[9fans] 9conlon

[9fans] 9conlon

[Dave Lukes]

Well, it happened.

We got 10(?) people.

Many thanks to the attendees.

Particular thanks go to
	Charles for a great talk on dynamic loading.
	Alberto for photographs.
	Matt for networking
	Everyone else for being there!

No thanks at all go to:
	Arsenal for having their victory parade on the Sunday
	(my birthday too!).

Right, now to start planning for next year ...

Cheers,
	Dave.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Alberto Cortes]

On Tue, 18 May 2004 17:02:21 +0000, Dave Lukes wrote:
> 	Alberto for photographs.

I will upload the photos to an ftp in a few days, i will announce it
to the list when they are ready.

Thanks to you for your work, specially for what seems to be the
greatest range of snacks i have never seen.

--
url: http://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/~acortes/index.html

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Dave Lukes]

Knew I'd forget something(s):-) ...

Thanks of course to Vita Nuova and Michael Jeffrey for the t-shirts.

Apologies from, inter alia:
    Geoff Collyer
    Nigel Roles
    ...
Cheers,
    Dave.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Dave Lukes]

Forgot to say Apologies from Martin Atkins,
who couldn't make it but _would_ have been the winner of our
longest-distance traveled award which was
instead snaffled by the Spaniards.

Maybe next year, Martin?:-)

Cheers,
	Dave.

Dave Lukes wrote:
> Knew I'd forget something(s):-) ...
>
> Thanks of course to Vita Nuova and Michael Jeffrey for the t-shirts.
>
> Apologies from, inter alia:
>    Geoff Collyer
>    Nigel Roles
>    ...
> Cheers,
>    Dave.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Martin C.Atkins]

On Wed, 19 May 2004 15:32:59 +0100 Dave Lukes <davel@anvil.com> wrote:
>..
> Maybe next year, Martin?:-)

Let's hope so! It looks like a good time was had by all...

Martin
--
Martin C. Atkins			martin_ml@parvat.com
Parvat Infotech Private Limited		http://www.parvat.com{/,/martin}

[9fans] 9conlon photos

[Alberto Cortes]

The light is very bad, sorry.
Each one is 250 KB.

ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon01.jpg
ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon02.jpg
ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon03.jpg
ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon04.jpg
ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon05.jpg
ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon06.jpg
ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon07.jpg
ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon08.jpg
ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon09.jpg
ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon10.jpg


--
url: http://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/~acortes/index.html

Re: [9fans] 9conlon photos

[Skip Tavakkolian]

> ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon04.jpg

Who has the shocking fashion sense?

Re: [9fans] 9conlon photos

[boyd, rounin]

> Who has the shocking fashion sense?

in the shiny thing, on the left?

Re: [9fans] 9conlon photos

[Dave Lukes]

Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
>>ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon04.jpg
>
>
> Who has the shocking fashion sense?

It's obviously YA strange man who needs no introduction.

It's only shocking when it's plugged in.
(Boy, that 13A@230V 50Hz sure wakes you up).

Actually, that's my Faraday suit:
it stops my electrifying personality from interfering with adjacent
electronics.

BTW: that picture is a microcosm of the whole event:
	* people listening to Charles Forsyth dispensing
	  wisdom, insight and good taste,
	* DaveL clowning around,
	* matt hacking and doing other clever stuff,
	* ...
(well, that and ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon02.jpg :-).

Salud/Tscheuss/Iechyd-da/Cheers/Salut/...
	Dave.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon photos

[C H Forsyth]

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as regards fashion, if you look closely at
	ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon05.jpg
you'll see there was a knowing post-modernist
reference to brucee (or at least chunder.com@cafepress.com)
by proxy.  order while they last!

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From: "Skip Tavakkolian" <skip@9netics.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9conlon photos
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:49:15 -0700
Message-ID: <95716b9908efd99c0874b6cdcb6e72cb@9netics.com>

> ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon04.jpg

Who has the shocking fashion sense?

Re: [9fans] 9conlon photos

[boyd, rounin]

> as regards fashion, if you look closely at
> ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon05.jpg

berlioz?

Re: [9fans] 9conlon photos

[Bruce Ellis]

cool, hector was there in my absence!

C H Forsyth wrote:

> as regards fashion, if you look closely at
> 	ftp://montoya.aig.uc3m.es/alcortes/9loncon05.jpg
> you'll see there was a knowing post-modernist
> reference to brucee (or at least chunder.com@cafepress.com)
> by proxy.  order while they last!

[9fans] a strange man who needs no introduction

[9nut]

The phrase (and the link to a certain page) seems to be infesting
Russ' pages at Harvard and swtch.com;

What's this about?

Re: [9fans] a strange man who needs no introduction

[marius aamodt eriksen]

* 9nut@9netics.com <9nut@9netics.com> [040519 00:44]:

> The phrase (and the link to a certain page) seems to be infesting
> Russ' pages at Harvard and swtch.com;
>
> What's this about?

google that phrase?  :-)

marius.

--
marius a eriksen <marius@monkey.org> | http://monkey.org/~marius/

Re: [9fans] a strange man who needs no introduction

[9nut]

> google that phrase?  :-)

Is this something google does for the newly arriving luminaries?
And also, what the heck are they doing with all the brain power?

Re: [9fans] a strange man who needs no introduction

[Douglas A. Gwyn]

9nut@9netics.com wrote:
> What's this about?

All your base are belong to us!

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[vdharani]

no plans for 9conusa or 9connj?

dharani

> Well, it happened.
>
> We got 10(?) people.
>
> Many thanks to the attendees.
>
> Particular thanks go to
> 	Charles for a great talk on dynamic loading.
> 	Alberto for photographs.
> 	Matt for networking
> 	Everyone else for being there!
>
> No thanks at all go to:
> 	Arsenal for having their victory parade on the Sunday
> 	(my birthday too!).
>
> Right, now to start planning for next year ...
>
> Cheers,
> 	Dave.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[a]

// no plans for 9conusa or 9connj?

good idea. unless i missed something, 9conlon (i prefer lon9con,
but the former seems to be sticking more) was organized by a local
and attended by semi-locals (at least by residence). so the obvious
follow-on to your question is: great, who's setting it up?

the clock has now been started. think we can get USeast, US west,
and asia within one year?
ア

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Thomas Miller]

a@9srv.net wrote:

> // no plans for 9conusa or 9connj?
>
> good idea. unless i missed something, 9conlon (i prefer lon9con,
> but the former seems to be sticking more) was organized by a local
> and attended by semi-locals (at least by residence). so the obvious
> follow-on to your question is: great, who's setting it up?
>
> the clock has now been started. think we can get USeast, US west,
> and asia within one year?
> ?

9BOF at Usenix, Boston, June 27 -- July 2 ?

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[ron minnich]

I've asked for a plan 9 bof at usenix but have heard nothing back.

ron

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Thomas Miller]

ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> wrote:

> I've asked for a plan 9 bof at usenix but have heard nothing back.
>
> ron

There could be a "rump" session at some nearby steakhouse!  :-)

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Dave Lukes]

> good idea. unless i missed something, 9conlon (i prefer lon9con,
> but the former seems to be sticking more)

My idea was that it's hierarchical:
	<os><event><location>
thus you can tell if you're interested by a right-to-left parse.
(This assumes some degree of global interest).
e.g.
	9filmcannes
would be some 9fans going to see a film (or films) in Cannes,
whereas
	yukbutkisspoughkeepsie
would be windows weenies going bowling with their boss in Poughkeepsie.

>  was organized by a local
> and attended by semi-locals (at least by residence). so the obvious
> follow-on to your question is: great, who's setting it up?

I'll put together a few suggestions based on my experiences.

> the clock has now been started. think we can get USeast, US west,
> and asia within one year?

Yeah!!!  I'm kinda hoping to get to Usenix, but I'm not optimistic.

Cheers,
	Dave.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[vdharani]

> // no plans for 9conusa or 9connj?
>
> good idea. unless i missed something, 9conlon (i prefer lon9con,
> but the former seems to be sticking more) was organized by a local and
> attended by semi-locals (at least by residence). so the obvious
> follow-on to your question is: great, who's setting it up?
all i know is it would be nice if we do it. in fact, a periodic 9SIG
meeting is also not a bad idea.

i checked up usenix site for the boston conference. personally, i dont
think it would interest me as it is 99% non-plan9. i am keen in learning
more of plan9.

> the clock has now been started. think we can get USeast, US west,
> and asia within one year?
that would be nice. for what plan9 is worth, i think it is only fair to
anticipate this.

thanks
dharani

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Dave Lukes]

>i checked up usenix site for the boston conference. personally, i dont
>think it would interest me as it is 99% non-plan9.
>
>
Interestingly, most of the people I've been talking to were
only been thinking of going to Usenix for either social or plan9 reasons,
and have been put off by the outrageous prices.

I think cheap-and-friendly is the way to go:
get a bunch of 9ers together with:
* a network (or Matt and an RJ-45)
* some beer and soft drinks
* some food

If someone has a reasonable sized house and the will to do it,
it could be done there,
otherwise it'll take some cash and a school hall or similar.

> i am keen in learning more of plan9.
>
>
Ditto me.
I learned more from talking to people and looking over Charles Forsyth's
shoulder for ~1.5 days than I would have from a week of tutorials.

I keep unashamedly pushing the community aspect of this.
I've never organised anything in my life before,
but I managed it fine _and_ made some new friends and all that stuff.

I had 3 fans I'd never met before staying with me for the weekend:
(they got to do some sightseeing and stuff too),
and I had a great time shooting the breeze with a bunch of people
I'd never met or hadn't seen for 20 years.

>>the clock has now been started. think we can get USeast, US west,
>>and asia within one year?
>>
>>
Well, I'll be in NY one way or another sometime this year (he said
ominously).

>that would be nice. for what plan9 is worth, i think it is only fair to
>anticipate this.
>
>
Deffo.  Run with it.
Find 3 9fans in your area and go out for a beer.
You _know_ you've got stuff in common
(even if it's only differing views on vector products).

Cheers,
    Dave.

P.S. I suppose we could do a side event at Unsenix and call it unusenix
or 9ix.
Old farts could swap stories about chronic RK-05 syndrome
(symptoms: asymmetric arm development and a sideways lean),
and the young-uns could talk about modding a glenda-shaped PC case.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Wes Kussmaul]

>
>If someone has a reasonable sized house and the will to do it,
>it could be done there,

I have a reasonable sized house near Boston (about 10 miles west off route
117 in Weston).

Wife will be curious what exactly "it" is.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Dave Lukes]

>> If someone has a reasonable sized house and the will to do it,
>> it could be done there,

Go for it!
Start hassling people to set a date.

A raiding party can rush off to NJ and form a circle of wagons
around jmk at the same time.

> I have a reasonable sized house near Boston (about 10 miles west off
> route 117 in Weston).

Cool.

> Wife will be curious what exactly "it" is.

Tell her you don't know what "it" is either,
but that "they" promise not to shit on the carpet too much.

Cheers,
	Dave.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Jason Gurtz]

On 5/21/2004 07:49, Dave Lukes wrote:
>>> If someone has a reasonable sized house and the will to do it,
>>> it could be done there,
>
> Go for it!
> Start hassling people to set a date.

I'd propose that presentations given at Lunix users groups could be a
good grassroots way to get the word out.

In fact, as far as my LUG goes, I'm pretty sure a place to stay and
transportation to<->from NYC or Boston area to SE Connecticut could be
arranged for a 9'er or few of appropriate experience.

We have some people quite interested in statistics processing, in
particular via clustering/distributed computation which  would seem to
fit in well with the 9 way.

We normally meet in a small room at a Pfizer building in New London but
I suppose the draw might be a bit more, so we could arrange a larger
hall with registration.

I would love to see a 9con on the east coast, no matter what the venue

Cheers,

~Jason

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[C H Forsyth]

>>I'd propose that presentations given at Lunix users groups could be a
>>good grassroots way to get the word out.

be sure to mention we are cruel to TLBs!

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Vester Thacker]

On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 10:56:55AM -0400, Jason Gurtz wrote:
> I would love to see a 9con on the east coast, no matter what the venue

I'm willing to host the pictures and the details from each 9con. Just
forward the material you want posted to vthacker@9con. Or, send me the
location of the files and I'll do the rest.

BTW for the folks in Japan, there will be another 9con in the Tokyo
area on 9 July. Once I find a new venue, I'll announce the details to
the group. Please send an email to me if you plan to attend. Thanks in
advance.

-- Vester Thacker

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Wes Kussmaul]

At 07:49 AM way back on 5/21/2004, Dave Lukes wrote re 9conusenixbos:

>>>If someone has a reasonable sized house and the will to do it,
>>>it could be done there,
>
>Go for it!
>Start hassling people to set a date.

<hassle>

Friday June 26 and/or Saturday the 27th would be best for me.

"Free beer" as in "free beer." Harpoon or Smuttynose IPA. Maybe even free 
burgers.

A designated outside area will be available for smokers and consumers of 
light beer.

Also free: a presentation of the Quiet Enjoyment Infrastructure, of which 
Plan 9 / Inferno should be a part.
(See slides at NIST site / PKI Technical Working Group / November meeting)

Anyone likely to attend?

</hassle>

>A raiding party can rush off to NJ and form a circle of wagons
>around jmk at the same time.
>
>>I have a reasonable sized house near Boston (about 10 miles west off 
>>route 117 in Weston).
>
>Cool.
>
>>Wife will be curious what exactly "it" is.
>
>Tell her you don't know what "it" is either,
>but that "they" promise not to shit on the carpet too much.

It's OK, we have a dog. Scooper available.

Wes Kussmaul

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[rog]

> Also free: a presentation of the Quiet Enjoyment Infrastructure, of which 
> Plan 9 / Inferno should be a part.
> (See slides at NIST site / PKI Technical Working Group / November meeting)

for those that might have been interested, but couldn't be
bothered to look for it, this is at:

	http://csrc.nist.gov/pki/twg/y2003/presentations/twg-03-17.pdf

my immediate reaction to this (though i don't know much
about these things): is a universal PKI actually necessary or desirable?

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Wes Kussmaul]

At 12:35 PM 6/1/2004, you wrote:
> > Also free: a presentation of the Quiet Enjoyment Infrastructure, of which
> > Plan 9 / Inferno should be a part.
> > (See slides at NIST site / PKI Technical Working Group / November meeting)
>
>for those that might have been interested, but couldn't be
>bothered to look for it, this is at:
>
>         http://csrc.nist.gov/pki/twg/y2003/presentations/twg-03-17.pdf

Sorry, I confused this with another list that for some reason squelches links.

>my immediate reaction to this (though i don't know much
>about these things): is a universal PKI actually necessary or desirable?

I believe (obviously) that a properly designed and implemented universal 
PKI is necessary and desirable.

I hasten to add (because one gets eaten alive if one does not) that a 
universal PKI or ID-PKI must be accompanied by a very strong privacy 
protection mechanism. I believe the privacy protection mechanism that is 
part of the Quiet Enjoyment Infrastructure will actually make it possible 
to do what P3P et al attempt to do, that is, put us in strong control of 
our own personally identifiable information.

Anyway, for the full spiel, come see the show!

There might even be some copies of the book for door prizes!

[Book? What book?]

_Quiet Enjoyment_, due off the presses around mid-month.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Charles Forsyth]

it's a good question how long PKI can last now ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3754887.stm

i wonder if it comes in kit form?

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[boyd, rounin]

> it's a good question how long PKI can last now ...
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3754887.stm
> 
> i wonder if it comes in kit form?

ENIGMA does.  99 GBP.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[boyd, rounin]

bombe?

    http://www.insultant.net/uk/BP2004/DSC00560.JPG

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Charles Forsyth]

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is that not a digital sketch of a prohibited place under the Act?

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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9conlon
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 00:11:07 +0200
Message-ID: <027a01c44825$58db8db0$9a7e7d50@SOMA>

bombe?

    http://www.insultant.net/uk/BP2004/DSC00560.JPG

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[boyd, rounin]

> is that not a digital sketch of a prohibited place under the Act?

nope.  i asked.  they said ok.

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[Wes Kussmaul]

At 05:09 PM 6/1/2004, you wrote:
>it's a good question how long PKI can last now ...
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3754887.stm
>
>i wonder if it comes in kit form?

So, not only did the English invent public key cryptography, keeping it 
secret and leaving the Americans to fumble around trying to get it, but it 
turns out they did the same with programmable computers.

I smell a serial patent ambush scheme...

Re: [9fans] 9conlon

[David Cantrell]

On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 09:20:58PM +0100, Dave Lukes wrote:

> Interestingly, most of the people I've been talking to were
> only been thinking of going to Usenix for either social or plan9 reasons,
> and have been put off by the outrageous prices.
>
> I think cheap-and-friendly is the way to go:
> get a bunch of 9ers together with:
> * a network (or Matt and an RJ-45)
> * some beer and soft drinks
> * some food

Sounds like the Linuxbierwanderung, which is always good fun :-)

--
David Cantrell | Benevolent Dictator | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

   Educating this luser would be something to frustrate even the
   unflappable Yoda and make him jam a lightsaber up his arse
   while screaming "praise evil, the Dark Side is your friend!".
                              -- Derek Balling, in the Monastery

[9fans] a strange man who needs no introduction

[Andrew Simmons]

> And also, what the heck are they doing with all the brain power?

Hang on, what brain power? Does nobody remember this post from a strange man
who needs no introduction?

"You have synapses?  I wish I did.  My neurons communicate by shouting.  It
gets pretty noisy in my head.  Some times all six of them are shouting at
the same time."

I don't know what's going on at Google, but it's obviously something pretty
damned sinister.