[svlug] Gimme tickets for an aeroplane- was EVENT- 080308 Saturday 10AM .- Old PCs Refurbishing Party

[john_re]

On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:31:10 -0800, "Daniel Gimpelevich"
<daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us> said:
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:46:06 -0800, john_re wrote:
> 
> > Event- 080308 Saturday 10AM - Installfest for Schools 2 - Old PCs
> > Refurbishing Party
> 
> Somehow, I doubt many people on this list are planning to be in Beijing
> this Saturday.

Oh?     Really????

If some crazy idiot could decide at 2AM the morning of SCALE to hop in
his car & drive down to LA (without, I might add, even bothering to give
me a call), I bet _someone_ in this valley knows how to make it to
Installfest for Schools II,
^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h Old PCs
Refurbishing Party in time. :)


Of the mythical great artitst MERLIN
http://marc.merlins.org/perso/bm/
who had the ability to see the future
http://lists.svlug.org/archives/svlug/2008-January/030231.html
legend has it he had the ability to FLY in the AIR to the far off
gathering of mystics.
http://marc.merlins.org/perso/bm/2006/


Just a hunch, but I bet there's _someone_ round here who knows somebody
with a widebody 767 bought for jaunts to Africa which could make it
there in time.
http://www.google.com/search?q=google+plane+Boeing+767
(Might even be someone with an office building outside of Tsinghua.
http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=39.992094,116.324733&spn=0.002137,0.002784&t=h&z=18
just down the street from the installfest.)  They could even write it
off as a business trip.  "Oh, just checkin out the back 40, uncle Sam."

Tell me, how many DSL wireless VOIP modems and Linux based GSM smart
cellphones do you think could be put into carryon luggage, if you threw
away all the cardboard & packaging?

Or, how many hours would it take to drive there at 120 MPH?????


If someone can round up a lil ol plane, I'm in.  I'll even try to round
up the U. C. Berkeley crew.
http://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/Berkeley

But, better get working on it fast.  10am Saturday Beijing is 6pm FRIDAY
here. :)

24hours, Daniel, your mission, should you choose to accept it. ;)
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