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Trinity Term Week 3 Newsletter
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Post Office Talk and Saturday Social!
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Welcome Back, Old Friend,
The time just keeps rolling on by... welcome to Third Week! As your loyal envoy, it is my privilege to tell you about the two fun events we have planned for you this week.
First, some quick amendments to the termcard; the Jazz Night and Junkyard Golf events planned for this week will unfortunately not be able to go ahead. But let's pretend that
didn't happen and move swiftly on to what we have planned instead...
Tomorrow, we have an exciting talk brought to you by two former CompSoc members! David North and Stephen White from CoreFiling will be appearing to give a talk on what the IT
industry can learn from the now infamous scandal surrounding the Post Office's Horizon IT system.
On Saturday, we're back down in the UGSA once more for our Saturday Problem Sheet and Panic social! Come along and
enjoy plenty of free CompSoc-funded snacks... and, of course, your weekly hit of pizza. Details, as always, are below.
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- Declan, CompSoc Secretary
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Fun Computing Fact:
When the iPod debuted in 2001, it changed the way we listen to music forever. When the iPhone showed up on the scene in 2007, it happened again for our phone calls.
But did you know how close we came to neither of these products existing? In the mid-90s, Apple faced dire financial issues while searching desperately for a successor to the aging Mac OS 7. Numerous contenders were named - including Windows NT! Be Inc's BeOS
was a strong option, but it wasn't to Be™. Instead, Apple decided to rehire the previouly fired Steve Jobs by acquiring his NeXT company, which developed the NeXTSTEP operating system - NeXTSTEP became Mac OS X and Steve Jobs launched the iMac, revitalising
the company and allowing it to make the iPod. The rest is history!
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Still not a member? How?! Membership only costs £1 for LIFE, with tons of benefits - discounts on merch and tickets,
free food at all socials, our exclusive Discord server and more - so it's definitely worth signing up!
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We'll be meeting two former CompSoc members this week to hear about the Post Office Horizon scandal! We'll be joined tomorrow by David North and Stephen White from CoreFiling,
who are dropping in to give a talk in which we'll be taking a look at what the IT industry should learn from what is now the largest miscarriage of justice in British history.
This talk is not being held in the Department of Computer Science. Do not go to the Department of Computer Science. You will look silly and you will feel silly.
When:
6-8pm, Wednesday 8th May
Where: Ship Street Lecture Theatre
SSC Lecture Theatre, Ship St, Oxford OX1 3DW
Click 'Going' here:
https://fb.me/e/4q7BIYxR1
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It's Saturday, and in true CompSoc fashion, we're back down in the Undergraduate Social Area for another social! Join us this week for our Problem Sheet and Panic social. Snacks
are guaranteed1 and we will, of course, have an ample supply of pizza to save you from your cravings.
1 Honestly. We're telling the truth this time.
When:
7pm, Saturday 11th May
Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science
7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG
Click 'Going' here:
https://fb.me/e/4oLO1fAwF
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Make sure to join OxWoCS (Oxford Women in CS), a society
we're working closely with, if you identify as a woman or woman-adjacent person in CS! They have a host
of wonderful events on, including talks, panels and socials. Computer Science is unfortunately a subject with one of the biggest gender gaps in Oxford and worldwide, and addressing this is at the core of OxWoCS.
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