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I've been there for conferences before and had a great time. They've got really great transportation busses that'll shuttle you around the city for free.
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Me too, except it's still almost 24 hours for me. I'll be departing for there at an ungodly hour tomorrow morning.
Might do Thursday arrival next year if they end up starting extra early on Friday again (and not with filler panels); will depend on what the job situation looks like then.
I registered soon enough to get an on-site room; although as sprawlly as the ChooChoo is, it probably matters less there than at most others.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Ha!
Maybe I should have checked back here before I went.
So. You have fun?
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GenJerDan wrote: Maybe I should have checked back here before I went.
GenJerDan wrote: So. You have fun?
Yup. Did you?
My favorite moments were the Mad Scientists Roundtable; and the next morning when Toni ambushed Mike Massa and John Ringo mid-panel to get a contract signed.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: Yup. Did you?
As much as I expected, not as much as I had hoped. I don't like crowds...not that this was particularly crowded.
Dan Neely wrote: when Toni ambushed Mike Massa and John Ringo mid-panel to get a contract signed.
I put the video up on FB for the whole session. Well, pieces of it, anyway. A bit over a dozen pieces. The phone was getting too hot to hold for too long at a time. Whose brilliant idea was it to put a 4K video camera on a lithium-powered phone?
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GenJerDan wrote: As much as I expected, not as much as I had hoped. I don't like crowds...not that this was particularly crowded.
Not much to be done there. At this point I'm wondering how much longer it's going to be staying at the Choo Choo. LC's managing to outgrow that facility as thoroughly as it outgrew the old nasty hotel a decade ago. 
I think Ravencon (aka Baenfest Junior) is a bit smaller than LC, but not by much.
GenJerDan wrote: I put the video up on FB for the whole session. Well, pieces of it, anyway. A bit over a dozen pieces.
Did you post the bit blowing Kelly's secret identity like the dude live-tweeting the panel did. 
GenJerDan wrote: The phone was getting too hot to hold for too long at a time. Whose brilliant idea was it to put a 4K video camera on a lithium-powered phone?
Probably the same people who decided that shaving an extra micron off its thickness was more important than any other capability they could add.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: Did you post the bit blowing Kelly's secret identity like the dude live-tweeting the panel did.
It....may be in there. The bit where he's calling out the Tweeter (sitting in front of me, no less) is at least partially in there.
But the only people potentially seeing the videos are either folks who wouldn't care, or those who already know.
And I feel all sorts of guilty about getting everyone's individual spiel, except Jason's.
And not panning to see KC's cheer outfit display. D'oh!
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GenJerDan wrote: But the only people potentially seeing the videos are either folks who wouldn't care, or those who already know.
Until fArseBook decides to make all video posted public by no-exceptions-allowed, and combines it with face recognition/speech recognition to link it to both of Kelly's identities. 
OTOH that'll shoot him in the foot so many times it ceases to be funny. (Especially his Robot Battles MC costumes from Dragoncon.)
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Well, I think only one shows him for more than a brief moment...where he's basically chatting with Jody Lynn Nye.
The rest tend to be just a voice-over, as is his wont.
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Did the orchestra quit because of all the violins in the workplace?
(Early today because Herself is due at the Physioterrorist...)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Maybe there was too much sax going on.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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That's no bassis to quit!
/ravi
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It's just a safety measure, they don't want any treble.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Gotcha. I'll inform the staff to make a note of it.
/ravi
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Good, I hear there's a meet up at the bar, remember to give the key to last one out.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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't was a secret meet, but you're going around drumming about it.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Well that's because someone dropped the bass.
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I thought they got wind that one Brass was not conducting herself very well and was trying to string a lot of the others on.
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The answer is cymbal, they just weren't in tune with each other.
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Since they were without a pipe they were just plain strung out.
Which reminds of another orchestral question: if a cat happily relaxes on a soft sofa is it a percushion sectional? I wouldn't baton it.
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And, the Maestro was a synchopath.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I thought it was because of all the manoeuvres in the dark!
(Youngsters, ask your parents!)
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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 I will ask my kids!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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All I'm gonna note is that of @OriginalGriff drumming up yet another TotD to conduct others to a response that they'd grab first chair, per se, of their section, each hoping to be the soloist of 'em all within this pit of comments.
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We coda seen that coming.
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