Amen, bro, amen! I'm not anxious to spend an hour driving (each way) to sit there watching someone desperately futzing with the machine while the minutes tick away. Please work out your presentation ahead of time on the exact system you will be using, whether it's the one at the library or your own. I wouldn't trust even the projector until I've tested it with the machine I'll be using (probably best done at the end of the preceding meeting?).
Unfortunately, computers are far from standardized commodity items (unless you want everyone to work on,... don't make me say it,... vanilla Windblows). Even cars aren't so standardized that you can hop in an unfamiliar new car and drive off, knowing where all the controls are and being able to operate them without looking. Ed Nisley wrote: >> We'll make sure there is a laptop ready for you >> > > <diatribe> > > A good rule of thumb for presentations is that if you > haven't rehearsed exactly what you're planning to do, on > exactly the same hardware and software and network and > display that you're going to use, the presentation is not > going to work. > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
