January 2011 - FOSDEM - lists.fosdem.org

GSM BTS at Fosdem 2011?
by Richard Hartmann 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hi all, are there any plans to establish a GSM network next year? If yes, do we need to bring our own SIM cards? Is there anything I should look for when scavenging them? Would someone who works at a telco or similar be able to grab a few SIM cards (scrubbed clean of personal data, obviously)? Would it even help to have a common pool of assorted SIM cards to hand out to people? Personally, I think it would be awesome if things worked out this time :) Richard

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Running a GSM BTS at fosdem ?
by Sylvain Munaut 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hi, Back in november/december, I made a request to the IBPT for a special temporary GSM licence. I was originally planning to use it in a talk on GSM but my proposal wasn't selected. Since the authorization has now been granted (and paid for), it'd be a waste not to use it The idea would just to have a single BTS running a small demo network with just A4 sheets around pointing to a website for more infos, no stand or anything. Can this be arranged on short notice ? Who should I talk to for details ? Cheers, Sylvain

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Keysigning: please submit your keys
by Philip Paeps 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

The keysigning infrastructure seems to have held up well this year. I spent some time today preparing the infrastructure for FOSDEM 2011. Same procedure as last year: if you intend to participate in the keysigning event, please submit the keys you'd like to have signed to ksp.fosdem.org. If you're using GnuPG, that can be easily accomplished with: % gpg --keyserver ksp.fosdem.org --send-key <your-keyid> Please check that your key was correctly submitted by pointing a webbrowser at http://ksp.fosdem.org/. If your key is missing after you submitted it, send me an email and I'll try to find out what's up. Key submissions close Monday before FOSDEM to give me some time to try to remember how I generated the lists again. Get submitting. - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am philip(a)fosdem.org subscribed to the list.

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Re: FOSDEM Digest, Vol 49, Issue 6
by Aleksey Valov 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Hello, dear community I'm a student and i would like to visit the conference. I need a bit of help of finding cheap accommodation. Regards, Aleksey On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:05 PM, <fosdem-request(a)lists.fosdem.org> wrote: > Send FOSDEM mailing list submissions to > fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.fosdem.org/mailman/listinfo/fosdem > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fosdem-request(a)lists.fosdem.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fosdem-owner(a)lists.fosdem.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of FOSDEM digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Beer event - Friday 4 February (Philip Paeps) > 2. Shipping items (M?ns Rullg?rd) > 3. Re: Shipping items (Philip Paeps) > 4. Any interest in 3XL tshirts? (Philip Paeps) > 5. Re: Shipping items (Russell Bryant) > 6. Re: Any interest in 3XL tshirts? (Geert Uytterhoeven) > 7. Re: Shipping items (Bert Desmet) > 8. Re: Any interest in 3XL tshirts? (Philip Paeps) > 9. Re: Shipping items (Nicolas Pettiaux) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:02:31 +0100 > From: Philip Paeps <philip(a)fosdem.org> > Subject: [FOSDEM] Beer event - Friday 4 February > To: FOSDEM <fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org> > Message-ID: <20110110130231.GR14041(a)rincewind.paeps.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > With about four weeks to go before FOSDEM, everyone should by now probably > be > thinking about travel arrangements and such. While doing so, remember to > keep > in mind that there will again be beer on the Friday evening before FOSDEM. > > If my counting is correct, this will be the tenth "published" edition of > this > wildly popular pre-FOSDEM tradition. > > Like last year, we're meeting at the Delirium CafÃŠ in the centre of > Brussels > near the Grand'Place. And yes: there will be some free beer again too this > year. > > Be there. :-) > > - Philip > > -- > Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am > philip(a)fosdem.org subscribed to the list. > > I have to admit that I drive past Bridgwater quite regularly. And fast. > -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:30:02 +0000 > From: M?ns Rullg?rd <mans(a)mansr.com> > Subject: [FOSDEM] Shipping items > To: fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org > Message-ID: <yw1xei8kg4jp.fsf(a)unicorn.mansr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > We (Beagleboard) would like to ship some equipment to the event > location ahead of time. Is this possible, and if yes, what address > shall we use? > > -- > Måns Rullgård > mans(a)mansr.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:39:33 +0100 > From: Philip Paeps <philip(a)fosdem.org> > Subject: Re: [FOSDEM] Shipping items > To: fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org > Message-ID: <20110110153933.GE14041(a)rincewind.paeps.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 2011-01-10 15:30:02 (+0000), MÃĨns RullgÃĨrd <mans(a)mansr.com> wrote: > > We (Beagleboard) would like to ship some equipment to the event location > > ahead of time. Is this possible, and if yes, what address shall we use? > > It is not possible for the FOSDEM organization to accept shipments on > behalf > of exhibitors (or anyone else for that matter) prior to the event. FOSDEM > is > already a logistics nightmare without that complication. > > Please also do not ship stuff to the venue on Friday under the assumption > that > FOSDEM staff will be happy to sign for it. We've had some groups take that > approach in previous years and it's a pain to accept the shipments, store > them > securely and ultimately ensure that they reach the right people on > Saturday. > > We're an open source conference, not a parcel service. > > Having said that: perhaps someone subscribed to this list with spare > storage > space (perhaps at their place of work) could get in touch with you out of > band > to arrange something. > > - Philip > > -- > Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am > philip(a)fosdem.org subscribed to the list. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:18:29 +0100 > From: Philip Paeps <philip(a)fosdem.org> > Subject: [FOSDEM] Any interest in 3XL tshirts? > To: FOSDEM <fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org> > Message-ID: <20110110161829.GH14041(a)rincewind.paeps.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > We're just ordering this year's tshirts (and they will look at least as > nice > as last year!) and it strikes me that the geek demographic seems to be > getting > smaller and smaller from year to year. The bulk of our tshirts are > currently > L and M where they used to be XL and XXL. > > Before you ask: by popular demand there will be two sizes of girl-shaped > tshirts this year. We're still working from precious little statistical > data > on these so we can't guarantee we won't run out of them before the end of > the > weekend. Show up early I say, and even if they're gone let the infodesk > know > you'd like one so we have better numbers for next year. > > Having said that: we do get a number of requests for some larger tshirts > (3XL > and above) every year. When I asked our printer about these a couple of > years > ago they could not source them (easily) in small numbers. I'd like to try > and > do some again this year, but need a rough indication of how many we'd need. > > If you're interested in a larger tshirt, please unicast me an email. I > can't > promise we'll be able to get larger tshirts this year, but if there is > sufficient interest it may be possible. > > FOSDEM: catering to geeks of all shapes and sizes (or trying to)! > > - Philip > > -- > Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am > philip(a)fosdem.org subscribed to the list. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:25:08 -0600 (CST) > From: Russell Bryant <russell(a)digium.com> > Subject: Re: [FOSDEM] Shipping items > To: FOSDEM announcements and visitor questions > <fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org> > Message-ID: <402751437.69935.1294680308673.JavaMail.root@zimbra> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Having said that: perhaps someone subscribed to this list with spare > > storage space (perhaps at their place of work) could get in touch with > you out > > of band to arrange something. > > Another alternative would be to contact your hotel and see if they would be > willing to accept a shipment for you. > > -- > Russell Bryant > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:34:57 +0100 > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert(a)linux-m68k.org> > Subject: Re: [FOSDEM] Any interest in 3XL tshirts? > To: FOSDEM <fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTinmfAx217m1hLQGVM65vV7E=PTn=mQY=hGgAbKy(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > T24gTW9uLCBKYW4gMTAsIDIwMTEgYXQgMTc6MTgsIFBoaWxpcCBQYWVwcyA8cGhpbGlwQGZvc2Rl > > bS5vcmc+IHdyb3RlOgoKPiBXZSdyZSBqdXN0IG9yZGVyaW5nIHRoaXMgeWVhcidzIHRzaGlydHMg > > KGFuZCB0aGV5IHdpbGwgbG9vayBhdCBsZWFzdCBhcwo+IG5pY2UKPiBhcyBsYXN0IHllYXIhKSBh > > bmQgaXQgc3RyaWtlcyBtZSB0aGF0IHRoZSBnZWVrIGRlbW9ncmFwaGljIHNlZW1zIHRvIGJlCj4g > > Z2V0dGluZwo+IHNtYWxsZXIgYW5kIHNtYWxsZXIgZnJvbSB5ZWFyIHRvIHllYXIuICBUaGUgYnVs > > ayBvZiBvdXIgdHNoaXJ0cyBhcmUKPiBjdXJyZW50bHkKPiBMIGFuZCBNIHdoZXJlIHRoZXkgdXNl > > ZCB0byBiZSBYTCBhbmQgWFhMLgo+Cj4KSW50ZXJlc3RpbmcsIGEgc3R1ZHkgYXQgT0xTIGEgZmV3 > > IHllYXJzIGFnbyBzaG93ZWQgYSBjb25zaXN0ZW50IGNoYW5nZSBpbgp0aGUKb3RoZXIgZGlyZWN0 > > aW9uLi4uCgpHcntvZXRqZSxlZXRpbmd9cywKCiAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIEdlZXJ0 > > CgotLQpHZWVydCBVeXR0ZXJob2V2ZW4gLS0gVGhlcmUncyBsb3RzIG9mIExpbnV4IGJleW9uZCBp > > YTMyIC0tCmdlZXJ0QGxpbnV4LW02OGsub3JnCgpJbiBwZXJzb25hbCBjb252ZXJzYXRpb25zIHdp > > dGggdGVjaG5pY2FsIHBlb3BsZSwgSSBjYWxsIG15c2VsZiBhIGhhY2tlci4gQnV0CndoZW4gSSdt > > IHRhbGtpbmcgdG8gam91cm5hbGlzdHMgSSBqdXN0IHNheSAicHJvZ3JhbW1lciIgb3Igc29tZXRo > > aW5nIGxpa2UKdGhhdC4KICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAtLSBMaW51cyBU > > b3J2YWxkcwotLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLSBuZXh0IHBhcnQgLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0KQW4gSFRNTCBh > > dHRhY2htZW50IHdhcyBzY3J1YmJlZC4uLgpVUkw6IGh0dHA6Ly9saXN0cy5mb3NkZW0ub3JnL3Bp > > cGVybWFpbC9mb3NkZW0vYXR0YWNobWVudHMvMjAxMTAxMTAvYjQ0NDU0MDUvYXR0YWNobWVudC0w > MDAxLmh0bQo= > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:37:23 +0100 > From: Bert Desmet <bert(a)devnox.be> > Subject: Re: [FOSDEM] Shipping items > To: FOSDEM announcements and visitor questions > <fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTinRmtkh6XjLwcD8ombsW0YUeDXFKUNOGyWFdq28(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > T24gTW9uLCBKYW4gMTAsIDIwMTEgYXQgNjoyNSBQTSwgUnVzc2VsbCBCcnlhbnQgPHJ1c3NlbGxA > > ZGlnaXVtLmNvbT4gd3JvdGU6Cgo+Cj4gLS0tLS0gT3JpZ2luYWwgTWVzc2FnZSAtLS0tLQo+ID4g > > SGF2aW5nIHNhaWQgdGhhdDogcGVyaGFwcyBzb21lb25lIHN1YnNjcmliZWQgdG8gdGhpcyBsaXN0 > > IHdpdGggc3BhcmUKPiA+IHN0b3JhZ2Ugc3BhY2UgKHBlcmhhcHMgYXQgdGhlaXIgcGxhY2Ugb2Yg > > d29yaykgY291bGQgZ2V0IGluIHRvdWNoIHdpdGgKPiB5b3Ugb3V0Cj4gPiBvZiBiYW5kIHRvIGFy > > cmFuZ2Ugc29tZXRoaW5nLgo+Cj4gQW5vdGhlciBhbHRlcm5hdGl2ZSB3b3VsZCBiZSB0byBjb250 > > YWN0IHlvdXIgaG90ZWwgYW5kIHNlZSBpZiB0aGV5IHdvdWxkIGJlCj4gd2lsbGluZyB0byBhY2Nl > > cHQgYSBzaGlwbWVudCBmb3IgeW91Lgo+Cj4gLS0KPiBSdXNzZWxsIEJyeWFudAo+IF9fX19fX19f > > X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fCj4gRk9TREVNIG1haWxpbmcg > > bGlzdAo+IEZPU0RFTUBsaXN0cy5mb3NkZW0ub3JnCj4gaHR0cDovL2xpc3RzLmZvc2RlbS5vcmcv > > bWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby9mb3NkZW0KPgoKCmlmIGl0J3Mgbm90IGEgdG8gYmlnIHBhY2thZ2Us > > IEkgY291bGQgdGFrZSBjYXJlIG9mIGl0LiBJZiBJIGdldCBhIGJlYWdsZQpib2FyZCBpbiByZXR1 > > cm4gZm9yIGl0IDstKQppZiB5b3UncmUgaW50ZXJlc3RlZCwgcGxlYXNlIGNvbnRhY3QgbWUgb24g > > YmVydCBhdCBkZXZub3ggZG90LiBiZQoKLS0gCkJlcnQgRGVzbWV0CjA0NzcvMzA1MzYxCi0tLS0t > > LS0tLS0tLS0tIG5leHQgcGFydCAtLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLQpBbiBIVE1MIGF0dGFjaG1lbnQgd2Fz > > IHNjcnViYmVkLi4uClVSTDogaHR0cDovL2xpc3RzLmZvc2RlbS5vcmcvcGlwZXJtYWlsL2Zvc2Rl > bS9hdHRhY2htZW50cy8yMDExMDExMC84YTMyYjk3Ny9hdHRhY2htZW50LTAwMDEuaHRtCg== > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:44:16 +0100 > From: Philip Paeps <philip(a)fosdem.org> > Subject: Re: [FOSDEM] Any interest in 3XL tshirts? > To: fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org > Message-ID: <20110110174416.GL14041(a)rincewind.paeps.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 2011-01-10 18:34:57 (+0100), Geert Uytterhoeven <geert(a)linux-m68k.org> > wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 17:18, Philip Paeps <philip(a)fosdem.org> wrote: > > > We're just ordering this year's tshirts (and they will look at least as > > > nice as last year!) and it strikes me that the geek demographic seems > to > > > be getting smaller and smaller from year to year. The bulk of our > tshirts > > > are currently L and M where they used to be XL and XXL. > > > > Interesting, a study at OLS a few years ago showed a consistent change in > > the other direction... > > Hum ... perhaps it's a cyclical thing and we're going to find ourselves > stuck > with lots of M and L and out of XL and XXL before Saturday night? Oh no! > :-) > > It's a losing battle. ;-) > > - Philip > > -- > Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am > philip(a)fosdem.org subscribed to the list. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:05:20 +0100 > From: Nicolas Pettiaux <nicolas(a)pettiaux.be> > Subject: Re: [FOSDEM] Shipping items > To: FOSDEM announcements and visitor questions > <fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org>, mans(a)mansr.com > Message-ID: > <AANLkTikTSypgOWPc08GVVtaGLpza1tdR+G0ZcZzfTikZ(a)mail.gmail.com<AANLkTikTSypgOWPc08GVVtaGLpza1tdR%2BG0ZcZzfTikZ(a)mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > hello Mans, I live very close to ULB where Fosdem takes place and I > could receive nearly any shipment for you. don't hesitate to get in > touch privately for the addres and more info. Best regards, Nicolas > > 2011/1/10, Måns Rullgård <mans(a)mansr.com>: > > We (Beagleboard) would like to ship some equipment to the event > > location ahead of time. Is this possible, and if yes, what address > > shall we use? > > > > -- > > Måns Rullgård > > mans(a)mansr.com > > _______________________________________________ > > FOSDEM mailing list > > FOSDEM(a)lists.fosdem.org > > http://lists.fosdem.org/mailman/listinfo/fosdem > > > > > -- > Nicolas Pettiaux, dr. sc - gsm : 0496 24 55 01 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > FOSDEM mailing list > FOSDEM(a)lists.fosdem.org > http://lists.fosdem.org/mailman/listinfo/fosdem > > > End of FOSDEM Digest, Vol 49, Issue 6 > ************************************* >

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LibreOffice dev-room schedule ...
by Michael Meeks 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Hi guys, Florian asked me to put together the dev room schedule, and here it is: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/index.php?title=Marketing/Events/Fosdem2… I believe the deadline is today; and I hope the time blocks / content is what you need. Thanks & really looking forward to FOSDEM, All the best, Michael. -- michael.meeks(a)novell.com <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot

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Shipping items
by Måns Rullgård 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

We (Beagleboard) would like to ship some equipment to the event location ahead of time. Is this possible, and if yes, what address shall we use? -- Måns Rullgård mans(a)mansr.com

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Beer event - Friday 4 February
by Philip Paeps 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

With about four weeks to go before FOSDEM, everyone should by now probably be thinking about travel arrangements and such. While doing so, remember to keep in mind that there will again be beer on the Friday evening before FOSDEM. If my counting is correct, this will be the tenth "published" edition of this wildly popular pre-FOSDEM tradition. Like last year, we're meeting at the Delirium Café in the centre of Brussels near the Grand'Place. And yes: there will be some free beer again too this year. Be there. :-) - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am philip(a)fosdem.org subscribed to the list. I have to admit that I drive past Bridgwater quite regularly. And fast. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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Startup Weekend!
by Greg Gentschev 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

Hi everyone, For those of you in the Belgium area the weekend before FOSDEM, I wanted to mention that we'll be holding a Startup Weekend<http://brussels.startupweekend.org/> in Brussels. It's a great opportunity to pitch your startup ideas to your peers, get a team together, and see if you can work out a functional prototype and business model over 54 hours. Great way to meet hackers, designers, and marketers, put together a cool <http://www.foodspotting.com/> app<http://startupweekend.org/2010/11/20/mimix-wins-global-startup-battle-week-…>, and perhaps even get funding<http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/13/memolane-raises-2-million-to-become-your-d…>eventually. You can also use discount code fosdem <http://swbru.eventbrite.com/> to get 20% off tickets <http://swbru.eventbrite.com/>. Cheers, Greg

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stand/booth feedback
by Florian Effenberger 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

Hello, the FOSDEM website claims December 19th for feedback regarding stand/booth application, but so far, I haven't received anything. Did I miss an e-mail, or has there just been a delay? :-) Thanks, Florian -- Florian Effenberger <floeff(a)documentfoundation.org> Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff

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CouchSurfing group
by Philip Paeps 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

It looks like the FOSDEM group on couchsurfing.org is starting to wake up again, particularly in terms of people looking for couches. If you live near FOSDEM and happen to have a couch available during the event, you may want to offer it on couchsurfing.org. http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=16380 CouchSurfing is a great way to meet new and interesting people. My couch is spoken for. :-) - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am philip(a)fosdem.org subscribed to the list.

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