September 2012 - csc-general

TRON Screening / Call for Member Talks / CUSEC Invitation
by Computer Science Club 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

Greetings, programs! I trust that your term has had a pleasant beginning. Calum T. Dalek has asked that I pass on the following information for the next week. TRON SCREENING -- FROSH-A-TRON: Friday, Sept. 28, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, PHY 150 --- ehashman's lousy frosh event naming scheme continues as we prepare for this week's movie night---a screening of the original TRON in PHY 150. Come watch the groundbreaking film that defined the role of computer graphics and the quality of special effects in modern cinema. And bring your friends! CALL FOR MEMBER TALKS --- Here is a termly reminder that as a member, you are welcome (and invited!) to give a talk for the CSC. Perhaps you've worked on a project you're really passionate about; perhaps you really want to share your love of a certain topic; maybe you just want to practice your public speaking. Our members would like to hear it! Please send your talk abstract or proposal to our Programmes Committee, progcom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca, along with some dates you're available for presenting. Thanks in advance! CUSEC INVITATION --- Santiago Gil (sgilcast(a)uwaterloo.ca) has asked us to pass on some information about the Canadian Undergraduate Software Engineering Conference (CUSEC). The conference will take place in Montreal, QC from January 17 - 19, 2013. The conference website with more information is available at 2013.cusec.net. A Waterloo group is being coordinated, and can assist in your conference bookings and may be able to provide some funding for your expenses. To opt in, fill in their google form<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGMxUVp4QnpLNklVaHR4RV…>and if you have any questions, email waterloo(a)cusec.net. Good luck on your upcoming midterms! -- Elana Hashman Secretary Computer Science Club University of Waterloo ehashman(a)uwaterloo.ca

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Elections for Fall 2012 Executive Tomorrow
by Computer Science Club 17 Sep '12

17 Sep '12

Howdy, The nomination period for this term's executive has now closed. Elections are Tuesday ( tomorrow ) at 4PM in the MC Comfy on the third floor. Candidates are as follows: President Marc Burns ( m4burns ) Jesse Onland ( jdonland ) William Ritchie ( wlritchi ) Vice-President Salem Talha ( satalha ) Kush Patel ( khpatel ) William Ritchie ( wlritchi ) Treasurer Marc Burns ( m4burns ) Salem Talha ( satalha ) Jonathan Bailey ( jj2baile ) Stephane Hamada ( sjthamad ) William Ritchie ( wlritchi ) Kush Patel ( khpatel ) Jennifer Wong ( jy2wong ) Secretary William Ritchie ( wlritchi ) Salem Talha ( satalha ) Andrei Thorp ( aapachin ) Elana Hashman ( ehashman ) Diane Snobelen ( dksnobel ) Once the executive have been elected, they will be selecting this term's Systems Administrator, Librarian, and Office Manager. If you think you are capable of holding any of these positions, be sure to come out and introduce yourself during the elections! Owen Smith Chief Returning Officer, Fall 2012

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syscom notice: Unexpected downtime on caffeine, mail
by Computer Science Club 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

Greetings, The CSC recently experienced some unexpected downtime on Sunday morning (09/09) from roughly 5AM for about 15+ hours, on the servers glomag, caffeine, and mail. The following services were affected: - www - mail delivery - mailman - smtp - imap - mysql - psql - ssh - webmail At this time, all these services have been fully restored. If there is a problem with using one or more of these services, please e-mail syscom with your inquiry. Minor issues may exist for some of our users who use the mbox delivery format on /var/mail. If you are one of these users, please note that your /var/mail has been archived to: - /var/mail-20120909 from before the crash on Sunday - /var/mail-20120512 from the mail host migration that occurred earlier this year We are working to consolidate all of these resources eventually, so please bear with us at this time. If you have no idea what mbox is, or you are currently using the Maildir delivery format, then your mail is unaffected. Having conducted some preliminary investigation into the matter, we have determined that the cause was due to resource exhaustion on one or more of our servers. It is important to note in this case that caffeine is the machine you will be on if you ssh directly to csclub.uwaterloo.ca . As such, we must remind our members that caffeine primarily acts as our webserver, and that members should avoid running resource-intensive tasks on this host, unless it is to act as a public-facing webservice. We have many other machines that are useful and better-equipped for running resource-intensive tasks, such as taurine, corn-syrup, and hfcs. A full list of our machines available can be found on our wiki: http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Machine_List Please be considerate: CSC systems are a shared resource, so actions you make on a system will affect all other users on that system. Cheers, -syscom

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Wine & Cheese / Code Party 0 / Palantir Tech Talk & Grad House Social
by Computer Science Club 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Greetings, members! We welcome our new members and salute our veterans with a hearty EXTERMINATE. In addition to our elections on Tuesday, we have a few upcoming events we wanted to let you know about to kick off the term. MATH WINE AND CHEESE: Friday, Sept. 14, 5:30-7:00 PM, M3 Atrium --- Consider this to be a cordial invitation from MathSoc and the Dean's Office to attend the first annual wine and cheese social in the M3 Atrium this Friday. This will be an opportunity to chat with faculty, eat cheese, and drink wine---what could be better? Pick up invitations for your profs in the MathSoc Office (MC 3038). Dress is informal, but feel free to dress up if you'd like. The event is open to all ages. Do bring ID if you're planning on drinking. CODE PARTY 0 -- FROSH-A-THON: Friday, Sept. 14, 7:00 PM, Comfy Lounge (MC 3001) --- Our first code party of the term is this Friday, if you haven't seen the posters, with a loose "Linux installfest" theme for those interested. We will be providing (caffeinated!) drinks, pizza, and other delicious snacks for your hacking pleasure. This is also a recruiting event, so please make sure to bring your friends. We are not limited to members! PALANTIR TECH TALK & GRAD HOUSE SOCIAL: Thursday, Sept. 20, 6:30 PM, DC 1302 --- Palantir is back this term with another tech talk. Expect cool engineers, free shirts, goodies and food if you attend! After the talk, we will be moving the group to Grad House for free food and drinks, and an opportunity to chat with the Palantir reps and fellow attendees about life, the universe, and everything. Hope to see you at elections! -- Elana Hashman Secretary, Spring 2012 Computer Science Club University of Waterloo ehashman(a)uwaterloo.ca

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Fall 2012 Elections Have Begun
by Computer Science Club 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Greetings members! The election period for Fall 2012 Computer Science Club executive has begun! Come down to the MC Comfy Lounge on Tuesday September 18, 2012 at 4:00PM, where elections will be held for this term's President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary. Sysadmin, Librarian and Office Manager selections will also occur at this time. Nominations will run until Monday September 17, 2012 at 4:00PM. You can submit a nomination ( including yourself ) by writing the person's user id in the nomination chart on the office whiteboard. Alternatively, you may e-mail nominations to this term's CRO at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca . We're holding our first "welcome back" code party of the term on Friday September 14th! Come join us in the MC Comfy Lounge (MC 3001). Whether you're a hacking guru or a newbie to computer science, you're welcome to attend; there will be activities for all! Our party is loosely themed as a Linux installfest, where we will have a team of members dedicated to helping individuals install and learn to use one of many flavours of Linux. Everyone is welcome, so please bring your friends. There will be foodstuffs and sugary drinks available for your hacking pleasure. With warm regards, Calum T. Dalek Chairbeing Extraordinaire

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