NERP is generally hardware/physical (code or not) open discussion and random activity time. Alternate Mondays in the Electronics Lounge (floor 2, first room on the right). Doors open at 7; Solicitation for discussion topics begins at ~7:20pm.
“The time is past when every computer engineer knows about all computer systems because he has lived through all of computer history. That position is now reserved for those of us who are past forty (and still active).” (Bell and Newell, 1971, p. 11)