[Nottingham] [Talk] *TODAY* Thursday 7:30pm 26/03/2020: Going Virtual!

[Daryl]

I was going to try and join but with homeschooling I've got NOTHING done
today so I need to catch up with some work stuff. Sorry :-(

Hopefully next time!

Daryl.

On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 19:37, J J via Nottingham <
nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Use:
> Chromium, Chrome or Firefox (in that order or preference)
> I'm in the room, Martin is trying to join.
> Use the menu in the bottom right to drop your video quality (second option)
>
> J.
>
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 19:33, Martin via Nottingham <
> nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Jason and myself are giving
>>
>> https://meet.jit.si/NLUGmeet01
>>
>> a try... With very laggy results...
>>
>>
>> If joining us, please set to use minimum bandwidth!
>>
>> The selection is at the bottom right and then select "Manage video
>> quality" for low bandwidth.
>>
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> > We'll be giving the https://meet.jit.si/ a try for a virtual meet...
>> >
>> > Get yer equipment, beers, brews, snacks at the ready!
>> >
>> > Note, this is all untested so... All good fun! Further details on the
>> > maillist to follow.
>> >
>> >
>> > One virtual meeting from the BCS that I'll mention is:
>> >
>> > Business continuity planning | Digitally coping in times of crisis
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNgwdt9h_Pk
>> >
>> > There's some good comment in there but all oh so slow! Hopefully, for
>> > those interested, my TLDR summary will be meaningfully faster :-)
>> >
>> > And... Anything and everything else!
>> >
>> >
>> > Join us soon:
>> >
>> > 7:30pm Thursday 26/03/2020
>> > ==========================
>> >
>> > (Joining details to follow.)
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Martin
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> I'm sure you've all been 'informed' in various ways all about the newly
>> >> prominent virus SARS-CoV-2 and the resultant COVID-19.
>> >>
>> >> See: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
>> >>
>> >> And the source data that has prompted the present UK 'stay-at-home'
>> >> quarantining can be found for a rather disturbing read on:
>> >>
>> >> Modelling by Imperial College London
>> >>
>> https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hence, now is the time for us to sample the wonder of FLOSS for going
>> >> for our first *virtual* meeting!
>> >>
>> >> There's lots to see and discuss!! ;-) :-) :-)
>> >>
>> >> For ease of access, I'm looking at throwing together something to
>> >> support a webRTC virtual meeting so that y'all can connect with merely
>> a
>> >> webcam and a web browser. (If anyone has a willing big internet uplink,
>> >> I'm very happy for the bandwidth ;-) :-) )
>> >>
>> >> Watch the list for details!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hopefully you've already got your supply of beverages to hand!! :-)
>> >>
>> >> Stay safe,
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Martin
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> FLOSS: Free/Libre Open Source Software
>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software#FLOSS
>> >>
>> >> SARS-CoV-2:
>> >>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2
>> >>
>> >> COVID-19:
>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019
>>
>>
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