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Computer and Science Related SIGs?
sentientbrendan asks: "I'm a University student home for summer vacation, living in the Greater Seattle area. While at school I have access to a lot of different clubs such as the ACM, Math Club, Anime Club, etc. Now that I am out of school, even though I have more free time to participate in them, I no longer have access to said clubs. I enjoy hanging out with intelligent technical people and discussing programming, math, science, physics, and so fort. I'm a serious student of a number of subjects and I like to hang out with people who either know their stuff, or are willing to learn about it. I'm especially interested in anything that has a Seattle chapter. It also definitely needs to be a group that still meets during the summer. I do attend 2600 meets, although I'm not that interested in security in particular. The informal atmosphere is nice and people tend to wander around Seattle at night after the meets, which is always fun. So Slashdot, what are your favorite tech/math/science clubs?"
but if you are in Pittsburgh, it is hard to beat the KGB!
I'm looking for something similar in the Seattle area too.
I enjoy hanging out with intelligent technical people and discussing programming, math, science, physics, and so fort.
:)
Might I suggest finding a group to discuss spelling with?
I would go to your local linux LUG, and then go out to eat/drink with the group that forms afterward. Search out the people who are talking about anything interesting, and not necessarily Linux.
HAM Radio groups are also good. Follow the same technique. If a group of people meets at a particular restaurant to eat before the meeting, join them.
There is a Seattle Robot Society, check it out. Wireless (as in 802.11, not the more general HAM) groups are common.
Even if these groups only meet once a month, you should be able to find enough groups in Seattle to have a meeting a week. Attend them, and note the guys who are in multiple groups.
If your into Star Trek - star trek clubs and conventions are a good place to meet like minded people, and a good environment
Some of my friends have a pretty big circle of people they know online on MMORPGs also - although you don't meet people face to face (Avatar to Avator I guess), and it's pretty addictive.
Let's all of us in Seattle start one, then.
Seems most appropriate to start a general Math/Comp/Sci SIG (oxymoron?), then fork off if/as the group grows.
Anyone interested? If so, I'll start us a Google Group or something, we can work out the details.
I am having a tough time with all of this down time I have being a college student sans college. I am in MA, and would enjoy attending my local LUG but unfortunately I think it is comprised mostly of battle hardened 30 something sys-admins, nothing against them they're cool and all but I'd feel a tad out of place... I guess it's just going to come down to splitting time between work, the hillegass book and the occasional high school friend... I could re-install starcraft I suppose...
Are you secure enough in your masculinity to run 'man touch'?
At least two that I know - Seattle Robotics Society and Wierd Science. SRS is the biggest bunch of geeks I ever met (I only went to one meeting). The other I've only know from their web page but they at least seem more light hearted about it.
:)
What? Of course there's no links to any web pages! You call yourself a geek, right?
Getcher spatulate paddy-paws over to Google!
(In my day we had to type uphill both ways! Grumble, grumble...
P.S. You might have better luck with Seattle Wireless. I've met a couple of their folks and they're actually pretty cool.
'I enjoy hanging out with intelligent technical people and discussing programming, math, science, physics, and so fort. '
Maybe you should have a go at spelling.
Kingdom of Loathing (www.kingdomofloathing.com) Addicted is me
Google always helps. The first few results include:
;)
Seattle HTML Sig
Java-XML Special Interest Group
Others searches are sure to yield more. I love how people don't even seem to try to do things for themselves anymore, but it gives me an excuse to post
Ever tried Mensa? Great people there, nice meetings and they have branches nearly everywhere.
Keep open minded - but not that open your brain falls out...
I don't hang out in clubs or societies, even the maths/comp/sci type ones. This is mainly because I am a grade A loser, but also because I feel kind of silly sitting around listening to people go on and on about stuff you can tell they haven't a clue about.
/. really. :E
Sometimes you just want to scream at them "STOP,STOP!! YOUR NOT MAKING ANY SENSE!! BUZZWORDS ARE NOT ENGLISH"But they'd probobly go on anyway. I've found a lot of groups are infected with types who take it too seriously and contaminate the others. And a sycopany new member will always try to bring up Star Trek or Babalyon 5 to impress the alpha geek in charge, who ALWAYS abuses his position. Maybe it's becaue I live in a wet, cold, miserable climate(not seattle).
It's kind of like
May the Maths Be with you!
Go outside, try to talk to normal people your age, etc.
Seriously, you don't want to waste your life only hanging aroudn with strange geeky guys.
Try to find some women.
I have no explanation for this, but every juggling club I've visited is 50%+ geeks and the conversations on the side can be very interesting. In my club, in addition to the usual programming suspects, there is a guy who travels the world setting up nuclear explosion monitoring equipment and another who travels the world setting up secure satellite dishes and equipment. Always a great group! ( fairfaxjugglers.com for us, specifically )
Just steal your sig like everyone else does.
....oh, you mean special interest groups... dunno
sudo eat my shorts
Just pick one, if you don't fit in try another. I enjoy Sailing.Since I am poor I can't have my own boat, but the local racing scene always need help. Since then I get to sail once a week from May to October. I also have met a number of great people where you can be invited to hang out and go around being sociable.
for anybody.
1) get your ass off of Slashdot
2) turn your computer off(or just the monitor)
3) pick one
4) go for it,
5) if 4 sucks goto 3 else goto 6
6) have fun.
7) unlearn basic programming from 2 decades ago. Yes it's been that long.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
It is written: Verily the magic is a mother of all science.
Actually, I am a co-founder and chairman of Sovereign League of Chaos Magicians. We are quite a liberal club, being opened to all sentient entities from any possible dimension.
However, entry level skill requirements for an entity to be recognized as sentient is currently set so high, that even after 11 years of league persistence I am still the one and only member.
There you are, staring at me again.
Should be "funny".