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Type this in a Linux command terminal:
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wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
cd ies4linux-*
./ies4linux

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You Can Dance If You Want To…

A Night of Pseudoformal Peer Bonding!

Geeks, nerds, dorks — chances are, you didn’t attend your high school prom. During college, you were so focused on your engineering/math/science degree that other humans barely registered within your domain space. This is your chance to rectify your oversight without yielding to irrational forces of social pressure, and perhaps enrich your symbolic-semantic internodal linkages, as well! (okay, that was actually gibberish) Come to the

There will be music, dancing, and some sort of contest based on physical appearance, but we promise that it won’t be excruciating or embarassing! Local tinkerers will bring their latest DIY and hacked gadgets — stuff that you WISH you had made for your High School Science Fair. To attend this fundraiser (see Meta) follow this simple instruction set:

» Obtain advance entry clearance for $15/couple or $10/single. $20/couple or $15/single at the door.

» Prior to GEEK PROM (but not too prior) enhance your physical appearance with

a. hygiene

b. cosmetic adjustment

c. optimized exolayer assembly

» On Saturday June 6th, Utilize a transport medium (non-virtual) to resolve this address:

Co-Prosperity Sphere

3219 S Morgan St.

Chicago, IL

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» Entry clearance will be granted at the door for donations of $20/couple or $15/single, starting at 9 pm Central; unbonded pairs also welcome.

» Open Format:

a. Dancing to Music (live bands and DJ’s)

b. Contests (outfits and exhibits (see contest rules))

c. Imbibe (liquids)

d. Witness / Interact (art, games)

e. Improvise (variable)

f. Communicate (oral/aural)

» This happening will be adjourned at 2 am, and requires remaining participants to anti-swarm.

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The GEEK PROM is a fundraiser for Pumping Station: One, a non-for-profit hackerspace in Chicago. The proceeds for this event go towards machine tools and supplies, so that PSOne may host classes, workshops, and other events for the community-at-large, and provide an environment where makers, modders, and hackers of hardware/software projects can unleash their creative madness.

Contest Rules

There are two contests, a Exolayer Pairing contest, and a Science Fair contest, each with a distinct set of rules:

–Exolayer Pairing Contest

To enter, get photographed and enter your information at the photography stand. Vote via approval voting at any point up to midnight using an available terminal or your own web-enabled device. Each entry must consist of two humans, and each pair can only enter once. However, a single human can pair with any number of other humans for additional entries, so long as each combination is unique. Voters are asked to vote based on criteria provided in the voting form. Any outfit is allowable, but you should also be able to dance in it.

–Science Fair Contest

This contest requires that you contact the organizers ahead of time so we can take a look at your display. Your exhibit should be interactive, fun, and self-explanatory (we don’t require you to stand by it all night, unless you want to). If it’s artwork, there should be something geeky/nerdy/science-y about its topic, creation, or significance. Bring your exhibit to the Co-Prosperity Sphere on Thursday June 4th between 6 and 10 pm for early set-up. Anything interactive should be demoed successfully.

Sponsors

Interested in having your brand present at GEEK PROM? Contact us.

Prerequisites:

· Your BIOS must support booting to an USB device, and that functionality has to been enabled

        · An empty 4GB (or greater) USB device, and you’ve removed all other important files from the device. This process will WIPE IT CLEAN. You have been warned.

        · You must be using Windows Vista (or newer) DISKPART

Note: Don’t insert the USB device just yet. I’ll will tell you when.

Open a command prompt as administrator. From the C:> prompt, type:

diskpart

From the DISKPART> prompt, type:

list disk

Make mental note of the disks you have. Then, insert your USB device, and

list disk

again. You should see a new disk with a new number. That’s the number you’ll use in the next command:

select disk x

(x = the number for your USB device)

To make sure that there’s nothing on the USB device that will interfere with our booting; we will wipe out any and all partition information on the device. WARNING! This will wipe the USB device clean! It will delete and destroy any and all data on the device.

From the DISKPART> prompt, type:

clean

Now we want to create our primary partition for booting. From the DISKPART> prompt type:

create partition primary

Now we want to change to that partition and make it an active or bootable partition. From the DISKPART> prompt type:

select partition 1

When that step completes, type:

active

Next we need to format our active partition and assign a drive letter to the boot partition.

From the DISKPART> prompt type:

format fs=fat32 quick

When the format completes, type:

assign

You can now exit DISKPART and close the command prompt.

The USB device is now ready to boot. Next, just copy the files from the ISO (if you’ve mounted it using a tool which does this) or from the Windows 7 DVD onto the USB device.

Click here to download the Word DOCX

With appropriate codecs, DVD movies can be played in gxine, Totem movie player, VLC and kaffeine (for Kubuntu). I personally prefer the VLC player as it simply works, without having to do much configuration.

First, install the following library:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

This will install most of the codecs for multimedia (audio and video) playing.

The library package is not available in the Ubuntu repository, you have to use the libdvdread4 installer script.

sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

This will retrieve and install the libdvdcss2. If it don’t work, download the deb installer at http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.9/deb/libdvdcss2_1.2.9-1_i386.deb and click to install it.

Install the xine library
sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg

Install VLC
sudo apt-get install vlc

Now you should be to watch DVD in your VLC player.

If you want to use Totem Mplayer, you have to install totem-xine rather than using the default totem-gstreamer.
sudo apt-get install totem-xine

Join us for a night of barbecue and beer as we introduce the official Metromix Softball Team that will compete in the Chicago Sport & Social Club’s spring league at Lincoln Park fields. Specials include $15 Coors Light buckets, $4 Smirnoff cocktails and a $5 ‘cue menu. Plus, wear your funny chef’s apron or hat for a chance to win a grill!!

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