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Week 4: Terabit Networking
by Andrew Godwin 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

It's week 4 already, and what better event to come along to than our talk on terabit networking? Terabit Networking ================== Speaker: Simon Chatterjee Thursday 6th November, 20:00 Worcester College What sits behind the familiar Ethernet port or ADSL modem, that somehow connects a planet exchanging over 350 petabytes a day? After a century dominated by the telephone, all global networks today are changing to be based on Internet-inspired technology. At their heart are devices that can cost millions of pounds, and require cutting-edge custom silicon, optics, and millions of lines of software. This talk is an accessible introduction to large-scale networking today, from both real-world and computer science perspectives. The presenter is CTO of Ensoft Ltd, whose experience includes helping bringing the Guinness Book of Records' "World's Highest Capacity Internet Router" into existence. I hope you can come along; we'll also be eating out with the speaker at Zizzi's beforehand (at around 18:30), so if you'd like to come along to that, please email me so I can get some idea of numbers. Apologies for the somewhat late announcement, but we had a room booking issue. On that note, if you think you can get your college/department to get us rooms for free on Wednesday/Thursday nights, do get in touch - it's nice to vary venues, as well as make sure we don't have to announce things late. 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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Week 3: Game Development Talk
by Andrew Godwin 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

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

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Do you have questions about game development?
by David North 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

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

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Week 2: OUCS Tour, Pubmeet, and Geek Night
by Andrew Godwin 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

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

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Reminder: Fresher's Meet tonight at 7, and a small announcement
by Andrew Godwin 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

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

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Week 1: Freshers' Meet
by Andrew Godwin 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

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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Bugzilla talk TONIGHT
by Andrew Godwin 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Sorry to use the stereotypical capital letters, but just a quick reminder that we have Gervase Markham speaking tonight about Bugzilla, described by the man himself as "an amusing wander through its development and some musings about the bug tracking process". It's at Keble at 8 - show up at the Porter's Lodge, and a Friendly Compsoc Member (tm) will show you to the room. Hope to see you there! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email: andrew(a)aeracode.org MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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Events, and more...
by Andrew Godwin 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

Hello, ex-freshers, and other people who found us at the Fair last term! I'm spamming you one last time to just let you know about the last two CompSoc events this term; you can find details online at http://ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2008/hilary/ about the two talks, one by Gervase Markham, who is a very entertaining speaker and who will be giving us an "amusing wander through the development of Bugzilla". The other is by Rebellion, a local games development company. They'll be giving a talk about what they do, who they deal with, and where they think games are headed. We're also holding our elections in Week 8 - if you've come along to some of our previous events, or suddenly feel like you want to join the low-workload committee, then send me an email - you can read more about the positions at http://ox.compsoc.net/constitution/ Hope you're all having a good term, and hope to see some of you at events soon! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email: andrew(a)aeracode.org MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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Week 8: TGM/'Christmas Party'
by Andrew Godwin 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Well, we enter the final week of term, and as things wind down we have one event left! TGM and Christmas Party ======================= Monday 26th November, 20:00 Oscar Wilde Room, Magdalen The Termly General Meeting, the pinnacle of democracy. We'll go over the term, make sure everything is in order, check our Treasurer hasn't fled to a foreign country with CompSoc's fortune, and hopefully get it over with in a reasonably short amount of time (I believe the record is around 4 minutes). After that's over, we'll be having a small Christmas party, with some free food and whatever else we can think of - suggestions, games, or whatever are more than welcome! There will be someone at the Magdalen porter's lodge to guide you over to the room. However, the glorious Compsoc is not the only organisation who gather people into rooms in Oxford. Oxford Geek Night 4 is this week! Oxford Geek Night 4 =================== Wednesday 28 November, 19:30 Upstairs, Jericho Tavern Oxford Geek Nights offer a chance for web developers and designers in the local area to get together, share their skills and talk about new ideas, techniques and technologies. This fourth OGN will consist of two keynote talks of 15 minutes each, followed after a healthy period of socialising including two sets of 5-minute long microslot sessions. You can see details of the talks at http://oxford.geeknights.net/2007/nov-28th/ I highly recommend it, being a web-type myself, but it's really interesting even if you haven't been consumed by CSS, AJAX and Web 2.0. That's the lot for now. Hopefully we'll see you at the TGM; if not, you can wait anxiously for our stellar line up of events next term! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email: andrew(a)aeracode.org MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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Lightning Talks: Tonight
by Andrew Godwin 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Just a quick reminder that the Lightning Talks are tonight, at Worcester, at 8 (there will, of course, be someone at the lodge). If you're going to speak at the event, or just want to come along to the "speaker's dinner" (warning: you may be coerced into talking during it), then we'll be meeting at the Gourmet Burger Kitchen [1] at 6.15. See you tonight! The talk lineup is looking pretty good, if I can say so myself... Andrew [1] http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?Gourmet_Burger_Kitchen -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email: andrew(a)aeracode.org MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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