Astronomy

Supernova confirmed from Ireland

Dave McDonald sent a post to the Irish Astronomy forum the other day announcing that he had confirmed a supernova. As with many sciences once you make a discovery, it needs to be verified before you are taken seriously, and Dave was asked to verify the discovery and did so with rather modest equipment. The […]

Astronomy

Why does the Pope have an Astronomer

I dont usually put up non computing topics, but since this talk is well worth attending… We are delighted to announce that we have got the well known and eminent Guy Consolmagno to give us our talk next Thursday in Gonzaga. Guy is speaking at Whirlpool in Birr which begins on the Friday after our

Solaris

First Irish OpenSolaris UsersGroup Meeting

Hi, Thanks to Jamie O’Leary of DIT Netsoc we have a venue available for the first Irish OpenSolaris meeting. So, the time and venue DIT, Bolton St., Rm 259 @ 6:30, Tuesday 27th Sept Primary Speaker Darren Moffat, Solaris Security Architect and then a general discussion on what people would like to get out of

Solaris

Opensolaris user group meeting in Santa Clara

Last night I went to the opensolaris user group meeting in santa clara. David Comay gave a talk on zones. There was a good turnout. Many from outside Sun, but also a lot of big names from within Sun. You never know who you will end up sitting to at these things.

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