On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Ted wrote:
> BlueBus <jason.gruber@btinternet.com> asks:
> > What we want to do regarding these things?
> >
> > Expo....
>
> A trip together could help to meld us into a stronger group,
> and I doubt anyone will object to free passes riding on the
> back of your stall. What are you exhibiting?
I am not exhibiting anything I thought that it would be good for Nottm Liug to
be there.
>
> But I dont see a strong enough group to put on a Nottm LUG
> stand yet. Mind you its not till September is it? Much can
> happen in four months (e.g. student final year projects).
My point exactly.
Four Months, enough IQ,some 'puters and willing.
>
> It would be good for us to find a Nottm LUG project.
> If we put together a stand, what would we like to display?
> Any proposals?
>
> Security seems a hot topic - can we build a display about
> the range of defences already available specifically for linux
> against {h|c}rackers? Or even better, can we develop one of
> these a bit further between now and September?
Looks good.
Other recent posts are regarding this.
Networking and alike.
> > The LUG...
>
> Well its no more and no less than those that participate in
> it. At present there's so few active members that it doesnt
> seem worth appointing administrators. I do feel we need some
> sort of structure though - if only to focus things a bit.
>
> I thought Godfrey's idea of regular (say monthly) meetings
> looked promising, but I've been unable to get to two out of
> the three and I gather that not many others made it to the
> last one either. Is this a date/time/place problem or because
> we are still so few? I wondered whether the students at either
> of Nottm's Unis were interested in Linux sufficiently to take
> over our group (think: hmmmmm - Student Union funds/facilities!),
> although they are only active for 8 or 9 months in the year.
>
> For benefit of newcomers, the structure so far consists of
> 1. Mailing list under nottingham@lists.lug.org.uk (unmoderated).
> Archived by Simon Amor at http://shoe.bocks.com/nlug/.
> Slowly taking off under its own steam now.
> 2. Web page at www.nottingham.lug.org.uk started by Godfrey
> Not much there yet - open to offers/suggestions.
> Hopefully to be updated real soon now!
> 3. Formal meetings (3 so far) organised by Godfrey.
> Agenda/organisation open to suggestions/offers, but not well
> supported yet. Announced via mailing list.
> 4. Online chat set up by Jon Masters?
> #nottingham - irc.openprojects.net - port 6667?
> (I'm not familiar with this, just quoting others).
> Apparently not much used yet.
> 5. Informal pub meetup - 5 at first one, last week.
> Arranged via mailing list.
Wow I didn't though this.
> We seem to be open to new initiatives when they sprout.
> We could appoint an inner circle of do-ers to make suggestions
> happen, but I suspect we're better off allowing anarchy to reign
> until we're a bigger group.
Ok.
Next Question...How big are we?
Sort of question the lurkers?
>
> > The web Site?
>
> As a seeker of content rather than punter for presentations,
> I boggle at ...
>
> > you can detect the browser and redirect as appropriate, ...
>
> What for?
>
Text Browser and other can be redirected to different verisons.
> Do we have a conflict between pushers and punters of web pages?
> I hope we go for the lowest requirements of punter resources in
Ok Lowest Common is good.
You can do a lot with straight html.
> which to offer our content rather than making excessive demands
> to capture the screen/machine/identity of anyone who dares to
> touch our pages.
No just present a good site.
>
> So unless we actualy *need* html frames, cookies, special fonts,
> javascripts, ..., why require them in our web pages?
point taken ;)
>
> We certainly need to update the date of next meeting from December!
> Perhaps we could add links to members, chat-room, mail-list, too.
> We might like to add group photos, brief resumees of past meetings,
> and results of Nottm LUG projects, when they are available, too.
>
> But I for one would hate a web page that didnt work unless I could
> display a real-time movie of Nottm LUG setting up its stand at the
> next expo, or whatever. Sure we can offer such stuff to anyone who
> wants to see it, but not as a requirement for accessing our pages.
What do we want?
Do we want a name for :
good security understanding,
networking?
programming?
>
> > Come join me on the BlueBus
>
> ??? Please explain Jason. What happens there?
> I knew some poeple who sold a good cup of tea from the Blue Bus
> at festivals in bygone years. Are you offering a cuppa?
>
Sort of!
It a reference the to the Doors. The End
I find this song so .....
http://huniv.hongik.ac.kr/~cockhead/Favorites/Music/Lyrics/TheEnd.html
I was once asked to describe my mind. This is what came to it.
The BlueBus is a bus of dreams.journeys.the extraordinary
Sort of how i feel about Linux.
It is the BlueBus.
It is the future for it is free.
It has had a massive effect on computing and it is growing.
The BlueBus is calling and we are on it.
--Regards, Jason
Come join me on the BlueBus
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