[LUGSB] Meeting this Friday - call for topics

[Diane Napolitano]

On 3/6/07, JT <chozar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am not a Linux/Unix guru nor a masters student like some people in
> LUGSB, so I really do not have extensive enough knowledge to give a
> real talk on anything significant, although I could probably briefly
> go over some things that I do know.
>
> But taking that into consideration, I would be willing to cram as much
> knowledge into my head about something I don't know, and give a talk
> about what I have learned.  One thing that I have wanted to know more
> about for a while now (among many) is NTP, brought more into light now
> due to DST changes.  I am sure that I could have 5 - 10 minutes worth
> to talk about on friday, providing I am given leniency in my talk when
> I say something completely incorrect and mislead people.  Kind of not
> the best week for me to do this, but I'll be there with something to
> say about NTP and UNIX time in general.


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You know, I hate to sound like a hippie liberal female here, but I do have
to say that JT has touched on a good point.  I for one, and clearly I'm not
alone, am confident in my knowledge, but not confident enough to be sure I
could hold my own in front of a crowd of 20 people who I'm trying to impress
while someone from the audience is engaging me in debate.  Think back to how
many times you've been on a forum and been "instructed" to RTFM for a
question whose answer you thought was unobtainable.  Now imagine doing that
in person.

Plus you're not exactly addressing the most sociable bunch here.  I mean
come on, I come to every meeting and still only talk to the same five people
(and barely at that, since they kinda intimidate me) :)  It's hard to get up
in front of a group of people and talk about, gee I don't know, *BSD, when
you know there's a guy in the audience who has been hacking it since he was
six ;)

I know this is the type of environment we're trying to work against here,
but, well...I imagine it's a concern of many on this list, not just myself
and JT.

- Diane
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