Insomnia has been fixed. We managed to get ITS to let us in (Ta Mark Charlton) and now things are back. There was a glitch with the module for the network interface (specifically it managed to escape being built. Oops.) We built the module with the new compiler, loaded it, all was well. Any mail that has been stacking up on servers should now be getting to its destination. For further info feel free to email the Tech Team at TechTeam@uwcs.co.uk or pop into the IRC server and get hold of me, (Si1entDave) or ...

Unfortunately, Insomnia, one of the computing society servers is currently non-functional. It went down for a scheduled 2-minute reboot for a kernel upgrade, and never came back. As soon as ITS let us into their server room, it will be fixed. However, given that we're not in term time, getting hold of someone with enough security access who can let us in is proving to be fun. We have a call number, we have a support request, no-one has got back to us yet. Unfortunately, mail for domains hosted by CompSoc go...

This year the Compsoc Xmas Dinner will be in the Virgin and Castle in Kenilworth ("oooh suits you" I hear some of you say) at 7.30pm on Wednesday the 1st of December. It is a 3 course set menu, so signup now http://www.uwcs.co.uk/events/details/?id=361 and I look forward to seeing you all there. NeXuS7.

Just a reminder that the LAN is at the end of this week and thus everyone should make sure that they have patches/antivirus software up to date (Zephran, we're watching you :-P) in case ITS fail to get the port patched in time again (We are poking them with sticks but they are busy people).

There will be an academic meeting on Wed at 5pm in union north. We haven't got a meeting room, so we're hoping to hax the lounge, if we're not in there, we'll more than likely have the meeting in rootes reception as its normally pretty quiet in there. The meeting will basically be me going "I'm the new academic officer, what do you want me to do" kind of meeting. Anybody is welcome to come along, we would love some fresh ideas :)

The signups for the CompSoc trip to IBM Hursley are now open. For those of you who don't know, Hursley is the main IBM Research and Development lab for the UK. The trip consists of a tour round the labs and a talk by some of the researchers who work there. This should prove to be interesting to anyone planning on a career in any sort of technical development field and will provide an insight in to how one of the world's major practical research labs works.

Update: Signups for this event are now closed.

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Both of the servers currently known as Molotov will be unavailable this weekend, for major service migrations. This will affect all shell logins, websites, and email provided by the society. IRC should still be available. We aim to start closing services early on Saturday morning. An hour's warning will be given to users logged in and attempting to log in during this time. We aim to have the most important services back up and running on Saturday evening, but nothing should be relied upon before Sunday ev...

Take the IBM Linux Challenge.

IBM has set a new Challenge for University students to make improvements to Linux, create usability tools or enhancements, or design Linux applications. Prizes will be awarded to the top 20 students who will receive an IBM ThinkPad (R) with Linux and will also have the opportunity to qualify for one of three summer 2005 Internships at our Linux Technology Center.

IBM are organising a lecture to explain the competition in L5 this Wednesday (13th) at 2pm. This will be an ideal...

It's the start of a new academic year so there's several things to mention. Firstly our Linux User Group Meetings have already kicked off, these are every Wednesday at 7.30pm in Xanana's. Next the Freshers' Social is this Saturday in a meeting room in Union North where Food and Drink will be provided. Come along meet fellow members and learn more about our society. Next we have a Cinema Trip planned for the Sunday afternoon at the end of Week 3 and our first LAN the following week, more details in a forth...

A warm welcome to everyone who's just joined us. We look forward to seeing you at our events throughout the term, more about those above.

You can find our IRC server at irc.warwickcompsoc.co.uk port 6668 (6669 for SSL), but if you're off-campus, you'll need to use some alternative ports for the moment. This is due to a network security scare during the holidays which caused IT Services to alter their firewall policy. You can connect to irc.warwickcompsoc.co.uk port 3389, or if you would like to use SSL, ...