Dear Sam,
That 2.5X roll-over was a religious experience. I now worship seat belts!
Regards,
Flint
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, sth wrote:
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:55:05 -0400
From: sth <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: VT could use one of these...
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At some point in college, when I visited a friend from my high-school
days in England, I discovered that it's not terribly uncommon for some
local community group (in this case the local university's caving club)
to have what amounted to *their own room* in a pub.
Every, say, Wednesday night after 1900h, the caving club from
Aberystwyth University[1] (yes, that unlikely word comes from a human
language) would traipse down to the one pub, commandeer this room for
the duration of a few pints, and (ostensibly) transact the business of
their group. I suspect the establishment enjoyed the consistent custom.
I also suspect that there were more than a few meetings at which not
much was accomplished. But whatever. Other patrons sat in this room the
rest of the week, but the caving club's paraphernalia was hanging on the
walls.
With all due respect to VAGUErants from other regions, of course, is
there an Internet-connected venue (doesn't have to be a pub, in the
spirit of accommodating the under-21 crowd) somewhere that doesn't
require the substantial crowds from the Burlington System and the
Montpelier Nebula to transit the Corridor of Doom[2] -- where the roads
eat Flints for breakfast -- during the winter months? I think that "lack
of perilous travel" would be a major selling point, especially if such a
place is being eyed as another stable venue for the monthly meeting.
$0.02,
- -sth
[1] http://www.aber.ac.uk
[2] http://xphile.noiseplant.com/url/?url=dLJoPWDZ
On 2009/03/30 4:59 PM, Rubin Bennett wrote:
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From: Kevin Thorley <[email protected]>
Sent: Mon, 3/30/2009 4:20pm
To: [email protected]
Subject: VT could use one of these...
http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hacker_Spaces
I LOVE this idea... I'd be very interested in seeing if there's enough
interest/ energy to pull something like it off in the Montpelier area
(Burlington is just too far away from where we are...). There are available
spaces that could be used for this right in town.
I suspect that coffeeshops and WIFI cafes are serving as HackerSpaces in most
areas though, because most hacker types are going to want a ready supply of:
Pizza
Coffee
Soda
Beer (for celebrating those little victories)
So those should be close by, or even in the building as well.
Hrm... I've pretty well described the antithesis of our office there, with the
exception of readily available, really good coffee :)
Rubin Bennett
rbtechnologies, LLC
(802)223-4448
[email protected]
http://thatitguy.com
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy their privilege to do the same
--Voltaire
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Kindest Regards,
Paul Flint
(802) 479-2360
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