From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 2 8:37:38 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA1837B405 for ; Sun, 2 Feb 2003 08:37:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.pressenter.com (hermes.pressenter.com [209.224.20.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C06F443F75 for ; Sun, 2 Feb 2003 08:37:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nospam@hiltonbsd.com) Received: from [198.31.224.126] (helo=daggar.sbgnet.net) by hermes.pressenter.com with smtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 18fN7T-0002iR-00; Sun, 02 Feb 2003 10:37:24 -0600 Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 10:37:21 -0600 From: Stephen Hilton To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: julian@elischer.org Subject: Re: Hi!Dear FreeBSD! Message-Id: <20030202103721.3996ec9c.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> In-Reply-To: References: <3E3BEC87.80600@gmx.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 10:45:48 -0800 (PST) Julian Elischer wrote: > > > On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > > > Kreiser Kirov wrote: > [stuff] > > Wouldn't it be best to put him in contact with some of the other > developers in the area? > > Which brings the question.. who IS in the area.. > > > maybe we should make some sort of geographical registration > web page so that people can find each other? > > how many time shave you heard, > "You're in XXXX? Hey, I'm in XXXX!" > > julian I really like this idea :-), and think that a database of all types of FreeBSD people from end-users to commiters who want to opt-in to this listing could spawn a lot of educational and fun opportunities for individuals who could drag themselves away from their screens on occasion ;-) Why not base it on latitude and longitude, along with an email address and text fields to allow for some self expression of areas of interest etc...? A clickable map would be a nice interface for the database lookups with a max radius factor, but really is just icing on the cake. Regards, Stephen Hilton nospam@hiltonbsd.com Latitude: +44.8429222 Longitude: -92.4637604 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message