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Hiking

2013-09-23T14:50:32Z

Relativeprime: /* Next Trip */

== Next Trip ==

Let's get something scheduled!

I'd like to propose and overnight (Sat/Sun) trip someplace. Let's get a doodle pool set up for dates.

== Suggested Trails and Areas ==

* Frozen Head
* Big South Fork
* Obed
* Cherokee National Forrest
* Laural-Snow Falls Pocket Wilderness
* Virgin Falls
* Fall Creek Falls
* Smokies

== Camp Grounds ==

List of suggested drive-to camp grounds.

== Back Country Camping ==

List of suggested back country camp sites or shelters which can be reserved.

== Local Gear Shops ==

River Sports (Bearden)

Mast General Store (Gay Street)

Gander Mountain (Turkey Creek)

== Online Gear ==

http://www.rei.com/outlet

http://www.sport.woot.com

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/‎

== Trail Resources ==

http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/trails

Hiking

2013-09-23T14:44:21Z

Relativeprime: /* Online Gear */

== Next Trip ==

Let's get something scheduled!

== Suggested Trails and Areas ==

* Frozen Head
* Big South Fork
* Obed
* Cherokee National Forrest
* Laural-Snow Falls Pocket Wilderness
* Virgin Falls
* Fall Creek Falls
* Smokies

== Camp Grounds ==

List of suggested drive-to camp grounds.

== Back Country Camping ==

List of suggested back country camp sites or shelters which can be reserved.

== Local Gear Shops ==

River Sports (Bearden)

Mast General Store (Gay Street)

Gander Mountain (Turkey Creek)

== Online Gear ==

http://www.rei.com/outlet

http://www.sport.woot.com

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/‎

== Trail Resources ==

http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/trails

Hiking

2013-09-23T14:43:40Z

Relativeprime: /* Local Gear Shops */

== Next Trip ==

Let's get something scheduled!

== Suggested Trails and Areas ==

* Frozen Head
* Big South Fork
* Obed
* Cherokee National Forrest
* Laural-Snow Falls Pocket Wilderness
* Virgin Falls
* Fall Creek Falls
* Smokies

== Camp Grounds ==

List of suggested drive-to camp grounds.

== Back Country Camping ==

List of suggested back country camp sites or shelters which can be reserved.

== Local Gear Shops ==

River Sports (Bearden)

Mast General Store (Gay Street)

Gander Mountain (Turkey Creek)

== Online Gear ==

www.rei.com/outlet

www.sport.woot.com

www.sierratradingpost.com/‎

== Trail Resources ==

http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/trails

Hiking

2013-09-23T14:43:19Z

Relativeprime: /* Local Gear Shops */

== Next Trip ==

Let's get something scheduled!

== Suggested Trails and Areas ==

* Frozen Head
* Big South Fork
* Obed
* Cherokee National Forrest
* Laural-Snow Falls Pocket Wilderness
* Virgin Falls
* Fall Creek Falls
* Smokies

== Camp Grounds ==

List of suggested drive-to camp grounds.

== Back Country Camping ==

List of suggested back country camp sites or shelters which can be reserved.

== Local Gear Shops ==

River Sports (Bearden)

Mast General Store (Gay Street)

Gander Mountain (Turkey Creek)

== Online Gear ==

www.rei.com/outlet

www.sport.woot.com

www.sierratradingpost.com/‎

== Trail Resources ==

http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/trails

Hiking

2013-09-23T14:41:47Z

Relativeprime: /* Suggested Trails */

== Next Trip ==

Let's get something scheduled!

== Suggested Trails and Areas ==

* Frozen Head
* Big South Fork
* Obed
* Cherokee National Forrest
* Laural-Snow Falls Pocket Wilderness
* Virgin Falls
* Fall Creek Falls
* Smokies

== Camp Grounds ==

List of suggested drive-to camp grounds.

== Back Country Camping ==

List of suggested back country camp sites or shelters which can be reserved.

== Local Gear Shops ==

River Sports (Bearden)
Mast General Store (Gay Street)
Gander Mountain (Turkey Creek)

== Trail Resources ==

http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/trails

Hiking

2013-09-23T14:30:45Z

Relativeprime: Created page with "== Next Trip == Let's get something scheduled! == Suggested Trails == == Camp Grounds == List of suggested drive-to camp grounds. == Back Country Camping == List of suggest..."

== Next Trip ==

Let's get something scheduled!

== Suggested Trails ==

== Camp Grounds ==

List of suggested drive-to camp grounds.

== Back Country Camping ==

List of suggested back country camp sites or shelters which can be reserved.

== Local Gear Shops ==

River Sports (Bearden)
Mast General Store (Gay Street)
Gander Mountain (Turkey Creek)

== Trail Resources ==

http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/trails

Cray

2013-01-26T17:22:11Z

Relativeprime:

== Projects ==

Possible workshops, tutorials and training might include:

MPI / Parallel programming

RDMA and OS bypass techniques

LAPack, tuning

Various HPC libraries (MAGMA, etc.)

Eclipse Parallel Tools Platform
(Would be cool to have a profile for our cluster to integrate connecting and job submission)

Architecture

Kernel / Driver development

Firmware

System / Cluster administration

Job schedulers (Moab and SLURM)

Profiling / Debugging distributed applications

Virtualization (OpenStack?, Proxmox?)

Configuration management

Data Management (GridFTP, Globus, etc.)

== Specifications ==

'''Resources'''

24 Nodes (18-20 available)
8 GB per node
Total cores:(?)
Interconnect: SeaStar(?)

Storage:(?)

'''Rack'''
Measures ~24" x ~55"

Cooling:In rack air cooled. (No phase change Ecoflex piping to worry about, etc.)

Noise:
Operation Db:(?)

'''Power'''
208 3 phase
Also see [[Available_Utilities]]

Estimations of load:

Dave: 8 to 10 kW at full load, and I'm hoping that's closer to 5 kW in reality"

'''References'''

XT3 Hardware:

http://www.hpc.unm.edu/~tlthomas/buildout/email/2946.2.pdf

Development:

http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/how-to-sound-like-a-parallel-programming-expert-part-1-introducing-concurrency-and-parallelism

== History of the System ==

Cray

2013-01-20T17:25:11Z

Relativeprime: Created page with " == Projects == Possible workshops, tutorials and training might include: MPI / Parallel programming LAPack, tuning Architecture Kernel / Driver development System / Cluste..."

== Projects ==

Possible workshops, tutorials and training might include:

MPI / Parallel programming

LAPack, tuning

Architecture

Kernel / Driver development

System / Cluster administration

Job schedulers

Profiling / Debugging distributed applications

== Specifications ==

== History of the System ==

Coding Night

2013-01-09T21:16:02Z

Relativeprime: /* Session 1 (11/26/12) */

== Euler Keys ==
Project Euler Friend Keys:
* Laz - 35834252407682_3e1984783e3f7f56179b9a36bc4efd6b
* Sam - 86449087407684_4322ee440fcf6ef85a3e37d7bb0188db
* Keith - 64515264407688_9c048084d9696112de7014bb0d78e14a
* Jess - 26102112407686_0b3338954ec517a18893896ec200ee4b
* Brian - 92580861251423_368112b4ec4b55c8eab58d99de38814c
* Kyle - 63726343418110_3c79b786fdc3a84b03423b1dfbbc944a
* Pete - 68994673239131_776d6a7b500a06503eda4f3f8dfb5b11

== Fun Programming / Challenge Sites ==

http://projecteuler.net/

http://www.pythonchallenge.com/

== Collaborative Resources ==

'''Etherpad'''

http://etherpad.knoxmakers.org/

Not currently using ldap, the username is etherpad and the password has something to do with hacking

'''Git'''

https://github.com/knoxmakers

If you want to learn how to use git, try the tutorial at try.github.com If you wish to be a collaberator on the above repo, email Relative.Prime at the gmails. You don't have to be an official collaborator though - feel free to clone the above and send a pull request to have your code merged.

''GIT NOTES:''

Naming conventions: Since there are many people with code for the same Euler problem, a naming convention such as euler27_yourname.py might be good.

Committing Broken Code Is Okay: This is a learning exercise. If you commit broken code, fine - in fact go for it. That way others can see it and offer suggestions, and the group (and you) can see how your code evolved through the commit history. If you never commit anything but the final, working, optimized version there is no history available to discuss, share and learn from. Don't break someone else' code (or they will git blame you!). Just use your own file as above, and commit away.

'''IRC'''

Want to chat? See https://knoxmakers.org/wiki/IRC

We are at:
irc://chat.freenode.net
#knoxmakers

== Profiling Tools ==

'''OProfile'''

http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/about/

Quick getting started example:

http://timelordz.com/wiki/Oprofile

'''Kcachegrind'''

'''Valgrind'''

== Debugging Tools ==

'''gdb'''

Some helpful gdb refs: http://timelordz.com/wiki/C%2B%2B_Programming_Basics#Debugging:_gdb

'''pdb'''

'''DDD'''

== Algorithm Analysis ==

Yikes - where to begin. Just list helpful sites here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33923/what-is-tail-recursion

== Awesome Books ==

http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/gccintro/

Grand Opening Planning

2012-08-24T14:50:32Z

Relativeprime: /* Ideas for potential 20 minute presentations/teasers */

=Legal and Other=
*Will we need an event permit or other legal permission to host the event? Research needed.

=Date and Time=
*Date set as September 29
*Time not set.
**We are planning to serve food. Should we start with food, then do presentations?
**Alternatively, we could have one half of our talks first, break for food, then have the second part of our talks.
**Either case, should we do around lunchtime? or around dinner?

=Menu=
*Grilling burgers and dogs for quick/easy production
*Need some vegetarian/celiac friendly options

=Events=
We had tons of great brainstorming about events. We had thought of having about 6 twenty minutes talks. That would leave about 10 minutes for Q&A, presentation switch over, etc. That would be about 3 hours of presentation, and roughly an hour break for food. We really like the idea of letting people make/participate as much as possible. Best case ideas let people do things in the space. The next best thing would be to give people project instructions that they can take home. A fantastic idea was to connect our short presentations to a longer event already scheduled at one of our public meetings. We give them a tease, then encourage them to come back by showing them that the full presentation is on the calendar. This should do a great job of helping to bring people back to the space.

==Ideas for potential 20 minute presentations/teasers==
*An Arduino-based presentation that would show some of the projects our members have already completed with Arduinos as well as show some great Arduino projects we know about on the internet. We would need someone to volunteer to develop/lead this seminar.
**I could get my PID controller demo put back together as a live demo.
**We should schedule another "Getting started with Arduino" class for later in the year to refer this session to.
**Maybe include other boards like the makey-makey.
*A raspberry pi presentation. We would need someone with a raspi to take point on this one and develop this talk.
**Ideally, we could develop this into a longer presentation to put on the calendar to let us dig in deeper (and encourage attendees to return).
*A KMBI presentation. Adan has volunteered to lead/present this presentation.
**Include a recap of the boat building process.
**Perhaps have some sort of scale demo to show off part of the process.
**Hopefully have another boat in the queue and invite attendees back to one of the working sessions.
*A presentation on dyeing cloth. I would volunteer to lead this presentation.
**Show the process for making the acoustic panels.
**Explain/demo the cloth dyeing process. It's possible that if I did this early enough that by the end the cloth would be rinsed well enough to hold up and show off.
**Schedule a "Saturday Session" for a dyeing class to invite attendees back to.
*Have a session where we get people to assemble a cornhole board.
**Perhaps also have a session or workstation set up to let people sew their own cornhole bags. Bonus points if we can set up a screen-printing item so that we can let people make cornhole bags and put the knox makers logo on them.
*A demo on robots. Perhaps we can reach out to the knox area robotics guys to do a presentation?
*Library Injection
**Let's have some hacking! Demonstrate how you can intercept library calls from proprietary software and redirect them. Also show multiple examples of tools which used library interposition as their underlying method of operation. (RelativePrime)
*Cracking password hashes with oclHashcat
**Explain how hashing algorithms work and are implemented in authentication schemes, and how such can be cracked with CPU / GPU based systems.

==Ideas for potential all-day demos==
*If the 3D printer is ready, have it be printing something as a demo.
*Have the vacuum forming equipment set up and prepared for kids to make a few masks.
**Have Oct. 2 be a plaster mold making class, where we make some more molds to take to ATL MMF. Invite folks back for that.

==Awesome stretch project ideas==
*M.U.G.E.N. - James is going to look into the possibility of doing some green-screen work to get be able to put pictures of attendees into a 2-d fighting game. (edit 8/24/12, James: http://www.elecbyte.com/mugen It will take me awhile to figure this one out, after taking a closer look. I doubt I'd have anything by the Grand Opening. If anyone has experience with M.U.G.E.N. or similar, though..)
*DIY Air-hockey table - Mike is going to look into the feasibility of a DIY air hockey table.
*Rubens Tube - Issac is going to bring a Rubens tube to see if we can get it working safely enough to set up as a possible demo. Use the function generators to show some awesome waves.

=Publicity=
We didn't do quite as much brainstorming here, but here is what we have:
==Flyers==
Issac/James were going to look at making some drafts to review at the next session. Feel free to contact them if you're interested in helping.
*A flyer to advertise the Grand Opening Event itself.
**It should give some indication of who we are, what hackerspaces are about, and indicate the sessions we have planned.
**Format: perhaps it should be bigger than 8.5x11
*Event flyers to hand out at the presentations/teasers to advertise the full meeting event tied to the presentation
**Each of these event level flyers should have a small box with our full planned calendar with other events. (This means planning out the calendar for the next few months in advance)

==Advertising==
*We need to at least be in the free events calendars in the local papers:
**Metropulse
**Sentinel
**Oak Ridger?
*We need to prepare an article for makerspace happenings and/or make blog. Example: http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/22/port-city-makerspace-grand-opening/
*We should try to reach out and make contact with Metropulse to see if we can interest them in a story on the maker movement and/or our space.
*We should reach out to other groups that might have a collection of nerdy types:
**Entrepreneurs of Knoxville (Originally the guys who wanted a techshop in knoxville)
**Knox Area Robotics Club

Grand Opening Planning

2012-08-24T14:48:31Z

Relativeprime: /* Ideas for potential 20 minute presentations/teasers */

=Legal and Other=
*Will we need an event permit or other legal permission to host the event? Research needed.

=Date and Time=
*Date set as September 29
*Time not set.
**We are planning to serve food. Should we start with food, then do presentations?
**Alternatively, we could have one half of our talks first, break for food, then have the second part of our talks.
**Either case, should we do around lunchtime? or around dinner?

=Menu=
*Grilling burgers and dogs for quick/easy production
*Need some vegetarian/celiac friendly options

=Events=
We had tons of great brainstorming about events. We had thought of having about 6 twenty minutes talks. That would leave about 10 minutes for Q&A, presentation switch over, etc. That would be about 3 hours of presentation, and roughly an hour break for food. We really like the idea of letting people make/participate as much as possible. Best case ideas let people do things in the space. The next best thing would be to give people project instructions that they can take home. A fantastic idea was to connect our short presentations to a longer event already scheduled at one of our public meetings. We give them a tease, then encourage them to come back by showing them that the full presentation is on the calendar. This should do a great job of helping to bring people back to the space.

==Ideas for potential 20 minute presentations/teasers==
*An Arduino-based presentation that would show some of the projects our members have already completed with Arduinos as well as show some great Arduino projects we know about on the internet. We would need someone to volunteer to develop/lead this seminar.
**I could get my PID controller demo put back together as a live demo.
**We should schedule another "Getting started with Arduino" class for later in the year to refer this session to.
**Maybe include other boards like the makey-makey.
*A raspberry pi presentation. We would need someone with a raspi to take point on this one and develop this talk.
**Ideally, we could develop this into a longer presentation to put on the calendar to let us dig in deeper (and encourage attendees to return).
*A KMBI presentation. Adan has volunteered to lead/present this presentation.
**Include a recap of the boat building process.
**Perhaps have some sort of scale demo to show off part of the process.
**Hopefully have another boat in the queue and invite attendees back to one of the working sessions.
*A presentation on dyeing cloth. I would volunteer to lead this presentation.
**Show the process for making the acoustic panels.
**Explain/demo the cloth dyeing process. It's possible that if I did this early enough that by the end the cloth would be rinsed well enough to hold up and show off.
**Schedule a "Saturday Session" for a dyeing class to invite attendees back to.
*Have a session where we get people to assemble a cornhole board.
**Perhaps also have a session or workstation set up to let people sew their own cornhole bags. Bonus points if we can set up a screen-printing item so that we can let people make cornhole bags and put the knox makers logo on them.
*A demo on robots. Perhaps we can reach out to the knox area robotics guys to do a presentation?
*Library Injection
**Let's have some hacking! Demonstrate how you can intercept library calls from proprietary software and redirect them. Also show multiple examples of tools which used library interposition as their underlying method of operation. (RelativePrime)

==Ideas for potential all-day demos==
*If the 3D printer is ready, have it be printing something as a demo.
*Have the vacuum forming equipment set up and prepared for kids to make a few masks.
**Have Oct. 2 be a plaster mold making class, where we make some more molds to take to ATL MMF. Invite folks back for that.

==Awesome stretch project ideas==
*M.U.G.E.N. - James is going to look into the possibility of doing some green-screen work to get be able to put pictures of attendees into a 2-d fighting game. (edit 8/24/12, James: http://www.elecbyte.com/mugen It will take me awhile to figure this one out, after taking a closer look. I doubt I'd have anything by the Grand Opening. If anyone has experience with M.U.G.E.N. or similar, though..)
*DIY Air-hockey table - Mike is going to look into the feasibility of a DIY air hockey table.
*Rubens Tube - Issac is going to bring a Rubens tube to see if we can get it working safely enough to set up as a possible demo. Use the function generators to show some awesome waves.

=Publicity=
We didn't do quite as much brainstorming here, but here is what we have:
==Flyers==
Issac/James were going to look at making some drafts to review at the next session. Feel free to contact them if you're interested in helping.
*A flyer to advertise the Grand Opening Event itself.
**It should give some indication of who we are, what hackerspaces are about, and indicate the sessions we have planned.
**Format: perhaps it should be bigger than 8.5x11
*Event flyers to hand out at the presentations/teasers to advertise the full meeting event tied to the presentation
**Each of these event level flyers should have a small box with our full planned calendar with other events. (This means planning out the calendar for the next few months in advance)

==Advertising==
*We need to at least be in the free events calendars in the local papers:
**Metropulse
**Sentinel
**Oak Ridger?
*We need to prepare an article for makerspace happenings and/or make blog. Example: http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/22/port-city-makerspace-grand-opening/
*We should try to reach out and make contact with Metropulse to see if we can interest them in a story on the maker movement and/or our space.
*We should reach out to other groups that might have a collection of nerdy types:
**Entrepreneurs of Knoxville (Originally the guys who wanted a techshop in knoxville)
**Knox Area Robotics Club

LinuxInstallFest

2012-08-19T19:21:30Z

Relativeprime: /* Linux Install Fest */

[[File:Kool-aid-man.jpg|right]]

== Linux Install Fest ==

Date to be announced soon!

Free as in Kool-Aid for Everyone!

Come and get Linux running, take back full control of your computer, learn how easy Linux really is (oh, that's a secret sorry) and get Kool-aid to boot.

The first night will focus on getting guys up and running, and oriented to, a Linux install which will be one of:

* A full install
* VirtualBox install
* Wubi based Ubuntu - dual boot install

Both Debian and OpenSuse will be available to choose from. We will help you determine the best path to take given your hardware and individual needs.

We will also cover as many topics as we an from the below, and likely leading to another night were we will go more in depth into using Linux as your production OS in daily use.

Further talks can go into advanced uses, using Linux as a developer, the numerous languages and frameworks supported, Eclipse, scripting, hacking, etc.

== Applications ==

After the basic OS install, we will go over popular applications both unique to Linux and ones that allow easy migration from similar Windows apps:

* LibreOffice
* Browsers
* Mail clients (Thunderbird, Evolution, Thunderbird) and MS Exchange integration
* IM clients
* Running Windows apps and games under Wine, PlayOnLinux, Crossover, etc.
* Citrix client for business environments

== Games ==

Of course, we will also talk about gaming on Linux

* Humble Bundles
* World of Goo
* WoW and Diablo 3
* Path of Exile
* Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
* Open Arena
* Browser based, native client 3D games
* Steam on Linux

== How to Do Stuff ==

* Installing software
* Configuring and using software repositories
* Configuring Printers (CUPS, HPLIP, etc.)

== More Advanced Stuff ==

* Mounting Windows and network file systems (ntfs-3g, NFS, iSCSI, sshfs, etc.)
* Basic Networking
* What is a distro?
* What are the different desktop environments?
* Encrypted partitions (LUKS) and folders (encfs)
* Networking fun (Wireshark, aircrack-ng, etc.)
* Scripting (bash, python, etc.)
* Command line basics

File:Kool-aid-man.jpg

2012-08-19T19:18:24Z

Relativeprime:

LinuxInstallFest

2012-08-19T19:12:57Z

Relativeprime: Created page with "== Linux Install Fest == Date to be announced soon! Free as in Kool-Aid for Everyone! Come and get Linux running, take back full control of your computer, learn how easy Linux..."

== Linux Install Fest ==

Date to be announced soon!

Free as in Kool-Aid for Everyone!

Come and get Linux running, take back full control of your computer, learn how easy Linux really is (oh, that's a secret sorry) and get Kool-aid to boot.

The first night will focus on getting guys up and running, and oriented to, a Linux install which will be one of:

* A full install
* VirtualBox install
* Wubi based Ubuntu - dual boot install

Both Debian and OpenSuse will be available to choose from. We will help you determine the best path to take given your hardware and individual needs.

We will also cover as many topics as we an from the below, and likely leading to another night were we will go more in depth into using Linux as your production OS in daily use.

Further talks can go into advanced uses, using Linux as a developer, the numerous languages and frameworks supported, Eclipse, scripting, hacking, etc.

== Applications ==

After the basic OS install, we will go over popular applications both unique to Linux and ones that allow easy migration from similar Windows apps:

* LibreOffice
* Browsers
* Mail clients (Thunderbird, Evolution, Thunderbird) and MS Exchange integration
* IM clients
* Running Windows apps and games under Wine, PlayOnLinux, Crossover, etc.
* Citrix client for business environments

== Games ==

Of course, we will also talk about gaming on Linux

* Humble Bundles
* World of Goo
* WoW and Diablo 3
* Path of Exile
* Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
* Open Arena
* Browser based, native client 3D games
* Steam on Linux

== How to Do Stuff ==

* Installing software
* Configuring and using software repositories
* Configuring Printers (CUPS, HPLIP, etc.)

== More Advanced Stuff ==

* Mounting Windows and network file systems (ntfs-3g, NFS, iSCSI, sshfs, etc.)
* Basic Networking
* What is a distro?
* What are the different desktop environments?
* Encrypted partitions (LUKS) and folders (encfs)
* Networking fun (Wireshark, aircrack-ng, etc.)
* Scripting (bash, python, etc.)
* Command line basics

Human Resources

2011-10-07T22:13:56Z

Relativeprime:

This is a list of member skill sets. Hackerspaces are a great place to network!

* Kyle: Linux, making cables
* Laz: Mechanical Engineering (Fans, Pumps, strength/mechanics of materials, machine design/mechanisms, blah, blah, blah...), automotive work, some woodworking
* Bstrdsmkr:
** Medieval costuming
** Leatherworking
** Chainmail weaving
** Python
** Javascript & HTML
** Computer networking
** Computer vision
** Self Defense (Marine Corps Martial Arts instruction, some Krav Maga, some Jiu Jitsu)
** Local Wilderness survival
** Windows Admin
** Sales/Confidence schemes
** Decoding Comcast's BS
* RelativePrime: The Linux (compiling stuff, C/C++ / PHP / Bash / GPGPU),Aviation, Scuba Diving, Wilderness navigation, Hunting, Guiding

Hacker Consortium Core Dump

2011-04-19T00:52:47Z

Relativeprime: /* Projects */

Our trip to the Nashville Hacker Consortium space was fantastic. With the hours of dialog we engage in with the Nashville and Memphis guys, there was a LOT of ideas and discussion.

Let's try to capture some of it here while it is fresh. Please list the key ideas you picked up from our meeting, other ideas you had as a result here.

This is just a rough core dump - just put the ideas down now and we will sort out the bodies later.

== Corporate Structure ==

* Benefits of 501C(3) - or not
* File papers with officers and board members appointed. Defined leadership structure.

== Legal ==

* Release of Liability (get from Memphis guys and others)
* Bylaws (get Hacker Consortium and others)
* Identification of IP rights

== Membership ==

* Membership tiers & fees
* Actual start promoting ourselves for real. OMG.

== Meetings ==
* Regularly scheduled meetings at coffee house, Barley's etc.
* Presentation meetings: Designated coordinator

== Space ==

* Check out UT Amateur Radio space, compare values to ETTAC. Decide on one and move forward.
* RFID / proxcard / other access control
* Video feed (pw protected)
* Equipment donations
** Jack Coats of the Hacker Consortium was kind enough to donate a set of cast Mendel RepRap http://reprap.org/wiki/Mendel parts for the group, which Andronicus has taken custody of until he can lead a RepRap project/presentation.
** The Hacker Consortium folks strongly suggested we reach out to Instructables to see if they would be willing to offer us a starting Makerspace care package.
*** ''And I have just sent that email off.'' --[[User:Samthegiant|Sam the Giant]] 12:57, 17 April 2011 (EDT)

== Communication ==

* IRC
** Establish and regularly use and lurk on a Freenode IRC channel. Also lurk on the #hackerconsortium ''irc://freenode/hackerconsortium'' channel
*** ''Started IRC channel #knoxmakers irc://freenode/knoxmakers'' --[[User:Samthegiant|Sam the Giant]] 13:18, 17 April 2011 (EDT)
**** For those Firefox users who haven't played on IRC in a while I suggest the ChatZilla extension. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chatzilla/
**** For Chrome users checkout Freenode's webchat. http://webchat.freenode.net/
* Work out best use of tools (Website, phpBB, Wiki, Wordpress, blah blah blah)
* Set up LDAP for central authentication
* Check out Knoxville 2600 /DC404 (and other) clubs for collaboration opportunity
* Central information relay methods (RSS, digests, etc. etc.)
* Collaboration tool to know who is working on what, etc. (Redmine, Trac, etc.)

== Fundraising ==

* Startup funding sites and slush fund / bootstrap funding
* Work with eatery to get 10% kick back if we host an event with them
* Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/
** Guidelines http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines
** Examples from other Hackerspaces http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/search?page=1&term=hackerspace
*Check with local recruiters/Craigslist for quick projects that can be completed on the weekends (one day computer deployments, odd jobs, etc), payment as a donation
**This has the bonus benefit of building relationships within the community
*Look into "after school" program and associated public funding
*Sell hobby kits/widgets at local events
* Lan parties

== Projects ==

* [[Reprap]]
* Lock picking
* Hardware analysis and performance tuning with Linux
* Nvidia CUDA
* CoreWars
* Kiln "modernization"
* Urban gardening\composting
* DIY arc welder http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Microwave-Transformer-Homemade-Welder/
* Super low cost subtractive CNC machine/Laser cutter http://letsmakerobots.com/node/12713
* Glass blowing\lampwork
* Lost-wax\sand casting http://www.submarineboat.com/casting_aluminum.htm
* Beer brewing - oh yeah.

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'''Welcome to the Knoxville Makers Guild Wiki.'''

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== Getting started ==

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== Getting started ==
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== Intro ==

From the Core Wars FAQ:

"Core War is a game played by two or more programs (and vicariously by their authors) written in an assembly language called Redcode and run in a virtual computer called MARS (for Memory Array Redcode Simulator). The object of the game is to cause all processes of the opposing program to terminate, leaving your program in sole posession of the machine."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_wars

http://www.corewar.info/emulator.htm

== Get Core War ==

'''pMars (use this)'''

http://www.koth.org/pmars/

wget ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/fedora/updates/13/i386/pmars-0.9.2-4.fc13.i686.rpm
wget ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/fedora/updates/13/x86_64/pmars-0.9.2-4.fc13.x86_64.rpm

Or . . . http://sourceforge.net/projects/corewar/files/ (Source and some binary packages here, but are pretty old and 32 bit only)

'''Running 64 bit?'''

If you try to compile the source and get the message "GLIB >= 1.2.0 not installed - cannot build GUI client without it", despite having glib2-devel installed, it seems to be looking for the glib-config script, which was replaced in later glib versions with pkg-config as described [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/2002-April/msg00190.html here] You might be able to use the 32 bit dev package as described [http://forums.opensuse.org/english/development/programming-scripting/445282-opensuse-x86_64-glib2-package-32-bit-development.html here], though I've not tried it.

'''Using Debian / Ubuntu?'''

You can download the source and build it. On 32 bit Ubuntu 10.04 I had no trouble with 'cd src' and then just 'make' which resulted in the pmars binary being correctly built. It may fail on 64 bit as described above. You can then do a sample run with two warriors like:

user@host:~/pmars-0.9.2$ src/pmars warriors/aeka.red warriors/rave.red

The default option in the makefile built in X11 support automatically. I believe there is an ncurses option too.

(You can also use alien to make a .deb from the .rpm and just install that.)

'''Running Windows?'''

Really? Windows? Well - okay. (Let's talk at the next meeting okay?) But if you must, you can likely find some Windows binaries [http://www.corewar.info/emulator.htm here]

== Sample Run ==

Sample run using two provided warriors:

user@host:~> pmars -r 3 /usr/share/doc/pmars-0.9.2/warriors/aeka.red /usr/share/doc/pmars-0.9.2/warriors/rave.red

== Documentation ==

Start with corewar-faq.html (in the doc directory if installed from source, or usr/share/doc/pmars-0.9.2/doc/corewar-faq.html if from rpm)

Then move on to this [http://vyznev.net/corewar/guide.html beginners guide] and other guides found [http://www.corewar.info/beginner.htm here]

Additional documentation can be found [http://corewar.co.uk/guides.htm here]

== Competition ==

Various competitions can be held, such as this king of the hill one [http://sal.math.ualberta.ca/index.php here]

== Other Simulators ==

'''nMars'''

Looks interesting, but needs .net / mono

http://nmars.sourceforge.net/screenshots.shtml