1. More miscellaney

2. Administriva More job news today Pfizer is looking for interns (and possibly full- timers?)

3. Pfizer Informatics is currently recruiting Computer Science students for intern positions for the summer of 2007. Internships will start in May and end in August and students must be enrolled in a University program for the fall of 2007 to qualify. Pfizer, the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has openings for interns to develop software in support of drug research and development. If you are interested please send your resume to Jim Silva (james.a.silva@pfizer.com). Graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.james.a.silva@pfizer.com Internships

4. Followup: Timer example Lecture 23 (Nov 9): discussed building timers from scratch Description was pretty abstract...

5. A “real life” example Alice and Bob have an agreement... Alice goes to work and makes money She doesn’t own an alarm clock :-( Bob’s job is to get Alice up in the morning Then he gets to go back to sleep... (Lucky him) But they both have phones...

6. “Wake up Alice” protocol BobAlice Off to work... Back to sleep... Back to sleep Zzzzz....