I will be there <div>On 8/21/06, Karl Schuttler <<a href="mailto:rexykik@gmail.com">rexykik@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Yeah Tom... ...that, and, you know. Theres always(ish) Frank. On 8/21/06, Caleb Cushing <<a href="mailto:xenoterracide@gmail.com">xenoterracide@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > actually I think I know the 3 minute trick.... but I'm not sure it's stable > or works with ubuntu. maybe I'll save it for thursday... cause I've not yet > tried it. > > > On 8/21/06, Thomas Hruska <<a href="mailto:thruska@cubiclesoft.com">thruska@cubiclesoft.com </a>> wrote: > > Charles Ulrich wrote: > > > Another weekly GLLUG meeting is scheduled to be held at the Gone Wired > > > cybercafe in Lansing at 6:00PM. Gone Wired is at 2021 E Michigan Ave > > > in Lansing on the north side of the street between N Clemens and > > > Fairview avenues. Here is a map with the (approximate) location: > > > > > > > <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2021+E+Michigan+Ave,+Lansing,+MI"> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2021+E+Michigan+Ave,+Lansing,+MI</a> > > > > > > We typically meet in the back portion of the cafe on the lower level. > > > Venue website: <a href="http://www.gonewiredlansing.com/"> http://www.gonewiredlansing.com/</a> > > > > > > Please take a moment to RSVP if you plan to attend this meeting so > > > that we can get a general idea of how many will show up. Just reply to > > > this message (with the GLLUG list address in the "To:" field) > > > indicating your desire to attend and/or change the message Subject to > > > "RSVP". Thanks! > > > > RSVP. > > > > This week's topic is apparently "Optimization:  System Tuning" according > > to the calendar.  Last week's meeting had a large number of people show > > up and we sat in a totally different area of the cafe (just for kicks). > >   Someone noted that more people show up on non-agenda nights.  We had a > > good laugh at that comment but it is true.  I have noticed that agenda > > nights tend to have fewer people show up.  Maybe it is just really bad > > timing or maybe deep down in the subconscious people think, "oh, I'm not > > interesting in that topic or that speaker is sooo boring - I think I'll > > stay home this week".  I'd like to think that the meetings are just good > > "hang out" places to get away from the daily grindstone.  Who cares if > > the speaker is "boring" or the topic is uninteresting?  There's plenty > > of time to chat about stuff.  And the agenda isn't necessarily static - > > neither is the speaker.  Good friendly folk.  Free food.  Nice > environment. > > > > Those are my reasons to show up besides the speaker and topic.  This > > group is a really nifty bunch of people with a wide variety of different > > interests and goals.  I'm planning on going this week even though I'm > > not all that interested in the topic (unless we're talking about > > optimizing out 3 minutes from the boot up/shutdown cycle - that would > > probably interest a number of Ubuntu users in the group...especially > > since we bring laptops to the meetings). > > > > -- > > Thomas Hruska > > CubicleSoft President > > Ph: 517-803-4197 > > > > Safe C++ Design Principles (First Edition) > > Learn how to write memory leak-free, secure, > > portable, and user-friendly software. > > > > Learn more and view a sample chapter: > > <a href="http://www.CubicleSoft.com/SafeCPPDesign/">http://www.CubicleSoft.com/SafeCPPDesign/ </a> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-user mailing list > > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user"> http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-user mailing list > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu"> linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> > > > _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div> -- Jordan Robison