[bulug] Re: [Fwd: Invitation to Fall Splash!]
- From: "Justin Williamson" <plato@xxxxxx>
- To: bulug-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:04:54 -0400
Hey, guys.
It sounds like a great idea, but I won't be able to make it. My lease
starts on September 1st, and I'll have all of that day to just move in
before classes start on Tuesday. I hope everything goes well, and if
there's anything I can do to help prepare for it, let me know.
-Justin
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:41 AM, phil kurs <prkurs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I can also probably help out at the table too. (But obviously having
> undergrads there is preffered)
>
> Phil
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Jimmy C. Chau <jchau@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Great. I should be able to attend Splash for BU-LUG.
>>
>> -Jimmy C. Chau
>> <jchau@xxxxxx>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Ryan Mullen <rmullen@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Well, some good news -
>> >
>> > The Ubuntu shipit people got back to me and we'll (I'll) be getting 50
>> > Ubuntu CDs, hopefully in time for SPLASH. I hope this is enough. Any
>> > word
>> > on whether or not anyone can attend SPLASH with me? Should we have some
>> > sort
>> > of demo set up or anything?
>> >
>> > My laptop battery would not last too long burning CDs, and I don't trust
>> > it
>> > when burning full speed. Hopefully the 50 CDs will remove the need for
>> > us
>> > to crank out our own disks.
>> >
>> > Have a good one,
>> > Ryan
>> >
>> > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Jimmy C. Chau wrote:
>> >
>> >> That's also an option. (But at the risk of sounding too pessimistic on
>> >> this thread...). Do you think that people attending Splash would be
>> >> willing
>> >> to wait for the CD to finish burning? How will this resolve the trust
>> >> issue
>> >> (i.e. how do they know your software isn't a trojan)? Can your laptop
>> >> burn
>> >> CDs on battery power alone (I don't think mine can)? How are they going
>> >> to
>> >> bring the CD to their computer undamaged (scratches from all the other
>> >> freebies they throw into the same bag)?
>> >>
>> >> About LightScribe, HP also has one (proprietary):
>> >> http://www.lightscribe.com/downloadSection/linux/index.aspx
>> >> And the LaCie has a CLI version (also proprietary), called 4L-cli (I
>> >> think
>> >> it's in the same package as the GUI).
>> >>
>> >> -Jimmy C. Chau
>> >> <jchau@xxxxxx>
>> >>
>> >> phil kurs wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I mean, we could always use laptop power to burn non-lightscribe cds
>> >>> if
>> >>> people want them.
>> >>>
>> >>> Phil
>> >
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