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Content preview: Manchester BSD Unix User Group Meeting - 7th November 2006 ========================================================== History ------- The start of my diary entry from last month's meeting: [...] Content analysis details: (-4.2 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 0.2 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list Cc: Subject: Manchester BSD User Group - November 7th X-BeenThere: freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User Group Coordination List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:52:13 -0000 Manchester BSD Unix User Group Meeting - 7th November 2006 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D History ------- The start of my diary entry from last month's meeting: "The first thing I noticed was her eyes. Actually, that's a lie: I =20 noticed her pert breasts and perfect bottom long before I noticed her =20= eyes, but I was never going to tell her that - especially as she was =20 a stripper giving me a lap-dance and would probably appreciate a =20 comment about her eyes right about now." Now, I'm not promising any future attendees that the evening will =20 descend into lap-dancing or debauchery of any kind, but we can at =20 least aim for that, eh? In fact, last month was a quiet, amiable affair on the whole. I =20 learnt that Beetham Tower looks a bit like a USB flash drive from =20 Gorton. Pete learnt that The Briton's Protection is nowhere near =20 Kilburn Building and that Oxford Road is a nice place on a warm =20 evening to walk. Two new attendees learnt we don't lie when we say =20 it's a bunch of guys in a pub having a drink and talking Unix-related =20= nonsense. Bob (re-)learnt on the way home about the delights of =20 drunken consumption of Fish'n'Chips. We all learnt Sam is about to =20 start selling MUGSS tickets again soon - and we're scared. I learnt =20 my diary entries have no bearing on the reality of what actually =20 occurred that day. A lot of learning going on, see? You might even be able to expense =20 the drinks if you attend and put it down as "Continuous Professional =20 Development". What? ----- You might think this is just another GeekUp event. It isn't - for =20 starters, it's smaller, half a dozen guys normally. It's been going =20 longer. It is ostensibly dedicated to BSD Unix, but normally we drift =20= off-topic very easily. We do all know what real ports and what a =20 real /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ looks like though. :-) This month, topics to discuss might include: - FreeBSD virtualisation - I need some. - Openfiler - Amazon EC2 - WTF don't they support BSD, the gits... - The general resurgence of geekery in Manchester - More Code Golf and the Code Golf meetup on the 11th - I have =A33,000 to spend in January on tech. What do I buy? - Christmas gift wishlists that nobody you love will buy anything from - Why going out drinking in town with your laptop is a bad idea, and =20 will cost you a =A3100 in replacement screen parts - Writing a 50,000 word novel in a month (http://www.nanowrimo.org) - The UMIST (sorry, 'Manchester University North Campus') Beer =20 Festival starting the very next day Where? WHEN? TELL ME! --------------------- We hold our meetings on the first Tuesday of the month at The =20 Briton's Protection on Great Bridgewater Street. The next meeting is =20 NEXT TUESDAY at 7:30pm. All welcome, although if you're not into Unix you might just think =20 we're all a bit weird. If you turn up with a Windows or Linux laptop, =20= we reserve the light to engage in light, mocking banter, but we'll =20 love you for caring, all the same. Who? ---- Right now, I'm in, and I have a definite 'no' from a regular =20 attendee. If others could give me an 'aye' or 'nay' I'd be grateful.