On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 12:18:30PM -0500, Karl Schmidt wrote: > Is there a page for the show?
Having been to a number of these fests over the years, I want to try to say what they are and aren't, so nobody travels and is disappointed. I'm not sure this is my place to do, but I'm bold enough to do it anyway. Of course I'm only speaking for me, and I'm not even the host, so take it as you will. Most of us developers don't live near each other, and so we like to get together in person every year or five to work on and discuss things that are easier in person. Also we like to get away from our normal day-to-day obligations and have some fun working on the software or some hardware it runs. Stuart has a bunch of machinery running LinuxCNC, and some more that should be, one of these days. One of his machines was the first dual-pid feedback (motor encoder and linear scale) systems we experimented with, another is a puma-style robot running genserkins that, um, mostly works. Fests before we had them at MPM were at Roland's (Cardinal), where we worked on a Mazak VMC. That was one of the first big machines running (the new at the time) EMC2; it used classicladder to run a tool changer, etc., and it was on that machine I developed and tested rigid tapping. At another fest at Roland's, Jeff implemented CSS on a test lathe. At all of the fests, we enjoyed a lot of BSing, pizza-eating, and argument about how the software should progress, and surprisingly-late-night hacking sessions. Those are some of the most productive times. Anyway, that's some history. In the past I've seen people disappointed when they show up not equipped to share and help (with the software, with a retrofit, with pulling some wires, ...) but expecting to go to presentations or classes, or to get extensive one-on-one tutoring. That's not to say that you can't show up hoping to learn (positively you should!), but be prepared to learn by jumping in and doing (or just watching), not by being tutored or by attending classes. There isn't a website for the fest because there's really no schedule and no classrooms and no presentations. You will notice there's also no entry fee! These things are related! I'm not sure what new things will come out of this fest, but I have high hopes and I'm really looking forward to it. I haven't seen most of the old folks for 3 years now, and I'm thrilled that I'm going to get to see some of the new folks too. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
