compsoc-announce October 2009

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[CompSoc] Nobody likes a lie in - Bletchley Park trip tomorrow!

by Jonathan Ville

Meet at Gloucester Green bus station on George Street at 9:15am if you want to come on the trip to Bletchley Park. It will be a fun day. In addition, we will be having a talk by Ensoft next Thursday. The last talk they gave was very successful. Venue is yet to be confirmed. - Jon -------- Original Message -------- http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/ This Saturday the 31st, the University of Oxford Computer Society will be travelling to Bletchley Park. We will be catching the X5 bus to Milton Keynes (at a cost of £10.50 for a return ticket) and then taking a 10 minute train trip (at a cost of £3.10 for a return ticket) to Bletchley. Entry to Bletchley park is £8 if you have a BOD card, £10 otherwise. Once you have bought a ticket you can in fact use the ticket for up to 12 months after it was bought. We will meet at Gloucester Green bus station on George Street at 9:15am on Saturday, and will probably be back in Oxford by 6 or 7pm (when we leave is generally left up to consensus). Bletchley park is an amazing place to visit, and if you think you might want to come *PLEASE EMAIL ME* so that we have a rough idea of numbers :) Hope to see you there, - Jon PS: Do not bring anything that could be construed as an offensive weapon, or any controlled substances as security is pretty tight there and they are likely to take a dim view.

13 years, 11 months

[CompSoc] Trip to Bletchley Park (home of Alan Turing!) - email me if you want to come!

by Jonathan Ville

http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/ This Saturday the 31st, the University of Oxford Computer Society will be travelling to Bletchley Park. We will be catching the X5 bus to Milton Keynes (at a cost of £10.50 for a return ticket) and then taking a 10 minute train trip (at a cost of £3.10 for a return ticket) to Bletchley. Entry to Bletchley park is £8 if you have a BOD card, £10 otherwise. Once you have bought a ticket you can in fact use the ticket for up to 12 months after it was bought. We will meet at Gloucester Green bus station on George Street at 9:15am on Saturday, and will probably be back in Oxford by 6 or 7pm (when we leave is generally left up to consensus). Bletchley park is an amazing place to visit, and if you think you might want to come *PLEASE EMAIL ME* so that we have a rough idea of numbers :) Hope to see you there, - Jon PS: Do not bring anything that could be construed as an offensive weapon, or any controlled substances as security is pretty tight there and they are likely to take a dim view.

13 years, 11 months

OUCS Data Centre Tour and Pub Meet on Thursday!

by Jonathan Ville

This coming Thursday (the 15th) the staff at Oxford University Computing Services have graciously invited us on a tour of their data centre. The tour starts at 17:30, and *YOU MUST BRING YOUR BOD CARD* otherwise the receptionist will not let you in. You will get the opportunity to: - See lots of computers, flashing lights, cables, air conditioning ducts - See the amazing robot arm that moves hard disks around and then punches you in the face - Ask awkward questions about file sharing (don't do this) - Complain about nexus email (don't do this either) - Ask genuinely interesting questions about sysadmin/operating systems/bandwidth Afterwards, we will go to the pub, where you can talk to people who won't glaze over if you start talking about something vaguely technical. The person to ask the best question(s) on the tour gets a free drink at the pub afterwards! Hope to see you there, Jon ps it's roughly here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?cid=10883277605289908082&q=oucs&hl=en

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compsoc-announce October 2009