Re: [Ghm-discuss] FOSDEM Dinner

2017-01-17 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Thomas Schwinge, on Tue 17 Jan 2017 13:32:42 +0100, wrote: > > If you're interested, drop me a confirmation :-) > > I'll be there! Justus, Samuel? I'm arriving on saturday morning only. Samuel

Re: [Ghm-discuss] My idea for GHM 2017

2016-09-21 Thread Samuel Thibault
John Darrington, on Wed 21 Sep 2016 12:37:01 +0200, wrote: > In Europe there are various "Gruppenunterkunft" hostels - places which have > basic accommodation plus a seminar room for smallish conferences. Why don't > we hire such a place for the week-end? Debconf tends to have this kind of

Re: [Ghm-discuss] The posh talk does not complain with the policy

2014-08-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Alfred M. Szmidt, le Tue 12 Aug 2014 05:06:45 -0400, a écrit : It is not absurd at all, can you explain _what_ is offensive, exactly? Can you make a rational, strict and consistent decision, based on the currently worded policy, that does not change between conference organisers as to what is

Re: [Ghm-discuss] The posh talk does not complain with the policy

2014-08-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Luca Saiu, le Tue 12 Aug 2014 11:22:07 +0200, a écrit : * knowing some marvelous sexual technique *is* technical information, and educating people about it is good for society. Preventing people from disclosing such information is morally unacceptable. Sure. But the GHM is not supposed

Re: [Ghm-discuss] The posh talk does not complain with the policy

2014-08-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Alfred M. Szmidt, le Tue 12 Aug 2014 05:45:33 -0400, a écrit : Yes, that's all blurry and irrational, but that makes sense, for human relations; they're not programs with non-ambiguous meaning. Then it would be simpler, more rational and less blurry, to simply write: Be Nice, if

Re: [Ghm-discuss] The posh talk does not complain with the policy

2014-08-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Luca Saiu, le Tue 12 Aug 2014 12:21:54 +0200, a écrit : I'm surprised by all these attempts of avoiding offense at all costs. I've always thought that what counts is the *intent* of the speaker; Err, well, unfortunately, no. Somebody feels offensed by what she/he experiences, not by what was

Re: [Ghm-discuss] Talk wish list

2013-05-28 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Luca Saiu, le Tue 28 May 2013 20:47:36 +0200, a écrit : * A talk about the new GNU/Hurd distribution and/or recent developments (I think Samuel Thibault is working on SATA DDE, for example); I have actually implemented SATA in gnumach for now, because it was really urging, and I