Netsoc

Intersocs Feedback & Photos

The night went fantastically! Lots of people turned up and there was a
great atmosphere in the place. The bands played a stormer and everyone
enjoyed the music and meeting new people.

Thanks to the bands and djs and everyone who turned up, and
congratulations to the organisers who made sure the night went
swimmingly.

This is what people had to say:

Wahey lads! It was deadly, it was. – michael@matrix

Last night was great. Lots of people and the bands were really good.
– cliph@*

More fun than clubbing baby seals – ste@matrix

It was pretty good. – p@redbrick

I was just doing my bit for intersocs relations…
anya@matrix

Yeah, The Chalets were pretty damn good. – fatwa@redbrick

I’d also like to publically apologise for anything i don’t remember.
– eman@matrix

And here’s a selection of photos from the night. Thanks to Cliph for
bringing his digital camera. The full collection of photos are available
over at his website.

mackers@matrix	eman@matrix & anya@matrix	michael@matrix & colm@matrix
thayl@redbrick	jerry@*	stark@redbrick & dmacaul@redbrick
p@redbrick & nem@redbrick	tickles@redbrick	brick! (pixies@redbrick)
Capratone	laura@matrix, jenn, ste@matrix, mackers@matrix, michael@matrix, mowse@matrix, diarmuid@matrix & nickm@matrix	Capratone
ste@matrix	The Chalets	pixies@redbrick, anya@matrix, robb@matrix & villiros@matrix
marita, kstop@*, goffboi@matrix & ste@matrix	mowse@matrix & little windmill	freak@matrix, plop@redbrick & mark@redbrick
villiros@matrix, freak@matrix & robbmatrix	Crowds for the Chalets

For Netsoc Members

Netsoc are at it again. This time we’ve managed to negotiate a price drop
from €1400 to €30 for tickets to
HiverCon on the 26th and 27th November.

The inaugural HiverCon corporate security conference will be held in
Dublin, Ireland on November 26th and 27th. Bringing corporate security
officers together with white-hat hackers, researchers and information
security experts – HiverCon 2002 is set to be an intense 2-day event.

The rich international line-up of researchers and developers, coupled with
its deep knowledge stance makes the HiverCon conference a much needed
resource and opportunity for any company that values the integrity of its
networks.

There’s still tickets available. To avail of one, mail
secretary@netsoc.tcd.ie.

What are newsgroups?

Newsgroups are like bulletin boards or discussion groups. People can
‘post’ messages to them, reply to messages, save messages, reply privately to
messages by email and so on. The concept is not unlike a mailing list, but
it is viewable by all matrix users.

Examples of such newsgroups or ‘groups’ are matrix.tech and
matrix.announce where there are discussions about technical (read:
nerdy) issues relating to matrix and general announcements made by netsoc
respectively.

Intersocs

We also have full access to Intersocs news. Intersocs is a project that is
intended to strengthen ties between third level computing and networking
student societies. What this actually means in a practical sense, is that
we’ve finally gotten Intersocs news set up (and working, no less!).

The beauty of it is that it’s completely centralised, so, for example,
Skynet in UL and Redbrick in DCU (their equivalents of TCD’s Netsoc) should all
be able to access it. How marvellously egalitarian!

There are currently several general intersocs discussion boards such as
intersocs.news and intersocs.general and several topical groups such as
intersocs.music and intersocs.movies, with more being added all the
time.

What’s all this then?

What you can expect: slagging, in-jokes, nerdy technical discussion,
opinionated rants, intelligent discourse, reviews, general chat, slagging,
abuse. And also slagging. Boards in this format have been running for 6
years in DCU and now generate about 500 posts a day. (i.e. they’re very
popular). It might seem a bit tricky to start out with but stick with
it.

How Do I Access the Newsgroups?

For a complete description and tutorial on using the newsgroups, please read our
newsgroups guide.

Netsoc, in association with DUCSS, is holding an Anime Night tomorrow,
Friday
the 15th November. We’re showing two feature-length movies and Jin Roh from
5pm to 7pm and Nausicaa from 7pm – 9pm, finishing just in time for the
Netsoc Games Night.

Admission is free for members and membership is available at the door for
just €1 for TCD students. It’s taking place in Lecture Theatre 5,
Hamilton Building (H5)

More Info: www.ducss.tcd.ie

The next tutorial will cover JavaScript.

This is the 5th Netsoc tutorial of the year. For more information
click here.