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February 2011
An Anglo-American-Italian Feast!
Following on from sampling the American-Mexican tastes of last month, we span the world yet further for an Anglo-American-Italian feast at: Frankie & Benny's 29 Upper Parliament Street Nottingham NG1 2AP Telephone: 0115 9799736 Frankie & Benny's Google Map Pre-nosh beers in the usual Langtrys Pub about 7:30pm. Thence to wander over to Frankie & Benny's around 8:00pm. No doubt we’ll reconvene for beers and discussion later. All welcome! (Let us know if any penguin identification might be needed for…
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btrfs: A Better File System? Or a COW?
Folks, This week we have a talk on a new file system all in our new venue: btrfs: A Better File System? Or a COW? (Or a few random letters to test the vocalisation skills after a hard night of acronyms? :-) ) Without getting lost in either deep arcanery or the acronyms, I hope to give an insight into why btrfs is stirring much excitement as the new advanced filesystem for Linux. We already have a plethora of filesystems…
Find out more »A Taste of Laguna
For this month’s social, we return to the favoured pairing of: The Roebuck Inn 9-11 St James Street Nottingham Nottinghamshire, NG1 6FH Phone: 0115 9793400 JDW-Google Map And thence for a curry in the nearby Laguna: Laguna Tandoori Restaurant 43 Mount Street Nottingham, NG1 6HE Phone: 0115 941 1632 Laguna-Google Map Meet 7:30pm in The Roebuck, thence wandering over to Laguna for about 8pm. No doubt we’ll venture to another nearby venue until close of play… Ye Olde Trip?… Please…
Find out more »Beeston Post-Perigee Last Post Blue Moon Beers
Folks, It's been a long time since the last blue moon beers (that why they're blue moon events?). So to celebrate the recent perigee 'Super Full Moon' and this month's (LXF144) Linux Format page 14 spread for our group, we're on for a few evening beers and a regathering of the Beeston contingent and those farther afield at: The Last Post Chilwell Road Beeston Nottinghamshire NG9 1AA 0115 968 3100 Start time any time we like for a general gathering.…
Find out more »April 2011
Computer Forensics – A Case Study
So, what is all the fuss about computer forensics? This talk by a forensic practitioner will demystify the subject by taking you through a real case from the initial report, through the intricate twists and turns of the investigation and to arrive finally in court. Along the way you'll encounter a whole host of technical hurdles such as wardriving, remote log-ons, hiding of online activity, hiding activity on the local machines, encryption, virtual machines, you name it - the lot!…
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