<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/27/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Craig Dooley</b> <<a href="mailto:xlnxminusx@gmail.com">xlnxminusx@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I was at the Latham Panera from about 5:30 to 6:00. </blockquote><div><br>I'm sorry we missed you. I am usually there early, but alas, this week it was not to be. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Are people<br>interested in a little more going on through this list? A couple<br>ideas I had were things like weekly programming topics/problems,<br>discussion/forwarding of new stuff going into the BSDs or technical<br>
papers. Just some ideas I had. </blockquote><div><br>You are more than welcome to post anything you'd like and see if it catches on, indeed this is part of the idea behind the list in the first place (even though it may seem at times to only be here for meeting announcments). To date this has been a very low traffic list, but anything relevant to the topic (BSD) is fair game. If you have something of particular interest, we've also discussed having people give presentations at the meetings. This is obviously contingent on having a non zero turnout and a meeting space that is conducive to this type of activity, but it seems like Patrick may have this covered for us in the future.
<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The programming thing would obviously<br>be determined by what peoples skills/backgrounds are. Even in weeks
<br>where you didn't know the topic, it could still be a good learning<br>experience to watch the discussion and look at the answers. I thought<br>of this after seeing this site <a href="http://www.rubyquiz.com">http://www.rubyquiz.com
</a> .</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br>I'd like to keep it directly relevant to *BSD, though this is by no means a strict rule . A weekly programming question might be interesting, but I'd personally prefer it if this did not become the majority of traffic. Given the very low traffic we have, this could easily happen....
<br><br>However in the end it's something for the group to decide, not me alone.<br><br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
As an aside, anybody buying/already have bought a new Intel Mac? I<br>preordered a MacBook from the crossgates Apple store, but it hasn't<br>come in yet. I am excited about the idea of VMWare on the Mac, and<br>having all the BSD systems I am interested in available to me in one
<br>box.</blockquote><div><br>I'm very interested in hear how you like it, and please feel free to post your experiences with it here. <br><br><br>-Jonathan</div></div>