Any chance we can actually make it the Lamb and Flag in Oxford? I didn't think so. Oh well, I guess I'll be missing that meeting. And me a big fan of the terminal and all. Oh the injustice. I suppose that's what I get for being an -honorary- Newarkian... Enjoy it!<br>
<br>Tom<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 27/01/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Caddy</b> <<a href="mailto:steve.m.caddy@ntlworld.com">steve.m.caddy@ntlworld.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;">
Before I say anything about the next meeting, a few words of thanks to those<br>that turned up on Friday to ensure I wasn't sitting on my own. Another fairly<br>informal banter session, where we loosely discussed different unix/linux<br>
platforms and their obvious differences, "do you use vi or emacs?" (some of us<br>prefer to use nano/pico it seems) as well as several totally unrelated<br>conversations about "programming in the 80s", "programming, is it art?", "how<br>
to share a dialup internet connection with 11 people via a slackware router",<br>and "the first time I saw IRC was via a VT420 serial terminal".<br><br>Someone, I can't remember who, because this was after beer consumption,<br>
suggested the next meeting should be on the last Monday in February, to mix the<br>days up a bit, so that those who can't make a Friday are in with a chance of<br>attending. Also it might not be so difficult to find a seat!<br>
<br>I suggested a starter topic for the evening - hints and tips for using the<br>command prompt. Intentionally very wide scope... I guess that not everyone uses<br>bash, and it'd be nice to hear from csh or zsh users if there are any? And if<br>
you don't know what bash, csh, or zsh are, then the next meeting should prove<br>to be an interesting insight. Of course, by the end of the evening we'll<br>probably be talking about something else, and if anyone has a burning question<br>
about something else, then don't feel there won't be time for that - meetings<br>aren't that structured!<br><br>So to summarize, next meeting is on Monday, 25th February, at the Rose and<br>Crown in Balderton, starting at about 8pm, where we'll be talking about the<br>
command prompt and anything else that's brought up, and quite probably having a<br>social drink or several (at least I will be, anyway).<br><br>Steve<br><br>--<br>Steven M Caddy, MEng ------------------------------------------------------<br>
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