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Linux.conf.au Coming Soon

Posted by Hemos on from the best-show-ever dept.

One of my most favorite Linux-centric shows of all time, Linux.conf.au is gearing up in their latest location - Canberra. The registration is still open; I highly, highly recommend attending the show.

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  1. Re:Wait a minute by NoGuffCheck · · Score: 4, Funny

    the reason australia was setup as a penal colony was that the US refused to take anymore convicts and thus Britain needed an alternative.

    1. steal a loaf of bread

    2. sentenced to 200 years on a paradise island..

    sounds good to me.

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  2. linux.conf.au 2006 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those of you who are wondering where linux.conf.au 2006 is going to be, it will be held in Dunedin, New Zealand

  3. Re:Wait a minute by chimpo13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The paradise island is New Zealand.

    Australia has something like 7/10 of the most poisonous snakes and spiders. Plus there's crocodiles (both salt and fresh water), and jelly fish that can kill if you figure you'll just go swimming in the ocean. People die of the heat and dehydration in the outback. Driving at night angers the Kangaroo God so he smites your car with them. There's also a Cattle God, a Sheep God, a Wombat God and a Roadtrain God. None are happy.

    Not to mention they eat things like Musk Flavored Lifesavers and Vegemite. The heat, combined with US and Europe hiding the ozone layer makes it hard on people so they age badly. Crocodile Dundee is only 22.

    But it was a nice country with great people, and I'll be back to ride from Cape York to Uluru (Ayers Rock) to Tasmania.

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    riding round the world on an old motorcycle
  4. Re:distance by InvisibleCola · · Score: 5, Funny

    Firstly, I live in Canberra so I am 24 hours from everywhere else.........you insensitve clod:) International flights are available from London, Rome, Athens etc. to both Sydney and Melbourne. International flights to/from Europe do not stop over in Indonesia but some do stop for a couple of hours in either Sinagapore or Bangkok. Sydney is a 40 minute flight from Canberra and Melbourne is about 1 hour 15 minutes. You can drive from Sydney to Canberra in under 3 hours, if you drive on the left. Add another three hours for weaving through oncoming traffic if you drive on the right.

  5. Hop over and check out "The Dish" by DumbSwede · · Score: 4, Informative
    I doubt I will attend, but for those that do you may wish to take a small side trip to the Honeysuckle Creek tracking station. It and Parkes Observatory are what brought the first Apollo 11 moon walk Live to the world, being the only dishes of suitable power in proper position to receive the signal. Here is a link to some more info. You could also rent the little known, but well made movie "The Dish"

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