From owner-freebsd-user-groups@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 14:12:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D94916A558 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:12:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@iconoplex.co.uk) Received: from frank.servitor.co.uk (frank.servitor.co.uk [83.142.230.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0C5A13C458 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:12:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@iconoplex.co.uk) Received: from cpc2-salf1-0-0-cust971.manc.cable.ntl.com ([82.6.75.204] helo=[192.168.1.3]) by frank.servitor.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1HWYtR-000Dz0-8R; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:12:54 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <4FBAB71B-14D1-44D0-915E-6CAA66A680B7@iconoplex.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: manchester@bsdgroups.org.uk, freeBSD Users , freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org From: Paul Robinson Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:12:39 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "frank.servitor.co.uk", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King. -- Emily Dickinson 'tis true that a little madness in the spring is wholesome unless by "madness" you mean "install Vista". [...] Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 0.1 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list Cc: Subject: The Manchester BSD UG Thing X-BeenThere: freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User Group Coordination List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:12:38 -0000 A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King. -- Emily Dickinson 'tis true that a little madness in the spring is wholesome unless by =20 "madness" you mean "install Vista". There has been some consternation suggesting that my recent posts =20 announcing the Manchester BSD UG meetings have been lacking in: a) Sufficient poetry b) Sufficient humour c) Sufficient information To this, I reply that poetry and humour are not right, but =20 privileges, bestowed upon ladies and gentlemen of the finest =20 character. In recent months I have noticed a shocking decline in said =20= character of group, e.g.: a) Not enough people wearing flowers in their buttonholes b) I saw several people arrive *without a gentleman's hat* the other =20 month. c) Unpolished shoes. Enough said, I fear. You are therefore undeserving of poetry and humour and I shall now =20 act merely as custodian of records and guardian of your moral =20 decline. Sounds like fun, no? However, there is no excuse for a lack of information about these =20 little events: What? ----- The Manchester BSD User Group started in 2002 at the Lass O'Gowrie =20 pub as a means to getting Unix users of a certain character and =20 ability into the same physical space on a regular basis in order to =20 share information, stories and guidance. Since then it has become a night in the pub populated by sys admins, =20 developers and various tech/geek types of different hues. We no =20 longer laugh quite so hard when somebody mentions Linux or the GPL, =20 and secretly we all want to run Ubuntu on Apple laptops. A few months ago I proposed a logo for the group which consisted of a =20= unicorn prancing under a rainbow. This was received with much =20 support. It'll either be that, or the source code of 'xargs' =20 manipulated somehow into a fractal image: we are a mass of =20 contradiction and confusion, if nothing else. The meetings are an informal, relaxed, friendly chat down the pub. =20 There are no talks, no agendas (at least not written down - I have a =20 secret plan to rob everybody, but don't tell them), no schedules or =20 mission statements. It therefore resembles an unorganised rabble, and =20= we're proud of it. When? ----- We always meet on the first Tuesday of each calendar month. The next =20 meeting occurs on the 3rd of April. Likely dates for the next 3 =20 months after that are: 1st May 5th June 3rd July We typically meet around 7:30pm. Sometimes people turn up earlier, =20 sometimes people don't get there until much later. People drift on =20 when they feel they want to, and in recent months that has been =20 around 9-10pm. Where? ------ One of the public rooms around the back of the bar in: The Briton's Protection Pub 50 Great Bridgewater Street Castlefield Manchester M1 5LE +53.475072, -2.247262 Or, in old money: +53=B0 28' 30.26", -2=B0 14' 50.14" Or in Crown Copyright money: SJ83599765 If you can't find it with that lot, mail me off-list and you can have =20= my number and I will come and find you somehow.=