[Sussex] Moots

[Gavin Stevens]

Steve,

On Mon, 14 May 2007 10:52:28 +0100
"Steve 'Dobbo' Dobson" <steve at dobson.org> wrote:

> I'm not sure what format the evening should take.  Should everyone 
> give a short presentation (show 'n' tell style), or should we just
> move about talking to everyone in small groups?  Your ideas and
> suggestions please.

I think that "show & tell" wins for two reasons:

1: Everyone will get to see the gadgets clearly.

2: The entertainment potential is far greater & will help with the
competitions....
> 
> I do think we should have some informal competitions, just for fun of
> course.  My suggestions are below, please add your own ideas.  You
> may, of course, add a category for which your sure your gadget will
> win. You may wish to add multiple categories, and joke categories are
> allowed, so we don't know which one you want to win :-)

I like the competition idea a lot. The competition categories seem
pretty comprehensive to me, but if I have any brainwaves I'll let you
know.

Gavin.
> 
> At the end of the evening we'll just run thought each category and
> vote on which gadget best fits.
> 
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> Competitions
> -------------
> Best use of an AOL (or any other useless) CD.
> Geekest Gadget.
> Least Geekest Gadget.
> Most Linux Compatible Gadget
> Most Linux Incompatible Gadget
> Most Windows unfriendly Gadget
> Most Desirable Gadget
> Least Desirable Gadget
> Gadget Owner most in need of Therapy.
> 
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> 
> [1]   Delete as appropriate.
> 
> [2]   According Herodotus as documented here 
>           http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/amser/chrono1.html
>       the first use of money (as in coins rather than just a barter or
>       exchange of property) was in Lydia in 687 BC.
> 
> [3]   A laptop running the software doesn't count, but an it running
>       on an embedded device does.
> 
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> 
> 	            Forthcoming Moot Talks
> 	            =======================
> Month  Subject                                           Speaker
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> May    Kool Gadgets                                      All
> June   Low Cost Linux Clusters for Graphical Rendering   Dave M
> 
> -- 
>                               Steve "Dobbo" Dobson
>                                 steve at dobson.org
>                                SussexLUG Master
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