hey, not a bad plan... bring a power inverter, plug in the laptops, and have a frag fest on the way... Except for the driver of course... :)
Shawn Simon Wood wrote: > Hi Shawn, > I am willing to commit to a road trip, just can't afford the airfair at > present. > > 20hrs in a car with a load of linux geeks.... do we get bandwidth all the way > down? > Simon. > > On Fri, 16 May 2008 15:31:45 -0600 > Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> We'll need to know real soon who is going, and if we are buying airline >> tickets or not. If you are interested in going to DefCon this year, >> message me off list. >> >> The options are to drive down or fly down. The flight will cost approx >> $500 - $600 per person (round trip) - without taxes/boarding fees/etc. >> That is assuming that we leave on Thursday (the 7th) and come back on >> Monday (the 11th). (those numbers are from WestJet's site) >> >> The drive down would be the cost of a rental vehicle (if needed), and >> gas. And 20ish hours in a car with the others. >> >> Hotel rooms are $98 per night - double occupancy. 3 to 4 people bumps >> the room to $120 per night. >> >> If 4 or more people want to go, this trip becomes very cost effective. >> We currently have 2 confirmed. Those two will be booking flights in >> the next few days if no one else speaks up. (that would be me and Andrew). >> >> Contact me off list if you are intending on going, or want more details. >> >> http://defcon.org/ >> >> Shawn >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> My van would probably be decent in terms of comfort for driving 4 to 8 >>>> people down, but I don't know if it would make it to Lethbridge, never >>>> mind Vegas... :) >>>> >>> My car would probably make it, but you have to stop every 200km to top the >>> coolant up. Depending on how many want to go, it might be worth hiring a >>> decent car/van to make the trip. >>> >>> If 'we' are splitting gas/hotel room, we should ensure we actually get >>> there..... although that could make a good 'how I broke down on the way to >>> defcon' story for future generations. >>> >>> Simon. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> clug-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>> **Please remove these lines when replying >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
