compsoc-announce October 2005

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CompSoc week 3
by Ken Kawamoto 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

Hi all, Just one event this week: OUCS tour Thursday 27 Oct 18:00, OUCS reception ------------------------------------------------ See where the university meets the internet and where all your Herald e-mail is stored in the popular tour. Please bring your bod card for access to the OUCS building. ================= A job ad: -------------------- Ensoft are working with Cisco Systems on their next generation networking products. Ensoft develop a wide variety of software - hardware drivers, network operating systems, routing and network protocols and support for voice and security applications. Ensoft provide the opportunity to develop complex software and give the opportunity to become a technical leader in your field. Ensoft has grown to a company of 30 developers entirely through its annual graduate recruitment. They are looking for four graduates for software development roles offering a starting salary of £30,000 and further benefits including bonus, profit share, stock options and pension. Go to Ensoft's recruitment presentation at the Randolph on Tuesday 8th November at 6.30pm. You will find out about what it is really like to work at Ensoft and there will, of course, be food and drink. You can also arrange an interview for Thrursday 17th November in Oxford. Find out more at www.ensoft.co.uk -------------------- That's it for now. Wish you all a great week! Ken. +---------------+ Ken Kawamoto St Edmund Hall, Oxford President, Oxford University Computer Society http://www.compsoc.net/ president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Friday's talk- Change of venue...
by Ken Kawamoto 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Hi members, Yes, it's happened again. The location of Friday's FreeBSD talk has been changed from Lincon college as previously announced to the Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre in the Denys Wilkinson Building. This is on the corner of Banbury Rd + Keble Rd, opposite St Giles Church. I'm sorry that the location of our talks keep changing, but there's nothing we could have done. I (or someone else) will be manning the door (which is swipecard-protected) between 8:10 and 8:30, so please get there on time. Tomorrow's talk will be the last free event for non-members. Cheers, Ken. +---------------+ Ken Kawamoto St Edmund Hall, Oxford President, Oxford University Computer Society http://www.compsoc.net/<http://www.mac.com//redirect/http://www.compsoc.net/> president(a)ox.compsoc.net <javascript: webmailto('president(a)ox.compsoc.net');>

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Wednesday's talk- change of venue
by Ken Kawamoto 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

Hi all, There has been a change of venue for Wednesday's talk, "Mac OSX - Like UNIX, only more so". Originally announced to be at Lincoln, it will now be in the Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, inside the Denys Wilkinson Building. This is on the corner of Banbury Rd + Keble Rd, opposite St Giles Church. I (or someone else) will be manning the door (which is swipecard- protected) between 8:10 and 8:30, so please get there on time. Remember that the events this week are free for non-members as well. See you all there! Ken. +---------------+ Ken Kawamoto St Edmund Hall, Oxford President, Oxford University Computer Society http://www.compsoc.net/ president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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CompSoc week 2
by Ken Kawamoto 16 Oct '05

16 Oct '05

Hi all, Here are the events for Week 2. Remember that events are free for non-members until Week 3 (inclusive). Mac OSX - Like UNIX, only more so Graham J Lee Wednesday 19 Oct 20:30, Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College ------------------------------------------------ Mac OSX is Apple's Unix based next generation operating system. Graham J Lee will be giving an overview of OSX, as well as diving briefly into the OSX APIs which are stunningly sexy. He will also go through some of the more important open source projects built up around OSX. FreeBSD Release Engineering Murray Stokely Friday 21 Oct 20:30, Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College ------------------------------------------------ Murray Stokely, a FreeBSD core team member and release enginner, will describe the open source FreeBSD Project. He will talk about the history, how it differs from Linux, and some of the exciting new developments. He will focus particularly on the development organization, and how source code changes are managed and how releases are built. Note that the termcard is now on the website: http://www.ox.compsoc.net/events/termcards/current/ The speaker of Friday's talk, Murray Stokely, has asked me to pass on his words that he would be interested in talking with anyone who is just graduating and looking for work, as Google is hiring aggressively. ===Some other stuff A link I've been asked to circulate (from Blitz games): http://www.play4charity.co.uk/ -- A guy from GameFactory, Inc. has contacted me asking if any of our members would be interested in beta testing their (free) game, Albatross18: Realms of Pangya, and has provided us with test accounts which have been upgraded with extra points. Please e-mail me if you're interested at all. Have a look at: http://www.Albatross18.com Have a great week! Ken +---------------+ Ken Kawamoto St Edmund Hall, Oxford President, Oxford University Computer Society http://www.compsoc.net/ president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Reminder- Freshers' drinks
by Ken Kawamoto 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Hi all, Just a reminder of today's event: Freshers' drinks Friday 14 Oct 19:30, Lamb & Flag (St Giles Rd.) ------------------------------------------------ Freshers' Drinks is a chance to meet existing Compsoc members and find out what the society's all about. We'll be there all evening (as usual!) and will hopefully be easy to spot, so drop by at any time. Remember that there will be free mags for the first 25 lifetime members, and DVDs for the first 100 members. See you all there! Ken. +---------------+ Ken Kawamoto St Edmund Hall, Oxford President, Oxford University Computer Society http://www.compsoc.net/ president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Welcome back!
by Ken Kawamoto 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Hi all, Welcome back to a new year! I hope you all had a great summer. The termcard will be ready very very soon... In the mean time, let me advertise our first event of the term; Freshers' drinks Friday 14 Oct 19:30, Lamb & Flag (St Giles Rd.) ------------------------------------------------ Freshers' Drinks is a chance to meet existing Compsoc members and find out what the society's all about. We'll be there all evening (as usual!) and will hopefully be easy to spot, so drop by at any time. There has been a change in the fee structure: Lifetime membership is 5 pounds if you join in week 1, 10 pounds otherwise. Annual membership is 3 pounds if you join in week 1, 6 pounds otherwise. If you decide to become a member, come along to the freshers' drinks. Alternatively, you could e-mail me at: president(a)ox.compsoc.net Also, we have had many engineers(+scientists) signing up at the fresher's fair saying that they want a tutorial on Linux. Would there be anyone willing to give a one-hour seminar on the basic use of desktop Linux? (preferably in Week 2.) It should be aimed at freshers entering a science couse with no experience in using Linux. Please e-mail me if anyone is interested. Wish you all a great year, ken. +---------------+ Ken Kawamoto St Edmund Hall, Oxford President, Oxford University Computer Society http://www.compsoc.net/ president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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compsoc-announce October 2005