• The last lecture took you on a journey through the history of communications and highlighted the significant developments which has enabled us to build mankind's biggest and most complex machine - the global communications system.
• Today's journey exits the time domain to explore the fundamental truths which underpin the operation of this complex machine.
• Like all fundamental truths you will need to take most of what I say on trust.
• As a result of todays adventure into the "mechanics" of "THE MACHINE" you will be better placed to understand the basis behind much of what you will learn in the latter lectures.
• From today's lecture you will see that much of the unfilled expectations made of "THE MACHINE" from a policy perspective can be traced to very simple matters of physics which influence every thread of every layer which make up what is a very complex system in deed.
• SO LET THE MIND GAMES BEGIN!