[ANNOUNCE] This Week (& lunch)

Very last minute reminder on TODAY's lunch! Editor's picks = TODAY In 30 mins!!! Lunch with SuSE & SNUG = Running .NET on Linux with MONO. Perl Mongers = Perl 6 Thursday St Louis Linux US = linux for the Blind Saturday OlMoLUG ============================================================================== Wednesday February 16 ============================================================================== SNUG - Novell Users Grp and SuSE Linux Lunch - .NET on MONO in Linux WhenWed, February 16, 11:30am . 12:45pm Where9500 Manchester Rd, Rockhill, MO 63119 (map) Description http://snug.sluug.org/ SNUG - StL Novell Users Grp and SuSE sig. A lunch time meeting about SuSE Linux & other Novell sftwr, every 3rd Wednesday at Bandana's Bar-BQ (corner of Rock Hill and Manchester Rds) Seating is limited so please RSVP Gary Hollingsworth by mailto:garyh@itinet.com This month: Running .NET applications on Linux using Mono. Novell's open source MONO project enables applications written for Microsoft's .NET to be run on Linux & *nix systems. Mono is an implementation of the CLI and the .NET Base Class Library (BCL), and provides additional functionality. The MONO project was started by Ximian in 2001and turned out the working MONO 1.0 in 2004. Novell bought Ximian and continued the development with the most recent release in November 2010. The free and open source MONO project is led by Novell to create an ECMA standard compliant .NET-compatible set of tools including, among others, a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime, Moonlite (a Silverlite implimentation), F#, Visual Basic, Gtk#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET.... The stated purpose of Mono is not only to be able to run Microsoft .NET applications cross-platform, but also to bring better development tools to Linux developers. Mono can be run on Android, BSD, iOS, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and other Unix operating systems as well as MS-Windows and some game console OSes such as the ones for the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. Some feared that MS crated .NET to force web developers into a "MS-only" existence but MONO allows the "Open Standards world" to benefit from the .NET tools and existing apps while crossing platforms. more details� copy to my calendar ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00pm STLISACA - StL InfoSys Audit & Ctrl Assn WhenWed, February 16, 2pm . 4pm DescriptionSee http://www.isaca-stlouis.org/ more details� copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3:30pm Jeopardy Last Day of SuSE Linux vs human champions WhenWed, February 16, 3:30pm . 4:00pm WhereCh 4.1 KMOV (map) DescriptionMonday thru Wed, an IBM computer running SuSE Linux will play on TV's Jeopardy game show (3:30pm in St.L. Set your DVRs.) The computer will take on all-time champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Unlike the chess playing "Deep Blue", this computer, named "Watson" is off the shelf hardware. It will use Natural Language Processing to understand the english questions just like its human competitors. Watson will have to decide its confidence in knowing the correct answer and decide if it should "ring in" and take the points penalty if it guesses wrongly. PBS' Nova did a special on it this week. (Check your listings for repeats.) Miles O'Brien (the PBS reporter, not the Star Trek transporter chief) lost to it during the show. title = "Smartest Machine on Earth." > Watson is powered by 10 racks of IBM Power 750 servers, running SuSE Linux. > It uses 15 terabytes of RAM and 2,880 processor cores. > > To prepare for "Jeopardy!", it has been loaded with a > huge amount of > information about books, movies, history, plays, music, > current events, and the list goes on. > > For each question, Watson evaluates information from > about 200 million > pages of content, or 1 million books, McQueeney said. from http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2011/02/10/ibm-watson-data-uses.as… For those who might prefer to watch online, it is viewable at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/smartest-machine-on-earth.html Gary wrote in his previous email that the system uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) to parse human speech. Check out the presentation given to our very own LUG on NLP by Kevin Scannell from the computer science department of SLU at http://stllug.sluug.org/meeting_notes/2008/osltusm.pdf. -Jeff more details� copy to my calendar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:00pm GCC - Gateway Computer Club WhenWed, February 16, 6pm . 8pm Where10001 Bunkum Rd. Fairview Heights, IL 62208 (map) DescriptionVenue: Caseyville Township Bldg. See http://gcc.signalhill.net/ more details� copy to my calendar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm stlPM - StL Perl Mongers Grp =Perl 6 WhenWed, February 16, 6:30pm . 8:30pm Where6665 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63130-4544 (map) DescriptionTONIITE = PERL 6. Perl6 has been a long time coming with the original design dating back to 2000. With releases of great Perl 6 partial implementations such as Rakudo and Niecza rolling along Perl 6 is becoming a more exciting technology every day. This talk will cover some of the features and advancements that Perl 6 provides today and try and provide some knowledge on how it can be useful today. Venue is Announce Media, LLC Meetings are on every 3rd Wednesday of the month http://stlouis.pm.org/ more details� copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7:00pm StL ALT.NET - GIT distributed version control system WhenWed, February 16, 7pm . 9pm Where999 Executive Parkway Saint Louis, MO (map) DescriptionVenue: Professional Employment Group See http://www.meetup.com/stlaltdotnet/ Developers should not align themselves with platforms and languages, but with principles and ideas. An "alternative" view of the Microsoft development universe--a view that challenged the "Microsoft-only" approach to software development. He distilled his thoughts into four key developer characteristics which form the basis of the ALT.NET philosophy: 1. You're the type of developer who uses what works while keeping an eye out for a better way. 2. You reach outside the mainstream to adopt the best of any community: Open Source, Agile, Java, Ruby, etc. ,,, more details� copy to my calendar ============================================================================= Thursday, February 17 ============================================================================= 1:00pm WCORCC - General Mtg WhenThu, February 17, 1pm . 3pm WhereDaniel Boone Branch, St. Louis County Library, 300 Clarkson Road in Ellisville (map) DescriptionWest County Older Residents Computer Club See http://wcorcc.tripod.com/ for current information. Contact Mary Ann (6363918123) or Gordon(6363916469) more details� copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5:30pm stlISSA - Information Systems Security Association - Web and Database Security WhenThu, February 17, 5:30pm . 7:30pm DescriptionSTLISSA - St. Louis Chapter - Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) http://stl.issa.org Times and locations may vary each month. This month: - Web and Database Security more details� copy to my calendar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm stlLUG -Linux Users' Grp WhenThu, February 17, 6:30pm . 9:30pm Where4633 World Pkwy Cir, Berkeley, MO 63134 (map) Description Venue: IT Enterprises See http://www.stllinux.org/ for latest Information. more details� copy to my calendar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm PHP - St Louis PHP Users Group WhenThu, February 17, 7pm . 9pm DescriptionSee http://www.meetup.com/php-425/ Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup (Which is really STUPID!) more details� copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7:30pm Hiatus - STL Wordpress Users Group WhenThu, February 17, 7:30pm . 9:00pm Where7220 Lindbergh Blvd., Hazelwood, MO 63032 (map) DescriptionVenue: Lift Office See http://www.meetup.com/stlwordpress/ There is NO FEBRUARY 2011 meeting on their calendar. more details� copy to my calendar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm SLRCFA - St. Louis Radio Control Flying Association WhenThu, February 17, 7:30pm . 9:00pm Where13045 Tesson Ferry, St. Louis, MO (map) Description http://www.slrcfa.com/ more details� copy to my calendar ============================================================================== Friday, February 18 ============================================================================== 1:00pm NCORCC WhenFri, February 18, 1pm . 3pm Where915 Utz Lane Hazelwood, MO 63042 (map) DescriptionThe County Older Residents Computer Club Prarie Commons Branch (between Howdershell and Dunn) http://www.corcc-stl.com/ more details� copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7:00pm SLARC - St. Louis Area Radio Club WhenFri, February 18, 7pm . 8pm WhereBuder Park, Valley Park, MO 63088 (map) DescriptionMonthly Meeting more details� copy to my calendar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm SLAS - St. Louis Astronomical Society WhenFri, February 18, 7:30pm . 9:00pm WhereWashington University, McDonnell Hall Room 162, St. Louis, MO (map) DescriptionSee http://www.slasonline.org/ for current information. more details� copy to my calendar Saturday, February 19 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:00am OLMOLUG - Ol' Mo' Linux Users Group WhenSat, February 19, 9am . 4pm Where112 1st St, Old Monroe, MO 63369 (map) DescriptionThird Saturday, sometimes fourth (see exceptions). Computers & Things, (corner Elm & 1st) http://www.olmolug.org/ Far Northwest edge of St. Charles Co. (Actually Lincoln Co,). more details� copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10:00am ROBOMO - StL Area Robotics Grp WhenSat, February 19, 10am . 1pm Where 10267 Saint Charles Rock Road, St. Ann, MO (map) DescriptionNEW LOCATION! StL County Library Rock Road Branch (314) 429-5116 See http://www.robomo.com/ for current information. more details� copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4:00pm SILUG-ME WhenSat, February 19, 4pm . 6pm Where3720 Green Mount Crossing Dr., O Fallon, IL 62269 (map) DescriptionSouther Illinois Linux Users Group - Metro East See http://www.silug.org/ more details� copy to my calendar =========================================================================== Tuesday, February 22 =========================================================================== 4:00pm stlHDI - Help Desk Institute - - Mobile Support 6:30pm HZWLUG - Hazelwood Linux Users Group 7:00pm GAMUG-SP 7:00pm Gateway Older Adults PC Club 7:00pm LUCI General 7:30pm Academy of Science - St. Louis ============================================================================= Wednesday, February 23 ============================================================================= All day SIMS-STL Society for Information Management 6:30pm VIM Geeks 7:00pm TAP - Science on Tap ============================================================================= Thursday, February 24 ============================================================================= 8:30am STLCRMUG - St. Louis CRM Users Group 10:00am WCORCC - Technical SIG Multimedia SIG 1:00pm SCORCC-Windows 1:30pm GIS (Geospatial Info Sys) User Grp -Homeland Security Infrastructure (HIFLD). Missouri PSA 5:30pm STL-AITP - Association of Information Technology Professionals 6:00pm STLMD - St. Louis Mobile Dev 6:30pm StC LUG - St. Charles Linux Users Group 7:00pm MWG - MidWest Geeks ============================================================================ Friday, February 25 ============================================================================ 9:30am Weber Road Computer Club 7:30pm SLSRC - St. Louis & Suburban Radio Club ============================================================================ Saturday, February 26 ============================================================================= 2:00pm GAMP - Gateway Area Mac Programers