compsoc-freshers October 2008

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by Andrew Godwin

Welcome to week three; CompSoc's event this week is our first talk of the term! Game Development ================ Speaker: Richard Fine Thursday 30th October, 20:00 Roy Griffiths Room, Keble College Richard 'Superpig' Fine, of gamedev.net, is coming to give a general overview on game development. He's open to questions on whatever tickles your fancy, and so far we've had interest in various new input types (for example, the games played using EEGs, exactly how far hardware can go, some interest in how to get started in the whole area of game development, and even some interest in why cheats are around in games. For topics like these and more, come along on Thursday! A gaggle of CompSoc people will be at the Keble Porter's Lodge to point you in the right direction, as usual. Events this and next week are still free to non-members, so do come along - we'll be happy to take any membership forms off your hands. As usual, we'll be wandering off to a local pub after the talk to wind down the evening. One other point I'd like to make is that we have a compsoc-jobs list where we post the various jobverts we get sent; the archives are public and available at http://lists.ox.compsoc.net/pipermail/compsoc-jobs/ You can also subscribe to the list at http://lists.ox.compsoc.net/mailman/listinfo/compsoc-jobs should you want to get news of job openings as they happen. See you on Thursday, hopefully! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email/MSN: andrew(a)aeracode.org Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

14 years, 4 months

Do you have questions about game development?

by David North

Good morning, Next week, CompSoc has Richard 'Superpig' Fine talking about game development. The details are at http://www.ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2008/michaelmas/Game_Development/ Since 'game development' is a very broad spectrum, Richard would like to know if you have any particular questions about it you'd like answering? If you do, let us know by replying to this email. Alternatively, pop in to the #compsoc IRC channel on irc.oxirc.org and talk to Richard and us directly. Hope to see you soon! -David PS If you're a recent new member, you may have received this message twice. Apologies if this is the case - let us know and we'll fix it. -- David North Treasurer and Systems Administration Co-ordinator Oxford Computer Society 07746 388 044 // northie on OxIRC

14 years, 5 months

Week 2: OUCS Tour, Pubmeet, and Geek Night

by Andrew Godwin

Hello everyone, and welcome to Week Two! We have two and (a half; the Geek Nights aren't run by us, but we know the guys who do) events this week, so, read on... OUCS Tour ========= Tuesday 21st October, 17:30 OUCS Somewhat of a CompSoc tradition, we'll be having a tour of OUCS' machine room, with several mostly-willing OUCS people on hand to show you around, answer questions, and suchlike. It's normally a great insight into the bowels of this most important of departments, and offers many great challenges (such as figuring out quite what their naming scheme is). Meet at the main OUCS entrance on Banbury Road for 17:30; there will be a sign up so you know you're at the right place. N.B. You must have a valid University Card with you in order to be admitted to the OUCS Building. Pubmeet ======= Tuesday 21st October, 18:30 (or whenever the tour ends) Lamb and Flag We'll all be meeting up in the Lamb and Flag for another friendly welcome and introduction to the term and society - it's right after the OUCS tour, so just follow us over the road to the L&F. If you're not at the tour, feel There will be someone on the look-out for people in case you can't find us, although we're usually quite easy to spot... Oxford Geek Night 9 =================== Wednesday 22nd October, 19:30 Jericho Tavern The Oxford Geek Night isn't a Compsoc event, but is still worth attending; the event consists of two 15 minute 'keynote' talks, followed by several microslots (normally around 5 minutes each). The event runs at a reasonably relaxed pace, and there's plenty of chance to get a drink from the upstairs bar (note that the whole event is upstairs - don't get confused by the JT looking perfectly normal downstairs that day). If you want more information, take a look at their website at http://oxford.geeknights.net/2008/oct-22nd/ Hopefully I'll see you at one of them! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email/MSN: andrew(a)aeracode.org Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

14 years, 5 months

Reminder: Fresher's Meet tonight at 7, and a small announcement

by Andrew Godwin

Just a quick reminder that the Fresher's Meet is from 7pm tonight in the Prestwich Room at St. John's - there will be signs from the Porter's Lodge to get you there. We have some free drink and snacks, and everyone is invited, so please come along! On another note, the Oxford Student are looking for help finishing off their new website - it's a mainly CSS/HTML based job, with some Django work if you want. If you'd like more details, email griff.rees(a)gmail.com See you there, hopefully! Andrew

14 years, 5 months

Week 1: Freshers' Meet

by Andrew Godwin

Hello everyone, Thanks for signing up to CompSoc's freshers' fair mailing list - it's great to have your interest, and we hope you'll enjoy our events this term. The first event, as those of you who took some paper from us will know, is the Freshers' Meet: Freshers' Meet -------------- Thursday 16th October (Thursday 1st Week), 19:00 Prestwich Room, St John's College The Freshers' Meet is your chance to come along and meet the current committee and current members, and find out more about what we do, as well as enjoy some of the free food and drink we'll be putting on. It starts at 7pm but we'll be there all evening, so feel free to pop in and say hello if you're around later. The room will be signposted from the St John's Porters' Lodge, and one of us will be there at the start to say hello as well. I hope to see you there; if you want to sign up to CompSoc, we'll have membership forms on hand, and if you took one at the Fair you can hand it in there and then (preferably with the money, but you can always pidge that to us). Remember, all of the events from now until 4th week are free for non-members, so come along and enjoy them! Next week we'll have the OUCS tour and a pubmeet; I'll send along more details nearer the time. You can always find the current termcard at http://ox.compsoc.net/ - as we confirm venues and get more speaker details, they'll appear there. See you Thursday! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email/MSN: andrew(a)aeracode.org Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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