Honesty it sounds like my kind of scene, wish it was a little closer to my area I would certainly attend. Peace
Pete On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, Chris Radek <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
