[Debconf-discuss] Cowgate hostel keys
If you are staying in the Cowgate tourist hostel, please hand in one key from each room tomorrow morning. When you leave the hostel in the morning, please ask the hostel reception whether they have a key for your room yet. There are currently not enough keys for everyone to have their own. The hostel have agreed to make more copies, but they need one key for each room to make the copies from. The keys should be returned to the hostel reception desk as soon as possible for you to collect, later tomorrow. -- Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Front desk, Teviot ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Sauna, Pool, Gym and running
On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 22:29 -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote: > I was thinking of 8:00 or maybe 8:30, so that we could run for an hour, > have a shower and still make it to breakfast. But I guess that it's better > to ask those interested. For myself, I went running at 8:30 this morning, but I could happily have managed earlier. I've no idea whether I'm cut out for running with other people, though. :) -- Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Running (was: Sauna, Pool, Gym and running)
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 10:49 -0300, martin f krafft wrote: > I have not found non-concrete, non-sand. Has anyone approached the > hotel about this? This morning I tried going to the "Parque Municipal de Deportes Teodoro Bronzini" (Municipal Sports Park) - an Olympic-style complex. It's about 4km from the hotel, but it has some grass within the perimeter, and a small field round the back (complete with a horse, and horse dung). I'm not sure whether it's possible to get inside the stadia. The railway track appears to have some grass, but I don't know how often the trains go. :) Similarly, the naval base to the south looks like it has a running track, but there's probably a fence in the way. I suspect the "Parque Camet" would be ideal, but it's 7km north along the coast iirc, and I didn't get that far yesterday before I wanted to turn around for breakfast. Taking a bus or taxi would probably be cheating. -- Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] wiki captcha (was: Re: [Debconf-announce] dear speakers, 2)
On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 12:26 -0300, Holger Levsen wrote: > That said, if you create an account and login, there is no captcha. Hmm, I still get asked to do mental arithmetic - is this right? -- Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] Ideas for money BoF
(I'm writing this from Chamartin station; thanks to Lucas for the tip about the wifi.) Obviously I can't attend the money BoF, but from a conversation on the train, there were a couple of ideas: * I seem to recall GNOME has a big trunk of stuff to set up stands at conferences and exhibitions; it gets shipped around to wherever the next interesting event is, and then local volunteers set it up and present to visitors. Do we have a similar thing in Debian? * While being mindful of the reaction to Dunc Tank, one thought which had occurred to me was that employing people with skills different to the majority of developers could be beneficial. I'm thinking particularly of developing artwork and so on. Cue the Flammenkrieg... I really enjoyed DebConf, and I'm sorry I didn't say goodbye to more of you. See you soon! -- Tim Retout ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] Art gallery visit during DebConf 10
Hello! I am informally planning a visit to an art gallery during DebConf 10 in New York. :) (I will freely admit this was inspired by Clint's blog post[0]. Conversing obnoxiously is, however, optional.) [0] http://xana.scru.org/xana2/ranticore/personalrelationships/ I would welcome suggestions as to the best places to visit. So far my favourite is the Museum of Modern Art[1], because of course Debian is a work of modern art in itself! [1] http://www.moma.org/ At this point I could make some observation about the opportunities for developing social relationships between developers. But mostly I think I'd regret not visiting some of the cultural highlights of New York; and we need a break from hacking anyway, right? If there is enough interest nearer the time, I will happily submit this as an event, and set about getting group discounts etc. This email is mostly so that I do not forget the idea. Perhaps there will be time for visiting museums/concerts as well, if people do not like art galleries. Regards, -- Tim Retout signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] [OT] Can you repeat, please? (was Re: Thank you, organizers and volunteers and everyone)
On 10 August 2010 19:26, Luca Capello wrote: > Basically, given that I am not an English native speaker, I tend to make > errors, thus sometime the person in front of me does not understand. I > found out that she/he replies to me with different expressions, used > AFAIK without any preference WRT her/his origin. > > Until now, I have found three of them: "say what?", "what's that?" and > "say it again", the first two being a word game Biella, Zack and me > started the last days after I explained the above to both of them. "Say what?" definitely sounds US English. I wouldn't use the other two either. Your basic four UK responses are as follows, in descending order of politeness: "Pardon?", "Sorry?", "Come again?", "What?". For bonus points, elaborate: "I beg your pardon, what did you say?" "I'm terribly sorry, come again?" If all else fails, add more self-deprecation and explanation: "I'm afraid I didn't quite hear, would you mind awfully repeating that please?" This actually happened to me in New York with someone asking for money. It seemed somewhat unfair not to give it to them at that point, after making them repeat themselves so many times. -- Tim Retout ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
