Hi. I'll be in Mumbai between 4/2 and 4/9. If you're having a meeting then, or want to arrange one, I can speak on various topics, like Open Source licensing, or Politics and Technology of the DNS.
I can also bring my One Laptop Per Child XO machine. It's a way cool piece of hardware.
I'm consulting for Rediff.com, so I'll be busy all day. I can probably get away by 7 (they work me hard), and the office is in Mahim West.
I'm leaving in about 41 hours, so act promptly!
On 3/28/07, Russ Nelson nelson@crynwr.com wrote:
Hi. I'll be in Mumbai between 4/2 and 4/9. If you're having a meeting then, or want to arrange one, I can speak on various topics, like Open Source licensing, or Politics and Technology of the DNS.
I can also bring my One Laptop Per Child XO machine. It's a way cool piece of hardware.\
Hi Russ
it will be a good opportunity to connect. i m sure we can work out something. where are you going to be put up ? we can try to meet at some place convenient to you as traveling within city might take some time
what is on your agenda for weekend 4/7 - 4/8. 4/6 is also a holiday for many .
Regards Harsh
I'm leaving in about 41 hours, so act promptly!
--- Harsh Busa wrote:
what is on your agenda for weekend 4/7 - 4/8. 4/6 is also a holiday for many
:(. I would miss this meet, if it is on April 7 or April 8.
BTW, I remember his exhilaration at FOSS.IN/2006, in the opening ceremony. When the project lead of FOSS.IN/2006 said "It is a community effort and participation is mandatory. You are supposed to ask questions ..." and suddenly he raised his hand and said, (very politely) "So are we supposed to ask questions?"
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Roshan writes:
--- Harsh Busa wrote:
what is on your agenda for weekend 4/7 - 4/8. 4/6 is also a holiday for many
Well, Sumit (Rajwade, not that you'd know him, he keeps a low profile) said something about working through the long weekend, but I'm all about riding the toy train on Sunday up to Matheran now that it's fixed. Errr, the toy train, not Matheran.
:(. I would miss this meet, if it is on April 7 or April 8.
BTW, I remember his exhilaration at FOSS.IN/2006, in the opening ceremony. When the project lead of FOSS.IN/2006 said "It is a community effort and participation is mandatory. You are supposed to ask questions ..." and suddenly he raised his hand and said, (very politely) "So are we supposed to ask questions?"
Oh, Atul *asked* for that one. Literally!
On 3/29/07, Russ Nelson nelson@crynwr.com wrote:
Roshan writes:
--- Harsh Busa wrote:
what is on your agenda for weekend 4/7 - 4/8. 4/6 is also a holiday for many
Well, Sumit (Rajwade, not that you'd know him, he keeps a low profile) said something about working through the long weekend, but I'm all about riding the toy train on Sunday up to Matheran now that it's fixed. Errr, the toy train, not Matheran.
Russ its a small world ! well i actually happen to know him , i studied in the same college ! ( not sure if he knows me )
1) immediate options to think of is if rediff can spare their conf room for sometime 2) another closer option could be VJTI college ( matunga ) given that i m not in bombay these days might need help from others to co-ordinate that. if someone is ready to go and check i can give contact names off the list 3) usual places like KRESIT (IIT bombay) and HBCSE would be quite far for reaching on any given evening. 4) we actually meet up in the toy train ! 5) a evening snack at a coffee shop or a joint like JATC ( in bandra )
lets try to close on the date. then we can try to fix the place
HRB
Harsh Busa writes:
it will be a good opportunity to connect. i m sure we can work out something. where are you going to be put up ? we can try to meet at some place convenient to you as traveling within city might take some time
Well, Rediff is in Mahim, and they usually put me up in Vile Parle, although in November the only place they could find was the Comfort Inn down in Byculla. I didn't manage to walk from Mahim to Byculla in one shot, but one time my taxi broke down and I walked the other half, so I travelled the whole way on foot at least once.
I'm leaving in about 41 hours, so act promptly!
Oh, yeah, I lost a day there. I'm leaving Sunday 04:00 IST.
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On Thursday 29 March 2007 05:43 PM, Vihan Pandey cobbled together some glyphs to say:
That sounds interesting. What ``exactly" do you generally cover in the politics aspect of DNS.
Indeed, the ``politics and technology'' of the DNS sounds much more interesting ...
Regards, BG
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--- Vihan Pandey wrote:
--- Russ Nelson worte Politics and Technology of the DNS.
That sounds interesting. What ``exactly" do you generally cover in the politics aspect of DNS.
I guess, he meant, Open Source licensing or Politics and Technology of DNS.
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On 3/29/07, Vihan Pandey vihanpandey@gmail.com wrote:
That sounds interesting. What ``exactly" do you generally cover in the politics aspect of DNS.
I guess, he meant, Open Source licensing or Politics and Technology of DNS.
Hmmmm.................
So Russ, is that what you meant?
can we first focus on identifying a date and location. topic can be secondary priority
Vihan Pandey writes:
That sounds interesting. What ``exactly" do you generally cover in the politics aspect of DNS.
Oh, things like ICANN (or, rather, ICANN'T), and the shared hallucination which is the DNS.
I guess, he meant, Open Source licensing or Politics and Technology of DNS.
So Russ, is that what you meant?
Yes, that would be two different talks, although of course I'd entertain questions on either subject.
But more to the point is you guys setting a time and place and getting the word out in a prompt manner! Newspapers like to get community announcements well in advance of the event.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:20:20AM -0400, Russ Nelson wrote:
Yes, that would be two different talks, although of course I'd entertain questions on either subject.
But more to the point is you guys setting a time and place and getting the word out in a prompt manner! Newspapers like to get community announcements well in advance of the event.
Can someone please offer a location?
BTW, Russ, did Rediff come back with anything about the question I had raised at FOSS.IN?
Devdas Bhagat
--- Devdas Bhagat wrote:
Can someone please offer a location?
A previous GLUG-meet was conducted at Open Source Labs in Vile Parle.
The following URL points to an email to the list http://gnowledge.org/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20010611/025930.html
May be this could be a convenient location. (Again, a western suburb for GLUG-meet ;) )
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Sometime on Mar 29, R cobbled together some glyphs to say:
A previous GLUG-meet was conducted at Open Source Labs in Vile Parle.
The following URL points to an email to the list http://gnowledge.org/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20010611/025930.html
When did our domain change to gnowledge.org? Also, I don't think that place exists anymore. FreeOS closed down many years ago.
Why not just ask rediff to host the meet? :D
Philip
Philip Tellis writes:
Why not just ask rediff to host the meet? :D
Their board room is their largest conference room, and you'd be hard pressed to get more than twenty people in there.
On 30-Mar-07, at 10:55 AM, Russ Nelson wrote:
Philip Tellis writes:
Why not just ask rediff to host the meet? :D
Their board room is their largest conference room, and you'd be hard pressed to get more than twenty people in there.
no problem - you wont get 20 people for the meet - about 15 would be a good number
Kenneth Gonsalves writes:
no problem - you wont get 20 people for the meet - about 15 would be a good number
I dunno ... Atul got 30 for a similar talk in Bangalore in February. Yer not gonna let a little hick town like Bangalore out-do you, are you??
On 30-Mar-07, at 11:39 AM, Russ Nelson wrote:
no problem - you wont get 20 people for the meet - about 15 would be a good number
I dunno ... Atul got 30 for a similar talk in Bangalore in February. Yer not gonna let a little hick town like Bangalore out-do you, are you??
logistics differ
On Friday 30 March 2007 11:39, Russ Nelson wrote:
Kenneth Gonsalves writes:
no problem - you wont get 20 people for the meet - about 15 would be a good number
I dunno ... Atul got 30 for a similar talk in Bangalore in February. Yer not gonna let a little hick town like Bangalore out-do you, are you??
No. Just that we dont compete with small fry.
Devdas Bhagat wrote:
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:20:20AM -0400, Russ Nelson wrote:
Yes, that would be two different talks, although of course I'd entertain questions on either subject.
But more to the point is you guys setting a time and place and getting the word out in a prompt manner! Newspapers like to get community announcements well in advance of the event.
Can someone please offer a location?
if the date/time can be finalized, i could check my conference room's availability.. those who have already seen the venue can comment if it ought to be apt for the event.
- dhawal
On 3/31/07, Dhawal Doshy dhawal@netmagicsolutions.com wrote:
Devdas Bhagat wrote:
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:20:20AM -0400, Russ Nelson wrote:
Yes, that would be two different talks, although of course I'd entertain questions on either subject.
But more to the point is you guys setting a time and place and getting the word out in a prompt manner! Newspapers like to get community announcements well in advance of the event.
Can someone please offer a location?
if the date/time can be finalized, i could check my conference room's availability.. those who have already seen the venue can comment if it ought to be apt for the event.
the venue is really good dhawal i hope others also agree on that point
On 31-Mar-07, at 3:41 PM, Dhawal Doshy wrote:
Can someone please offer a location?
if the date/time can be finalized, i could check my conference room's availability.. those who have already seen the venue can comment if it ought to be apt for the event.
smaller than rediff's conference room - but more than adequate IMO
On 31-Mar-07, at 6:29 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
if the date/time can be finalized, i could check my conference room's availability.. those who have already seen the venue can comment if it ought to be apt for the event.
smaller than rediff's conference room - but more than adequate IMO
and i can recommend the sandwiches ;-)
--- Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
and i can recommend the sandwiches ;-)
... and on your behalf, Maaza / Mango Juice / refreshing fruit juices. BTW, if around 15-16 people make it to the GLUG-meet, I guess, that (Netmagic) conference room is better.
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On 3/31/07, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
On 31-Mar-07, at 3:41 PM, Dhawal Doshy wrote:
Can someone please offer a location?
if the date/time can be finalized, i could check my conference room's availability.. those who have already seen the venue can comment if it ought to be apt for the event.
smaller than rediff's conference room - but more than adequate IMO
trying to see if we can get VJTI, it will be most central point for everyone and also closer to reach from Mahim ( Rediff ) on a working day. netmagic is goregoan fairly far away from Mahim. will take atleast 1 hrs to reach from Mahim
also there is a place in Santa Cruz they can accomodate us anytime on saturday.
what do others think ?
On Saturday 31 March 2007 21:43, Harsh Busa wrote:
On 3/31/07, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
On 31-Mar-07, at 3:41 PM, Dhawal Doshy wrote:
trying to see if we can get VJTI, it will be most central point for everyone and also closer to reach from Mahim ( Rediff ) on a working day. netmagic is goregoan fairly far away from Mahim. will take atleast 1 hrs to reach from Mahim
VJTI is ideally located.
On 4/2/07, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
VJTI is ideally located.
sorry friends VJTI is not available since its an exam time. options still open 1) rediff conf room 2) netmagic 3) coffee shop around anywhere ?
suggested time is Saturday evening 6pm.
any better locations ?
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Sometime Today, HB cobbled together some glyphs to say:
sorry friends VJTI is not available since its an exam time. options still open
- rediff conf room
- netmagic
- coffee shop around anywhere ?
How about 5 gardens? A few successful meets happened there.
On 4/4/07, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/2/07, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
VJTI is ideally located.
sorry friends VJTI is not available since its an exam time. options still open
- rediff conf room
- netmagic
- coffee shop around anywhere ?
suggested time is Saturday evening 6pm.
any better locations ?
I would opt for netmagic lets do a voting on this topic what do you say
suggested time is Saturday evening 6pm.
any better locations ?
I would opt for netmagic lets do a voting on this topic what do you say
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closer to home for me. depends how russ is placed on saturday evening 6pm and if he has time to travel 1 hour to get to the location.
5 gardens will be about 15 mins from mahim. but equidistant from vileparle
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Harsh Busa writes:
closer to home for me. depends how russ is placed on saturday evening 6pm and if he has time to travel 1 hour to get to the location.
5 gardens will be about 15 mins from mahim. but equidistant from vileparle
Not to make this all about me (but I get a vote too), but I'm staying in vileparle and will be working on Saturday in mahim, so it sounds like it's straightforward for *me* to go to the 5 gardens.
I haven't heard anybody object strongly to Saturday at 6PM, but I expect that some people won't be able to make it. If you want to see the $100 laptop badly enough, come to my hotel (the Bawa International in Vile Parle (right next to the Centuar aka "Mumbai's Newest Monument to Poor Planning") after 9PM any night this week. Send me email first so I expect you.
You really have to see the screen. It's best viewed in bright daylight, or ... in pitch black. Either one! :-)
Sometime Today, RN cobbled together some glyphs to say:
the $100 laptop badly enough, come to my hotel (the Bawa International in Vile Parle (right next to the Centuar aka "Mumbai's Newest Monument
There are a few Bawa Internationals IIRC. One is in Juhu Vile Parle, one is at Khira Nagar Vile Parle, and if memory serves me right, one is near the domestic airport, also in Vile Parle.
Also, The Centaur is not a sufficiently good landmark, because there are two Centaurs, the original centaur near the domestic airport, and the newer juhu centaur at Juhu Vile Parle (near Bawa International), which was bought out by Leela, and I have no clue what it's now called.
Philip
Philip Tellis wrote:
Sometime Today, RN cobbled together some glyphs to say:
the $100 laptop badly enough, come to my hotel (the Bawa International in Vile Parle (right next to the Centuar aka "Mumbai's Newest Monument
There are a few Bawa Internationals IIRC. One is in Juhu Vile Parle, one is at Khira Nagar Vile Parle, and if memory serves me right, one is near the domestic airport, also in Vile Parle.
Also, The Centaur is not a sufficiently good landmark, because there are two Centaurs, the original centaur near the domestic airport, and the newer juhu centaur at Juhu Vile Parle (near Bawa International), which was bought out by Leela, and I have no clue what it's now called.
Tulip Star something.. btw i vote JATC, Bandra for the meet.
Philip Tellis writes:
Sometime Today, RN cobbled together some glyphs to say:
the $100 laptop badly enough, come to my hotel (the Bawa International in Vile Parle (right next to the Centuar aka "Mumbai's Newest Monument
There are a few Bawa Internationals IIRC. One is in Juhu Vile Parle, one is at Khira Nagar Vile Parle, and if memory serves me right, one is near the domestic airport, also in Vile Parle.
/me reveals his ignorance.
It's the one near the domestic airport.
Also, The Centaur is not a sufficiently good landmark, because there are two Centaurs, the original centaur near the domestic airport, and the newer juhu centaur at Juhu Vile Parle (near Bawa International), which was bought out by Leela, and I have no clue what it's now called.
I'm talking about the Centuar which has remained unbuilt as long as I've been coming here -- seven years running. Again, near the domestic airport.
I'm talking about the Centuar which has remained unbuilt as long as I've been coming here -- seven years running. Again, near the domestic airport.
the one which looks like a mutated doughnut - yeah there's a Bawa International near it. If someone wants more info please visit :
http://wikimapia.org/#y=19096559&x=72853730&z=18&l=0&m=a&...
Regards,
- vihan
On Wednesday 04 April 2007 18:04, Russ Nelson wrote:
Philip Tellis writes:
Sometime Today, RN cobbled together some glyphs to say:
the $100 laptop badly enough, come to my hotel (the Bawa International in Vile Parle (right next to the Centuar aka "Mumbai's Newest Monument
There are a few Bawa Internationals IIRC. One is in Juhu Vile Parle, one is at Khira Nagar Vile Parle, and if memory serves me right, one is near the domestic airport, also in Vile Parle.
/me reveals his ignorance.
It's the one near the domestic airport.
Also, The Centaur is not a sufficiently good landmark, because there are two Centaurs, the original centaur near the domestic airport, and the newer juhu centaur at Juhu Vile Parle (near Bawa International), which was bought out by Leela, and I have no clue what it's now called.
I'm talking about the Centuar which has remained unbuilt as long as I've been coming here -- seven years running. Again, near the domestic airport.
That one was constructed, then deconstructed, then sold, and is now being litigated before being reconstructed. The usual thing when "public" property goes private.
On 4/4/07, Russ Nelson nelson@crynwr.com wrote:
Harsh Busa writes:
closer to home for me. depends how russ is placed on saturday evening
6pm
and if he has time to travel 1 hour to get to the location.
5 gardens will be about 15 mins from mahim. but equidistant from
vileparle
Not to make this all about me (but I get a vote too), but I'm staying in vileparle and will be working on Saturday in mahim, so it sounds like it's straightforward for *me* to go to the 5 gardens.
I haven't heard anybody object strongly to Saturday at 6PM, but I expect that some people won't be able to make it. If you want to see the $100 laptop badly enough, come to my hotel (the Bawa International in Vile Parle (right next to the Centuar aka "Mumbai's Newest Monument to Poor Planning") after 9PM any night this week. Send me email first so I expect you.
You really have to see the screen. It's best viewed in bright daylight, or ... in pitch black. Either one! :-)
cool ! so it is 5pm at 5 gardens on 7th evening . i m trying to access wiki on the glug-bom.org but there are some connectivity issues.
can the admin make a formal announcement and start a wiki page so that people can vote if they are reaching on time
thanks Harsh
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Harsh Busa writes:
cool ! so it is 5pm at 5 gardens on 7th evening . i m trying to access wiki on the glug-bom.org but there are some connectivity issues.
Okay, sounds like a plan. Plus, we can ogle the canoodlers if it comes down to that.
Russ Nelson wrote:
Harsh Busa writes:
closer to home for me. depends how russ is placed on saturday evening 6pm and if he has time to travel 1 hour to get to the location.
5 gardens will be about 15 mins from mahim. but equidistant from vileparle
Not to make this all about me (but I get a vote too), but I'm staying in vileparle and will be working on Saturday in mahim, so it sounds like it's straightforward for *me* to go to the 5 gardens.
I hope those who go to 5 gardens on Sat after 6 pm have the expertise in kissing and cuddling. Thats what normally goes on after dark.
Sometime Today, R cobbled together some glyphs to say:
I hope those who go to 5 gardens on Sat after 6 pm have the expertise in kissing and cuddling. Thats what normally goes on after dark.
Well, KISSing is the unix way.
Hi,
On 4/4/07, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I hope those who go to 5 gardens on Sat after 6 pm have the expertise in kissing and cuddling. Thats what normally goes on after dark.
Nah, all scared away by the self-appointed culture and moral gaurdians of our society. Last 3 days were full of arrests around Bandra, I am guessing the lovebirds might have migrated to their hiding places and will be hibernating for a while.
Cheers!
Pradeepto
On 04-Apr-07, at 5:32 PM, Rony wrote:
in vileparle and will be working on Saturday in mahim, so it sounds like it's straightforward for *me* to go to the 5 gardens.
I hope those who go to 5 gardens on Sat after 6 pm have the expertise in kissing and cuddling. Thats what normally goes on after dark.
i hear the moral police have banned it now?
Dhawal Doshy writes:
if the date/time can be finalized,
In these circumstances, people hate to pick any time and date, because it means that some people will not be able to attend. Don't worry about it.
How about Tuesday the 3th, 8PM? Is there any systemic reason why that's a bad idea?
On 3/31/07, Russ Nelson nelson@crynwr.com wrote:
Dhawal Doshy writes:
if the date/time can be finalized,
In these circumstances, people hate to pick any time and date, because it means that some people will not be able to attend. Don't worry about it.
How about Tuesday the 3th, 8PM? Is there any systemic reason why that's a bad idea?
Russ, my personal preference would be 6/7/8/9 apr coz i m landing up in bombay only on 5th evening.
typical situation in bombay is people avoid meeting on weekday evenings as traveling to the venue from the place of work takes up a lot of time.
I m ok with what is convenient to everyone.
Regards harsh
Harsh Busa writes:
typical situation in bombay is people avoid meeting on weekday evenings as traveling to the venue from the place of work takes up a lot of time.
Okay, fair enough. How about early Saturday evening, like 6:00 ?
On 31-Mar-07, at 8:43 PM, Russ Nelson wrote:
How about Tuesday the 3th, 8PM? Is there any systemic reason why that's a bad idea?
5th evening - for the purely selfish reason that i can attend ;-)
On 29-Mar-07, at 7:50 PM, Russ Nelson wrote:
the word out in a prompt manner! Newspapers like to get community announcements well in advance of the event.
a community event mentioned in a newspaper? in India? The other day at our python group i suggested putting something in a newspaper, and asked which newspaper the community reads. I just got blank stares.
--- Vihan Pandey wrote:
--- Russ Nelson worte Politics and Technology of the DNS.
That sounds interesting. What ``exactly" do you generally cover in the politics aspect of DNS.
I guess, he meant, Open Source licensing or Politics and Technology of DNS.
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Hi,
I'm sorry if this is hijacking the thread, but I think I can relate the new thread I was about to start to this one.
As the subject line says, Prof. CN Krishnan of NRCFOSS, Chennai is also to be in Mumbai on the 5th of April. Can we have a meet in the evening on 5th? But it'll need to be after around 6 pm.
Regards.
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