Typo!!!! E51-376 Tonight!
On Jan 8, 2018 1:24 AM, "Bill Ricker" <bill.n1...@gmail.com> wrote: > HAPPY NEW YEAR ! And FIRST MEETING ! > 2nd Tuesday comes early this month. This week ! > > January 9th, 2nd Tuesday -- Ovid builds a MMORPG in Perl > 7/7:30pm, MIT E51-732, Amherst St, Cambridge. > Amsterdam Perl Conference 2017 video screening > > Noted Perl personality Ovid (Curtis Poe) has built a Space-exploration > on-line role-playing-game called "Tau Station" in Perl. It's even a > business. In this talk, he describes the games industry and how Modern > Perl makes building his game fun. > > Original Abstract - > "With Tau Station, we're building a sci-fi universe in a browser. > However, in object oriented design, what does the "single > responsibility principle" mean when your combat armor serves as armor, > a weapon, and medkit? > "And when many different behaviors have long chains of duplicated > requirements (for example, do you have enough money to buy a medkit, > or refuel your ship, or repair your blaster, or bribe a guard), how do > you handle that in an efficient an easy to read manner? > "And how do you avoid god objects when your character in the universe > drives almost everything? > "This talk explores some of the techniques we've developed for Tau > Station to easily model complex behaviors." > > We'll have our usual community discussion after (or by hitting pause > as needed) in lieu of speaker Q&A. > > NOTE: Parking Alert. Recent changes in MIT Parking Dept web pages > (parking , visitors, public ) no longer allow un-permitted parking > after-hours. > (This is a natural response to several other East Campus parking lots > being eaten by new building sites for campus expansion.) > Only legit parking is Cambridge meters (late hours! and several blocks > lost to construction), free spaces on Memorial Drive (allow time for > circling), and paid lot/garages. > Come by Train, Bus, Bicycle, or Foot if you can! > (Parking at MBTA Garages are convenient to T and not overpriced, > unlike most in-town garages.) > Also, construction detour is even longer than last time if driving, > Wadsworth to/from Mem Drive & Amherst St to Amess both closed, only > access by car is Wadsworth to/from Main St east-bound. > > > Boilerplate details - > > Tech Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at MIT > building E51, Sloan School Tang Center [not the other Tang building!] > nearer to Kendall Sq than Mass Ave. (directions). > Talk begins at 7:30. > Refreshments in the hallway prior. > RSVP for count encouraged but not required, to bill.n1...@gmail.com or > Boston-PM list, by 4pm Tuesday. > > Links > http://boston.pm.orgMIT+Directions > http://boston.pm.org/Mailing+Lists > http://boston.pm.org/Calendar < more links here > > -- > Bill Ricker > bill.n1...@gmail.com > https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux >
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