| Darkwing | Yay! Got approved for sponsorship at UDS | 00:51 |
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| Darkwing | Bay Area, here I come :D | 00:51 |
| pleia2 | congrats :) | 00:51 |
| Darkwing | How much is BART from SFO to Oakland? | 00:52 |
| Darkwing | Approx? | 00:52 |
| broder | http://www.bart.gov/tickets/calculator/index.aspx says about $8 or $9 | 00:52 |
| broder | err, sorry, that's round trip | 00:53 |
| Darkwing | That's not bad. I'll call my cousin and see if he is busy that sunday. He lives in Berkley | 00:53 |
| pleia2 | Darkwing: https://bugs.launchpad.net/uds-project/+bug/929014 | 00:54 |
| pleia2 | has bart info | 00:54 |
| pleia2 | clearly I tried, unsuccessfully, to get it on the actual UDS page | 00:54 |
| pleia2 | "wishlist" and forgotten! oh well :) | 00:55 |
| Darkwing | 42 minutes?? | 00:55 |
| pleia2 | it's faster than driving | 00:55 |
| Darkwing | I think that will be longer then my flight :P:P | 00:55 |
| pleia2 | takes about 25 minutes to get from SFO to downtown SF alone (where the Bay Bridge to Oakland lives) | 00:55 |
| Darkwing | Yeah, I know. I remember the area. | 00:56 |
| Darkwing | I'll ring my cousin and see what he is doing. | 00:56 |
| Darkwing | Change planes in Pheonix?!?!?! | 01:05 |
| * Darkwing thwaps the travel people | 01:05 | |
| philipballew | does the Amtrak let off in an easy location compared to this may's UDS? | 20:37 |
| BotenAnna | where is UDS? | 22:14 |
| pleia2 | Oakland | 22:14 |
| BotenAnna | not sure about that far north :X | 22:14 |
| pleia2 | (downtown, near 12th street bart) | 22:14 |
| BotenAnna | i only know about LA and southward amtrak, ha | 22:14 |
| broder | it looks like the amtrak station for oakland is about a dozen blocks away from the nearest bart station | 22:15 |
| BotenAnna | there might be a bus? but still, ick if so | 22:15 |
| pleia2 | amtrak itself does do some busing around the area, but I don't know specifics | 22:16 |
| philipballew | I was going to bring my bike to uds so I might be able to ride it and pull my suitcase behind. | 22:23 |
| philipballew | what a sight that would be | 22:23 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: Do you think taking Amtrak to Jack London Sq is best? | 22:29 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: I have decided not to take a plane :) | 22:29 |
| pleia2 | bkerensa: I don't know oakland well enough to be helpful | 22:47 |
| BotenAnna | ok fun question time | 22:52 |
| BotenAnna | a while ago i found out you could change the sudo prompt | 22:52 |
| BotenAnna | like when it asks you for a password | 22:52 |
| BotenAnna | it looks like this now for me: | 22:53 |
| BotenAnna | anna@botenanna:~$ sudo grep -i operator /root/.* | 22:53 |
| BotenAnna | OPERATOR OVERRIDE: | 22:53 |
| BotenAnna | OVERRIDE FAILURE | 22:53 |
| BotenAnna | OPERATOR OVERRIDE: | 22:53 |
| BotenAnna | problem is, i cant figure out how i did this now | 22:53 |
| BotenAnna | does anyone know? | 22:53 |
| DonkeyHotei | lol | 22:54 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: Do you know by chance if the hotel will at least be in Oakland? :P the agency is asking which city I should disembark at | 22:54 |
| pleia2 | bkerensa: http://uds.ubuntu.com/event/ has all the details, scroll down to "Venue" | 22:55 |
| pleia2 | it's being held at a hotel, people are staying at that hotel and the one across the street from it | 22:56 |
| broder | oh, hmm, is the hotel full already or something? | 23:00 |
| erichammond | Looks like I'll also be attending UDS (sponsored). Now I need to figure out which days I should go. | 23:04 |
| pleia2 | broder: they knew it would, the conference hotel is small | 23:04 |
| pleia2 | they're both marriot, this is not uncommon for them | 23:04 |
| pleia2 | at that venue | 23:04 |
| broder | oh, ok | 23:05 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: So in the e-mail it said Canonical will pay for 6 days from Sunday (day before event) does that mean I must checkout on Friday last day of event or Saturday morning? | 23:20 |
| pleia2 | bkerensa: most people spend Sunday night through Friday night there | 23:21 |
| pleia2 | so you check out Saturday morning | 23:21 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: ok :) | 23:21 |
| pleia2 | so what they mean is 6 nights :) | 23:22 |
| pleia2 | in hotel speak | 23:22 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: ok excellent :) I just am trying to make it so I dont have to wander in Oakland between checkout and my trip back | 23:23 |
| bkerensa | :) | 23:23 |
| bkerensa | I dont like Oakland too much | 23:24 |
| * pleia2 doesn't like wandering around Oakland much | 23:24 | |
| bkerensa | pleia2: If there is a long gap I might just go into SF and eat moar sushi | 23:25 |
| bkerensa | apparently Amtrak has a weird schedule | 23:25 |
| philipballew | im gonna bring my bike, but Im afraid to lock it up anywhere | 23:25 |
| pleia2 | yeah, you can drop off your stuff at the hotel and they can hold on to it for you before 3PM checkin | 23:25 |
| pleia2 | philipballew: you might call the hotel and see if they have bike parking (still risky and I'm sure they don't accept liability, but they may have a place in their car garage) | 23:26 |
| philipballew | If they dont, I might have to leave it in the room. baring roomate does not mind | 23:26 |
| pleia2 | hehe | 23:27 |
| bkerensa | philipballew: I know my way around the bay area so if were early we could go catch food or something together | 23:27 |
| bkerensa | :D | 23:27 |
| bkerensa | I just try and avoid Oakland... Especially East Oakland | 23:27 |
| pleia2 | we had someone steal a bike from the 4th level (4 stories down!) of our parking garage here where I live | 23:27 |
| bkerensa | :P | 23:27 |
| pleia2 | it was sad | 23:27 |
| philipballew | bkerensa, that sounds perfect. I was going to leave Auburn Sunday morning | 23:28 |
| pleia2 | caught them on the camera casing the place, and then coming back to steal an expensive bike, police have the full report (and photo from camera!) | 23:28 |
| * pleia2 is glad her bike is not super expensive | 23:28 | |
| pleia2 | it's a nice bike, but not $2k nice :) | 23:28 |
| philipballew | yeah, I try to make mine look cheeper then it really is | 23:28 |
| bkerensa | philipballew: Im waiting for the agency to let me know when I will arrive Sunday... But I did just give them the stations I prefer and so it should be final soon | 23:29 |
| bkerensa | philipballew: are you sponsored or coming on your own? | 23:29 |
| philipballew | I called the station and asked for greg or whatever it was and he was gone | 23:29 |
| philipballew | Im sponsored | 23:29 |
| philipballew | I may just email him | 23:31 |
| philipballew | bkerensa, when were you leaving portland | 23:32 |
| bkerensa | philipballew: Apparently I will be leaving Portland on Saturday night arriving sometime on Sunday | 23:35 |
| bkerensa | :) | 23:35 |
| bkerensa | philipballew: You know they allow preferenced room pairing | 23:35 |
| philipballew | they did, that is a good idea bkerensa | 23:36 |
| philipballew | I like that | 23:36 |
| bkerensa | philipballew: Greg Dawson? Yeah they had some other person e-mail me and said they will book soon | 23:37 |
| philipballew | I think so. I need to email him today still. i'm reading a book first. well avoiding reading a book... | 23:38 |
| philipballew | bkerensa, If im taking thr train I dont need to hurry that much on travel | 23:42 |
| bkerensa | philipballew: :) trains have food and booze car and hopefully wifi | 23:42 |
| philipballew | I took the train from sd to la 3 weeks ago and I can comfirm they had wifi and power outlets | 23:43 |
| bkerensa | nice | 23:44 |
| philipballew | Food is expensive there probably. But thats just my opinion | 23:45 |
| philipballew | my trip will be only like three hours. much less time then my public transit rout I made to the bay that only costs like 10 dollars | 23:47 |
| philipballew | only downside is its 8 hours | 23:47 |
| bkerensa | philipballew: I plan on budgeting like $300 | 23:51 |
| bkerensa | for food and drink when Im there | 23:51 |
| bkerensa | :D | 23:51 |
| philipballew | im budgeting 20 in Case people want to go out to eat. other then that I will find hotel breakfast food, and Ill bring top romen | 23:53 |
| philipballew | i think its a really bad idea, but what the hell | 23:53 |
| bkerensa | philipballew: Well I believe UDS has Breakfast and Lunch.... Or so I was told.... I think you get a Per Diem for Dinner and also can expense your taxi? | 23:53 |
| bkerensa | idl | 23:53 |
| bkerensa | I plan on Walking from Jack London Square to the Hotel | 23:54 |
| bkerensa | if I go to SF I will take the Bart and then Muni | 23:54 |
| philipballew | thats not that bad. I think that thats pretty doable | 23:54 |
| pleia2 | breakfast and lunch are provided, along with lots of snacks throughout the day | 23:54 |
| bkerensa | I know someone from our loco said he spent about $125 just on taxi when he went to Orlando but Canonical reimbursed him for that and also gave him like $25 per dinner? | 23:55 |
| bkerensa | idk | 23:55 |
| bkerensa | yeah | 23:55 |
| pleia2 | mon, tues and friday usually have food (at least heavy appetizers) and beyond that you usually get a per diem of $30 or so for dinner | 23:55 |
| bkerensa | how could you not get food at a convention | 23:55 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: $30 for dinner is very generous | 23:55 |
| pleia2 | you do need a credit card to check in to the hotel for incidentals | 23:55 |
| pleia2 | (if it's a debit card, hotels usually put a couple hundred dollar hold) | 23:55 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: Will they take my bank card? | 23:56 |
| bkerensa | oh ok :) | 23:56 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: How does that work with rooms being paired? | 23:56 |
| pleia2 | I always forget about this, someone always ends up having a problem as a result | 23:56 |
| * philipballew survives school caf food and late night dumpster dives | 23:56 | |
| pleia2 | bkerensa: most people are pretty honest, you should talk to canonical about expenses if your roomie eats the whole room bar and skips out on the bill | 23:57 |
| pleia2 | bkerensa: don't quote me on $30 :) it may be $27 or $25 or something | 23:58 |
| philipballew | shoot, thats a nice amount | 23:58 |
| pleia2 | dinner in cities is expensive | 23:58 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: No I was just wondering since rooms are paired as in shared does just one person need to have a credit card or both? | 23:58 |
| pleia2 | bkerensa: both | 23:58 |
| bkerensa | ok | 23:58 |
| philipballew | i only have a debit card with like 50 bucks on it pleia2 :) | 23:59 |
| bkerensa | Well I have a Chase MasterCard Debit Card so I can try to sort out having an additional two hundred plus money for my expenses | 23:59 |
| pleia2 | philipballew: you should mention that to the sponsorship person, they can help if needed | 23:59 |
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