<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Good morning,<br>Personally I think someone should also go into a MAC store and ask one of their "Gurus" to transfer our files over, then show them it's a Linux box not a PC.<br>JMHO<br>Rick<br><br><br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 9/11/08, ubuntu-us-ma-request@lists.ubuntu.com <i><ubuntu-us-ma-request@lists.ubuntu.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: ubuntu-us-ma-request@lists.ubuntu.com <ubuntu-us-ma-request@lists.ubuntu.com><br>Subject: Ubuntu-us-ma Digest, Vol 19, Issue 3<br>To: ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com<br>Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 11:08 AM<br><br><pre>Send Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list submissions to<br>        ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>
        https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>        ubuntu-us-ma-request@lists.ubuntu.com<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br>        ubuntu-us-ma-owner@lists.ubuntu.com<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Ubuntu-us-ma digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: On the streets (Theresa Hepburn)<br> 2. Re: On the streets (Danny Piccirillo)<br> 3. Re: On the streets (Ralph deGennaro)<br> 4. Re: On the streets (Danny Piccirillo)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:22:27 -0400<br>From: Theresa Hepburn <theresa.hepburn@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: On the streets<br>To: Danny Piccirillo <danny.piccirillo@ubuntu.com><br>Cc: Ubuntu-ma <ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com><br>Message-ID:
<48C8FF73.1070304@gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>That kind of sounds like a small Install fest / exploration with a video <br>camera, which is definitely a good idea.<br><br>Danny Piccirillo wrote:<br>> First off, sorry i haven't been present in a while. School has started<br><br>> up and before that i was away. Anyways, this has been discussed before <br>> but i wanted to get the ball rolling with an Ubuntu showcase on the <br>> streets of boston. My idea is this: on a nice day we set up two Ubuntu <br>> machines (one desktop one laptop), and invite people to come and try <br>> it. We could video record people's positive reactions to make a <br>> promotional video and other reactions to collect feedback from <br>> everyday people. We can hand out CD's, pamphlets, etc. Thoughts?<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008
09:58:24 -0400<br>From: "Danny Piccirillo" <danny.piccirillo@ubuntu.com><br>Subject: Re: On the streets<br>To: "Ralph deGennaro" <rmdegennaro@gmail.com>,         Ubuntu-ma<br>        <ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com><br>Message-ID:<br>        <cc3196b0809110658u183f3246w21fa4c848fe37801@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>I'm not sure if you did this intentionally, but you didn't hit<br>"reply all"<br>so your message didn't go to the mailing list, just me.<br><br>On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Ralph deGennaro<br><rmdegennaro@gmail.com>wrote:<br><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I like the idea too. Do you have a place (or places) in mind already? <br>Its<br>> starting to get colder out, so less wear on the hardware, but less<br>frequency<br>> to do it. Do you (or anyone) know about licenses needed for street<br>> performers in Boston? And should we worry about it? If we need power for<br>a<br>>
desktop, being official may be necessary. Unless the place is more at a<br>> place of business where we have permission.<br>><br><br>Well the only requirements are lots of people, a power source, and shade (so<br>there would be no glare on the screen). I thought about needing a permit and<br>we probably do but i don't know about getting one. Does anyone else?<br><br>Oh, and work has pulled me away from the "Visit Mom & Pop's"<br>idea. I just<br>> delivered the bulk of conversion Tuesday and have a few cleanup things for<br>> the next days. But I want to get back to organizing that idea. So far<br>> Martin is the only to have volunteered; to drive around with me to be<br>> specific.<br>><br><br>I might be able to do this too-- are you two going to different places, or<br>driving together? I can't drive yet. What exactly do you do?<br><br>Anyways, basically, I'm willing to work on both. And we could probably<br>> share
materials.<br>><br>> Best,<br>> Rio<br>><br>> p.s. How did you and Mike get Ubuntu email addresses?<br>><br><br>http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/newmember<br><br><br>><br>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Theresa Hepburn <<br>> theresa.hepburn@gmail.com> wrote:<br>><br>>> That kind of sounds like a small Install fest / exploration with a<br>video<br>>> camera, which is definitely a good idea.<br>>><br>>> Danny Piccirillo wrote:<br>>> > First off, sorry i haven't been present in a while. School<br>has started<br>>> > up and before that i was away. Anyways, this has been discussed<br>before<br>>> > but i wanted to get the ball rolling with an Ubuntu showcase on<br>the<br>>> > streets of boston. My idea is this: on a nice day we set up two<br>Ubuntu<br>>> > machines (one desktop one laptop), and invite people to come and<br>try<br>>>
> it. We could video record people's positive reactions to make<br>a<br>>> > promotional video and other reactions to collect feedback from<br>>> > everyday people. We can hand out CD's, pamphlets, etc.<br>Thoughts?<br>>><br>>> --<br>>> Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list<br>>> Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com<br>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:<br>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma<br>>><br>><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL:<br>https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ma/attachments/20080911/354c2b9e/attachment-0001.htm<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:56:11 -0400<br>From: "Ralph deGennaro" <rmdegennaro@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: On the streets<br>To: "Danny Piccirillo" <danny.piccirillo@ubuntu.com><br>Cc: Ubuntu-ma
<ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com><br>Message-ID:<br>        <51bc6ff50809110756p55856077qbe794ee2d4e1ed03@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Hah, sorry about that. Cut & paste error while trying to do too many<br>things<br>at once. I wanted to ask you and thought I should send direct to you. But<br>hit reply to Theresa, and removed her from TO without adding her or the list<br>back to CC!<br><br>-Rio<br><br>On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Danny Piccirillo <<br>danny.piccirillo@ubuntu.com> wrote:<br><br>> I'm not sure if you did this intentionally, but you didn't hit<br>"reply all"<br>> so your message didn't go to the mailing list, just me.<br>><br>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Ralph deGennaro<br><rmdegennaro@gmail.com>wrote:<br>><br>>> Hi,<br>>><br>>> I like the idea too. Do you have a place (or places) in mind already?<br>>> Its starting to get
colder out, so less wear on the hardware, but less<br>>> frequency to do it. Do you (or anyone) know about licenses needed for<br>>> street performers in Boston? And should we worry about it? If we<br>need<br>>> power for a desktop, being official may be necessary. Unless the<br>place is<br>>> more at a place of business where we have permission.<br>>><br>><br>> Well the only requirements are lots of people, a power source, and shade<br>> (so there would be no glare on the screen). I thought about needing a<br>permit<br>> and we probably do but i don't know about getting one. Does anyone<br>else?<br>><br>> Oh, and work has pulled me away from the "Visit Mom &<br>Pop's" idea. I just<br>>> delivered the bulk of conversion Tuesday and have a few cleanup things<br>for<br>>> the next days. But I want to get back to organizing that idea. So<br>far<br>>> Martin is the only to have
volunteered; to drive around with me to be<br>>> specific.<br>>><br>><br>> I might be able to do this too-- are you two going to different places, or<br>> driving together? I can't drive yet. What exactly do you do?<br>><br>> Anyways, basically, I'm willing to work on both. And we could<br>probably<br>>> share materials.<br>>><br>>> Best,<br>>> Rio<br>>><br>>> p.s. How did you and Mike get Ubuntu email addresses?<br>>><br>><br>> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/newmember<br>><br>><br>>><br>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Theresa Hepburn <<br>>> theresa.hepburn@gmail.com> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> That kind of sounds like a small Install fest / exploration with a<br>video<br>>>> camera, which is definitely a good idea.<br>>>><br>>>> Danny Piccirillo wrote:<br>>>> > First off, sorry i
haven't been present in a while.<br>School has started<br>>>> > up and before that i was away. Anyways, this has been<br>discussed before<br>>>> > but i wanted to get the ball rolling with an Ubuntu showcase<br>on the<br>>>> > streets of boston. My idea is this: on a nice day we set up<br>two Ubuntu<br>>>> > machines (one desktop one laptop), and invite people to come<br>and try<br>>>> > it. We could video record people's positive reactions to<br>make a<br>>>> > promotional video and other reactions to collect feedback<br>from<br>>>> > everyday people. We can hand out CD's, pamphlets, etc.<br>Thoughts?<br>>>><br>>>> --<br>>>> Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list<br>>>> Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com<br>>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:<br>>>>
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma<br>>>><br>>><br>>><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL:<br>https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ma/attachments/20080911/60af5423/attachment-0001.htm<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:08:10 -0400<br>From: "Danny Piccirillo" <danny.piccirillo@ubuntu.com><br>Subject: Re: On the streets<br>To: "Ralph deGennaro" <rmdegennaro@gmail.com><br>Cc: Ubuntu-ma <ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com><br>Message-ID:<br>        <cc3196b0809110808i77ded860hb8e2d1ba0469c885@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Okay so this is what i think we need:<br><br> - Time<br> - Place<br> - Permit<br> - Desktop<br> - Laptop<br> - Camcorder<br> - CD's<br> - Pamphlets<br> - Anything else?<br><br>I'd be happy to volunteer my
desktop and i can take care of pamphlets.<br>Would<br>this also be a good time to collect donations?<br><br>On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Ralph deGennaro<br><rmdegennaro@gmail.com>wrote:<br><br>> Hah, sorry about that. Cut & paste error while trying to do too many<br>> things at once. I wanted to ask you and thought I should send direct to<br>> you. But hit reply to Theresa, and removed her from TO without adding her<br>> or the list back to CC!<br>><br>> -Rio<br>><br>><br>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Danny Piccirillo <<br>> danny.piccirillo@ubuntu.com> wrote:<br>><br>>> I'm not sure if you did this intentionally, but you didn't hit<br>"reply all"<br>>> so your message didn't go to the mailing list, just me.<br>>><br>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Ralph deGennaro<br><rmdegennaro@gmail.com>wrote:<br>>><br>>>> Hi,<br>>>><br>>>>
I like the idea too. Do you have a place (or places) in mind<br>already?<br>>>> Its starting to get colder out, so less wear on the hardware, but<br>less<br>>>> frequency to do it. Do you (or anyone) know about licenses needed<br>for<br>>>> street performers in Boston? And should we worry about it? If we<br>need<br>>>> power for a desktop, being official may be necessary. Unless the<br>place is<br>>>> more at a place of business where we have permission.<br>>>><br>>><br>>> Well the only requirements are lots of people, a power source, and<br>shade<br>>> (so there would be no glare on the screen). I thought about needing a<br>permit<br>>> and we probably do but i don't know about getting one. Does anyone<br>else?<br>>><br>>> Oh, and work has pulled me away from the "Visit Mom &<br>Pop's" idea. I just<br>>>> delivered the bulk of conversion Tuesday
and have a few cleanup<br>things for<br>>>> the next days. But I want to get back to organizing that idea. <br>So far<br>>>> Martin is the only to have volunteered; to drive around with me to<br>be<br>>>> specific.<br>>>><br>>><br>>> I might be able to do this too-- are you two going to different<br>places, or<br>>> driving together? I can't drive yet. What exactly do you do?<br>>><br>>> Anyways, basically, I'm willing to work on both. And we could<br>probably<br>>>> share materials.<br>>>><br>>>> Best,<br>>>> Rio<br>>>><br>>>> p.s. How did you and Mike get Ubuntu email addresses?<br>>>><br>>><br>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/newmember<br>>><br>>><br>>>><br>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Theresa Hepburn <<br>>>> theresa.hepburn@gmail.com>
wrote:<br>>>><br>>>>> That kind of sounds like a small Install fest / exploration<br>with a video<br>>>>> camera, which is definitely a good idea.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Danny Piccirillo wrote:<br>>>>> > First off, sorry i haven't been present in a while.<br>School has started<br>>>>> > up and before that i was away. Anyways, this has been<br>discussed before<br>>>>> > but i wanted to get the ball rolling with an Ubuntu<br>showcase on the<br>>>>> > streets of boston. My idea is this: on a nice day we set<br>up two Ubuntu<br>>>>> > machines (one desktop one laptop), and invite people to<br>come and try<br>>>>> > it. We could video record people's positive reactions<br>to make a<br>>>>> > promotional video and other reactions to collect feedback<br>from<br>>>>> > everyday people. We can
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