Dear All: Luke Welsh indicates that he'll be in the San Francisco Bay area around the end of October and asked me to announce the SECOND NOT-QUITE-ANNUAL SF BAY MERSENNERS GET-TOGETHER-KIND-OF-DEAL (a.k.a. as GIMPS OktoberGeekFest II.1, rev 1) Of course, any GIMPSer is welcome to attend, whether they live in the bay area or not. Perhaps other areas of the globe with a high concentration of GIMPSers could organize their own local local GOGfests - that would be fun - "you've seen the power of distributed computing, now try distributed imbibing!" (whichever beverage you prefer, of course - not everyone's a beer aficionado like Luke and me). We've settled on a date of Friday, 29 October for the festivities. In an attempt to keep the tradition of the first such meeting, our first choice of venue is the Tied House in Mountain View, whose back patio can accommodate around 50 persons. Of course, we have no idea how many might attend, so if you're reasonably certain you'll be coming, please let me know via private e-mail. Other possible venues include the Faultline pub (I quake at the thought :) and Gordon Biersch (perhaps too small), both in Sunnyvale. Other suggestions for venues are welcome, too. Looking forward to a fun time, -Ernst "der Bra"umeister" Mayer _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers