Re: [ilugd] un-minutes of the March meet

2004-03-30 Thread LinuxLingam
On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 09:58, Sudev Barar wrote:

 
 LL you forgot volunteer Mayank who stepped forward to co-ordinate
 college linux presentations. 
 Members (IT MEANS YOU!!!) of ILUG-D should try to fix up with colleges /
 institutions for organising a Linux day and inform Mayank. Who will try
 to co-ordinate between members so that a volunteer team could make
 presentations / distribute CD's.
 
 I volunteer for such events.

me too.

i want to eat 10,000 students across colleges and instts in india. have
already eaten about 1,100 in the past 6 weeks. feed me more.

:-)
LL: the opensource bakasur.


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[ilugd] un-minutes of the March meet

2004-03-29 Thread LinuxLingam
dear all,

since i haven't seen any minutes of the meet, am posting the post-meet
minutes in reverse chronological order, as a mind-numbing exercise...
[grin]

11:00pm: Cafe Coffee Day in Saket starts toggling their lights, as a
discreet signal to Ilug-d to call it a day. We've been slurping on their
cafe frappes, smoothies, icecreams, while discussing random topics. i
get home just past midnight.

10:30pm from 8:30pm: we step out from the movie hall into the star-lit
night, wondering what the heck was that story-line on 'Basic.' though we
were all thrilled by the movie. Mid-way thru, the concierge brought us
our huge popcorn combos, which was sort of our dinner, as we sat
occupying the front seats of the middle-set of seats. massive leg-room.
the pepsi was cooler, and we did manage to catch some trailers and ads
before the show. interesting to note in light of our ilug-meet topic, as
we entered the hall all nine of us were frisked, as is routine, by
security at PVR. good they didn't hear our discussions on RSA,
encryption, and other stuff... ;-)

8:00pm to 8:30pm: we stroll across to a nice dhabha-walla who made some
nice, strong, garam garam chai for us. we stood around the bikes in the
parking lot, animatedly discussing population and statistics of linux
users in india, migration headaches, and other random topics.

7:45pm to 8:00pm: we were surprised to see cops, including some
specially-uniformed types, suddenly appear from nowhere, in somewhat
large numbers, at the food stalls. the kiosk owners hastily packed up
their makeshift tables and chairs at PVR saket.

6:30pm to 7:45pm: the vegetarians amongst us had to wait till the last
for their paneer tikkas. the eggetarians were moderately lucky, and the
non-veggies had privileged service from the open-air foodstall at PVR
saket's complex. we had just arrived at the complex, to disappointingly
find that all tables and chairs for people wishing to dine in the
open-air had disappeared from the food stalls. some kiosk owners
beckoned us to the backyard of their kiosk, which was surprisingly
well-lit, and tables and chairs appeared from nowhere in a matter of
minutes. two large fans were placed right behind where raj was seated.
his cpu always needs cooling. the camera-equipped clicked photos.

6:00pm: we decide to call it a day, and head outside the EFY building in
okhla. some bid goodbye, others decide to go partying. we decide to head
out to PVR saket in this excellent weather.

pre-6pm: tarun dua decides to stop using 'invisible ink' with marker
pens and gives a light-hearted and friendly talk on security aspects.
before him, raj gave an excellent talk on encryption, symmetrical
encryption, public-key encryption, benefits, etc., for audiences in
human terms. mayank and gang served all with coke. eishwar (sp?) gave a
talk on [eeps! i was late so don't know what was his topic!]. the room
on the first-floor was surprisingly full, packed with about 40 to 50
people. great meet! many new faces. a few were holding copies of the
latest LFY. apparantly the intro talk on linux for newbies had gone
well.

sandip and raj had spoken to me earlier on the phone, so i had assumed
the meet would start late, but it hadn't started so late, i discovered,
as i parked my car outside the EFY office. just about half an hour
earlier, sandip and raj were talking to me on the phone from a barista
near IIT. and as i showed up to the surprise of a few, i don't have to
eat cowdung. yea!

as i left home for the meet, i decided to stay thru the whole day for
the post-meet partying i always miss out on, never attended any. figured
that is what makes an ilug-d meet wonderful and memorable. so decided
that later i'll write this summary in reverse chronological order, with
the juicy bits first. so more people show up for the next meet. 

for the fun.

:-)
LL


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Re: [ilugd] un-minutes of the March meet

2004-03-29 Thread Sudev Barar
On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 04:02, LinuxLingam wrote:
 dear all,
 
 since i haven't seen any minutes of the meet, am posting the post-meet
 minutes in reverse chronological order, as a mind-numbing exercise...
 [grin]
 
 11:00pm: Cafe Coffee Day in Saket starts toggling their lights, as a
 discreet signal to Ilug-d to call it a day. We've been slurping on their
 cafe frappes, smoothies, icecreams, while discussing random topics. i
 get home just past midnight.
 
 10:30pm from 8:30pm: we step out from the movie hall into the star-lit
 night, wondering what the heck was that story-line on 'Basic.' though we
 were all thrilled by the movie. Mid-way thru, the concierge brought us
 our huge popcorn combos, which was sort of our dinner, as we sat
 occupying the front seats of the middle-set of seats. massive leg-room.
 the pepsi was cooler, and we did manage to catch some trailers and ads
 before the show. interesting to note in light of our ilug-meet topic, as
 we entered the hall all nine of us were frisked, as is routine, by
 security at PVR. good they didn't hear our discussions on RSA,
 encryption, and other stuff... ;-)
 
 8:00pm to 8:30pm: we stroll across to a nice dhabha-walla who made some
 nice, strong, garam garam chai for us. we stood around the bikes in the
 parking lot, animatedly discussing population and statistics of linux
 users in india, migration headaches, and other random topics.
 
 7:45pm to 8:00pm: we were surprised to see cops, including some
 specially-uniformed types, suddenly appear from nowhere, in somewhat
 large numbers, at the food stalls. the kiosk owners hastily packed up
 their makeshift tables and chairs at PVR saket.
 
 6:30pm to 7:45pm: the vegetarians amongst us had to wait till the last
 for their paneer tikkas. the eggetarians were moderately lucky, and the
 non-veggies had privileged service from the open-air foodstall at PVR
 saket's complex. we had just arrived at the complex, to disappointingly
 find that all tables and chairs for people wishing to dine in the
 open-air had disappeared from the food stalls. some kiosk owners
 beckoned us to the backyard of their kiosk, which was surprisingly
 well-lit, and tables and chairs appeared from nowhere in a matter of
 minutes. two large fans were placed right behind where raj was seated.
 his cpu always needs cooling. the camera-equipped clicked photos.
 
 6:00pm: we decide to call it a day, and head outside the EFY building in
 okhla. some bid goodbye, others decide to go partying. we decide to head
 out to PVR saket in this excellent weather.
 
 pre-6pm: tarun dua decides to stop using 'invisible ink' with marker
 pens and gives a light-hearted and friendly talk on security aspects.
 before him, raj gave an excellent talk on encryption, symmetrical
 encryption, public-key encryption, benefits, etc., for audiences in
 human terms. mayank and gang served all with coke. eishwar (sp?) gave a
 talk on [eeps! i was late so don't know what was his topic!]. the room
 on the first-floor was surprisingly full, packed with about 40 to 50
 people. great meet! many new faces. a few were holding copies of the
 latest LFY. apparantly the intro talk on linux for newbies had gone
 well.
 
 sandip and raj had spoken to me earlier on the phone, so i had assumed
 the meet would start late, but it hadn't started so late, i discovered,
 as i parked my car outside the EFY office. just about half an hour
 earlier, sandip and raj were talking to me on the phone from a barista
 near IIT. and as i showed up to the surprise of a few, i don't have to
 eat cowdung. yea!
 
 as i left home for the meet, i decided to stay thru the whole day for
 the post-meet partying i always miss out on, never attended any. figured
 that is what makes an ilug-d meet wonderful and memorable. so decided
 that later i'll write this summary in reverse chronological order, with
 the juicy bits first. so more people show up for the next meet. 
 
 for the fun.
 
 :-)
 LL

LL you forgot volunteer Mayank who stepped forward to co-ordinate
college linux presentations. 
Members (IT MEANS YOU!!!) of ILUG-D should try to fix up with colleges /
institutions for organising a Linux day and inform Mayank. Who will try
to co-ordinate between members so that a volunteer team could make
presentations / distribute CD's.

I volunteer for such events.

-- 
Sudev Barar

Learning Linux



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