2009/6/3 yossi arbel <[email protected]>: > Hi, > Can you give it at a later date, in the academic year? than I will consider > coming.Don't forget that in the summer > vacation there are less people. +1 here. I most probably will be out of country during early August.
> > Yossi > > > -----הודעה מקורית----- > מאת: [email protected] בשם Shachar Shemesh > נשלח: ג 02/06/2009 12:01 > אל: Haifa Linux Club > נושא: [Haifux] Who will come to a lecture about profile guidedoptimization > in GCC? > > Hi all, > > I know this approach is extremely non standard, and that Haifux is a > club with "no registration required" attendance. I've been asked by some > of the Haifux admins to give the lecture I'm about to give this Thursday > at Herzelinux also at Haifux (August 10th is shaping out to be the > date). I will gladly do so, but...... > > Giving a Haifux lecture requires some effort on my part. Aside from > everything else, this requires getting out of work at about 4 pm and > drive to Haifa, as well as drive back after a day in which I both worked > and drove and gave a lecture. > > All this I will gladly do, and enjoy it, except for one problem. More > often then not, there are only about five people present to actually > hear the lecture. It seems to be a lot of effort to achieve not much effect. > > I, on my part, am more than willing to leave work early, drive both > direction and give the lecture, but you have to do one thing in return. > Show up. > > So I am asking this publicly. Assuming I do give a lecture on profile > guided optimization on August 10th, how many people intend to get out of > whatever important other stuff they usually do and show up? Quite > frankly, if it's about talking to an almost empty room, I don't think > I'll bother. > > Also, please note that if 20 people say "yes", and then I show up and > there are only five people present, I will have to seriously consider > whether I want to ever make the effort again, so please only say "yes" > if you truly think you will actually be there. > > Again, I know this is extremely unorthodox, but I have been extremely > busy of late, and while I love donating my time to pro-bono FOSS > activities, I would like to know that someone is actually enjoying the > fruits of my labor. > > If the show of hands is not significant, I would suggest that those > people who are interested in hearing the lecture try to arrive to > Herzelia this Thursday at 6:30pm. I know, it's a long drive, it requires > leaving work early, and it means there is a long drive home afterwards. > I know how it feels. > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd. > http://www.lingnu.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Haifux mailing list > [email protected] > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux > > -- Zaar _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list [email protected] http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux
