CompSoc


About Compsoc

   CompSoc  (the Edinburgh University Computer Society) was formed by me,
   Mark Miles, Paul Hamilton, Simon Brown, Micheal Eng and several others
   at  the  start  of  this  year  (2000).  The  aim of the society is to
   encourage  the  learning  of computers at the university (or something
   like that ...) But the secondary aim is to get as many of the computer
   science  students away from their computers, get  them plastered every
   Wednesday  afternoon,  and  see  whether  they  would  go Scrubbing or
   (Potter)Rowing afterwards.


Why does everyone think Compsoc is a geek soc?

   Well,  because  everybody  associates  computers  with geeks. Which is
   wrong.  There  are  geeks in every subject, in every faculty, not just
   computer science. So the general public is wrong. Wrong beyond belief.
   Everyone  who has an interest in computers should join Compsoc. Cos we
   ain't  geeks - well, not all of us - and we don't talk about computers
   all the time.


  The real aim of Compsoc

   To put it simply:

   To take over the world. (In true Pinky and the Brain stylee).



  When do we hatch up our plans

   Every Wednesday, 3pm at The Peartree House (or, as Mark once described
   it  as  "The  Compsoc"). So come and join us. We do have loads of good
   chat. I think.

   Latest Project

   Our  latest  project  is  the  Compsoc  game project. Basically, we're
   trying  to  write a game - in java - which is a simulation of the real
   world. I'll write more about it once I get time to read it all, but in
   the meantime, go here for the project notes.

The geekest member of the society

   I'm  torn  between  Mark and Micheal. Although Micheal does not freely
   acknowledge  it,  he is the ultimate dodgy geek. With the exception of
   the  fact  that  he  has  his  password  on a sticky note stuck to his
   computer  with  the  word  "PASSWORD"  above it. Because of the stupid
   things  he  and  the  rest  of Compsoc does, I decided to write a page
   called  Monkey  Business  detailing  the  stupidest  of  some  CompSoc
   members.  But then I realized that since Compsoc events and adventures
   plus  stupidest  of  Compsoc  members go hand in hand, I've decided to
   merge the two together to form : The Adventures of Monkey Business ...

   To find out more about CompSoc, go to the Compsoc website.