VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL 8.0 NOV 5-6

Roger Merchberger zmerch at 30below.com
Wed Sep 7 10:30:46 CDT 2005


Rumor has it that Patrick Finnegan may have mentioned these words:
>On Wednesday 07 September 2005 09:18, Jules Richardson wrote:
> > Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > >  \__/|     * VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL 8.0 *     |
> > >
> > >      |            NOVEMBER 5-6, 2005             |
> > >      |          COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM          |
> > >      |         MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA         |
> >
> > Hmm, how far is California from deepest Minnesota? I'll still be in
> > the right country then at least ;-) Could well be road trip time...
>
>Google says 2300mi from Hibbing, MN to Mountain View.  Plane tickets
>would be a 'better idea'.  At 30mpg and $3/gal, that's $230 each way
>for gas alone.

Well, factor in cost of rental car, not seeing some really great sights 
along the way... and I'd still agree. ;-)

Besides, think of the *massive* sleep deprivation - what's so fun about 
being dead-arse tired whilst trying to enjoy the function?

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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