[Chester LUG] Christmas LUG

[robin592 at yahoo.co.uk]

Bearing in mind that beer and computers don't always mix that well - 
especially in crowded spaces with lots of trailing wires etc - a drunken LAN 
party might not be all that wise.

A reasonably sober LAN party with added takeaway sounds like fun though.  :-)

Also, just watched the Hunger Games 1080p x264-encoded mp4 on a Raspberry Pi 
and it worked flawlessly. No scrolling issues, not stuttering, no sync 
problems. Great quality picture (pity about the film).

Then I put on a normal DVD, and it's a completely different story! I guess 
this is due to the Broadcom graphics chip and hardware acceleration? I'm not 
really fussed as I already have a clapped out, archaic DVD player for 
playing 'legacy' formats. ;^)


Robin


On Monday 01 December 2014 11:59:54 Les Pritchard wrote:
> Well so far the takeaway is just edging out. It does sound like that will
> give us the most flexibility whilst avoiding the crowds of office parties!
>  On 1 Dec 2014 11:48, "Stuart Burns" <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > So what are we doing peeps ?
> >
> > On 30 November 2014 at 07:36, Michael Crilly <michael at mcrilly.me> wrote:
> >
> >> Haha. Make it a LAN party?
> >>
> >> On 30 November 2014 04:18:55 GMT+00:00, robin592 at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> >>
> >>> My raspberry pi works. Everything worked first time, nothing went wrong.
> >>> Blimey! Who wudve thunk it?
> >>>
> >>> What about a drunken multiplayer halo rampage?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Saturday 29 November 2014 23:23:19 Michael Crilly wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>  This honestly sounds like an epic evening. We could bring a laptop 
each, or
> >>>>
> >>> not, and just generally be antisocial, stuffed with food, and drunk. We 
could
> >>> even tie Stuart to a lamp post.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>  On 29 November 2014 22:33:30 GMT+00:00, Stuart Burns
> >>>>
> >>> <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I really don't mind. I was thinking along same lines.
> >>>>> On 29 Nov 2014 11:08, "Les Pritchard" <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  Hi all,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  Thanks to those who've added your votes to the poll so far. Robin 
has
> >>>>>>  pointed out that saving on the food means more for beer later!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  Thinking about it a little more, the takeaway option does sound 
good,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> as
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>  it will allow everyone to pick the type of food they'd like -
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> "Freedom as
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>  in choice of food, not
> >>>>>> as in free beer"....you get my point. Plus we
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> can
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>  have the usual chats without geeking out others. We could even stick
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> a
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>  video on the projector whilst we eat.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  Any more thoughts or suggestions, just chip in here.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  Les
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  On 28 November 2014 at 22:54, Les Pritchard 
<les.pritchard at gmail.com>
> >>>>>>  wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  Hi all,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>  Thanks to everyone who turned up last night, it was a good evening.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> Of
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>  course a big thanks to Mike for his talk, it was really interesting.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>  Following on from our discussions about the Christmas meal I 
thought
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'd
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>  send out a quick poll to get everyone's thoughts. We'd discussed
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thursday
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>  11th before (avoiding the madness of the 12th!). There were a few
> >>>>>>>  suggestions on food,
> >>>>>>> including the option of having a takeaway at
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> the Funky
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>  Aardvark for those looking to keep the costs down. If we went for
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>  latter we could head on out for a few drinks after.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>  I had a chat with Jay and he's happy for us to bring food into the
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> Funky
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>  Aardvark.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>  If you could complete this poll it will help give us a starting
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> point.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>  http://strawpoll.me/3083765
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>  Thanks
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>  Les
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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