[Newark] Next meeting

[Khismett Riddle]

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!

Tom

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