| Corey | Do we have a SCALE discount code this year? | 02:06 |
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| Faqtotum | i'm probably not going at this point | 02:30 |
| akk | I think usually the discount codes don't show up until fairly late. | 02:32 |
| erichammond | Gareth: ^^^ | 02:34 |
| * akk just got the announcement for SCALE: The Next Generation -- so great :) | 02:39 | |
| Gareth | Corey: let me check and if not I'll add one in. | 03:09 |
| Gareth | akk: pass it along :) Help flood my inbox with submissions. | 03:09 |
| Gareth | Corey: UBUCON - 50% off. | 03:10 |
| akk | ooh, actually I do have a teacher friend I can send it to ... | 03:10 |
| Corey | Gareth: Ooh! | 03:12 |
| Corey | You run the thingy! | 03:12 |
| Gareth | Corey: I'm one of the ones running it. | 03:12 |
| Corey | Gareth: And that's a six digit pass. | 03:12 |
| Corey | YOur form limits to five. | 03:12 |
| Corey | But it works. | 03:12 |
| Corey | Yay! | 03:12 |
| Corey | Gareth: Supposedly UUASC was supposed to work, but didn't. | 03:13 |
| Gareth | Ahh..its UBUCO...cuts off the last letter. | 03:13 |
| Corey | Hence I started trolling further afield. :-) LOPSA didn't have one either that they knew of. | 03:13 |
| Gareth | Corey: a few got missed. If I add those two in...would you passing word back to those groups? | 03:13 |
| Corey | Sure! | 03:13 |
| Corey | Gareth: Just PM me what they are. | 03:14 |
| Gareth | not a great secret :) codes are UUASC & LOPSA. easy to remember. | 03:14 |
| Gareth | thanks for passing those along. | 03:15 |
| Corey | Whee! | 03:15 |
| Gareth | brb. ping me if needed. | 03:16 |
| Corey | k | 03:16 |
| Corey | I'd lobby for a freenode code, but I think I'm our only rep going this year. :-( | 03:17 |
| akk | Gareth: What's the age limit? I assume high school is welcome -- are college students? | 03:19 |
| * akk is mailing a HS teacher but is also wondering about one of her students who graduated last year, first-year college now | 03:20 | |
| nhaines | akk: the age limit for "student" discounts? | 03:20 |
| akk | nhaines: For presenting at SCALE: TNG | 03:20 |
| nhaines | Oh, that's a good question. I can't answer that one. :) | 03:20 |
| akk | college students might be intimidating to the younger kids, so maybe that's not fair | 03:20 |
| akk | but a first-year college student doesn't have much experience either | 03:21 |
| Gareth | akk: so we discussed age limits...couldn't really reach a consensus....Ive been tossing around ages 10 up to 17...but it really depends on the submissions we receive....I'd hate to turn away a really great talk by a first time presenter just because they're above or below a certain age. | 03:23 |
| Gareth | akk: didn't ask for the age to be specified in the submissions either. If you've got someone in mine, I'd encourage you to encourage them to submit something. | 03:25 |
| akk | Gareth: Thanks, makes sense. I'll put it on facebook/G+ where this particular student will see it, and leave it up to him | 03:26 |
| Gareth | excellent. | 03:26 |
| akk | (but I'll send stronger encouragement for the high school teacher ... she has one student who'd be great if she can talk him into it) | 03:26 |
| Gareth | great. any questions at all...ping me here...email me... | 03:28 |
| Corey | Gareth: AH CRAP. | 03:29 |
| Corey | CES moved and collided. | 03:29 |
| akk | Will do, Gareth -- thanks. | 03:30 |
| Gareth | no worries. | 03:31 |
| * MarkDude acts like a 8 year old at times, would that qualify Gareth ? | 03:46 | |
| MarkDude | When are Scale announcements | 03:47 |
| MarkDude | for speakers? | 03:47 |
| pleia2 | the site says by dec 3rd | 03:49 |
| pleia2 | 3 Dec, 2011: Last date for notification of acceptance | 03:49 |
| MarkDude | http://www.meetup.com/The-Introvert-Social-Club/?gj=ej1b&a=wg2_l4 Silicon Valley Introverts Let's get together for some wine/beer/cheese/finger food + vintage board games and conversation. UNO, Parchessi, Don't Spill the Beans, you name it! BYOG&D (Bring Your Own Game and Drinks) - I have a few but variety is good!! Will provide mixers, etc. If you want to bring some food to share that would be great, too. This is an informal g | 03:49 |
| MarkDude | athering. | 03:49 |
| MarkDude | Seems like a good deal in Santa Clara. I know some folks dont like being in larger gatherings. This is limited to 6 people | 03:50 |
| akk | fun idea | 03:55 |
| pleia2 | aw man, they are coming out with a pink 3ds :(((( | 05:24 |
| nhaines | pleia2: also a Zelda DS! | 05:25 |
| pleia2 | it's ok, I like my blue one, but but.. | 05:25 |
| pleia2 | yeah, I saw that one :) | 05:25 |
| nhaines | There's a nifty firmware update that we'll get in the next 10 days too. :) | 05:28 |
| pleia2 | later than anticipated, but yay | 05:29 |
| nhaines | They said it's delayed with no new release date, but will be released no later than Dec 9th. | 05:33 |
| pleia2 | :) | 05:33 |
| philipballew | Gareth, Question. Do people people submitting papers for the kids conference need to register as a speaker as well? there was no instruction to do so that I saw, however I would hate to have missed it. | 16:14 |
| Gareth | philipballew: nope. we were going to try and use the existing registration system for speakers but decided against it. Email is fine. | 16:25 |
| philipballew | alright Gareth thanks. Is there any type of format you would like the paper in? I have not submitted one to scale before. | 16:26 |
| Gareth | file format or how the paper is laid out? | 16:27 |
| philipballew | how paper is laid out? | 16:27 |
| Gareth | brief description, short abstract and a longer abstract. And time slot length. | 16:29 |
| philipballew | Alright, I will do it and email you. Sounds good! Thanks! | 16:30 |
| Gareth | no worries :) | 17:21 |
| pleia2 | nhaines: is there a sata disk shortage? prices have spiked some | 17:32 |
| pleia2 | my boss was saying something about supply issues in thailand | 17:33 |
| akk | The news has said that flooding in thailand flooded some factories and caused the spike. | 17:38 |
| akk | IIRC WD was hit especially hard, but all HD prices have risen (and I notice that SSD prices have also risen a bit even though they're from different factories). | 17:39 |
| pleia2 | yeah, we're in the process of building a new file server and are now considering non-sata options, but everything is expensive | 17:40 |
| pleia2 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Thailand_floods#Damages_to_industrial_estates_and_global_supply_shortages | 17:40 |
| akk | Yay, my arduino talk was accepted for SCALE. | 17:59 |
| pleia2 | congrats :) | 18:05 |
| * MarkDude is going to spend all day checking his inbox now | 18:19 | |
| * MarkDude is going to Rackspace Open House tomorrow- their new place in SF | 22:03 | |
| MarkDude | http://jobs.rackspace.com/content/map/ 14 jobs for SF office, Python, SR stuff, etc- 14 jobs | 22:06 |
| MarkDude | If that fits anyone, I would be happy to bring resume DIRECTLY to the hiring folks. See about getting the Scobelizer thumbs up | 22:07 |
| Torikun2 | yo | 22:10 |
| MarkDude | Hey Torikun2 you making ti down on Sunday? | 22:34 |
| Torikun2 | Hey MarkDude I was meanign to ask you, where is it | 22:36 |
| Torikun2 | I did not see anything on the site | 22:38 |
| MarkDude | Well screw the site at the moment | 22:38 |
| MarkDude | :) | 22:38 |
| MarkDude | https://www.facebook.com/events/315465118479126/ | 22:39 |
| Torikun2 | Hmmmm Mountian View | 22:40 |
| Torikun2 | Hacker Dojo looks like a real place | 22:41 |
| MarkDude | If the car is full of people, we can drop on gas $ | 22:41 |
| MarkDude | It is a real place, that ROCKS | 22:41 |
| Torikun2 | What do they do | 22:42 |
| * MarkDude has Ubuntu SWAG for it also | 22:42 | |
| MarkDude | Hack and make, create stuff | 22:42 |
| MarkDude | Alison sponsored the event | 22:42 |
| Torikun2 | $100 a monthy fee lol | 22:43 |
| MarkDude | Well - it's worth it if you do stuff there | 22:43 |
| MarkDude | Its like a thinktank of hackers | 22:43 |
| akk | Yeah, it's expensive. | 22:44 |
| akk | But you don't have to join to go to events like the party. | 22:44 |
| Torikun2 | I wish I could become a reguluar there | 22:45 |
| akk | I wish the south bay had cheaper hackerspaces like noisebridge. | 22:45 |
| Torikun2 | If I did not have a kid, I would become a memberl ol | 22:46 |
| akk | Hacker Dojo seems more like a place to rent office space. | 22:46 |
| Torikun2 | and fast ass internet | 22:46 |
| Faqtotum | faster than elbow internet? | 22:47 |
| Torikun2 | sucks. I work in Mountian View and will have to come back to Mountian View for hacker Dojo, feel like going to work lol | 22:47 |
| Torikun2 | Anyone near Fremont? | 22:53 |
| MarkDude | Well, if folks want to take BART down- they may be able to meet you there | 22:57 |
| MarkDude | Post that on the BAMF wall | 22:57 |
| nhaines | pleia2: I checked the script I use for auditing support personnel. The only answer I can give to "Why are Western Digital products going up in price?" is: "The supply and demand for hard drives affects retail pricing. For pricing questions, please contact your vendor or place of purchase for further information." | 22:58 |
| akk | That's quite a non-answer. :) | 23:02 |
| nhaines | akk: I think level 1 was ad-libbing. :) | 23:02 |
| akk | BTW, anyone know anyone who wants office desks or chairs? (Free or very cheap) We're cleaning out the office. | 23:02 |
| nhaines | Ooh. I always want those, but never have room. | 23:03 |
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