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<eventitem date="2002-01-26" time="2:00 PM"
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2002-04-15 17:20:33 -04:00
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room="Comfy Lounge MC3001"
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2002-03-11 15:39:54 -05:00
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title="An Introduction to GNU Hurd">
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<short>Bored of GNU/Linux? Try this experimental operating
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system!</short>
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<abstract>
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<p>GNU Hurd is an operating system kernel based on the microkernel
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architecture design. It was the original GNU kernel, predating Linux,
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and is still being actively developed by many volunteers.</p>
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<p>The Toronto-area Hurd Users Group, in co-operation with the Computer
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Science Club, is hosting an afternoon to show the Hurd to anyone
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interested. Jeff Bailey, a Hurd developer, will give a presentation on
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the Hurd, followed by a GnuPG/PGP keysigning party. To finish it off,
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James Morrison, also a Hurd developer, will be hosting a Debian
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GNU/Hurd installation session.</p>
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<p>All interested are invited to attend. Bring your GnuPG/PGP fingerprint
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and mail your key to sjdutoit@uwaterloo.ca with the subject
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``keysigning'' (see separate announcement).</p>
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<p>Questions? Suggestions? Contact <a
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href="ja2morri@uwaterloo.ca">James Morrison</a>.</p>
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</abstract>
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</eventitem>
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<eventitem date="2002-01-26" time="2:30 PM"
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2002-04-15 17:20:33 -04:00
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room="Comfy Lounge MC3001"
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2002-03-11 15:39:54 -05:00
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title="GnuPG/PGP Keysigning Party">
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<short>Get more signatures on your key!</short>
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<abstract>
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<p>
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GnuPG and PGP provide public-key based encryption for e-mail and
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other electronic communication. In addition to preventing others
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from reading your private e-mail, this allows you to verify that an
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e-mail or file was indeed written by its perceived author.
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</p>
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<p>
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In order to make sure a GnuPG/PGP key belongs to the respective
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person, the key must be signed by someone who has checked the
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user's key fingerprint and verified the user's identification.
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</p>
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<p>
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A keysigning party is an ideal occasion to have your key signed by
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many people, thus strengthening the authority of your key. Everyone
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showing up exchanges key signatures after verifying ID and
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fingerprints. The Computer Science Club will be hosting such a
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keysigning party together with the Hurd presentation by THUG (see
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separate announcement). See
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<a href="http://www.student.math.uwaterloo.ca/~sjdutoit/"> the
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keysigning party homepage</a> for more information.
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</p>
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<p>
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Before attending it is important that you mail your key to
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sjdutoit@uwaterloo.ca with the subject ``keysigning.'' Also make
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sure to bring photo ID and a copy of your GnuPG/PGP fingerprint on
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a sheet of paper to the event.
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</p>
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</abstract>
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</eventitem>
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<eventitem date="2002-01-31" time="6:00 PM" room="MC2037"
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2002-04-15 17:20:33 -04:00
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title="UNIX 101: First Steps With UNIX">
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<abstract>
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This is the first in a series of seminars that cover the use of
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the UNIX Operating System. UNIX is used in a variety of
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applications, both in academia and industy. We will be covering
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the basics of the UNIX environment, as well as the use of PINE, an
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electronic mail and news reader.
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</abstract>
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</eventitem>
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<eventitem date="2002-02-13" time="4:00 PM" room="MC4060"
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2002-04-15 17:20:33 -04:00
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title="DVD-Video Under Linux">
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<short>Billy Biggs will be holding a talk on DVD technology
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(in particular, CSS and playback issues) under Linux, giving some
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technical details as well as an overview of the current status of
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Free Software efforts. All are welcome.</short>
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<abstract>
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<p>DVD copy protection: Content Scrambling System (CSS)</p>
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<ul>
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<li>A technical introduction to CSS and an overview of the ongoing
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legal battle to allow distribution of non-commercial DVD
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players</li>
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<li>The current Linux software efforts and open issues</li>
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<li>How applications and Linux distributions are handling the
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legal issues involved</li>
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</ul>
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<p>DVD-Video specifics: Menus and navigation</p>
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<ul>
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<li>An overview of the DVD-Video standard</li>
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<li>Reverse engineering efforts and their implementation status</li>
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<li>Progress of integration into Linux media players</li>
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</ul>
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</abstract>
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</eventitem>
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<eventitem date="2002-02-07" time="6:00 PM" room="MC2037"
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title="Unix 102: Fun With UNIX">
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<short>This the second in a series of UNIX tutorials. Simon Law and
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James Perry will be presenting some more advanced UNIX
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techniques. All are welcome. Accounts will be provided for those
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needing them.</short>
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<abstract>
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<p>
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This is the second in a series of seminars that cover the use of
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the UNIX Operating System. UNIX is used in a variety of
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applications, both in academia and industry. We will provide you
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with hands-on experience with the Math Faculty's UNIX environment
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in this tutorial.
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</p>
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<p>Topics that will be discussed include:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Interacting with Bourne and C shells</li>
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<li>Editing text using the vi text editor</li>
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<li>Editing text using the Emacs display editor</li>
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<li>Multi-tasking and the screen multiplexer</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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If you do not have a Math computer account, don't panic; one will
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be lent to you for the duration of this class.
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</p>
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</abstract>
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</eventitem>
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<eventitem date="2002-03-01" time="5:00 PM" room="MC4060"
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title="Computer Go, The Ultimate">
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<short>Thomas Wolf from Brock University will be holding a talk on
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the asian game of Go. All are welcome.</short>
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<abstract>
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<p>
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The asian game go is unique in a number of ways. It is the oldest
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board game known. It is a strategy game with very simple
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rules. Computer programs are very weak despite huge efforts and
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prizes of US$ > 1.5M for a program beating professional
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players. The talk will quickly explain the rules of go, compare go
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and chess, mention various attempts to program go and describe our
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own efforts in this field. Students will have an opportunity to
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solve computer generated go problems. Prizes will be available.
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</p>
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</abstract>
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</eventitem>
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2002-04-15 20:03:09 -04:00
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<eventitem date="2001-01-15" time="4:30 PM" room="MC3036"
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title="Executive elections">
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<short>Winter 2001 CSC Elections.</short>
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<p>Would you like to get involved in the CSC? Would you like to
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have a say in what the CSC does this term? Come out to the CSC
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Elections! In addition to electing the executive for the
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Winter term, we will be appointing office staff and other
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positions. Look for details in uw.csc.
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</p>
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<p>
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Nominations for all positions are being taken in the CSC
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office, MC 3036.
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</p>
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</abstract>
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</eventitem>
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<eventitem date="2001-01-22" time="3:30 PM" room="MC3036"
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title="Meeting #2">
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<short>Second CSC meeting for Winter 2001.</short>
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<h3>Proposed agenda</h3>
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<dl>
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<dt>Book purchases</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>They haven't been done in 2 terms.
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We have an old list of books to buy.
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Any suggestions from uw.csc are welcome.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt>CD Burner</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>For doing linux burns. It was allocated money on the budget
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request - about $300. We should be able to get a decent 12x
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burner with that (8x rewrite).</p>
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<p>The obvious things to sell are Linux Distros and BSD variants.
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Are there any other software that we can legally burn and sell
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to students?</p>
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</dd>
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<dt>Unix talks</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>Just a talk of the topics to be covered, when, where, whatnot.
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Mike was right on this one, this should have been done earlier
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in the term. Oh well, maybe we can fix this for next fall term.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt>Game Contest</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>We already put a bit of work into planning the Othello contest
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before I read Mike's post. I still think it's viable. I've got
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at least 2 people interested in writing entries for it. This
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will be talked about more on monday. Hopefully, Rory and I will
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be able to present a basic outline of how the contest is going
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to be run at that time.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt>Peri's closet cleaning</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>Current sysadmin (jmbeverl) and I (kvijayan) and
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President (geduggan) had a nice conversation about this 2
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days ago, having to do with completely erasing all of
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peri, installing a clean stable potato debian on it, and
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priming it for being a gradual replacement to calum. We'll
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probably discuss how much we want to get done on this
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front on Monday.</p>
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<p>Any <a HREF="nntp://news.math.uwaterloo.ca/uw.csc/8305">comments</a> from <a HREF="news:uw.csc">the newsgroup</a> are welcome.</p>
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</abstract>
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