-Work-Legislation was passed today, formally ending the CUPE 3903 strike at York. According to the "Important Dates" published on the York University website, classes, will resume on Monday February 2. (http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/importantdates/fw08.htm)
+The Back-To-Work-Legislation was passed today, formally ending the CUPE 3903 strike at York. According to the "Important Dates" published on the York University website, classes will resume on Monday February 2. (http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/importantdates/fw08.htm)
 ===== February 2, 2009 =====
-The resumption of classes for CSE4221 will start on Monday February 2, 2009, 17:30-19:00, at CB120. Please see the "Important Dates" on this course website for changes to due dates for Topic Study 2, Test 2, and the Project for CSE4221.
+Welcome back to classes! The resumption of classes for CSE4221 will start on Monday February 2, 2009, 17:30-19:00, at CB120. Please see the "Important Dates" on this course website for changes to due dates for Topic Study 2, Test 2, and the Project for CSE4221.
+Note that due to the special circumstances created by the strike by CUPE 3903, CSE4221 Fall Term 2008 students have the choice of either being subject to the original evaluation scheme, or being subject to an alternative evaluation scheme. The details including weight percentages and due dates of each component of course work in each evaluation scheme can be found in the file /cs/course/4221/4221info_revised.pdf in the course directory.
+===== February 4, 2009 =====
+- The marks for Topic Study 1 have been posted in the course directory /cs/course/4221. To see your marks, login to red.cse.yorku.ca using your CS account, then type the following command:
+courseInfo 4221 2008-09 F
+- The slides OSD.5.pdf have been posted in the course directory.
+===== February 9, 2009 =====
+- See FAQs for clarification about the scope of the project.
+===== February 11, 2009 =====
+COSC4221 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 17:30-19:00.
+   Test 2 will include:
+   (a) Material covered in the lectures, with emphasis on material
+       covered in the lectures since Test 1 and up to and including
+       the lecture on Wednesday February 11;
+   (b) Material in the slides 65-end of OSD.4.pdf, OSD.4.1.pdf,
+       OSD.5.pdf, OSD.6.pdf in the course directory;
+   (c) Material in Chapter 13 of the book "Operating
+       System Concepts", 7th Ed;
+   (d) Material in Chapter 18 of the book
+       "Understanding the Linux Kernel", 3rd Edition.
+   (Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of the
+   slides in the above mentioned files, as some of the slides may have
+   been updated since you last downloaded them.)
+   It is possible that Test 2 may include true/false questions,
+   questions that require short answers, questions that require
+   calculations, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams,
+   questions that require writing short programs using pseudo C code
+   similar to that used in the slides, questions that require
+   slightly longer answers, and other possible question formats.
+   MAKE SURE YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE MATERIAL IN THE SLIDES.
+   ALSO NOTE THAT DRAWING THE SAME KIND OF DIAGRAMS AS
+   ILLUSTRATED IN THE SLIDES, WILL BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF TEST 2.
+===== February 16, 2009 =====
+Monday February 16 is a public holiday (Family Day) - no class
+===== March 11, 2009 =====
+The unofficial grades for CSE4221 Fall 2008 have been posted in the infoFile in the course directory.