I pledged 5 Euros I don't mind changing venue at all as long as there is an alternative. I am pro-choice :)
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Philip Serracino Inglott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, I am pissed off that I am €8 short! My Żebbuġġi and Belti mixed > genes are trying to surface, but rather than give me the mony I would > rather see whoever forgot to pay, give his due as a donation to the CD > distribution project. I think the calculation came to around €1 a CD. > If we produce them locally (by hand) they will turn out cheaper than > that, but we would use whatever money is left over to print > leaflets/posters etc. Ralph said he will try to help us, but I would > rather we help ourselves. If every one reading this forks out 1 or 2 > €, we're covered. I paid for your coffee and bubbly water now pay up > for a good cause. > > Regarding location/power I found Irrera very noisy, so much so that I > would not mind changing location. OTOH it is central, has a nice view, > wi-fi and good coffee. but we should choose a location illi għandu > pjaċir binha as we say in maltese. > > to reduce power consumption check out > http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/ > > Philip > > 2008/6/22 Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > We should clear it up with the owner before the next meeting, make sure > that > > there will be no objections after we get there. It should be quite > simple: > > we need electricity and wireless and we will go to whichever venue offers > > them to us, and buy our coffee, soft drinks and baguettes from whoever it > > is. > > > > Ramon Casha > > > > 2008/6/21 James Attard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> actually, for an avg. laptop, 100 watts is a maximum, but because of > heat > >> losses, we can assume that power consumption value. of course, in > reality, > >> enemalta's electricity cost is not really linear (you can't actually use > >> simple proportion to calculate the total cost), but if your arithmetic > is > >> right, since eur0.23 is small, it should be quite within those lines. by > the > >> way, that's why beer costs more at irrera, so you can use their > 'facilities' > >> ;) > >> > >> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I don't think the post is off topic since power at our next meeting is > >>> definitely a nice thing to have. If your rates are correct, I will give > them > >>> an offer and we can pool that in a kitty. > >>> > >>> Oh and btw, some things weren't paid for. Please pay up Philip or I > >>> believe he will beat someone up. I believe there was an Espresso, a > fizzy > >>> drink and some other stuff. I don't want to be in bad books of the > Irrera's > >>> owner. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Raphael > >>> > >>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Sebastian Cachia > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hey all, > >>>> > >>>> Was just calculating something for next time we are at Irrera and I > >>>> wanted to get some feedback if my assumptions are correct: > >>>> > >>>> I am assuming that 100 watts would be a generous average power > >>>> consumption for a laptop, and that the commercial rate per unit of > >>>> electricity is 5.5c (Maltese) > >>>> > >>>> So 0.1kWH x Lm 0.055 = Lm 0.0055 per hour per laptop or Eu 0.0128. > >>>> > >>>> I believe there were 6 laptops at today's meeting, and we were there > for > >>>> about 3 hours, so that would make a total of Eu 0.23 we would have > owed > >>>> Irrera right? > >>>> > >>>> I say this because of the issue they seemed to make out of us plugging > >>>> in today. Anybody into physics out there able to tell me if my > calculation > >>>> is right or wrong? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Sorry if the post is kind of off topic. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> MLUG-list mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> MLUG-list mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> James Attard > >> http://www.madvip.net > >> http://www.jamesattard.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MLUG-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
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