Let me indulge in a rare, but completely necessary "LOL"! Thank you for, as I like to say here at school, "treating this issue with the seriousness it deserves" ;)
Vernotron On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Joseph Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > Nothing to add, except that I could possibly set up Twidge to notify > everyone before the meeting. > > Also, if people can't bear to attend meetings without Vern and Rob present, > there is one possibility that has not been discussed. Vern and Rob combined > know a lot about robotics and programming, and the technology for artificial > skin etc. is now pretty advanced: Roger Ebert is now sporting a passable > silicon face and digitized voice. So, I propose Robbot 2000 and Vernotron > 2000: Creepy and horrendously expensive---but technologically feasible. > > The devices could connect wirelessly to a server that would constantly > update them with data from new books, papers or talks, so that Vern and > Rob's cyborg alter egos will still always be smarter than you, try as you > might to catch up to them in knowledge (but you could ssh to them and adjust > the settings for a "dumbed down" version if you're feeling depressed at how > little you really know, or if you want to impress your date as you "stump > the experts" by asking advanced questions while they are in basic mode). > They would be powered by micro solar panels on their skin and a special fuel > cell that converts Mad Anthony beer and Scooby snacks into electricity, > expelling partially cooled byproducts from the mouth cavity in an odorless, > invisible vapor form. When not being used for LUG meetings and other > events, they could be set to "Mr. Belvedere" mode to perform light > housekeeping and cooking duties while entertaining LUG members with stories > of their many travels, spoken in a charming Oxbridge accent. > > Maybe we could get a grant from the Linux Foundation? > > > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Send Fwlug mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Fwlug digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. LUG meeting discussions (Vern Ceder) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:31:48 -0500 >> From: Vern Ceder <[email protected]> >> To: Fort Wayne Linux Users Group <[email protected]> >> Subject: [fwlug] LUG meeting discussions >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> We had an pretty interesting meeting tonight - what follows is an >> attempt to hit the high points: >> >> We had some good lightning talks - Christer on using Open Office, Wine >> and MS Office reader to handle electronically commenting on student >> papers, Sim?n on the pitfalls of Google Docs for student papers, Vern >> on connecting to the same screen session from different machines >> simultaneously, and Rob on (wait for it... ) Why Java Sucks. ;) >> >> The rest of evening was spent in discussing the future of the LUG. The >> main issues are: >> >> 1. Vern will be leaving Canterbury (and probably Fort Wayne) by summer >> to look for a job involving more Python and/or more Linux. >> 2. Rob's work schedule means that he will often be, as he puts it, >> "unreliable" about organizing meetings and sending social meeting >> notices. >> 3. Rob and Vern have been organizing meetings and presentations for >> years and are: >> a. out of new ideas >> b. increasingly interested in programming topics that aren't so >> interesting to the group at large >> c. more than ready to pass the torch >> d. all of the above >> >> So the group needs others to step forward and take over. If >> presentations are going to continue, a small group is going to need to >> take that over. Now is the time to get started, since we have a few >> months to transition and February's speaker is already arranged (Brian >> Proffitt of Linux.com fame). As Rob pointed out, if 3 or 4 people take >> it on, then each person only needs to find 2 or 3 meetings a year. So >> please consider it. >> >> People will also need to volunteer presentations. Christer pointed out >> that a 30 minute presentation with discussion is plenty for a meeting, >> and everyone in group has enough knowledge to present on something. >> >> While much still needs to be figured out, some things were decided: >> * we can continue meet at Canterbury - Sim?n will take care of the >> requests for the space next year >> * Christer will take over sending out social meeting announcements and >> will maintain the Google calendar for the LUG which is viewable at: >> >> http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ml7s47893pbele4qicok255tb0%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York >> * Joe Brennan will be taking over managing the wiki at some point in >> the near future >> >> I think that's everything, but others can jump in with responses, >> corrections, and suggestions. >> >> Cheers, >> Vern >> >> >> -- >> Vern Ceder >> [email protected], [email protected] >> The Quick Python Book, 2nd Ed - http://bit.ly/bRsWDW >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> >> This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. 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