oxlug-announce March 2004

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Accu conference 2004 (Oxford, 14-17 April)
by Alasdair G Kergon 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

----- Forwarded message from Richard Austin <richard(a)reportlab.com> ----- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:24:51 -0000 Subject: Accu conference 2004 info The ACCU (Association of C and C++ Users) spring conference will be taking place at the Randolph Hotel in central Oxford, April 14-17 2004. Major sponsors include Microsoft, O'Reilly, Blackwells, ReportLab, Perforce and QBS. This year, in addition to the impressive technical programme, the event aims to examine the big issues and latest trends in the software industry today and will feature a two-day Open Source Forum with experts instrumental in the Open Source revolution. Read more at: http://www.accu.org/conference/opensource.html The "Decision Makers' Day" on Wednesday 14th April covers - the rate of adoption of key open source technologies - what kind of support major players are providing - open source software in eGovernment and Financial Services - numerous case studies on best practices The"Software Industry Day" on Thursday 15th covers - after the dot com crash, which business models are actually working for companies which give their software away? - who is funding all those developers anyway? - the debate over software patents, arguably the key issue in the industry this year The keynote speaker is Eric Raymond, whose paper "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" popularized and explained the Open Source phenomenon. Other speakers include Paul Everitt, co-founder of Zope Corp, whose open source content management system is in massive use in the public sector; David Ascher of ActiveState (Vancouver), recently acquired by Sophos; Aljosa Pasic of Schlumberger-Sema; James Heald, a leading campaigner in the Software Patents debate. The ACCU conference is a ten year old event which has grown into one of the leading technical events for software developers worldwide, and regularly features the authors of C++ and Python as well as many other luminaries. The Open Source Forum does not presume any technical knowledge or prior background and will be an ideal opportunity to learn about the key issues affecting the software industry today. ----- End forwarded message -----

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Ig Nobel Prizes UK tour - Oxford, Thursday 11th March, 8pm
by Alasdair G Kergon 09 Mar '04

09 Mar '04

Ever wondered why..... the brains of London taxi drivers are more highly developed than those of fellow citizens? If so the Ig Nobel Prizes National Science Week tour could answer your questions. From March 11th-22nd Marc Abrahams (founder of the Annals of Improbable Research) will be touring the UK and Ireland. The show features Ig Nobel winners, a limerick competition and nominees to the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for scientists. The tour will be stopping in Oxford on Thursday 11th March (8th Week) 8pm in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre (Physics Clarendon Lab, on Parks Rd opposite the end of Keble Rd). To contribute to the costs of putting on the event, there will be a small charge on the door: GBP 2.50 for Oxford University students and staff (show University Card) GBP 5.00 for others (concessions GBP 4.00). Limerick Competition: http://www.thes.co.uk/story.aspx?story_id=2010541 Compose a limerick on one of the following topics: Prince Charles and science President Bush and global warming Me and my Petri dish Nominate your long-haired lecturer to the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists: http://www.thes.co.uk/story.aspx?story_id=2010543 Entrants will be judged on glossiness, condition, length, style, flow and luxuriance. Photos from last year: http://www.improb.com/ig/2003/2003-ig-UK/2003-UK-ig.html To find out more see www.the-ba.net/nsw or www.improbable.com Tour organised by the British Association and supported by The Times Higher Education Supplement.

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Sunday 7th March: Logical Volume Management
by Dominic Hargreaves 06 Mar '04

06 Mar '04

This is the announce the forthcoming OxLUG meeting this Sunday. We apologise for the short notice. ********************************************************** Logical Volume Management on Linux (LVM) Date: 7th March 2004 Time: 6.30pm Location: Comlab (entrance from the door by the car park) Afterwards: In the Lamb and Flag, St Giles' ********************************************************** LVM is the established standard for on-line disk storage management under Linux. The aims of this talk are: To introduce existing LVM concepts and tools under Linux; To discuss the architecture used for the new LVM2/device mapper in the 2.6 kernel and the extra features and performance improvements it provides. LVM2 is a new backwards-compatible implementation of LVM using a lightweight kernel driver known as the "device mapper". The new framework supports: Writeable high-performance snapshots; Sophisticated remapping tools; Greatly enhanced configurability; Human-readable (and editable) configuration backups; Atomic metadata updates; Improved data recovery in the event of disk failure; Cluster-awareness.

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PGP keysigning tonight (Wednesday 3rd March)
by Dominic Hargreaves 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

Hello, OU Compsoc is organising a PGP keysigning session tonight at the Lamb and Flag pub at 8pm. OxLUG members are invited to attend. If you would be interested in participating and/or would like to know more please see <http://www.ox.compsoc.net/events/descriptions/pgp-ht04.shtml> or email pgp(a)ox.compsoc.net. Apologies for the short notice! Regards, Dominic.

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