[bulug] Re: [Fwd: Invitation to Fall Splash!]
- From: "phil kurs" <prkurs@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bulug-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:41:48 -0400
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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