ITB Computer Society

brendanL

KonFusion wrote: »

Good article on building a PC for $200

Could be a good idea for a compsoc event.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368583,00.asp

Thanks man, I'll add this into the build your own pc class slides

In other news, Steam is finally happening atleast for LAN play,
after some weeks battling the application we've finally found a method that
allows the offline mode to work and allow us to install games easily.

So expect to be playing more than COD4 on your return from the midterm.
I for one can't wait to take my baseball bat out to say hello to the zombies

Block G Raptor

Hi Guy's i've downloaded a heap of emulators to my USB stick so if anyone fancies any retro gaming I'm sure I could copy them to 1 or 2 of the Lan PC's
if thats ok ?

I've Got
SNES (200 odd games)
N64 (few games)
Commodore64 (1000's games)
Amiga 1200 (few games)
Playstation 1 (resident evil)
Sega Dreamcast/MegaDrive (loads a games)
MAME(Multi Arcade Machine Emulator 100's of games)

brendanL

Block G Raptor wrote: »

Hi Guy's i've downloaded a heap of emulators to my USB stick so if anyone fancies any retro gaming I'm sure I could copy them to 1 or 2 of the Lan PC's
if thats ok ?

I've Got
SNES (200 odd games)
N64 (few games)
Commodore64 (1000's games)
Amiga 1200 (few games)
Playstation 1 (resident evil)
Sega Dreamcast/MegaDrive (loads a games)
MAME(Multi Arcade Machine Emulator 100's of games)

Yeah that would be awesome,

not sure if I can stick them on all pc's but if you give them to me when you see me, we might stick a pc in the common room, perhaps not down that hallway, with the arcade games on it ;D. Just an idea for now, but the emulator collection would be dead handy.

Block G Raptor

brendanL wrote: »

Yeah that would be awesome,

not sure if I can stick them on all pc's but if you give them to me when you see me, we might stick a pc in the common room, perhaps not down that hallway, with the arcade games on it ;D. Just an idea for now, but the emulator collection would be dead handy.

I'm up in compsoc now playing Streetfighter 2 drasgon edition it rocks

brendanL

Thanks for Emulators Block G Raptor, should hopefully have them in a more useable spot during the midterm before everyone gets back in ;D

Block G Raptor

brendanL wrote: »

Thanks for Emulators Block G Raptor, should hopefully have them in a more useable spot during the midterm before everyone gets back in ;D

Its only the Snes that will work as I didn't copy the installers for the c64 and Amiga1200 ones also forgot to add the mame emulator i'll pop it in to you guy's after the mid-term

KonFusion

Yo compsoc!!!

MINECRAFT SERVERZZ PLZZZ!!!! :pac::pac::pac:

KonFusion

Just a suggestion to set up a facebook a/c for good ole compsoc. For reasons of better communication etc.

Looking forward to pwning some n00bs in CSS after the mid-term

Also please do consider sanitisation wipes for the keyboards. Those things get really really nasty :P

(also won't be at the CEO's meeting tomorrow, so fill me in on whatever sh*te I miss).

laters!

brendanL

I'm 99% sure we have one.... lol I will check on it now..
If not I'll set the shadow council on it ;D.

Also yes... the keyboards.... *shudders*

Nothing a bit of wipes can't solve

Agent Larkin

brendanL wrote: »

I'm 99% sure we have one.... lol I will check on it now..
If not I'll set the shadow council on it ;D.

You called? Yes it's up just needs a bit more maintenance.

Atspulgs

KonFusion wrote: »

Yo compsoc!!!

MINECRAFT SERVERZZ PLZZZ!!!! :pac::pac::pac:

Im not doing it -_- No minecraft servers, if anyone else from compsoc administrators wants to do it im not gonna stand in the way but i wont put it on.

I might put on some sims 2

Agent Larkin

Atspulgs wrote: »

Im not doing it -_- No minecraft servers, if anyone else from compsoc administrators wants to do it im not gonna stand in the way but i wont put it on.

I might put on some sims 2

Well considering the COD server is down ATM I think a Minecraft server would be a bad idea.

KonFusion

Agent Larkin wrote: »

Well considering the COD server is down ATM I think a Minecraft server would be a bad idea.

would be a bad idea?

FenJai

There shouldn't be an issue to host some game servers. The machines are there its just a case of setting them up.

Probably only local at the moment though. STILL NO INTERNETS !!!

Agent Larkin

KonFusion wrote: »

would be a bad idea?

Yes a bad idea. If your in the middle of building something awesome the last thing you want is some pillock unplugging the server for no reason a lá the COD server.

KonFusion

Agent Larkin wrote: »

Yes a bad idea. If your in the middle of building something awesome the last thing you want is some pillock unplugging the server for no reason a lá the COD server.

I'm in awe of your awful logic.

You don't want a minecraft server because it might go down?

......

FenJai

Just because theres a chance that the servers will go down doesnt mean we cant have them. Besides, the chances of it actually failing are quite remote. The compsoc PCs were all on during midterm, theres no reason why they would be turned off unless we need to turn them off.

KonFusion

FenJai wrote: »

Just because theres a chance that the servers will go down doesnt mean we cant have them. Besides, the chances of it actually failing are quite remote. The compsoc PCs were all on during midterm, theres no reason why they would be turned off unless we need to turn them off.

Thank you James!!

brendanL

There is infact already a COMPSOC minecraft server being hosted by one of the board members from his home. Were still privately testing it out, getting it working over college network, will get back to you when it's working on any pc within the college.

KonFusion

brendanL wrote: »

There is infact already a COMPSOC minecraft server being hosted by one of the board members from his home. Were still privately testing it out, getting it working over college network, will get back to you when it's working on any pc within the college.

Awesome! Something to look forward to on Mondays. First person to beat me gets a screw in their tuna....* I take it the game is MW? Sexellent. Can't wait for some CSS tournies...

"How do you play cascading style sheets?" I hear you ask...my reply: "PREPARE TO BE PWNED TO AN INCH OF YOUR LIFE WITH A 1mm MARGIN OF ERROR!.....bitch!"


*not a euphemism

brendanL

Actually that cascading style sheets may have some merits to it.

Just thinking about it now... but we could stick up a png of a site,
or take a populour site and get people to compete to make as close a clone of it as possible.. without using their code.. obviously functionality wouldn't feature in it, but the idea itself seems interesting -jots down notes-


oh yes heheehehhe thanks for the idea muahhahahah

Also the minecraft server is now open to the public.... check it out by clicking on the minecraft logo on our site.
Make sure your signed in first,,, if you don't have an account you can register and play on our server and many others for free.

On your first login you can't build anything, however the server nearly always has one of the tragically addicted admins present and they can grant you builder privileges ;D for a beginner zone.

Not sure if it's working inside the college yet, but other servers were so it'll only take some fiddling if it's not working on monday.

KonFusion

brendanL wrote: »

Actually that cascading style sheets may have some merits to it.

Just thinking about it now... but we could stick up a png of a site,
or take a populour site and get people to compete to make as close a clone of it as possible.. without using their code.. obviously functionality wouldn't feature in it, but the idea itself seems interesting -jots down notes-


oh yes heheehehhe thanks for the idea muahhahahah.

I think I just had a nerdgasm! :rolleyes: You're on to an interesting idea. However if it was a complicated site, prizes would have to be far more substantial though....for example, I get PAID to do that shizz lol...so I shan't be doing the same for a copy of Alone in The Dark :P. However if it was just a simple site, people with experience would have huge advantages.

But indeed, you're on to something. Naturally if it's a hit I shall claim to have had the idea first and proclaim that you're a damn thief!! :pac:;)

Also if you have people doing original work, there may be copyright issues...as in the work wouldn't be copyrighted and as such people may not be up for just giving it up....so to speak :S


PS Just came accross a slight problem. Doing any PHP work is nigh impossible on the compsoc PC's. Localhost appears to be running team chat or w/e that is. Also the firewalls block any local Apatche servers anyway, making progs like xammpp etc redundant.

Block G Raptor

Guy's are we good to go with the live feed for tomorrow ? if its sorted can you let me know the url so I can send a mail out to all students to let them know

brendanL

Block G Raptor wrote: »

Guy's are we good to go with the live feed for tomorrow ? if its sorted can you let me know the url so I can send a mail out to all students to let them know

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/itb-compsoc-stream-for-photosoc-football-for-charity-event

Just set it up and tested all the stuff at home on my xp machine.
If all goes to plan for some of the event I can wander around and broadcast it right from my phone, and for later just leave it running dedicated up on the veranda.The camera I got off louise wasn't listed on any site, so I dug around and found one in my room ;D. It's not amazing quality but it's certainly watchable, I've no idea if there's any sockets up there.
With a bit of luck there is, if not I'm gonna have to improvise tomorrow on the spot ;D.

Adds are displayed before you get to watch the video, but due to the colleges restrictions I've a feeling this method is the only one thats going to work due to ports being blocked.
Also I just noticed a grammer issue in the description box ;D I'll sort that out tomorrow on the spot when I have times and such.

FenJai

Offline mode on steam is running on PC's 1-5 without a hitch. L4D2, CSS and TF2 are all working as well, although L4D2 requires you be be online to host a LAN game. Im working on some dedicated servers so people wont have to host their own and what not.

COD has been re installed on 2 of the PCs but I might need to wipe all the profiles because they keep getting reset.

Digiweb have got back to us about the internet issue and we're in talks with the SU about sticking an antenna on the veranda beside the common room. Yay free internets !

Our shadow is transferring to a different college this month, so we're in dire need of a replacement. This is opening is mainly aimed at first years because of the learning experience available but we'll also consider any other year as long as they're eager. There's not much needed in the line of requirements so don't be afraid to talk to myself or Ice about it.

Lastly were waiting on some new hardware to touch up the minor stuff in CompSoc before we concentrate on the bigger upgrades. Expect to see new keyboards, mice, mouse mats, and some other bits soon. After that we want to replace the CRT monitors with shiny new LCD's and some new graphics cards.

Block G Raptor

brendanL wrote: »

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/itb-compsoc-stream-for-photosoc-football-for-charity-event

Just set it up and tested all the stuff at home on my xp machine.
If all goes to plan for some of the event I can wander around and broadcast it right from my phone, and for later just leave it running dedicated up on the veranda.The camera I got off louise wasn't listed on any site, so I dug around and found one in my room ;D. It's not amazing quality but it's certainly watchable, I've no idea if there's any sockets up there.
With a bit of luck there is, if not I'm gonna have to improvise tomorrow on the spot ;D.

Adds are displayed before you get to watch the video, but due to the colleges restrictions I've a feeling this method is the only one thats going to work due to ports being blocked.
Also I just noticed a grammer issue in the description box ;D I'll sort that out tomorrow on the spot when I have times and such.

Bren that is FANTASTIC !! Big Thanx to u guy's if PhotoSoc can ever help you out with anything you've only got to shout

brendanL

KonFusion wrote: »

PS Just came accross a slight problem. Doing any PHP work is nigh impossible on the compsoc PC's. Localhost appears to be running team chat or w/e that is. Also the firewalls block any local Apatche servers anyway, making progs like xammpp etc redundant.

LoL there are people in the college who would be startled to hear that CompSoc's turning into a place were people actually do better in college because they go to it XD. However, it is something we want to promote, this problem is similiar to the css one. We can hopefully just stick wamp on the pc's, add a firewall exception, to circumvent any of these problems. Pretty soon we should have internet/work pc's dotted around the common room ;D. These should have access to anything that's on the 'gaming' pc's and possibly more stuff such as open office and so on, morphing us into some mental internet cafe/gaming center thingy ;D.

KonFusion

brendanL wrote: »

LoL there are people in the college who would be startled to hear that CompSoc's turning into a place were people actually do better in college because they go to it XD. However, it is something we want to promote, this problem is similiar to the css one. We can hopefully just stick wamp on the pc's, add a firewall exception, to circumvent any of these problems. Pretty soon we should have internet/work pc's dotted around the common room ;D. These should have access to anything that's on the 'gaming' pc's and possibly more stuff such as open office and so on, morphing us into some mental internet cafe/gaming center thingy ;D.

You think big....I like that

Btw sent you a PM.

UberGeneration

is there any starcraft / world of warcraft going??

FenJai

We dont have Starcraft or World of Warcraft on compsoc but we do have minecraft . . .