Seeing as how many (or at least some) of the alumni will be back over the winter, I was thinking that perhaps a few sessions@Exun would be in order. We could easily get a few sessions together for the programmers, covering linked lists (if required), trees (or graphs) and (time permitting) recursion.I can’t say about this year, but this sort of stuff used to crop up every so often in symposia last year and it’s really annoying to lose points because you just don’t know anything about the topic.

Karan has also agreed to do one on security and the like, which from the sound of it, might help everyone from Web D to quizzers and debaters. I get back on the 23rd and Karan on the 18th, so if anyone has any ideas about dates and times please leave a comment. Also, I don’t know about Karan but I think it would be safe to say that the dates should be earlier than the 13th of Jan.

–Nisheeth

THE MOTHER OF ALL MOTHERS AND FATHERS

A bundle of
Talent Sparkling glitters
with
Endless ideas
&
Unlimited Goals…
Wrapped together
in
Very Simple Tradition & Soul

Warp 2005 is an Inter School Computer/IT symposium which took place at DPS, Mathura Road. The results of the events where Exunites participated and dominated are as follows:-

Programming In C++ :-
First Position – Bagged by Raman and Swati

The Next Question (Senior Quiz) :-
First Position – Bagged by Dhruv and Manas

Criss Cross (Crossword) :-
First Position – Bagged by Dhruv and Manas

Congratulations and Hip Hip Hurray!

–Manas Gautam

Here are a few latest articles which will catch your eye and keep you updated-

-‘Podcast’ has been rated Word of the Year for 2005 by the editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary. Defined as “a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar programme made available on the internet for downloading to a personal audio player”, the word will be added to the next online update of the dictionary next year.

-Yahoo launched a service called Answers on Thursday that invites people to ask questions, and then lets other visitors answer them. Kind of like Google Answers except you don’t have to pay anything. You could say it is similar to AskJeeves.com(ask.com)

-‘Podjacking’ is the creation of an alternate RSS feed without the consent of the podcast’s owner.

-Yahoo acquires the New York-based social-networking service called ‘Del.icio.us’ that enabled users to easily compile and share online articles, music and reviews.

-Google has introduced ‘Google Transit’ which is a new Lab product where users can map trips around their city using public transit system.

Happy Reading
Manas Gautam

Punch in ’42’ and this thing could well answer Life’s Ultimate Question. This Power Mac stroked by two 2.5 GHz dualcore processors is forest fire smoking fast. You’ll see apps running as much as 50 % faster than on a dual core Mac, let alone “wheezing” windows?Intel PCs. The rest of the box is no less heavy duty, with a vast 250 GB disk,,though u cna even put two 500 gb disks. and its memory ois expandable to 16 GB
though fyi OS X 10.4 theoritacally supports 4 TB of RAM (even if only the likes of NASA can afford it) and 256 Mb of video memory with dual display support , 6 usb ports three FW , Bluetooth support. The manual says nothing abt infinite Improbability drives though..hmm hmmm

what’s black , white and green with iPod envy ? Creative’s new Zen Vision:M – Macdaily news

The new MP3 30GB player by Creative – the Zen vision:M is almost a mocking copy of the 5G iPod . In almost every respect it seems the guys at creative have copied apple . They didn’t even spare the menu system . The vision has the same 2.5 inch screen and 320X240 resolution as the iPod with video though is does have more codec compatibility like DivX and Xvid. It comes in a horde of diffrent colors ( somthing the iPod doesnt ) and its packed with stuff like a micro-phone and FM tuner but I just don’t like the control buttons . Not to mention is isn’t as sleek as the iPod and one major factor – Apple doesn’t manufacture it !! ( apple fanboy here , flame me all you want)

Apparently these guys have been developing the product for a year and cant be blamed if apple happened to come up with the same system .. they go so far as to say that in 2000 they patented the menu system and plan to sue apple for using it . I’m not too clear on this , but it seems like a legal battle is on its way . But “judge” yourself –

Still in beta

SENIOR QUIZ-WINNERS

• Dhruv and Gursartaj

CROSSWORD-WINNERS and SECOND RUNNERS UP

• Manas and Bharat(first)
• Dhruv and Gursartaj(third)

JUNIOR QUIZ-FIRST AND SECOND RUNNERS UP

• Raghav and Vansh (second)
• Manas and Bharat (third)

SOFTWARE DISPLAY-WINNERS

• Gaurav Misra

SENIOR PROGRAMMING-FIRST RUNNERS UP

• Raman and Swati

JUNIOR PROGRAMMING-FIRST RUNNERS UP

• Anant and Abhijit

N-CRYPTON-FIRST RUNNERS UP

• Anant and Abhijit

I believe I speak on behalf of everyone who helped organise Exun this time when I say that writing about all the people who pitched in and about all the work they did, without even a mention of these two , is simply criminal.

This post is not to thank you guys for all the excellent work you did – because we expect nothing less from our Presidents – but to congratulate you for a job very well done , to tell you how much we appreciate your love and dedication for Exun and to recognise all the time and effort that you guys put in.
Putting it simply , this is to say…..well…. Kudos

Ishita Kapur

• Kudos to you for being – quite literally – the first one to arrive and the last one to leave every single day of Exun
• Kudos to you for being so engrossed in your work that you even forgot to eat your pizza
• Kudos to you for helping EVERYONE out with EVERYTHING
• Kudos to you for being real sweet to everybody
• Kudos to you for keeping your cool when things went wrong
• Kudos to you for listening to my rants about the stupid video editing software
• Kudos to you for trying out the skateboard (after a reasonable amount of persuasion ofcourse)
• Kudos to you for keeping a smile on your face while doing all of that.

Abhisheyk Gaur

• Kudos to you for dealing with Blown-up Amps , Driver-less printers , Bug-ridden browsers and everything else
• Kudos to you for helping me out with the video editing , lord knows it wouldn’t have been completed otherwise
• Kudos to you for not letting ANYTHING distract you from your work
• Kudos to you for protesting against censorship of the video
• Kudos to you for not blowing your lid even once.

Great job guys

Those planning to comment , just say ‘Kudos’