From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/17619 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Randal Schwartz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: More Talk Date: 07 Oct 1998 06:39:37 -0700 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <8ck92cxzhi.fsf@gadget.cscaper.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035156288 1886 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 23:24:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:24:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Return-Path: Original-Received: from gizmo.hpc.uh.edu (gizmo.hpc.uh.edu [129.7.102.31]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA25551 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 09:40:30 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (sina.hpc.uh.edu [129.7.3.5]) by gizmo.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAF01166; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:11:18 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 07 Oct 1998 08:40:14 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [209.195.19.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA03670 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:40:03 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from gadget.cscaper.com (merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com [206.67.186.3]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA25532 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 09:39:53 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: (from merlyn@localhost) by gadget.cscaper.com (8.8.3/8.8.3) id GAA20091; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 06:39:38 -0700 (MST) Original-To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen In-Reply-To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "07 Oct 1998 12:50:54 +0200" Original-Lines: 22 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.43/Emacs 20.2 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:17619 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:17619 >>>>> "Lars" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: Lars> Er. I just read the thing out loud, and it's shortish. But I can't Lars> think of anything more to say. There is nothing so appreciated as a talk than was shorter than expected. :) Always leave your audience wanting more. Show the manual again. Read selected passages from the manual. Point out a typo or two. Slowly and solemnly read the list of contributors to the project, like you're handing out diplomas. "I'd like to thank each and every one of the following people ... " :) I've found that if I pace something in my hotel room, it's always about 20% longer in the presentation room. But that's just my calibration. -- Name: Randal L. Schwartz / Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 Keywords: Perl training, UNIX[tm] consulting, video production, skiing, flying Email: Snail: (Call) PGP-Key: (finger merlyn@teleport.com) Web: My Home Page! Quote: "I'm telling you, if I could have five lines in my .sig, I would!" -- me