dates of debconf 18 fixed ?
Hello, sorry if I missed a message. I just wanted to know whether the dates of debconf 18 are fixed and certain? There are currently interesting prices for air tickets to Taipeh, so I reckon this is a good time to book. I suppose Sat, July 28, will be the arrival day for those who just want to attend debconf? And that talks are planned to continue until Sun, August 5? -Ralf.
Re: Registration is now open for DebConf18, in Hsinchu, Taiwan
On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 06:11:57PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I guess the local team will confirm if your request is feasible but I > > would guess that it is. > > I'll look forward to their reply. I am also interested in such an option. -Ralf.
accomodation in Hsinchu downtown?
Hi, is there any advice for people who are considering taking accomodation downtown? In particular, - can you recommend any booking sites for Taiwan? Rakuten used to be quite good for several Asian countries, but these days they only seem to cover Japan. - what are the options for public transport between downtown and the campus? -Ralf.
Re: Accomodation in Hsinchu downtown or near site?
Hi, On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 12:32:30AM +0200, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > On 2018-06-19 09:05, Ralf Treinen wrote: > > is there any advice for people who are considering taking accomodation > > downtown? In particular, > > - can you recommend any booking sites for Taiwan? Rakuten used to be > > quite good for several Asian countries, but these days they only seem > > to cover Japan. > > - what are the options for public transport between downtown and the > > campus? > > Same questions from me. Also: Is it possible to ride the bicycle > between downtown and campus, like in Montreál? > > Alternatively, a private accomodation near the Campus would be > fine. Is there something cheaper than Landis Inn? Does anybody > know, whether the Chief Hotel is OK? (Apart from their McDonalds > breakfast? I prefer having breakfast with my fellow Debianites > anyway.) we have settled for the Forte Hotel Hsinchu. Central location downtown, close to the railway station, and on the bus line recommended on the wiki for transport to the conference site. Booked via Hotels.com. Expect around 60 euros per night if you book without breakfast. -Ralf. -- Ralf Treinen Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale Équipe Preuves, Programmes et Systèmes Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France. http://www.irif.fr/~treinen/
local transport: airport -> Hsinchu downtown
Hello, can you please give some advice for those who want to go from Taoyuan airport directly to the area of the downtown train station (TRA), for instance because they have accomodation in that area? Is it possible/advisable to take a train that goes directly to Hsinchu TRA station? Otherwise, if one takes HSR, there seems to be a shuttle train from Hsinchu HSR to Hsinchu TRA. Can one pay this train with EasyCard? Or do you recommend to take a bus? -Ralf. -- Ralf Treinen Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale Équipe Preuves, Programmes et Systèmes Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France. http://www.irif.fr/~treinen/
Re: Cheeeeeeeeese! (and wine!)
Hello, On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 08:23:50AM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > So, please go to our Wiki page! > > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/CheeseWineBoF > > Fill out what you are bringing. Join the Cheese Team. the wiki page says: Taiwan Customs Regulations You can import up to TBD kilograms of cheese per person. The variable TBD seems to be not initialized. Are we at least sure that the value is not null? -Ralf. -- Ralf Treinen Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale Équipe Preuves, Programmes et Systèmes Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France. http://www.irif.fr/~treinen/
Re: Questions after talks at DebConf (idea)
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 04:11:29PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > I'm all for encouraging first-time speakers, but Q&A at the end of a > > session are valuable too; as such, to me, outlawing Q&A is a bit like > > throwing the kid out with the bathwater. > > Just to be clear, I would agree with this and am not even strongly > advocating the weaker proposal of permitting it to be optional on a > per-talk basis. Maybe it would help if a speaker could ask explicitely to have a chairperson who will act as a moderator if necessary? This is less visible than just not allowing for questions at all. And knowing to have a moderator by your side (figuratively speaking) is certainly reassuring. -Ralf.
Re: DC20: Questions regarding device inspections at the airport
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 11:49:20AM +0100, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: > What I find nice of Israeli security policies, it is they make much less > security theater, and much more (effective) screening. BTW, one of the large > income of Israel is tourism, so it has not many very closed policies. > > So they relay much on screening (you will see at airport: many questions, > different steps and queues, but you still can keep liquids). > I really doubts you will have the laptop confiscated for "no particular > reasons". As I wrote, Israeli security is very professional (and less > security theater), they, for sure, know that there is cloud, if one should > "import" nasty data. I remember a business trip to Jerualem in 1998. When travelling back we had to queue at the airport for our security screening for at least one hour (if my recollection is right) and then I had to go through a security screening, with a nosy officer asking all kind of questions about which places I had visited, with whom I have talked (we had done a private trip to the westbank the day before the business meeting), asking me to show her my name badge from the conference I had visited, asking to show her the slides of my presentation, and asking me to explain to her some parts of my presentation. If I remember right I did not have a laptop with me during that trip. I have never been treated like that at an airport, and I am not looking forward to repeat that experience. -Ralf. -- Ralf Treinen Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale Équipe Preuves, Programmes et Systèmes Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France. http://www.irif.fr/~treinen/
Re: Day Trip - TuristicPointsTour
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 07:10:37PM -0300, Adriana Cássia wrote: > Information about TuristicPointsTour trip. > Departure time: 09:00 at Venue so that means we meet at the entrance of the university campus, and not at the hotel as it is indicated on the wiki? -Ralf.
