Post #215,801
7/20/05 5:32:12 PM
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Decisions, decisions, decisions
I just got approval for my employer to send me to [link|http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2005/|OSCON]. However there is also an awesome company party scheduled for Aug 4, right in the middle of the conference. Which do I choose?
Making more open source connections?
Or getting to know co-workers better with lots of free alcohol?
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #215,803
7/20/05 5:32:52 PM
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Free beer vs. Anything Else.
C'mon.
Peter
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Post #215,804
7/20/05 5:33:55 PM
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You forget: They don't have any beer over there.
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Post #215,806
7/20/05 5:37:48 PM
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Au Contraire
It's hard to find and unfeasibly expensive and it's served warm, but yes, they do have Beer.
Peter
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Post #215,807
7/20/05 5:38:30 PM
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As Peter discovered, our imitations are passable
Not all American beer is the stereotypical American beer.
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #215,805
7/20/05 5:37:42 PM
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ROTFL
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Post #215,808
7/20/05 5:38:47 PM
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I'm with the Brit.
-YendorMike
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Post #215,821
7/20/05 5:49:38 PM
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Think about rarity
The opportunity to meet open source developers only occurs once per year whereas you can meet your colleagues most of the time, even if it's in the pub after work at your expense. Don't let a rare opportunity pass you by.
Matthew Greet
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
- Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
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Post #215,827
7/20/05 6:19:59 PM
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I'm with the other Brit.
(No, not *that* way - relax, Matt!)
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Post #215,830
7/20/05 6:32:57 PM
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since getting drunk with co-workers
might lower the mystique and awe they have for you, get drunk at the conference instead.
thanx,
bill
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Post #215,831
7/20/05 6:55:49 PM
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I am with the Boxlish one.
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Post #215,852
7/20/05 11:52:17 PM
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Are you kidding?
OSCON! Think man, Think!!! When are you going to get another chance like this again? Go for it! And be sure to send Critter all the gory details!
Peace,
Amy
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but, rather to skid in sideways totally worn out shouting 'Merde Sante, what a ride!'"
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Post #215,853
7/20/05 11:56:24 PM
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Probably next year?
It's a perk of being a valued employee at a large company.
Of course if I had the energy to put together a presentation, I have very good reason to believe that I could present and go for free. But I don't so I won't.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #215,857
7/21/05 12:21:43 AM
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Go to the conference. Throw a party when you return.
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Post #216,021
7/21/05 10:31:39 PM
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Which are you liable to regret less the next morning?
I'd go with the conference. There'll be some neat Ruby talks.
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Post #216,034
7/22/05 12:06:25 AM
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I am going with the conference
But I don't plan on doing many Ruby talks. There are just too many interesting Perl ones. :-)
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #216,042
7/22/05 12:34:53 AM
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Good Choice!
Somebody owes me ten bucks!
Pieces of eight,
Amy
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Post #216,043
7/22/05 12:38:21 AM
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Sorry, Chris...
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #216,068
7/22/05 8:49:44 AM
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Yeah, go ahead and spend my money!
Just kidding there, fellow eBay shareholder. It's really good to see a company invest in its people.
And thanks for your contribution to eBay's Q2 53% earnings improvement!
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #216,112
7/22/05 2:53:23 PM
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Actually I'm not a shareholder (yet)
I have options. I'm in a program that will get me shares in a few more months. But I don't currently have shares.
However the thought is appreciated, and you're welcome. (Though my contribution was fairly insignificant.)
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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