IRC log of #europython for Friday, 2010-07-16

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mattiHi ambv12:59
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ambvmatti: hey man, where have you been?13:20
ambvfuzzyman: hello Michael, packed up already?13:20
fuzzymanambv: no13:21
mattiambv: I've busy. How are you?13:21
mattiambv: How was the G. thing?13:21
ambvmatti: the G spot does not exist.13:22
ambvIt's official.13:22
mattiLOL13:22
ambvmatti: so, come round and see us on EuroPython.13:22
ambvwe'll be in Birmingham the whole week.13:23
mattiHm.13:24
fuzzymanambv: not yet13:26
fuzzymanambv: I'm arriving tomorrow evening13:26
fuzzymanambv: tonight I have a practise run through of my talks with a couple of the locals here13:26
ambvwe (myself and TheSheep) have our place in 4 hours13:26
ambvfuzzyman: cool idea, I'll practise mine at the venue ;)13:27
ambv*have our plane13:27
fuzzymancool13:27
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mattiambv: Safe flight.14:32
ambvmatti: thanks but hey, consider joining us.14:33
mattiI wish, but unfortunately I do not have the time.14:34
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Mezzeth, but now you've got me as the super audio dude18:40
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lvhOkay, panic time! Are you people absolutely sure etap rooms hold three?18:43
lvhThe etap website disagrees18:44
lvhhttp://www.etaphotel.com/gb/discovering-etap-hotel/hotel-room.shtml18:44
lvh(Look at the UK thing specifically)18:45
fuzzymanlvh: hmm... you couldn't have got three in the rooms in the etap I've been in19:12
fuzzymanlvh: but they may have bigger rooms19:13
lvhfuzzyman: aha19:33
fuzzymanlvh: aha?19:33
lvhfuzzyman: my europython registration says 319:33
lvhthat's why im worried19:33
fuzzymanfuzzyman: are you intending to share a room with 2 other people?19:33
lvhYes.19:33
lvhI wasn't aware there was more than one Etap in Birmingham19:34
fuzzymanright19:35
fuzzymanwill be good to meet you19:35
fuzzymanwho are you sharing with?19:35
lvhstephen bethard and francois beerten19:36
lvhtwo people I haven't met19:36
fuzzymanI know stephen19:36
fuzzymanhe is a very good guy19:36
fuzzymanand I'm glad he is coming19:36
lvh(I build tracking devices for a living and practice three martial arts, I'm not very scared of stuff being stolen :-p)19:36
fuzzymanlast time I spoke to him he didn't think he could come19:36
fuzzymanlvh: hah :-)19:36
fuzzymanI don't know francois19:36
lvhBeerten is a belgian name19:37
lvh(also somewhat given away by the .be email address)19:37
lvhfuzzyman: You're in the Etap now too?19:37
fuzzymanno - I booked a room in a traellodge19:37
fuzzymanthey had a special deal a while ago19:37
fuzzyman*travelodge19:37
fuzzymannot far from the centre - a bit closer than the etap (which is not very far)19:38
ahallfirst python conference here, looking forward to it19:38
lvhfuzzyman: Yeah, I looked it up and etap is right down the corner19:38
fuzzymanahall: cool - it should be good fun19:38
fuzzymanlvh: yeah - it's an annoying walk first thing in the morning but not very far :-)19:39
lvhthis time next year it'll hopefully be a business expense19:39
lvhfuzzyman: I'm one of those crazy people that runs a few miles every day anyway19:39
fuzzymanlvh: oh right, who will you be working for?19:39
lvhfuzzyman: myself19:39
fuzzymanlvh: haha - you madman ;-)19:39
fuzzymanlvh: ah, nice19:39
fuzzymanlvh: python contracting / consulting ?19:39
lvhfuzzyman: right now we do the tracking device thing but mgmt came in and screwed everything up19:39
fuzzymanlvh: :-(19:39
lvhfuzzyman: so now we're building something that takes gps + altimeter + speedo + "wind sensors" into account into order to travel towards something with a heat signature19:40
lvhfuzzyman: we're not supposed to know what we're building19:40
lvhbut I can't think of many peaceful applications for that technology19:40
lvhwhich is why I'm getting out :-)19:41
fuzzymanright19:41
fuzzymanI remember you saying something about that19:41
lvhfuzzyman: the first clue was that the new mgmt hired a nephew19:41
fuzzymanyeah, must make you uncomfortable19:41
fuzzymanhehe19:41
lvh18, no education, didn't know latitude from longitude19:41
fuzzymanbad sign19:41
lvhbut he was going to consult us19:42
lvh(we felt very consulted)19:42
fuzzymando you have any potential customers as an "independent" yet?19:42
lvhhttp://www.nikkanen.org/dilbert/Insult.jpg19:42
lvhsort of!19:42
fuzzymanhehe19:42
fuzzymansort of is a good start19:43
lvhwe've got a few, thankfully they all use more or less the same technology19:43
fuzzyman"we" - you are going to take some of your colleagues with you?19:43
lvhso I can build one and reuse 80% of it if it crashes and burns19:43
lvhhopefully19:43
fuzzymanhehe - nice19:43
fuzzymansounds good19:43
fuzzymangood luckk19:43
lvhthe guys i work with are twice my ages19:43
lvh*age19:43
lvhand have a family with kids19:43
fuzzymanyou can tell me all about it when you buy me a beer ;-)19:43
lvhso they're not as likely to take insane risks as i am19:43
fuzzymanright19:43
lvhthis sounds like an intreesting prospect19:43
lvhalthough the odds of me drinking uk beer are tiny19:43
fuzzymannow I have a mortgage I am a bit more risk averse...19:43
lvhim belgian19:43
fuzzymanno kids yet19:43
fuzzymanreal UK ale is very good19:44
lvh(uk beer is like a canoe and all that)19:44
fuzzymanreally?19:44
lvhwell, I am a scientist, such things are really up to empirical measure19:44
fuzzymanI thought UK ale was even more renowned than belgian beer19:44
lvhmaybe in the uk19:44
fuzzymanwe have thousands of different ales19:44
fuzzymanyou must try the wellington19:45
lvhtrying all of them is going to be hard19:45
lvhI have an idea19:45
lvhyou tell me what to order19:45
fuzzyman(the real ale pub in birmingham - not a type of beer)19:45
lvhI'll bring money19:45
fuzzymanlvh: not me - but others there19:45
lvhthat works too19:45
lvhthe thing I love about europython is that I'm not there yet and I already have something to do for every night :-p19:46
fuzzymanhehe19:46
fuzzymanplans are made to be broken too19:46
fuzzymanI'm trying *not* to make too many plans but it is hard...19:47
lvhhey, there's three people insisting their company pays my dinner19:48
lvhI'm inclined to agree19:48
ahallhard not to!19:49
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lvhoh for the panickers21:58
lvhno worries21:58
lvhi phoned the hotel and the website is wrong21:58
lvhthey most definitely have triples21:58
lvhwhich == double + duvet21:58
lvhis there anyone I can contact for social stuff on the evening of the 18th? (sunday)22:18
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lvh(PM's are okay if you won't admit in public you're a drunken party animal)22:28
ahalllvh: i'm arriving on the sunday, different hotel though and i don't drink! But up for the pub anyway22:30
lvhahall: aha22:33
lvhI'm arriving on sunday too22:33
lvhsharing room with someone that comes in at 21:something, but hopefully the hotel wont be dicks about giving him a key22:34
ahallthat shouldn't be a problem22:34
lvhI occasionally don't drink22:35
lvhsometimes even for extended periods of time!22:35

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