Fixed that for you:
"New Zealand is now on the top of my list for cool governments. They've opened a wiki allowing the densely populated to craft a new version of their Police Act, the legislative basis for policing in New Zealand."
I find that many New Zealanders are, in fact, densely populated people.
Darned spell checkers, if only they could make up for moran grammer too.
I was there, the whole thing was impeccably organised and executed. Congrats to the organisers and presenters.
For someone who is used to commercial conferences with their "Managing Your Server-side OLTP Business Process Modelling with [Acronym / Buzzword of the Month]" - style marketing presentations, this was a breath of fresh air.
The technical knowledge present was immense, every person there was enthusiastic, and I left feeling inspired and motivated.
One of the greatest moments for me was watching the reaction of Linus, Tridge and Bdale to one of the "How do you think Linux will bring about World Peace" style questions. Tridge's answer: "Just don't think about it too much." That really illustrated for me the whole mood of the conference - technical people doing what they love doing, with no (or little) politics and no marketing crap.
And Rusty - the man is not just a genius.
In fact he's definitely not a genius. But he sure can take the piss!;P
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Fixed that for you: "New Zealand is now on the top of my list for cool governments. They've opened a wiki allowing the densely populated to craft a new version of their Police Act, the legislative basis for policing in New Zealand." I find that many New Zealanders are, in fact, densely populated people. Darned spell checkers, if only they could make up for moran grammer too.
I think you'll find it's "populace".
I was there, the whole thing was impeccably organised and executed. Congrats to the organisers and presenters. For someone who is used to commercial conferences with their "Managing Your Server-side OLTP Business Process Modelling with [Acronym / Buzzword of the Month]" - style marketing presentations, this was a breath of fresh air. The technical knowledge present was immense, every person there was enthusiastic, and I left feeling inspired and motivated. One of the greatest moments for me was watching the reaction of Linus, Tridge and Bdale to one of the "How do you think Linux will bring about World Peace" style questions. Tridge's answer: "Just don't think about it too much." That really illustrated for me the whole mood of the conference - technical people doing what they love doing, with no (or little) politics and no marketing crap. And Rusty - the man is not just a genius. In fact he's definitely not a genius. But he sure can take the piss! ;P