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Written by Shane Tuohy
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Friday, 19 March 2010 23:16 |
Hello all, Next Thursday, the 25th of March, in association with DERI (http://deri.ie), CompSoc will be running an event to prote the use of open source software, so if you are curious about Open Source and would like to find out more, while enjoying some free refreshments, drop by the D'Arcy Thompson Theatre next Thursday at 1pm. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 19 March 2010 23:18 |
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Written by Shane Tuohy
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:52 |
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Bot Wars is Compsocs robot themed 2 day event taking place on the 12th and 13th March 2010.- 2 day console and Rockband room
- Bot Wars Robot battle competition with NUIG students in home arena (details below) -open for entries
- Lego NXT Design Build and Code Challenge (details below) -open for entries
- Party in Galway’s best clubs and pubs each night.
All this and more, including a Mac vs PC vs Linux debate to break up the action and perhaps provide some comic relief!
Tickets for the entire 2 days (play and watch as much as you like and entry to view all competitions) €10 socs box Aras Na Mac Leinn. If you want to take part in the LAN Party, tickets are going to be €20, more info at http://compsoc.ie/lan Tickets can also be bought on the day, at the event. Bot WarsDuring the Bot Wars challenge each participating team is invited to build a remotely controlled robot (starter kits were offered to NUIG students in the form of remote control cars to build the robot around), rules apply to the weapons a robot may use and its general design, robots will face off in NUIG's own arena (details regarding round times and the arena will be given prior to the event). A fee of 30euro applies to teams from colleges other than NUIG (as NUIG's Bot Wars is funding its members to participate and also organize the event). For more information see www.compsoc.ie/wiki/botwars . DBC ChallengeThe Design Build Code challenge is a competition where teams of up to 3 students must design, build and program a Lego NXT robot (supplied on the day) to solve a posed problem, said problem will not be announced until the morning of the event, however extensive help in the form of tutorials relating to the problem will be given on www.compsoc.ie/wiki/botwars and starter code supplied on the day . Again a fee of 30euro applies per team entered. Each team must bring a laptop with certain software installed as defined on the wiki page. LANMost related info for the LAN located at the sign up page @ http://compsoc.ie/lan We have support for up to 48 players, experienced Compsoc members will be on hand to help with getting connected and organising games and dedicated servers.
All who are interested in attending, keep up to date with the latest developments on Twitter using the NUIG Compsoc toolbar for Firefox – simply click the Tweets button to view the latest updates without disrupting your own browsing or loading another tab/page.
http://nuigcompsoc.ourtoolbar.com/
Contact e-mail for all other queries, suggestions or general questions -
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Welcome to the new Compsoc website! Bear with us as we iron out the bugs. We are the first port of call for people in NUIG with an interest in computers, technology, gaming and electronics.
We have 7 servers which means we can offer members loads of really useful services. Wanna join Compsoc? Easy, just follow the joining intructions. We run events every week throughout the year, including our Monday Mashup, which takes place every Monday without fail during term time, 7-9pm, The Space, Aras Na MacLeinn. We are the oldest Computer Society in the country, and were formed 1978, if you are interested in how that all happened, check out the history of the society.
The people responsible for all the hard (but fun!) work that goes into Compsoc are the Committee, the Admin Team and the Web Team. If you have any suggestions or comments please email us at
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. Enjoy the site!
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