Hey Guys

Domain Square 2004 will take place next week. As this will be an all-classes event, we need the cooperation of more Exun members. Those who work also get to play, and those who don’t will get left out, so sad.

Anyway, we need Representatives for Classes VIII, X, XI and XII. The position of Representative for Class IX has already been filled. In addition, we will have two Representatives for Class VIII instead of one because they will also be incharge of Classes VI and VII.

The job of the Representatives is quite simple. We have posters, and they have to make sure that the Domain Square announcement is made in each section of their respective class.

Domain Square will take place over 6 days starting on Wednesday, 21^st of July and ending Monday, 2^nd of August. There will only be one round for each class. Each class from VI to XII will have its individual competition on one day each between 21 July and 2 August. There will be one winner from each Class. We will take between 16 and 20 people from each Class on a first come first serve basis.

Announcements will start tomorrow and posters will be posted. The Domain Square website is operational at www.exunclan.com/d2.

After each day of Gaming, Domain Square Reps will have their own LAN gaming party till 3:30 PM (time when buses leave). So hurry up and join as a Rep by posting your name in the comments. Discretion of choosing members for D[2] lies with me.

–Karan

There is a two-event competition on 29th July.

It has Web Designing (Classes 6 to 9) and Movie Making (Classes 10 to 12). The Movie Making is weird, and I don’t know how it works, but for Web Designing, you need to make a picture based on one of the topics they’ve given beforehand and bring it on a CD.

Topics for Web Designing

• Supermarket
  
• Aeronautics
  
• Fashion Designing
  
• News
  
• Travel Agency
  

They have a website http://www.tagoreint.com/

–Karan

Not a revolutionary idea, but let me outline it.

I’ve wanted to learn ASP and PHP – web languages basically – for a long time now, but the books are hundreds of pages thick and I don’t have the resolve to open and read them. Similarly, I have read books on topics that others would like to know about but do not have the patience to sit and read them for themselves.

I suggest that when a significant number of Exun members want to learn about a specific topic, they can post a plea on ln(exun) titled “Sessions@Exun: ” and ask other members who also want to learn about the same topic vote in the comments. It would also request any member who is versed in the topic to come forward.

When a knowledgable person comes forward, s/he can be asked to conduct a little class during stayback outlining the topic, giving the basics, and referring to appropriate books and reference material on the Internet. This privilege could be extended to accept non-Exun members into the Sessions who might get interested and want to join Exun.

I would, as I mentioned, like to learn ASP and PHP, and I know a person (namely Maanick) who is versed in the subject, and I would like it if he conducted a Session on it. And, for example, I’ve read this book on cryptography, which is very interesting yet is highly repetitive. So I could mash it down and conduct a Session on cryptography.

Please post your comments (votes) on whether you like the idea, or whether it should be dismissed.

I, am, at your service,

–Karan

Exun^{We take printouts}

The Event Decision Committee for Exun 2004 shall meet during Break time at the eGurucool Lab on Monday, the 12^the of July.

Concerned members please take note.

–Karan

inQUIZition

All exun members from 11th and 12th are invited and enouraged to participate in inQUIZition, the general quiz, being held on Monday, 1st period qualifying in AVH.

Teams of upto four are allowed. There will, of course, be computer questions, of the kind that I like so very much.

That is all.

Your friendly neighbourhood SpokesBlah!

Can you decipher the following sentence:

Vtuqysmsaudod od ypfsu dyoaa pmr pg yjr zpdy ntoaaosmy smf zpdy omyrtrdyomh gorafd pg trdrstvj.

Use any means necessary and post solutions in the comments, though I wouldn’t mind an email from the person(s) who is/are able to decipher it.

–Karan

PS: For those who want a larger sample of the text, I quote the following encrypted passage with the same scheme:

Dotoid Nasvl jsf nrrm sapmr om yjr vpggrr nst mrst Mpyyomh Joaa Hsyr gpt snpiy sm jpit. Jr jsf rmvjsmyrf s vpggrr dyottrt, ejovj esd vpimyomh yjr nshd pg htpimf Lpms vpggrr fotrvyrf nu jod esmf gpt yjr zpmyjau ombrmyptu. Jpe oy esd yjsy Dotoid Nasvl, s eoxstf pg dpzr trmpem, gpimf jozdrag eptlomh sd s mohjy-djogy zsmshrt pg s zihhar vpggrr nst esd sm omyrtrdyomh dyptu omfrrf. Dotoid, pmvr yjr zpdy mpyptopid qtodpmrt yp rdvsqr Sxlsnsm, jsf trvasozrf dpzr zrsditr pg jod dysyitr eoyjom yjr eoxstfomh vpzzimoyu eoyj jod fstomh rcqapoyd shsomdy yjr Frsyj Rsyrtd fitomh Aptf Bpafrzpty’d drvpmf trohm pg yrttpt. Niy rbrm eoyj jod eptl shsomdy Bpafrzpty’d gpaapertd fitomh yjpdr fstl urstd, zsmu om yjr eoxstfomh vpzzimoyu trzsomrf frrqau fodytidygia pg joz. Gpaapeomh jod gomsa bovyptu pbrt Bpafrzpty gpit urstd shp, Jsttu Qpyyrt smf drbrtsa drarvy pyjrt eoxstfd ejp ertr qtobu yp yjr ytiyj snpiy Nasvl’d qsdy jsf qrtdisfrf yjr Zomodytu pg Zshov yjsy Nasvl jsf, om gsvy, nrrm ommpvrmy pg saa yjr vtozrd gpt ejovj nasj nasj

PS: I’ll be posting the C++ file I made for the encrypting algorithm after I get some replies to this post.

This competition is on Friday, the 23^rd. The events are:

• Programming in C++ (2)
  
• Declamation (2)
  
• Hardware Assembly (2)
  
• Flash Animation (1)
  
• Digital Imaging (1)
  
• Watch ‘N’ Present (2)
  
• Quiz (2)
  

Digital Imaging

Topic: “The Advent of youth in Indian Politics” [Not on the Spot]

Image must be carried on a ZIP disk or a CD

The image must be as humorous as possible

Participant must have copyrights for the images used

Declamation

One Speaker and One Interjector

Choice of Topics:

• IT companies are not as enthusiastic about developing data security methods as they are about new software.
  
• It’s high time that censor board is set up to govern use of Internet so as to protect society from negative influences.
  

3 minutes to speak, 30 seconds to conclude. Penalty for time exceeding 3:30.

• One interjection per speaker is allowed
  
• Speakers cannot interject
  
• No cross questioning
  
• Speaker must either be for or against the topic
  
• Best two interjectors will be awarded
  
• Topic selected by the speaker must be mentioned on entry form
  

–Karan

Venue : Lab Four

Time : Break

Senior and Junior Co-ordinators please inform the populace.

–Bloodfist out.

at 9:30AM IST on 7th July, exunclan.com was successfuly moved to a new server location near Utah State University in the States.

members.exunclan.com will be added soon to the DNS, and account request will begin from 8th July.

Thanks.

I finally joined in !!! !!!!