Termcard for Michaelmas Term 2005
Week 1
Freshers' drinks
Friday 14th October, 19:30
Lamb & Flag, on St. Giles'
Freshers' Drinks is a chance to meet existing Compsoc members and find out what the society's all about. We'll be there all evening (as usual!) and will hopefully be easy to spot, so drop by at any time. We've also got some linux DVDs and magazines to give away to new and existing members.
Posted Mon 29 Oct 2007 10:37:08 GMTWeek 2
Mac OSX - Like UNIX, only more so
Wednesday 19th October, 20:30
Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd)
Mac OSX is Apple's Unix based next generation operating system. Graham J Lee will be giving an overview of OSX, as well as diving briefly into the OSX APIs which are stunningly sexy. He will also go through some of the more important open source projects built up around OSX.
Posted Mon 29 Oct 2007 10:37:08 GMTFreeBSD Release Engineering
Friday 21st October, 20:30
Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd)
Murray Stokely, a FreeBSD core team member and release enginner, will describe the open source FreeBSD Project. He will talk about the history, how it differs from Linux, and some of the exciting new developments. He will focus particularly on the development organization, and how source code changes are managed and how releases are built.
Posted Mon 29 Oct 2007 10:37:08 GMTWeek 3
OUCS tour
Thursday 27th October, 18:00
OUCS
See where the university meets the internet and where all your Herald e-mail is stored in the popular tour. Please bring your bod card for access to the OUCS building.
Posted Mon 29 Oct 2007 10:37:08 GMTWeek 4
Further Linux for beginners
Wednesday 2nd November, 20:30
Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd)
Adaikalavan Ramasmy will give a tutorial for those Linux beginners who want to know "a little more". Starting with the benefits of using Linux, he will go through the basic and the slightly more advanced aspects of Linux.
Posted Mon 29 Oct 2007 10:37:08 GMTWeek 5
Tackling the next generation of consoles
Wednesday 9th November, 20:30
Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd)
Soon we are about to hit the new wave of next generation consoles; the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Revolution. What's in these super powerful new consoles? What will this mean to the video games buying market and what will it mean to the industry and developers? [Andrew Oliver, the co-founder and co-owner of Blitz Games(Fuzion Frenzy, The Mummy Returns, WarGames, etc)]
Posted Mon 29 Oct 2007 10:37:08 GMTOpen Source: turn on the LAMP
Thursday 10th November, 19:30
Computer Lab
In the last ten years Open Source software has come from being an 'interesting' plaything for hobbyists and geeks into the mainstream of business computing. The success of Open Source has been built on the rock solid components of the Linux operating system, the Apache web server, the MySQL database, and a scripting language whose name starts with 'P' - Perl, PHP or Python, depending on your religion. These components are commonly known by the acronym LAMP. This talk will look at the LAMP components, as well as Linux distributions and some of the strengths and weaknesses of Open Source software, and strategies for deploying it in business. The talk will also attempt to strip away some of the myths surrounding Open Source software - myths pushed both by fanatical supporters, and by equally fanatical opponents. [Alan Lenton - Chief Technology Officer and Game Designer, ibgames]
Posted Mon 29 Oct 2007 10:37:08 GMTWeek 6
Algebraic reasoning in UI design
Wednesday 16th November, 20:30
Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd)
A riff on the design of text editors, incorporating some elements of simple algebraic reasoning. Bernard will explain the role even simple abstract forms can play in getting our head straight about design questions.
Posted Mon 29 Oct 2007 10:37:08 GMTWeek 7
Termly General Meeting
Wednesday 23rd November, 19:00
The Mitre B&R (High st.)
As usual, Compsoc's Termly General Meeting provides an opportunity for the members to speak to the committee directly and find out about the running of the society. Followed by a traditional CompSoc curry at a nearby Indian restaurant.
Posted Mon 29 Oct 2007 10:37:08 GMTWeek 8
Laser Quest
Wednesday 30th November, 20:00
Gloucester Green Laserquest
Finish off the term in style with a CompSoc Laserquest fest. Please e-mail committee@ox.compsoc.net if you would like to come as we need to book.
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