[ale] Proposed ALE/Chugalug Outing..

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 08:34:39 EST 2009


Oooooh! Biodiesel electric monorails with Linux controlled scheduling,
switching and ticketing!

Sounds like a good day plan, Mike. Let's look into this further as
things warm up a bit.



On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Mike Harrison <meuon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
>
> There has been a lot of discussion recently about Monorails, trains,
> MagLev and more over on the ALE.org list. Chugalug tends towards
> BioDiesel/Diesel cars as an off-topic theme.
>
> My crazy idea is, perhaps we mix it all up, and mix up Chugalug and ALE
> with a spring (when it is a little warmer) trip to the Tennessee Valley
> Railroad Museum. Taking a ride is completely optional,
>
> We could discuss trains, diesel.. heck, might even segway into a
> discussion or presentation about Linux. Or at least, networking,
> using train cars as an analogy for packet switching, data payloads..
>
> It's just an idea, no agenda other than my brain percolating ideas
> as the coffee pot perks... The cars/engines and shops (where they restore
> things) are fairly interesting and provide topical discussion triggers.
> We could even setup a data projector (I have a good one)
> and have a real meeting in one of the cars.
>
>
>
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