[ale] LUG at GT Meeting - 2010.10.06 - Video Encoding

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 10/04/2010 11:56 PM, Richard Faulkner wrote:
> I for one have to say, "thank you" for this thread.  I was considering
> attending these
> meetings which look to be very interesting. But, considering that there
> is no parking
> and getting around sounds like a nightmare -- I don't think I want to
> take the time to
> come in from Gwinnett and struggle to find parking let alone have to
> trek great distance
> to get there. Too bad....

It's not all that bad.  I've attended a couple of meetings and I've 
found it easy to park and simply walk a short distance to the meetings.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From*: Tom Freeman <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net
> <mailto:Tom%20Freeman%20%3ctfreeman at intel.digichem.net%3e>>
> *Reply-to*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
> *To*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org
> <mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes!%20We%20run%20Linux!%20%3cale at ale.org%3e>>
> *Subject*: Re: [ale] LUG at GT Meeting - 2010.10.06 - Video Encoding
> *Date*: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 22:41:17 -0400 (EDT)
>
> You know - if a campus is a"couple miles"  across, and the
> powers that be want people to access it, the powers that be
> really need to consider a jitney/shuttle bus/automated bumper car
> service for those with largish loads etc. I really am all for
> people walking to and from, but after 20 minutes mechanical
> assistance is appreciated when in a hurry!
>
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Jerald Sheets wrote:
>
>>  Same thing is happening at LSU.  They're closing the center of the
>>  campus (there's a huge ring around the middle of the quad-area that
>>  is now completely closed off) and forcing in their"master plan"
>>  for it to become an all-walking campus.
>>
>>  For a campus that's a couple miles from end-to-end, that's a little
>>  odd to me.
>>
>>  --jms
>>
>>
>>  On Oct 4, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>        On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Ryan Curtin
>>        <ryan at igglybob.com  <mailto:ryan at igglybob.com>>  wrote:
>>
>>              And yes, it should be noted that while I
>>              did say"the parking situation
>>              at Tech has never been easy"  I meant maybe
>>              in the last ten or fifteen
>>              years.
>>
>>  Ryan
>>
>>  The parking sucked in 1980 when I first attended GT. Then
>>  they build"the flood lot"  under the tennis courts and the
>>  first heavy rain drowned 40 cars on the bottom floor. Parking
>>  pass then was around $20/quarter.
>>
>>  "Walking campuses"  are the current craze in college planning.
>>  They do leave access roads for delivery and police but want
>>  all else closed. Then they wonder why the big meetings get
>>  held off campus.
>>
>>  At least Tech has the buses.
>>
>>  --
>>  --
>>  James P. Kinney III
>>  I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk
>>  effortlessly in chains.
>>
>>
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