Re: [Debconf-discuss] Walk on G. Washington Bridge tonight

2010-08-03 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Christian PERRIER (bubu...@debian.org): > I plan to go and check whether the night view on Manhattan from > Georges Washington Bridge (over Hudson River, north of our current > location) is something that's worth a small walk. I think that the dozen people who came will agree it was worth

[Debconf-discuss] Radio at Coney Island

2010-08-03 Thread John Goerzen
Hi, I've had a couple of discussions with people on this topic, so I'm planning to help anyone that wants to transmit from Coney Island do so tomorrow. Feel free to stop me and ask about it if you see me. I will most likely have a radio with a black antenna on top attached to my belt or back

Re: [Debconf-discuss] GPG Key Management Best Practices BoF

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Knadle
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 01:01:49AM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Michael Shuler dijo [Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:03:36PM -0500]: > > I volunteered to add an AdHoc Session and I'm thinking about the time > > slot just prior to the main KSP session on Friday evening - opinions? > > (it's a related topic a

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Shaolin Kung Fu Masters

2010-08-03 Thread René Mayorga
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 09:44:09PM -0400, Ian Lawrence wrote: > > THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK Everybody was kung fu fighting!!! Cheers -- René ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.

[Debconf-discuss] Shaolin Kung Fu Masters

2010-08-03 Thread Ian Lawrence
Hi, If anyone is staying around next weekend and not rocketeering then there is also the THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK at FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK with the Shaolin Kung Fu Masters http://www.hkdbf-ny.org/ -- http://ianlawrence.info ___

[Debconf-discuss] Walk on G. Washington Bridge tonight: meet at 21:15, not 21:00

2010-08-03 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Christian PERRIER (bubu...@debian.org): > I plan to go and check whether the night view on Manhattan from > Georges Washington Bridge (over Hudson River, north of our current > location) is something that's worth a small walk. > > Plan is taking train 1 up to 175th, then walk to GWB, then

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Day Trip Signup

2010-08-03 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi I, Per and Hedda signed up for the bicycle trip, but we don't have any bikes yet. Does any of the locals here have a spare bike which we could borrow for tomorrow? Gaudenz, Per and Hedda Excerpts from Clint Adams's message of Mon Aug 02 15:48:49 -0400 2010: > Please indicate your preference

[Debconf-discuss] Walk on G. Washington Bridge tonight

2010-08-03 Thread Christian PERRIER
I plan to go and check whether the night view on Manhattan from Georges Washington Bridge (over Hudson River, north of our current location) is something that's worth a small walk. Plan is taking train 1 up to 175th, then walk to GWB, then back. The distance, if we completely walk over the bridge

[Debconf-discuss] Front Desk Hours

2010-08-03 Thread Patty Langasek
Good morning everyone! First of all, thank you so much to everyone for being kind and patient with our front desk - we are all volunteers, we are all here to enjoy the conference, and we are all doing everything we can to make the conference enjoyable for you as well! I'm trying to streamline a f

[Debconf-discuss] postcards

2010-08-03 Thread Paul Wise
For those who promised to send postcards but didn't yet, you can get some at the stationary store between 115th and 116th on Broadway, just after the cafe after the Morton Williams supermarket. $1 per card, or $4 for a pack of 12 or more for a book of like 30-40 or something. -- bye, pabs http:/

[Debconf-discuss] Public apologies to Otavio about the Cheese & Wine party

2010-08-03 Thread Christian PERRIER
I feel the need to send this in a public channel even though I already did so in private in "real life". Yesterday, and the days before, during the preparation of the traditionnal Cheese and Wine party of DebConf, I completely omitted checking a key requirement for such an event: accessibility, an

[Debconf-discuss] found watch

2010-08-03 Thread Kurt von Finck
I found a watch on the patio outside the Carleton hack lab Monday evening. If you lost a watch, reply personally to this e-mail or SMS +1 505 459 8454. You will need to describe it before we arrange a mutually convenient time for me to return it. ;) -- ./k Kurt von Finck Chief Community And Com

[Debconf-discuss] Debconf runners: morning run report for Aug 3rd 7:30am

2010-08-03 Thread Christian PERRIER
Because of the Cheese and Wine party involvment, I couldn't announce the "run of the day" for today Tuesday 3rd. I really apologize for this to all potential atten^W runners. Despite this, four of us showed up (Grégory Colpart, Roberto Sanchez and Marco Túlio). We went for a classical tour: down t

[Debconf-discuss] subway tickets to Coney Island?

2010-08-03 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
Is Debconf providing subway tickets to Coney Island (for the day-trip) or is that attendees' responsibility? Thanks -matt ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Some quieter bars and cafes

2010-08-03 Thread gregor herrmann
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:44:35 -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: [Amsterdam] > FWIW, when I was about to meet the DebConf delegation there after my > 9:00-12:00 shift at front-desk, I found them as a hungry and > desperate-looking group lurking the streets in search for > shelter. They looked certainly path

Re: [Debconf-discuss] local printers?

2010-08-03 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes: > The printers should have signs on them describing their use from the > carleton hacklab. I'll check into that today to make sure that is the case. I fared better this morning; for some reason, it hadn't initially occurred to me to try printing directly rather than

[Debconf-discuss] John Jay children's rates (was Re: [Debconf-announce] Lunch now!)

2010-08-03 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
a...@alum.mit.edu (Aaron M. Ucko) writes: > FWIW, there are discounted charges for children: $5 for dinner, perhaps > slightly less for lunch. I didn't specifically ask about the latter, > and am not sure what the precise cutoff is, other than that my > children (ages three and five) are both bel

[Debconf-discuss] [Fwd: Thursday night talk at NYCResistor on open source font design, by Dave Crossland]

2010-08-03 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
Forwarded Message From: William Ward Reply-to: A discussion list for dorkbot-nyc To: A discussion list for dorkbot-nyc Subject: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] Thursday night talk at NYCResistor on open source font design, by Dave Crossland Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:10:20 -0400 Dave Cross

[Debconf-discuss] scheduling the FreedomBox BoF

2010-08-03 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
Hey all, We had a very good impromptu meeting in 415 Schapiro after Eben Moglen's talk about the FreedomBox, now we need to schedule a BoF to iron things out. - we have submitted a request to create the 'freedombox' project on alioth. - we took notes to start the process: http://wiki.debian.org

Re: [Debconf-discuss] (NEW TIME) B and H Electronics

2010-08-03 Thread Gabriella Coleman
Reminder: we are leaving at 1:30 from the main gates at Columbia on 116th and Broadway to go to B and H. I expect the trip to be around 2 hours RT. Of course people can stay later or shorter! Biella On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Gabriella Coleman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Luc

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 10:42:07AM -0400, Iustin Pop wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 01:10:51PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 14:30 +0300, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Ben Hutchings writes: > > > > You are confused. KVM relies on hardware virtualisat

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-03 Thread Iustin Pop
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 01:10:51PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 14:30 +0300, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Ben Hutchings writes: > > > You are confused. KVM relies on hardware virtualisation and its guests > > > should be able to run any OS that the host can

[Debconf-discuss] openstreetmap bof -- sat 14:00 in 414

2010-08-03 Thread Blars Blarson
I've used the Ad Hoc scheduling to add an openstreetmap bof. Please come if you are interested in mapping the world under a free licence. As in the subject, it's day 7 (sat) at 14:00 in room 414. -- Blars Blarson blar...@scd.debian.net With Microsoft, failure is not an option

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandise BoF?

2010-08-03 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! * Luca Capello [100803 03:10]: > We discussed shortly about the merchand...@debian.org address, but we > were not able to find out who actually receives this mail, thus we stop > at this point. IMHO this address should be the primary resource for any > merchandise question, being it officia

Re: [Debconf-discuss] local printers? (was Re: Key signing)

2010-08-03 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 08/03/2010 12:17 AM, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > Adnan Hodzic writes: > >> That's what I was planning of doing, also is there any official >> "debconf" printers on the campus? > > I never saw an answer to this, and didn't have much luck with the > hostnames on the sign in Carleton; IIRC, only one

Re: [Debconf-discuss] no debconf wireless in Davis

2010-08-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 09:12 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 01:06:16AM -0400, Holger Levsen wrote: > > the debconf ESSID was introduced in Davis 8h before Debian Day started. > > Unfortunatly it breaks the video, both streaming and recording. > > :-( I know. However, I can

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 14:30 +0300, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > Hi, > > Ben Hutchings writes: > > You are confused. KVM relies on hardware virtualisation and its guests > > should be able to run any OS that the host can run natively. Xen also > > now supports this as an alternative to paravirt

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-03 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Hi, Ben Hutchings writes: > You are confused. KVM relies on hardware virtualisation and its guests > should be able to run any OS that the host can run natively. Xen also > now supports this as an alternative to paravirtualisation. On older > processors KVM cannot be used and Xen is limited to

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandise BoF?

2010-08-03 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! * Luca Capello [100803 03:10]: > > BTW2, should this be discussed in a more general mailing list? I have > > just realized that there is no general debian-events@ mailing list, so I > > do not really know a better place... > I cc:ed the debian-publicity@ mailing list because during the meet

Re: [Debconf-discuss] no debconf wireless in Davis

2010-08-03 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 01:06:16AM -0400, Holger Levsen wrote: > the debconf ESSID was introduced in Davis 8h before Debian Day started. > Unfortunatly it breaks the video, both streaming and recording. :-( I know. However, I can confirm that Marks talk yesterday at 22:00-23:00^W^W 16:00-17:00 i

[Debconf-discuss] Tips for video-team volunteers

2010-08-03 Thread Tássia Camões
Hello everybody, If you are going to volunteer for the video team, please read the tips for the role you have assigned to: http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Videoteam/Tips_for_volunteers A printed version will be available at the rooms as soon as possible. Technical and english revisions are very welc