Tsunami
We are all shocked to hear the news of the tidal wave disaster (Tsunami) and grieve at the tragic loss of life. The death toll is at 80,000 and rising. We wish to offer our deepest condolences to the families who have lost their homes and loved ones. It's hard not to feel helpless before the awesome destructive power of nature.
If you would like to make a donation, here is a list of disaster relief organizations in Asia right now.
DynamiX notes
Hi all! We got to know about a really interesting contest, The Imagine Cup. Check out their site on: Imagine CUP It's got a number of really interesting events such as Visual Gaming, which is something like AI-development. Here's what their site says about it:
"You are in-charge of programming the strategy and the behaviour of a team of microscopic robots (nanobots), to save Prof. Hoshimi. Different kinds of nanobots (nano-needles, nano-collector, nano-AI and more) live inside the body of the prof and travel through his blood vessels.
To accomplish your mission, you'll need to download a software dev kit (aka "Project Hoshimi files") that contains the game engine, sample projects, documentation and tutorials. The tutorial level I will guide you step by step in the creation of your first artificial intelligence that controls your team of nanobots. Following it will qualify you for Round 2."
This was Visual gaming in a nutshell. Check out the site for the other events:
Algorithm
Information Technology
Office Designer
Rendering
Short Film
Software Design
Technology Business Plan
Visual Gaming
Web Development
-Shashank
We're supported by Microsoft
Hello world, we're supported by the big M, Microsoft, and for all those interested in attending a session on VB.NET and creating programs that run on all devices etc etc by Mr. Ashwani Sharma, Academic Developer Evangelist, Microsoft India, do be in time.
CHANGE IN PROGRAM. WE WILL BE HAVING A ONE HOUR WORKSHOP ON VB.NET AND LATEST MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGIES FROM 9:30 TO 10:30 AM. ALL EVENTS HAVE BEEN SHIFTED FORWARD BY ONE HOUR. ALL THOSE WHO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP WILL GET SPECIAL GIFTS FROM MICROSOFT. :-D
Mr. GoodBytes Woz Here!
Alright Guys, my Blog is out! Mr.GoodBytes is here...
It is --> http://goodbytes.blogspot.com
And Mr. GoodBytes is waiting for your blog to be up and about...
See ya.
Unreal Tournament Sound File Convertor
Hey Guys,
I wonder if anyone here has the file convertor for .uax to .mp3 or .wav
As we can play that music on the day of the event, for those who will be sitting free in the hall.
I searched on Ued and downloaded some programs but they didn't work :-(
So, if anyone of you know about such program, please let me know ASAP!!
Forget the earlier PS :-) - 007
Everyone Blog out!
Hey all, since you all ARE here, you all must have understood the idea of a BLOG. so why not have your own blogs? Its useful, for jotting down your ideas, and generally very good for discussion.
MY BLOG: http://babelfishneo.blogspot.com
DynamiX 2005 - Computer Festival at Ramjas RKP
A two-day Computer Festival to be held at Ramjas School, R.K.Puram on 7th-8th January 2005.
DynamiX 2005 is an attempt to bring together the best minds across Delhi to engage in friendly competition.
Events:
Quiz
Eligibility: Open No. of participants: 2 per team X 2 Teams
2 Participants per team with maximum two teams per school. Open for all classes. Written prelims of 30 minutes. Top 6 teams shall participate in the final round. Topics shall range from General Knowledge (obviously computer-related), to acronyms and visual rounds (only in finals). Be ready for some fun. :-)
Gaming
Eligibility: Open No. of participants: 1 per team X 1 Team
Stand up to the challenge. Each school sends one brave warrior to contest in the arena. The games shall be announced on the spot. The first round is where a handful of the best shall be picked for the finals, while the rest get eliminated. The games shall test the skill, bravery and reflexes of the gamers, the three virtues that every warrior must consider sacred. (And cheat codes are NOT allowed!)
Senior Programming
Eligibility: Class IX-XII No. of participants: 2 per team X 1 Team
Time: 2 hours. Match your programming prowess against others. The no. of questions and other details shall be included in the question paper. Your logical and analytical abilities shall be tested. The participants are free to choose their programming language from amongst C++, VB and Logo (;-P)
Junior Programming
Eligibility: up to Class VIII No. of participants: 2 per team X 1 Team
You'll have to choose your programming language just before the event begins (from amongst VB/C++/Logo/Q-Basic) because there will be two sets of papers. One set for C++ and VB, and the other set for Logo and Q-Basic. The questions shall be different but the overall skill level and marking scheme shall be equal and balanced. No set has any advantage (except that the clue for the Special event shall be in a different form)
Junior Presentation
Eligibility: up to Class IX No. of participants: 2 per team X 2 Teams
Yeah. Its just Junior Presentation. No limitation on the format of the presentation i.e you can get it even as a Flash presentation, a Movie clip etc etc. But you'll have to make sure that you bring the required plug-ins or software or codecs that shall be needed to run it. The students shall present their presentations to the entire audience and 5 minutes shall be given to each team to display their masterpiece. Judgment criteria: 30% marks on Originality & Concept; 20% marks on Communication skills; 30% marks on Content; and 20% marks on Structure and Flow. Teams must bring their projects on CDs, Floppies (though avoid using floppies as far as possible) or any other portable storage medium. Teams are requested to bring along the necessary drivers and additional software (if any) to run their storage devices. Go present! PS: There seems to be a confusion about the topic. There is no topic. 30% marks on Originality and Concept. If you are unable to think of any good topic and want some suggestion, sure! Make it on: The Dark Side of Internet. Understood?
Web Designing
Eligibility: Open No. of participants: 1 or 2 per team X 1 Team
Teams get 2 hours to design their masterpiece and get the topic on-the-spot. All the necessary graphics and text information shall be provided. No internet access shall be allowed. The sites shall be judged on their design style, presentation, loading time, creativity and imagination.
The list of available software is now out!
* Microsoft Frontpage 2000 or XP
* Macromedia Dreamweaver
* Macromedia Flash
* Swishmax
* Adobe Photoshop
Obviously no external data or software shall be allowed.
Group discussion
Eligibility: Classes X-XII No. of participants: 1 per team X 1 Team
Speak out! The controversial topic shall be announced on-the-spot. The participants shall be judged on the basis of their confidence, relevance, quality of content and presentation skills. There will be two rounds: Prelims and Finals.
Crossword
Eligibility: Open No. of participants: 2 per team X 2 Teams
Get ready to exercise your grey cells! There will be two rounds: a preliminary written round of 30 minutes followed by a final on-stage round where the top 6 teams from the prelims compete before the audience. Anything in the computing world may be asked (obviously in a cryptic form), right from General knowledge to specific famous code samples.
Ringtone composition
Eligibility: Open No. of participants: 2 per team X 1 Team
Schools get ONE HOUR, not 2 hours as mentioned in the invitations. Sorry for the blunder. Teams need to compose a nice little 10 seconds ringtone on the theme provided on-the-spot. (wink!) The software provided shall be Fruity Loops (double wink!).
And now, the Special Event
Eligibility: Open No. of participants: The entire team
You're not going to get any info on this! Its a special event. Just look out for hints here and there in the site, as well as during the event. Of course, you'll be told what the special event is during the inauguration on the first day, so make sure you're there on time. And keep checking this page for some new hints and clues. One very important clue shall be put up on this page 2 days before the event and the schools need to solve it and come prepared to give the answer right after the inauguration. This shall be very useful, as you'll be able to get a better understanding of the event if you have solved the clue. ;-)
For more information, visit our Club Website.
(The site is best viewed in Internet Explorer 6 or Higher)
BLOG ENTRY MADE BY 007ayush, 25th DECEMBER, 2005.
DPS Vasant Kunj: Codewars 2004
SoBIG.c! Oh yeah! Our's was soBIG. Sorry for such a late post, but I started this blogging service just today, so...
Anyhow, here was the team we sent in + the results.
Oh did I forget to tell you, DynamiX won the Overall Trophy and the Techathlon. :-)
Junior Quiz (Xth and below):
Team:
Senior Quiz
WINNER: Team 1:
- Roshan Shariff
- Shashank Shekhar
Team 2:
- Somsubhro Chaudhuri
- M. Harsha
Senior Programming
WINNER: Team 1:
- Roshan Shariff
- Shashank Shekhar
Team 2:
Crossword
WINNER: Team 1:
- Roshan Shariff
- Ankit Madan
FINALIST: Team 2:
- Somsubhro Chaudhuri
- M. Harsha
Web Designing
- Shashank Shekhar
(Nothing! Damn!)
Group discussion
Gaming
- Somsubhro Chaudhuri
(Need to get our act together!)
F1!
Team:
- Roshan Shariff
- Shashank Shekhar
[Disappointment. Shashank remembered the registry backup command 2 seconds after Mother's International. I (shashank) take the entire blame, :-( ]
Contact Morpheus
N-Crypton
WINNER: Team 1:
Digital Imaging
Special Event
The Techathlon
WINNER: Whole Team:
- Roshan Shariff (XI)
- Shashank Shekhar (XI)
- Ayush Gupta (XI)
- M. Harsha (XI)
- Ankit Madan (XI)
- Chayyank (IX)
- Ankit Dhotrekar (IX)
- Somsubhro Chaudhari
Big congrats to all you guys. Our team (yeah! its "we not I" Anyone listening? ;-)) did a great job. Unfortunately due to extreme pressure of studies and tests, (where is our junior dept?) we could not attend Code '04, though we were really keen on going for the AI Wars. Nice event. Go on DynamiX, win some more.
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!
All the DynamiX wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year(2005)!
Welcome to DynamiX Notes!
So you finally managed to get to the blog of DynamiX? Great! This blog aims to be 'the' forum for all DynamiX guys to rave and rant about anything in the definable universe. You may complain about things concerning the club, such as my complaint: Why don't DynamiX members get free access to the staff room. I hate being stopped by that idiot of a guard (who behaves like a sphinx who doesn't have any riddles to ask. he just doesn't allow anyone to pass!). Innumerable arguments have taken place b/w me and him, and my being the Deputy HB doesn't have any value for him. :-/
So if everyone can get together and protest we might get some special allowance made for us. Anyway, we're getting badges made for DynamiX members, so maybe we can get that half sphinx to recognize us. Keep posting!
