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Linux.conf.au 2005 Registrations Open

Posted by michael on from the can-you-hear-can-you-hear-the-thunder dept.

Semi Anonymous Coward writes "Linux.conf.au 2005 registrations opened recently and they are offering substantial discounts to people who register before 1st of February 2005. Linux.conf.au is Australia's national Linux conference. LCA 2005 will be held at the Australian National University from Monday April 18 to Saturday April 23, 2005. Everyone should come along, the conference is insanely cheap and a load of fun. I had so much fun at Linux.conf.au 2004 that I'm giving a talk this year!"

11 comments

  1. Linus in a speedo? by christopherfinke · · Score: 1
    Linus Torvalds has even turned up a couple of times. You never know what he's going to be dressed in; one year it was a penguin suit, another year speedos.
    Is this true? If so, does anyone have a link to the penguin suit pictures? You can keep the speedo link to yourself, thank you very much...
    1. Re:Linus in a speedo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      http://phpics.com/lca2003/aaa

  2. Topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Semi Anonymous Coward writes "Linux.conf.au 2005 registrations opened recently... I had so much fun at Linux.conf.au 2004 that I'm giving a talk this year!"

    Care to tell us on what topic? Come on, you can tell me, we are practically family! I won't tell anyone!

    1. Re:Topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hmm, let me guess... WorldForge - Idling Noisily Since 1997!, am I right?

  3. However modded that down... by leonbrooks · · Score: 1

    ...needs shooting. Link.

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  4. Linus in a penguin suit... by leonbrooks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...lives on the LinuxAus server. Lots more than Linus, too. LA's current El Presidente in a VR suit. One of Linus and Tove's daughters in the head. Runes inside the suit. Rusty waving a laptop in a threatening manner. (-:

    Suit stitched by my wife, her sister and a Chilean friend named Cecilia. Suit was balanced and padded to make the posture and waddle work right. Big sell job to get Linus into the suit by Tony Breeds-Taurima, LA Committee candidate and LCA2005 organiser (as well as LCA2003 organiser, PLUG secretary and president at various times). Intro/distraction by Rusty Russell.

    See also the adjacent page-set with a gigabyte of random CC photos, mostly flowers of various kinds.

    If you searched, you'd probably get lots more Linus and LCA pix. Many geeks, many cameras.

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  5. Why You Need To Be There by leonbrooks · · Score: 1
    If you have any additions, please R)eply with them now!
    • It's Australia, it has to be beaut!
    • Excellent weather, even in Canberra (-;
    • The only Linux conference with balls (big ones, too, you'll see what I mean when you get there);
    • Excellent people. Beyond excellent! Read the roster and consider that this place houses OzLabs too;
    • Excellent subject matter, re-read the roster.
    • Excellent venue. Nice flat spread-out campus, plenty of places to walk or just veg out within cooee;
    • Cafe strip more or less adjacent;
    • Very cheap flights from almost anywhere on the East Coast;
    • Gets you away from work, gives you the mental toning up required for peak performance;
    ...and?

    Use your imagination, add more of your own reasons.
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  6. OBTW, Mr S.A.C. by leonbrooks · · Score: 1

    Needs to learn to write valid HTML (-:

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  7. I hate... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...that they have a .conf.au domain.

    No-one else can register them. Why should they be an exception?

    1. Re:I hate... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Shut your whine hole, melon head.