[9fans] Next IWP9

2008-11-10 Thread Eric Van Hensbergen
Was really bummed not to be able to make IWP9 this year. A note to whoever is considering hosting the next one -- it would be really cool for us corporate types if we could move it into the first two quarters of the year as its usually around July that our travel budgets get slashed. I think it w

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2008-03-11 Thread maht
See you all there http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GR|volos#t=l&map=38.56906,23.09964|9|4&loc=GR:39.36667:22.94583:14|volos|V%C3%B3los,%20Nom%C3%B3s%20Magnis%C3%ADas I'm hoping to travel by train rather than plane (carbon bootprint n all that) http://www.seat61.com/Greece.htm If anyone's i

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2008-03-11 Thread erik quanstrom
> See you all there > > http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GR|volos#t=l&map=38.56906,23.09964|9|4&loc=GR:39.36667:22.94583:14|volos|V%C3%B3los,%20Nom%C3%B3s%20Magnis%C3%ADas > > I'm hoping to travel by train rather than plane (carbon bootprint n all > that) > > http://www.seat61.com/Greece.htm

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2008-03-11 Thread gdiaz
Hola, i suppose you should take a train to alaska, a cruise to rusia (you shoud do this on summer), train to moscow and then a train to greece, an epic journey to wrote a tolkien-like book. . . if you do it for less tan 3000USD per person, let me know, i'm intested in doing it too :-) slds.

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2008-03-11 Thread maht
Some of our domestic trains now have power outlets for laptops so you could ignore all the scenery and play minesweeper the whole way

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2008-03-11 Thread maht
yes, let me know how you do that leaving from north america. The train connections are London England, Paris France, Bologna Italy, Bari Italy, Patras Greece and Athens Greece (see http://www.seat61.com/Greece.htm ) I found direct flights for each except on expedia from ether JFK or EWR

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2008-11-10 Thread john
> Was really bummed not to be able to make IWP9 this year. A note to > whoever is considering hosting the next one -- it would be really cool > for us corporate types if we could move it into the first two quarters > of the year as its usually around July that our travel budgets get > slashed. I

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2008-11-10 Thread Fco. J. Ballesteros
Northeast US, say january or feb., skipping next year, would be great for me. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Putting in a request for somewhere in the Northeast U.S. next year, > if people are willing to accept the weather. I'd offer to host it > here in Rochester (at RIT, I think they'd go f

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2008-11-10 Thread Eric Van Hensbergen
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Fco. J. Ballesteros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Northeast US, say january or feb., skipping next year, would > be great for me. > Clearly you just want to go skiing ;) -eric

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2008-11-10 Thread erik quanstrom
> Northeast US, say january or feb., skipping next year, would > be great for me. > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Putting in a request for somewhere in the Northeast U.S. next year, > > if people are willing to accept the weather. I'd offer to host it > > here in Rochester (at RIT, I t

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2008-11-10 Thread ron minnich
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:03 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i have offered to host in athens, ga. home of coraid, > the university of georgia, and almost never any snow. > we're just outside atlanta. > I like it being near a major airport, and atlanta is a very common one-stop

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2008-11-10 Thread Brian L. Stuart
> i have offered to host in athens, ga. home of coraid, > the university of georgia, and almost never any snow. > we're just outside atlanta. That would work better really well for me, as I'm in Memphis--much easier to drive to Atlanta than to the northeast, or Greece for that matter... And since

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2008-11-10 Thread ron minnich
we want to avoid the mistake I made at the last linuxbios meeting -- attaching it to an expensive conference. keep it cheap. ron

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2008-11-10 Thread Bruce Ellis
I have enquired and am settled with Sydney in the first week of November, if if you want that. Everything All ready to go. Tell me if you want a different month. brucee (as much as i enoy this greek expedition i can't take tiger to the US, without great expense and possible harm). On Mon, Nov 1

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2008-11-10 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
I´m trading snow & extra hours flying. :) I don´t like snow too much, but making a long trip longer is worse, IMHO. On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Fco. J. Ballesteros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Northeast US,

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2008-11-10 Thread lejatorn
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 09:36:02AM -0600, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Fco. J. Ballesteros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Northeast US, say january or feb., skipping next year, would > > be great for me. > > > > Clearly you just want to go skiing ;) sheeesh, ba

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2008-11-10 Thread Michaelian Ennis
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:03 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i have offered to host in athens, ga. home of coraid, > the university of georgia, and almost never any snow. > we're just outside atlanta. > > - erik I too would prefer Athens, GA as I live there. Also I would lik

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2008-11-10 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
Northeast US, say january or feb., skipping next year, would be great for me. Clearly you just want to go skiing ;) If you want skiing then you want to hold it in Whistler (British Columbia). But I would *strongly* recommend against skipping a year if it's held there :-P

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2008-11-10 Thread Bruce Ellis
Colocation with Bondi Beach may not be bad either. http://www.chunder.com/may96/ravesis.html You, and Summit Police, have met Ms Wendy - Mr Hensbergen Pickup-Truck. I will give in and fly if needed. What else do I do with all these damned frequent flyer miles? With all due respect, brucee On M

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2008-11-10 Thread Wes Kussmaul
Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: Northeast US, say january or feb., skipping next year, would be great for me. Clearly you just want to go skiing ;) If you want skiing then you want to hold it in Whistler (British Columbia). But I would *strongly* recommend against skipping a year if it's held the

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2008-11-10 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 10, 2008, at 4:48 PM, Wes Kussmaul wrote: There are things about Whi$tler that would pose problems for some. Is it possible to rent a room in the Longhorn? And if there are too many people, some of us could go on Blackcomb. -BEGIN P

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2008-11-10 Thread Wes Kussmaul
If you want skiing then you want to hold it in Whistler (British Columbia). But I would *strongly* recommend against skipping a year if it's held there :-P There are things about Whi$tler that would pose problems for some. Whistler got its name from the common reaction to readers of its

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2008-11-10 Thread Bruce Ellis
My orthopaedic surgeon would disown me - and he's a valuable asset. brucee On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Wes Kussmaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> >>> If you want skiing then you want to hold it in Whistler (British >>> Columbia). >>> >>> But I would *strongly* recommend against skipping