Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-26 Thread Kerry Mayes
Yeah, but you get to work with 50 metre lattice towers with MW dishes and GSM/UMTS antenas (?). I get to work with a desk and YADM (yet another dcf model). 2009/5/26 yuri : >> There's a growing group of us that show up at the Twisted Hop on >> Fridays from 12:30 onwards to work due to the wifi ac

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-26 Thread yuri
> There's a growing group of us that show up at the Twisted Hop on > Fridays from 12:30 onwards to work due to the wifi access :) Nice for you desk jockeys. You can take your work to the pub. How to I park a 50 metre lattice tower on a table to rig it with MW dishes and GSM/UMTS antenas? Yuri

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-25 Thread Gold
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Nick Rout wrote: > And wifi? I dunno, but we are talking about a SOCIAL gathering! >>> >>> >>> _Without_ wifi?  ;)  How do you function without a net connection? ;) >>> >> >> Verbally --> face2face? > > Besides who wants computers round a wh

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Nick Rout
>>> And wifi? >>> >>> >>> I dunno, but we are talking about a SOCIAL gathering! >> >> >> _Without_ wifi?  ;)  How do you function without a net connection? ;) >> > > Verbally --> face2face? Besides who wants computers round a whole lot of pints of ale. Disaster in waiting!

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Barry Marchant
Gold wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Nick Rout wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Gold wrote: And wifi? I dunno, but we are talking about a SOCIAL gathering! _Without_ wifi? ;) How do you function without a net connection? ;) Verbally --> face2face?

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Gold
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Nick Rout wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Gold wrote: And wifi? I dunno, but we are talking about a SOCIAL gathering! _Without_ wifi? ;) How do you function without a net connection? ;) -- Regards Gold Evolved Development

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Gold wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Nick Rout wrote: >> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Gold wrote: >>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Nick Rout wrote: Guinness or an English Ale is my minimum. I think you can just forget linux mee

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Gold
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Nick Rout wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Gold wrote: >> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Nick Rout wrote: >>> Guinness or an English Ale is my minimum. >>> >>> I think you can just forget linux meetings in a fast food place. >> >> Seconded!  Or Twist

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Gold wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Nick Rout wrote: >> Guinness or an English Ale is my minimum. >> >> I think you can just forget linux meetings in a fast food place. > > Seconded!  Or Twisted Ankle at The Twisted Hop.  Local beer from a > local micr

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Gold
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Nick Rout wrote: > Guinness or an English Ale is my minimum. > > I think you can just forget linux meetings in a fast food place. Seconded! Or Twisted Ankle at The Twisted Hop. Local beer from a local micro brewery. The Twisted Ankle is also one of the listed l

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > On Sun, 24 May 2009 18:31:14 Paul Swafford wrote: >> Maybe if they re-open Georgie Pie Riccarton we can start the CLUG >> meetings there! >> I distinctly recall Volker being there. >> Though if its in a McDonald's I think I'll pass. > > > Bu

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Sun, 2009-05-24 at 19:42 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > Every Friday of every month - Twisted Hop in Poplar Street. > > From 4.30 pm. > > http://www.thetwistedhop.co.nz/ > > Be there or be a windows user :-) maybe we could book the bit at the left hand end???

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Ryan McCoskrie
On Sun, 24 May 2009 18:31:14 Paul Swafford wrote: > Maybe if they re-open Georgie Pie Riccarton we can start the CLUG > meetings there! > I distinctly recall Volker being there. > Though if its in a McDonald's I think I'll pass. Burger King is my bare minimum. And even that is pushing it. How a

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-24 Thread Nick Rout
Every Friday of every month - Twisted Hop in Poplar Street. >From 4.30 pm. http://www.thetwistedhop.co.nz/ Be there or be a windows user :-)

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-23 Thread Paul Swafford
Maybe if they re-open Georgie Pie Riccarton we can start the CLUG meetings there! I distinctly recall Volker being there. Though if its in a McDonald's I think I'll pass. Cheers Christopher Sawtell wrote: 2009/5/23 Jim Cheetham mailto:j...@inode.co.nz>> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 5:43 PM,

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-23 Thread Christopher Sawtell
2009/5/23 Jim Cheetham > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Christopher Sawtell > wrote: > > By all means feel very free to re-start the monthly meetings. > > ... > > Be warned however that finding competent free of charge orators who live > > nearby and know about any of the subject matter below

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-22 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > By all means feel very free to re-start the monthly meetings. > ... > Be warned however that finding competent free of charge orators who live > nearby and know about any of the subject matter below is like finding a > needle in a hayst

Re: Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-22 Thread Christopher Sawtell
By all means feel very free to re-start the monthly meetings. If you wish to use the hall we have used in the past see: http://www.stalbans.gen.nz/sacrc.html Be warned however that finding competent free of charge orators who live nearby and know about any of the subject matter below is like find

Linux Meetup Groups near Christchurch

2009-05-22 Thread Seriously Ubuntu
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