Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 17:07:08 +0100 From: "Dyas, Alex" <alex.dyas@wcom.co.uk> To: 'Alfred Perlstein' <bright@wintelcom.net>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Douglas Adams, ApacheCon, and horns aplenty Message-ID: <1EC8C16BC185D311ACB90008C7C563F3032C9A42@gblon1c3ex1.wcom.co.uk>
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> * Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> [001027 04:14] wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > Thought some of you might get a kick out of this. > > > > We (i.e., BSDi) were at ApacheCon in London > Tuesday/Wednesday of this week. > > > > The keynote speaker on Tuesday night was Douglas Adams. > > > > I wasn't in the auditorium to witness it myself, but > apparently he stopped > > in mid-sentence part way through his presentation, and in somewhat > > incredulous tones said > > > > Er, are people wearing *horns* in here? > > > > which prompted much laughter from the conference goers. > > > > I'm just kicking myself that I didn't have the presence of > mind to hand him > > a pair before he started. . . > > What percentage of the audiance/conferece were wearing the > horns? Just > wonderdering how much of a presense we had. > > -Alfred Speaking as someone who had to peer through a set of horns to see Douglas Adams on stage, there were a fair number of them dotted around the audience. Some of them were even flashing, about which he also remarked. BSDi had a booth at the Expo, I think that's were all the horns originated. Very interesting talk by him, and a fantastic conference in general. http://www.apachecon.com/2000/EU/html/speakers.html/ alex.. -- This communication contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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