Peter, Expensive? Well not really. I reckon that I only spent as much as in Prague last year Apart from the airfare £500 as opposed to £120. The hotel was $74 a night (excellent standard) with the cost being for a room no per person and the earlybird conference was about $200 (I think). Eating out is "for nothing" compared to the UK and car hire for the 5 days about $140 with petrol at about £1.30 per gallon (and they complain it is too dear!!) so I was pleasantly impressed.
I'll certainly go again next year if Kevin organises the event and it was great to put a face to lots of the guys on the list. The sessions were all excellent and well presented and more in number than Prague, where the single "English track" reduces the number of sessions you can attend by two thirds. Having said that, Prague is excellent value for money, but this year I couldn't really see anything on the agenda that was new or useful. Finally, whilst I'm on the subject of the conference, congratulations to Kevin and his family for organising an excellent conference and putting in more work than many people who simply turn up are aware of. The only downside was that somewhere along the line my credit card number got skimmed and they tried to take £20,000 of online bets out of my account (I should have that much in there!!!). The scammers failed in their attempt, but the card ended up being blocked (somewhat in inconvenient) but sorted out by the helpful hotel staff. As most people say, at least try and make one of the conferences per year as the sessions and the after session community talk is worth it alone. Now to get some of the techniques into production ....and catch up on the sleep! Dave Crozier -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Cushing Sent: 13 September 2007 12:26 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Reading Data From Serial Port Dave Crozier wrote: > G, > I'm back in the UK now so I'll sort out some examples to send to you later > today. > > Wait wait, yes I can just feel some jetlag coming on ;-) Was reading your blog and looks an interesting experience, but going to the states sounds a bit expensive. Peter [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
