[oclug] Hello

[Brice Chaffin]

   Thanks for the information. What makes me want to come to Ottawa is
   intense dislike for Toronto.:)

   Working with Linux is what I want to get into. I already do it for a
   hobby, so why not as a job? I do also have other fields I can work in
   if need be.
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: "Brenda J. Butler"
   Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 23:32:04 -0400
   To: General Membership Discussion List
   Subject: Re: [oclug] Hello
   > On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 04:52:51PM -0500, Brice Chaffin wrote:
   > > Thank you. I'm actually interested in learning more about the
   Ottawa
   > > area, but don't want to clog up the list with personal
   discussions.
   >
   > Silly you! You thought we talk about Linux. This list is
   > for personal stuff and flame wars. ;-) Just kidding.
   > If you're going to post personal stuff and flames, please
   > put "[OT]" in the subject line.
   >
   > What makes you want to come to the high-tech job sink capital
   > of North America? (_How_ many ex-Nortel-e rs and ex-JDS-ers are
   > still out of work, or out of work in their field?)
   >
   > On the other hand, it _is_ a hotbed of all things Linux.
   > If you're interested in kernel hacking, you'll want to sign
   > up for Ottawa Linux Symposium[1] while the prices are still
   > at their lowest (till end of May - OLS itself is July 21-24
   > this year).
   >
   > Also there is some kind of desktop application conference[2]
   > just before (KDE, Gnome, etc), this would be the first one
   > of those.
   >
   > You've missed Open Source Weekend[3] for this year, but maybe
   > you can help us organize for next year :-)
   >
   > There are other open source groups here as well - perl mongers[4],
   > unix user group[5], luck[6] (linux user community kanata), Ottawa
   > Valley SAGE[7], etc.
   >
   > And it sure would be nice if you'd help in the lobbying
   > of people in the government to sa ve money and retain control
   > of our own information by using open source software
   > (the gosling[8] group).
   >
   > If you want to go to Linux User Group meetings in French,
   > you could go to the Club Linux Outaouais[9] (aka linux-gatineau)
   > across the provincial border in Gatineau.
   >
   >
   > Also, you'll want to carefully investigate whether your future
   > dwelling has high-speed internet or not. Don't just believe
   > what the phone/cable company tells you. Find out from the
   > neighbours yourself if it's important. Don't ask the neighbours
   > across the street, they might be on a different loop.
   >
   > (Futile attempt:) Rather than start yet another thread on this,
   > just check the archives for discussions. keywords: DSL,
   > cable, high speed, highspeed, Rogers, Bell.
   >
   > --
   > bjb at istop dot com
   > Open Source Weekend http://www.osw.ca
   & gt; 5F82 9855 E247 1F8A 49CD 053E FB03 E77F 2A19 D707
   >
   >
   > [1] http://www.linuxsymposium.org
   > [2]
   http://lists.linuxsymposium.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-announce
   > [3] http://www.osw.ca
   > [4] http://ottawa-pm.infonium.com/index.html
   > [5] http://www.ocuug.on.ca
   > [6] X-Mailing-list: luck at mail dot NightTiger dot ca;
   > low volume, low subscription
   > [7] http://www.ovsage.org
   > [8] http://www.goslingcommunity.org
   > [9] http://www.linux-gatineau.org/
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ACOLYTE: Oh, machine, will you accept my offer of information
 so you may run my program and perhaps give me a computation?

PRIEST(on behalf of the machine): We will try. We promise nothing.

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