Re: [Debconf-discuss] Anybody want USB flash drives?

2017-08-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 08:42:48PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >I've got a *small* set of Debian-branded USB flash drives with me >again, as seen at [1]. These are similar to the ones I had at DC15, >but they're now laser-etched instead of printed as I found that the >print rubbed o

[Debconf-discuss] Anybody want USB flash drives?

2017-08-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
for CAD25 If you'd like one/some, please grab me. First come, first served... [1] https://www.einval.com/~steve/photos/debian-usb-etched.jpg -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "... the premise [is] that privacy is about hiding a wrong.

Re: [Debconf-discuss] meetings-archive.debian.net videos moved to gensho.acc.umu.se ?

2016-07-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
tings-archive.d.n and cdimage.d.o. They have a cluster of front-end machines which serve the actual large files via http redirects. That's been the case for ages... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com < Aardvark> I dislike C++ to start with. C++1

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Tennis courts

2016-06-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
sible. I'm assuming there'll be somewhere around. :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of course, since many of them are Australians, you can't

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Tennis courts

2016-06-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
some friendly games. You'll get to see how unfit I am... :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com The two hard things in computing: * naming things * cache invalidation * off-by-one errors -- Stig Sandbeck Mathisen ___

[Debconf-discuss] Poker tonight?

2015-08-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hey folks, Pondering poker again tonight after the Citizen Four showing. Meet by reception if you're interested. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com I've only once written 'SQL is my bitch' in a comment. But that code is in use on a military site

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Poker, Monday night

2015-08-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 05:35:21PM +0200, Harlan Lieberman-Berg wrote: Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com writes: I'd rather stick with tonight now than change at short notice, tbh. Unless lots of other say otherwise...? Where are we planning to meet, and did we move the time forward? Plan

[Debconf-discuss] Poker, Monday night

2015-08-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
/Diversions and hopefully we'll get a game or two going. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English

[Debconf-discuss] WANTED: GSoC students at DebConf

2015-08-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
Please come and find me - I have gifts for you... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Aardvark I dislike C++ to start with. C++11 just seems to be handing rope-creating factories for users to hang multiple instances

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Poker, Monday night

2015-08-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 10:39:30PM +0200, Sven Bartscher wrote: On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:12:30 +0200 Lucas Nussbaum lu...@debian.org wrote: Hi, On 16/08/15 at 13:01 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: Hey folks, A small group of us are thinking about playing some (non-Mao!) cards on Monday

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Coming to the debconf by car and parking places ?

2015-07-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
://www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/kfz-zulassung/feinstaubplakette/shop.86595.en.php -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten. -- Malcolm Ray ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list

Re: [Debconf-discuss] car-sharing from Paris (and elsewere)

2015-07-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
/CarSharing There's a convoy of 3 cars heading over from Cambridge: http://wiki.earth.li/DebconfTravel2015 -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Google-bait: http://www.debian.org/CD/free-linux-cd Debian does NOT ship free CDs. Please do NOT contact

Re: [Debconf-discuss] remote participation in DebConf

2014-09-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
useful. It's much easier to look at the door than a website or the 'what's next' monitor. So they are not essential, but I did appreciate that someone could be bothered to print them all and stick them all for a whole week :-) +1 -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Do not photograph checkbox in registration

2014-09-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:14:43PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: And anyway, the historic memory value we get from having photos from the conference is IMO quite high. The photos and videos are very important to me personally, and I doubt I'm alone in that feeling. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK

Re: [Debconf-discuss] So long, and thanks for all the fish

2014-08-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
+ longer stretches without talks to be able to concentrate on hacking. The shorter gaps we had this week don't suit me as much. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Mature Sporty Personal More Innovation More Adult A Man in Dandism Powered

Re: [Debconf-discuss] caffeine service

2014-08-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
and prepared with lots of love. Seconded. The guy doing the coffees was lovely. :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Welcome my son, welcome to the machine. ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss

Re: [Debconf-discuss] caffeine service

2014-08-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 03:51:17PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:22:01PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 02:15:18PM -0700, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Le samedi, 23 août 2014, 01.56:04 Steve Langasek a écrit : the DebConf team has arranged

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf14 Agenda

2014-08-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
will be planning around it. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com C++ ate my sanity -- Jon Rabone ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Getting a receipt for paying the registration fee (was: DebConf11: Payment information)

2011-07-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 02:03:24PM +0200, Torsten Werner wrote: Hi, I want to ask here since I did not get an answer from the registration team. How do we get a receipt for paying the professional registration fee? /aol It would be handy for quite a few of us... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Poker

2011-07-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 07:08:24PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: Hey folks, A small group of us had a fun game of poker in the casino at the Bosna last night, and we're thinking of doing the same again on Friday night, starting at 9pm. Would anybody else like to join us? If we have up to 10

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandising

2011-07-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
as above... Is there any particular detail I should know for the shipments? I'm thinking we might also be able to squeeze in a box of Ts from the UK too, but not 100% sure yet. We'll also only be arriving late in the day on the 23rd. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Zagreb -- Banja Luka

2011-05-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Is there anybody out there? ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Road trip to DebConf 11?

2011-04-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 03:06:53PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 01:35:37PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 01:08:04PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: Hey folks, As DebConf is in Europe again this year, a group of us are considering doing the trip by road

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Thinkpad T4x Docking Station

2010-08-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
it depends on having the serial device built-in and not a module. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me ___ Debconf-discuss

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Wanted: a PL2303 USB-to-serial convertor

2010-07-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
a couple at home that I can bring if needed; I'll be landing Saturday evening if that's early enough. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com When C++ is your hammer, everything looks like a thumb. -- Steven M. Haflich

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Last call for keys for keysigning in New York City, USA during DebConf10

2010-07-20 Thread Steve McIntyre
have no intention of ever setting one. Ditto. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Mature Sporty Personal More Innovation More Adult A Man in Dandism Powered Midship Specialty ___ Debconf-discuss

Re: [Debconf-discuss] CAcert assurances at DebConf

2009-06-10 Thread Steve McIntyre
people can become CAcert assurers? Sounds like a plan, yes. I'll be prepared to assure people while I'm there too. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Google-bait: http://www.debian.org/CD/free-linux-cd Debian does NOT ship free CDs. Please

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf9 reconfirmation period started ; ends 7 June

2009-05-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
sponsors to work out, but I don't expect to see much more on that front now. Time to decide how much money to spend... -- Steve McIntyre, Debian Project Leader lea...@debian.org ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Cáceres by train (was: How to go to Cáceres via Madrid)

2009-03-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
/DebconfTravel2009 -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember that there must be exactly three terminations: one on one end of the cable, one on the far end, and the goat, terminated over the SCSI

Re: [Debconf-discuss] IMPORTANT: renting bus for the day back from MDQ to EZE/BA

2008-08-10 Thread Steve McIntyre
to go back via Retiro if at all possible) Yup, seconded. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words

Re: [Debconf-discuss] ATMs and money in Argentina

2008-07-25 Thread Steve McIntyre
all Indios should be killed) or 100$ (the one with Roca, who actually killed the Indios) banknotes. In supermarkets or restaurants, it's not a problem, however. Cool. What kind of prices should we expect to pay for common things: a beer, a reasonable meal in a restaurant, etc.? -- Steve McIntyre

[Debconf-discuss] Sauna!

2007-06-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
I'm looking into organising a trip or 2 to a sauna in a nearby swimming pool complex. If you're interested, mail me off-list and let me know when you'd like to go. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] C++ ate my sanity -- Jon Rabone