Re: Sage Days 15
William Stein
> Dear Dr. Stein,
> Thank you very much for putting on Sage Days. I will be attending the Sage
> Days 15 this weekend, I'm hoping to learn more about how to use Sage with
> LaTeX for documentation and teaching. If you are keeping track of attendees,
> you can put me down as Dan Brown, email address Daniel....@gmail.com.
> -- Dan
Thanks. I've added you to the wiki.
> PS. If you are going to post directions to the Collegiana Inn or the
> University of Washington from Seatac airport, you might add the following
> for those who want to save money:
Thanks. I'm posting this to the wiki.
> You can take the Metro transit bus from Seatac to the Collegiana Inn or the
> University of Washington. The bus runs every 15-20 minutes during the day,
> the trip requires approximately 1 hour (including transfer), for a cost of
> $1.75 (non-peak) or $2.50 (peak fare).
> General directions are:
> Take the 194 to Downtown Seattle, then switch to the 71, 72, 73, or 74, and
> get off in the University District at 43rd Street.
> For more information,
> use http://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/cgi-bin/itin_page.pl?resptype=U. Enter
> "Seatac Airport" as the trip start, and 4311 12th Ave NE as the trip end.
>
> Detailed directions are:
> At Seatac, go outside from baggage to the sidewalk. Turn right, and walk in
> the direction of traffic to the end of the building. You will see signs for
> Metro bus service. At bay 2, take the 194 bus to Downtown Seattle. Do not
> take the 194 to Federal Way (the wrong direction, in bay 1), and do not take
> the 174 (very slow).
> You will pay $1.75 (non-peak) or $2.50 (peak). Exact change is required, but
> of course the driver will accept $2 instead of $1.75. You will be paying for
> a two-zone fare, and you should receive a transfer (a slip of paper that
> lets you ride any bus for the next few hours free).
> The 194 bus will go first on the freeway towards Seattle, then use a
> bus-only road, and finally a tunnel in Downtown Seattle. Get off at the
> University Street station (where the University of Washington was founded,
> but moved over 100 years ago). All buses through the tunnel use the same
> route, so you can change buses at any station in the tunnel.
> Get on any express bus heading to the University District: 71, 72, 73, or
> 74. These bus lines run only as express during the day. The bus will go from
> the tunnel directly onto the freeway, exit the freeway in the University
> District, and within a few blocks turn north on University Way at 42nd
> Street. Get off at 42nd Street or 43rd Street, and you are near your
> destination.
> When you exit the bus in the University District, show your transfer. In
> Seattle, the bus system downtown is free, you can get on or off without
> paying. This means that the driver asks you to pay when you enter the bus
> (heading towards downtown) or when you exit (heading away from downtown).
>
--
William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org