Hi All,

I can't believe it's week 8 already, this term has completely flown by!

We will be holding our Termly General Meeting this Wednesday. We will discuss the term just gone and the term coming. We'd love to hear any ideas you have for the society. There will be free pizza and mince pies if the sheer thrill of a general meeting is not enough alone.

Read more below to find out about this event and the results of the technology challenge for last week, as well as the overall winners this term.

Ben and Alex CompSoc Co-Presidents

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The Oxford Computer Society

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Termly General Meeting: Wednesday 30, 18.00 St Catz PDR Link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=204645699613911

Please note the change of date compared to our printed term card.

We will be reviewing progress the society has made this term and discussing any other issues that arise. In addition we will be discussing our plans for next term.

If you are interested in the intricacies of how the TGM/society works then please see the constitution. (http://compsoc.net/constitution/)

Pizza and mince pies will be provided.

Here is a handy map for finding Catz: http://g.co/maps/eeut2. If you get truly lost in Catz, you can call Ben on 0754 999 3401.

This event, like most CompSoc events, is free for anyone to attend. Although only members of the society may vote in the meeting.

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Technology Competition: Challenge 7 result:

Congratulations to Katrina Spensley for solving this challenge the quickest. We will get in touch separately to arrange your prize.

Last week's challenge was related to http://xkcd.com/426/.

The challenge was to find the 440th element in the following series: 1st Element: The last date, x, such that the geohash x was somewhere in Oxford. Rather than using the DOW opening use the word CompSoc (with that capitalisation). (N+1)th Element: The first date before the Nth date such that the geohash of this date was somewhere in Oxford. Rather than using the DOW opening, use the Nth date.

For the purposes of this challenge, Oxford is bounded by the points (51. 7903, -1. 2899) and (51.7154, -1.1763) - forming a rectangle using these points in the obvious way. As a hint, the solution is within the last 500 years.

The correct answer was 1869-02-27. With associated Latitude: 51.0.71987286514556, Longitude: -1.0.26429017908372.

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Technology Competition: Michaelmas Term Results:

Congratulations to everyone who has solved any of the challenges this term (12 people), and thanks to everyone who tried but were unsuccessful (15 people). The 3 fastest average times of the term will each receive a £20 prize.

The fastest average times were: 326382.8 achieved by Alaric Stephen 405102.2 achieved by Katrina Spensley 481331.2 achieved by Jonathan Tuckwell

We will get in touch separately to arrange a prize.

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Technology Competition: Hilary Term:

If you have any good ideas for a challenge we'd love to hear - send them through to committee@ox.compsoc.net. I'm sure we can arrange some sort of chocolate based reward for any assistance you provide...

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Membership:

Our current membership rates are £5 for life and £3 for a year. Being a member entitles you to free socials, prizes in the technology competition and you can attend (obviously) members only events - such as the upcoming Bank of America dinner. You will also receive a CompSoc membership card!

Membership forms can be downloaded from http://compsoc.net/forms/Compsoc_Membership_Application.pdf - please return them completed and money to a committee member.

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CompSoc jobs mailing list:

The society receives a number of advertisements each week from companies and individuals interested in employing our members. The jobs range from graduate positions, to a bit of help with another societies website.

If you would like to receive these emails just email compsoc-jobs-request@lists.ox.compsoc.net with 'subscribe' in the subject line.