I was not properly paying attention, and now find that the RubyConf site says that registration is over and the conference is full. Woe to me, who lives 30 minutes away.
What aspect of the conference is sold out? Is it rooms at the hotel, or is there a fire-code capacity to the room(s) the conference is being held in?
Specifically, I'm asking if it might be OK for those of us who live nearby to drive in, attend sessions, and drive out? Possibly slipping some cash in the amount of normal registration costs to someone in charge.
Gavin Kistner wrote: > I was not properly paying attention, and now find that the RubyConf site > says that registration is over and the conference is full. Woe to me, > who lives 30 minutes away.
> What aspect of the conference is sold out? Is it rooms at the hotel, or > is there a fire-code capacity to the room(s) the conference is being > held in?
> Specifically, I'm asking if it might be OK for those of us who live > nearby to drive in, attend sessions, and drive out? Possibly slipping > some cash in the amount of normal registration costs to someone in > charge.
> I assume the answer is no, but I had to ask.
I'd be surprised if cash-in-hand works as a ticket to the conference, but I don't want to discourage anyone from tossing larges sums of cash a David and Chad and Rich.
I think the lobby is a public space until you misbehave enough to get tossed out. Same for the bar. So you can catch the hallway track.
-- James Britt
"I can see them saying something like 'OMG Three Wizards Awesome'" - billinboston, on reddit.com
> Gavin Kistner wrote: > > I was not properly paying attention, and now find that the RubyConf site > > says that registration is over and the conference is full. Woe to me, > > who lives 30 minutes away.
> > What aspect of the conference is sold out? Is it rooms at the hotel, or > > is there a fire-code capacity to the room(s) the conference is being > > held in?
> > Specifically, I'm asking if it might be OK for those of us who live > > nearby to drive in, attend sessions, and drive out? Possibly slipping > > some cash in the amount of normal registration costs to someone in > > charge.
> > I assume the answer is no, but I had to ask.
> I'd be surprised if cash-in-hand works as a ticket to the conference, > but I don't want to discourage anyone from tossing larges sums of cash a > David and Chad and Rich.
> I think the lobby is a public space until you misbehave enough to get > tossed out. Same for the bar. So you can catch the hallway track.
Hm, what's considered misbehaving? Nudity? Drunkeness? Throwing bacon?
On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Joe Van Dyk wrote: > On 9/7/06, James Britt <james.br...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Gavin Kistner wrote: >> > I was not properly paying attention, and now find that the RubyConf site >> > says that registration is over and the conference is full. Woe to me, >> > who lives 30 minutes away.
>> > What aspect of the conference is sold out? Is it rooms at the hotel, or >> > is there a fire-code capacity to the room(s) the conference is being >> > held in?
>> > Specifically, I'm asking if it might be OK for those of us who live >> > nearby to drive in, attend sessions, and drive out? Possibly slipping >> > some cash in the amount of normal registration costs to someone in >> > charge.
>> > I assume the answer is no, but I had to ask.
>> I'd be surprised if cash-in-hand works as a ticket to the conference, >> but I don't want to discourage anyone from tossing larges sums of cash a >> David and Chad and Rich.
>> I think the lobby is a public space until you misbehave enough to get >> tossed out. Same for the bar. So you can catch the hallway track.
> Hm, what's considered misbehaving? Nudity? Drunkeness? Throwing bacon?
naw. those are all ok. you just can throw bacon __while__ you're naked. unless you happend to be drunk too, then it's ok.
-a -- what science finds to be nonexistent, we must accept as nonexistent; but what science merely does not find is a completely different matter... it is quite clear that there are many, many mysterious things. - h.h. the 14th dalai lama
>On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Joe Van Dyk wrote: >> On 9/7/06, James Britt <james.br...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I think the lobby is a public space until you misbehave enough to >>> get tossed out. Same for the bar. So you can catch the hallway >>> gettrack.
>> Hm, what's considered misbehaving? Nudity? Drunkeness? >> Throwing bacon?
> naw. those are all ok. you just can throw bacon __while__ > you're naked. > unless you happend to be drunk too, then it's ok.
So...it's an xor thing? As long as you are doing an odd number of odd things, all's well?
> I think the lobby is a public space until you misbehave enough to get > tossed out. Same for the bar. So you can catch the hallway track.
Is there really a 'hallway track', or are you just poking fun at my sore spots?
If there is, is there a schedule/list of tracks somewhere that we the public have access to? I'd be interested to see what intriguing bits I might be able to learn about if I freeloaded in the public spaces.
Gavin Kistner wrote: > From: James Britt [mailto:james.br...@gmail.com]
>>I think the lobby is a public space until you misbehave enough to get >>tossed out. Same for the bar. So you can catch the hallway track.
> Is there really a 'hallway track', or are you just poking fun at my sore > spots?
It's slang for the discussions that occur outside the actual presentation area, such as the lobby, bar, restaurant, pool-side, or wherever geeks gather.
My idea of a good conf is when the talks are short and disperse just enough info and ideas to trigger such extended discussions. A good hallway track is a sign of a good conference, and it's one of the things that makes me keep coming to RubyConf.
-- James Britt
"A principle or axiom is of no value without the rules for applying it." - Len Bullard
On 9/7/06, Gavin Kistner <gavin.kist...@anark.com> wrote:
> From: James Britt [mailto:james.br...@gmail.com] >> I think the lobby is a public space until you misbehave enough to get >> tossed out. Same for the bar. So you can catch the hallway track. > Is there really a 'hallway track', or are you just poking fun at my > sore spots?
RubyConf is and always has been a single-track event. I have discussed this with David Black sufficiently to suggest that the likelihood of RubyConf ever becoming multi-track is very low. (I think a snowball has a better chance, if you catch my drift.)
However, the planning for RubyConf is sufficiently flexible that there *is* a hallway track in that there's often a lot of hallway discussions (without the science-fair posters) and some random hacking that gets done.
I didn't attend it, but I hear that one of the more interesting discussions happened around behaviour driven development by the pool in San Diego last year (I think that I was a bit jet-lagged and therefore didn't attend that). It was in no way an officially planned event.
On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Gavin Kistner wrote: > I was not properly paying attention, and now find that the RubyConf site > says that registration is over and the conference is full. Woe to me, > who lives 30 minutes away.
> What aspect of the conference is sold out? Is it rooms at the hotel, or > is there a fire-code capacity to the room(s) the conference is being > held in?
> Specifically, I'm asking if it might be OK for those of us who live > nearby to drive in, attend sessions, and drive out? Possibly slipping > some cash in the amount of normal registration costs to someone in > charge.
> I assume the answer is no, but I had to ask.
I'm afraid the answer is indeed no. There's no registration at the door; it's really and truly sold out. Sold out means we're at capacity, based on the facilities and our judgment as to what would make for a successful and reasonably comfortable event.
I know the above is adequate for you, Gavin, and that you'll respect it; but since the topic has come up, let me append a plea to everyone: If you're not registered, PLEASE do not show up at RubyConf and try to get in, with or without offering us money. For better or worse, we have made decisions about capacity and how we want to organize the event. That's how these events work: someone has to decide stuff, and the event has to proceed according to a plan. It can't be negotiated and second-guessed forever.
Public areas of the hotel are, of course, hangable out in. I'm sure there will be lots of dining out opportunities, too; not everyone has signed up for the conference meals.
On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Austin Ziegler wrote: > I didn't attend it, but I hear that one of the more interesting > discussions happened around behaviour driven development by the pool in > San Diego last year (I think that I was a bit jet-lagged and therefore > didn't attend that). It was in no way an officially planned event.
It was a remarkable sight: a spontaneous pool-side discussion that actually had more people at it than attended the first RubyConf in 2001!
David wrote: > Public areas of the hotel are, of course, hangable out in. I'm sure > there will be lots of dining out opportunities, too; not everyone has > signed up for the conference meals.
Indeed, the Thursday night before the conference always has a bunch of early birds showing up and going out to eat together. If someone local to Denver wants to make a suggestion for a destination, I'm sure it would be great to meet up with some local, non-conference Rubyists.
> David wrote: >> Public areas of the hotel are, of course, hangable out in. I'm sure >> there will be lots of dining out opportunities, too; not everyone has >> signed up for the conference meals.
> Indeed, the Thursday night before the conference always has a bunch of > early birds showing up and going out to eat together. If someone > local > to Denver wants to make a suggestion for a destination, I'm sure it > would be great to meet up with some local, non-conference Rubyists.
There's a good Indian restaurant pretty close to there, though the name escapes me at the moment. There's also a great mexican joint that makes the guacamole at your table to taste. Darn it, that name has left me too. (Don't be too hard on my fuzzy memory; it's been ten years since I lived there.) OK locals, help me with the names...
> Public areas of the hotel are, of course, hangable out in.
Oh, please, stop, stop. This is a wonderful sentence. I guess this sort of prose can become natural over time, depending of course on the people ... around with whom you hang.
>> Public areas of the hotel are, of course, hangable out in.
> Oh, please, stop, stop. This is a wonderful sentence. I guess this sort of > prose can become natural over time, depending of course on the people ... > around with whom you hang.
> > Public areas of the hotel are, of course, hangable out in.
> Oh, please, stop, stop. This is a wonderful sentence. I guess this sort of > prose can become natural over time, depending of course on the people ... > around with whom you hang.
I must be learning from dblack. Yesterday I uttered the phrase:
> Also, has anyone thought on what days for games?
On 9/7/06, Jim Weirich <j...@weirichhouse.org> wrote:
> Indeed, the Thursday night before the conference always has a bunch of > early birds showing up and going out to eat together. If someone local > to Denver wants to make a suggestion for a destination, I'm sure it > would be great to meet up with some local, non-conference Rubyists.
Oh great. Now you've got me _actually_considering_ flying out to Denver just to do The Great Ruby Dinner Party on Thrusday night. :-P
----------- Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter." - Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland
Hal Fulton <hal9...@hypermetrics.com> writes: > Bil Kleb wrote: >> Gavin Kistner wrote:
>>> Is there really a 'hallway track', or are you just poking fun at my sore >>> spots? >> Maybe we need to institute something equivalent to the 1860s' >> Salon des Refusés? >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_des_Refus%C3%A9s
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