oxlug-announce January 2000

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BCS Meeting / GLLUG Meeting
by Alasdair G Kergon 17 Jan '00

17 Jan '00

The British Computer Society Oxfordshire Branch have a meeting on Biometrics this coming Thursday (20 January 2000) at 7:30pm. Details below (no need to book - just turn up). The Greater London Linux User Group are meeting on Saturday afternoon in London's Docklands. More details should appear later in the week at http://gllug.linux.co.uk/ . Alasdair -- events(a)oxlug.org We are very pleased to have Mr Philip Bower from TSSI Ltd to speak about Biometric Identification Systems. We rely on keys, cards, PINs and passwords to verify the identity of individuals in almost every area of life. Yet these can easily be copied or learnt, and the incidence of fraud resulting from the use of another person's access code is increasing rapidly. The solution lies with techniques which automatically measure an individual's unique physical attributes - Bometrics. Biometric technology is a major defense against identity theft Biometric technologies offer effective, low cost solutions that streamline these traditional, labour intensive processes. Biometric devices are an effective substitute because they create highly accurate digital records of a person's physiological features. These records can be safely stored for later comparison against a live image that is captured from the user at the time the service or benefit is demanded. Biometric devices are designed to be non-intrusive and user friendly units that recognise features such as an iris, a voice, a signature, a fingerprint, a hand or a face. This enables end users such as banks, merchants, government agencies, and employers to have extraordinary control over transactions without inconveniencing or embarrassing the customer. TSSI are specialists in the field of the provision of biometric solutions. We will be handing out CPD certificates at the end of the presentation. If you haven't already done so, it would be a great time to start your CPD records. Please look at the web site http://www.bcs.org.uk/branches/oxon/events.htm#five for a brief description about this presentation. We will be holding the meeting at the Wolfson Building, South Parks Road, Oxford. Please use the link below to see a local map. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?X=451200&Y=206800 or if you require more information please email mailto:nls@bcs.org.uk We look forward to seeing you there, Neill Lawson-Smith Branch Chairman

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Meeting TONIGHT!
by Andrew Jackson 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Apologies for the late posting of details. As discussed at the meeting on Tuesday, there is a followup meeting tonight at 8:30pm in seminar room B, Jesus College. The college is on Turl Street (on the right as you come from Broad Street) and I shall loiter outside to let people in. Latecomers should ring the doorbell and the porter will direct them to the seminar rooms. Regards Andrew -- Andrew J Jackson | RKT Group OU Computer Society | Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory http://www.ox.compsoc.net | Oxford University

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Planning for future OxLUG activities
by Alasdair G Kergon 12 Jan '00

12 Jan '00

Summary of the meeting last night: After discussing lots of things that we might do (including putting on an InstallFest) we decided initially to organise a series of four short introductory Linux talks, one per week, aimed at Windows-literate people who want to find out about Linux. We provisionally scheduled them to start during the week commencing 14th February. Working titles are (1) What Linux is (2) Installing Linux (3) & (4) Getting started/Things you can do with Linux/Dialling your ISP/Escaping from Windows - equivalent applications. 12 people took part; 2 sent apologies. There will be a follow-up meeting tomorrow (Thursday) at 8.30pm at Jesus College (entrance on Turl Street) to thrash out the details - outline of the content, format, venue, how to select speakers, how/where to advertise them, follow-up etc. Alasdair. -- events(a)oxlug.org

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Tuesday Night Meeting
by Andrew Jackson 10 Jan '00

10 Jan '00

Seminar room B has been booked for the meeting on Tuesday night to discuss plans for a newbie oriented programme of events. It will be available from 8pm. Since the college is locked at this time, I shall loiter around to let people in and tell the porter to direct any stragglers - there is a doorbell you can use to attract his attention. Regards Andrew -- Andrew J Jackson | RKT Group OU Computer Society | Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory http://www.ox.compsoc.net | Oxford University

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Sunday 9th Jan - Linux Distributions
by Alasdair G Kergon 06 Jan '00

06 Jan '00

The OxLUG meeting on Sunday 9th Janary will be held in the Oxford University Computing Laboratory at 6.30pm. The entrance is from Parks Road. (http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oxinfo/maps/index.html for maps). As an experiment, the format will be somewhat different from usual and more interactive. We'll begin with a discussion of a few of the many Linux Distributions available - their strengths and weaknesses etc. - and maybe look at some web sites which form useful Linux resources. Then there'll be an opportunity for people to share any interesting Linux-related news they have heard recently, and for people to ask for help or advice from the more-experienced people present. Finally - for those who wish to stay - we'll have a discussion about what direction OxLUG should take this year. Some points to consider: Events - frequency; programme for 2000 - balance: basic vs technical; tutorials (eg configuration, perl, shells, editors, GUI programming); InstallFest; external speakers (who? what topics?); organisational responsibility; finance; venues Image/Recruitment - mission statement; logo; publicity (local press; Linux Answers magazine); web site extension; corporate involvement Mailing Lists - any suggestions for change, or carry on as now with oxlug/oxlug-announce? Afterwards, all being well, we'll reconvene in the Lamb and Flag. Alasdair. -- events(a)oxlug.org

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