On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Paul Lussier wrote: > Hey, I think that's a great idea. One of the things I think we should > do more often is a "let's figure this out together" thing.
I agree. I think the idea of a "hands-on" meeting is worth trying further. For example, consider wireless. Last night, the primary goal was to get a network, and it turned out that a wired network was easier. But consider a meeting with the designated purpose of "Getting to know wireless". Everyone who is interested, bring their laptop and their wireless cards. A presentation on how it should work, combined with actually setting up a wireless LAN, sounds very interesting. We could make sure we had all the needed software (kernel, pcmcia-cs, iwconfig, etc.) on hand ahead of time, and people could be sure to bring their distro disks. > Hmmm, which leads me to the question, should we be more adventurous in > the future? We could do things like: > > let's build a firewall > let's build a webserver > let's build a DNS environment > let's set up an e-mail system. It certainly seems like it might be worth trying. Perhaps we should float the idea to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. |
