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Archive date: March 2003
CS Results
Posted on 15th March 2003Well for those unaware the results of our CS fun last night were:
* Fade enjoyed setting evil gravity that killed you if you walked down a ramp!
* Past and future presidents engaged in furious bidding wars for the right to decide map settings.
* Draconas became the mad auctioneer at brief periods as the admin bribes escalated to ridiculous levels.
* Sadiq proved to be the master at "death from above" with a submachine gun.
* Some society members grudgingly admitted that CS is actually a good ...
Counterstrike Tournament
Posted on 11th March 2003This Friday (Week 10), The Computing Society will be holding a Counterstrike gaming tournament in aid of Comic Relief.
Entry fee: £2.00
Time: 10:00 pm
Location: ITS0.11, under L3 (Near Getech)
Bring along: Your own headphones, and money for bribes
The server operators will be accepting reasonable bribes, so the evening promises to be full of mayhem and fun! After all, how many other societies give you the opportunity to kill people for a good cause? ;)
Newsletter for 11 March 2003
Posted on 11th March 2003Newsletter for 2003-11-03
h3. Newsletter for 11 March 2003
Hey everybody! It is with a heavy heart (and heavier workload) that I must bid you farewell with this, my final newsletter before handing over the reins to the new Computing Society Secretary. Let's see what we have in store for you this time...
# Comic Relief Counterstrike Tournament
# Elections results
# Perl & graphics tutorials
# Compsoc 'Shop'
# CAT5
# Guest lecture
h4. 1. Comic Relief Counterstrike Tournament
That's right; we have, as ...
Minnits - 8 March 2003
Posted on 8th March 2003
h3. Compsoc Exec Minnits
h4. 8 March 2003
h4. Present
* David Buckley
* Phil Stoneman
* Henry Southgate
* Adam Bowen
* Christian Bates
* James Ross
* Richard Wilson
* Euan MacGregor
* Christopher Boyle
* David de la Motte
* Sadiq Jaffer
* Christopher Fanning
h4. Guest Lecture
"Dr Solomon" agreed to do a talk. Phil to confirm date and ask about travelling costs. The talk is likely to be about programming and personal anecdotes about starting a business. It was suggested that we use one of the libr...
Minnits - 1 March 2003
Posted on 1st March 2003
h3. Compsoc Exec Minnits
h4. 1 March 2003
h4. Present
* David Buckley
* Christian Bates*
* Adam Bowen
* James Ross
* Henry Southgate
* Phil Stoneman
* Sadiq Jaffer*
* David de la Motte
* Euan Macgregor*
* Christopher Fanning
(* new exec)
h4. Agenda
Tutorials, new exec, budget, Comic Relief, University of Portsmouth Computing Society, LANs, shop, sponsorship, VNC.
h4. Tutorials
Perl tutorial to be held in weeks three and four, possibly also in week five of term three.
Quake3 tutorial to be held in...