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Posted by CmdrTaco from the two-scoops-of-party dept.
Andover.Net is springing for a party for Slashdot readers at LinuxWorld next week Tuesday. The shindig will be held at the Park Side Hall accross the street from the conference center immediately following Linus' keynote. Tunes will be provided by VAs San "NeTTwerk" Mehat, and the Beer will be provided by Andover. (Let me just say that it is super wierd throwing your own bash at a conference instead of just leaching off everyone else's, but hey, free beer, right?).
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  • I can't imagine a precious resource like free beer lasting long against a gigantic horde of slashdotters.

    It's funny that we expect to trash a web server by pointing slashdotters at it, but can pretend that a stash of free beer has a chance in hell of lasting...
  • Ahhh... beer discussion!
    I hope they have something decent. Sam Adams, Widmer Hefeweizen, Guiness or something. The best would be some Gordon-Biersch Marzen. They make it right around the corner from the convention center (on San Fernando Street). Great stuff!!


    _damnit_
  • Most squa's do not understand my glowing sense of humor and good-natured sarcasm.

    "I play sports"
  • Go listen to "Geeks in Space 4". They actually mention the beer that they will have. Its good micro brew. Not Dudweiser or Spiller.
  • What's the matter, you upset because you don't have the success San has had? "complete reject", maybe that's a self-description, but it surely doesn't apply to San. San's a cool shit and has always been. Grow up.

  • It you make any modifications to the beer, please *don't* redistribute it.
  • What's worse, you can drive at 16, I think we have our responsibilities slightly screwed. :)

    I do not equate free with liberal but that is a very different thread (yes, I'm a card carrying libertarian (and nra member)).

    If you play it cool, you probably won't have any trouble. I assume you are about 18 and look it, if you are 13, sorry but you may as well not even try. Then again I've seen some stiff enforcement so it's always a crapshoot. Here's a good example, I was at Woodstock and on the roof of their Beer Gardens (only place they sold beer) were two NY state troopers making sure no one underage got in. This is a strange country indeed.
  • FWIW:
    You can hang with em at the Expo itself, I'm sure.

    I'd never read /. when I was at the last expo, but my friends (that where at the Debian booth) kept on pointing at Rob and saying how kewl it was that he was doing all that stuff rite there at the /. booth.

    Breace.
  • Sounds like a segfault type post.

    Cheers, I laughed my ass off.
    kaniff -- Ralph Hart Jr
  • Excellent idea!

    Can I urge Rob to include Grolsch?

    (A Dutch beer, not German,- see my entry at http://everything.blockstackers.com/)

    Breace.
  • My favorites are Old Nick, Chimay Ale (black label) and Skullsplitter, but I don't complain about most import beers & microbrews. :) Coors Lite is ok in a pinch, since it at least doesn't have the Bud aftertaste ;)
  • Well, I'm also a female member of the Linux species {---note EXCEPTION to I before E rule BTW and...well, my boyfriend was and is a turbo-geek. How did we meet? In a dive bar! And believe me, after some signs of interest from me, he straightened up and flew straight on the hygenie issue. Gotta say this to Mr. Hopes-Chicks-are-There and his brethren:

    Bathe.
    Clean Clothes.
    Brush Teeth.
    but the biggest hint of all:

    Don't be afraid to say HI!!


    Seriously...I had casually met my man once or twice thru a mutual friend and all we did was grunt generic greetings. One nite Mutual Pal failed to show, and we drank in silence. Finally we both got hungry and retired to the same diner. We've been together since Xmas and are still mutually astonished that we found each other!

    So everybody bring cards, soap, and protection, and have a BLAST! Too bad I'm stuck @ work (sob!!) But at least I found out that I'm in for 200 shares of RedHat (which is probably gonna be better than free beer or sex anyway)

  • All beer is good beer, but free beer is better beer.
  • There are already some nice guides to geek (girls/guys) out there... Guide to Geek Guys [bunnyhop.com] and... Guide to Geek Girls [udel.edu]
  • I think that beer is actually free in the GNU sense, because once you have it, you can do anything you like with it. Unfortunately, trademark laws mean that you might have to change the name a little, but apart from that it is indeed 'free'. There is no licence agreement restricting what you can use it for, how many people can drink it at once, etc.
  • ... Or just stay home and huff Scotch Guard.

  • Most chicks I know refer to themselves as chicks. I guess some people are overly sensitive to perceived slights.
  • KILLIANS!!!

    Wish I could be there

  • not leaching. Dammit, can someone get Rob a spell checker?

    Well, Mr. Nitpicky smarty-pants, a spell checker wouldn't have helped in this case...

    Main Entry: leach
    Function: verb
    Etymology: leach vessel through which water is passed to extract lye
    Date: 1796
    transitive senses
    1 : to dissolve out by the action of a percolating liquid
    2 : to subject to the action of percolating liquid (as water) in order to separate the soluble components
    3 a : to remove (nutritive or harmful elements) from soil by percolation b : to draw out or remove as if by percolation
    intransitive senses : to pass out or through by percolation
    - leachability /"lE-ch&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
    - leachable /'lE-ch&-b&l/ adjective
    - leacher noun

    My point? None, really. I just get annoyed with people who always scream "Use a spellchecker, you moron!"
    I think I need more coffee.

    --
    A host is a host from coast to coast...

  • Sierra Nevada, Rogue, Dominion for a good local brew.
  • I would suggest a Hogshead of Whiskey.
    The fun will never end!
  • I have a feeling that these will be the first kegs to be officially "slashdotted". Let's hope that they aren't using Tap2K from M$ or it could be a very dry party.

  • a big "hello dj wandle" from the former corel computer engineering team :)
  • Beer and chicks! maps.yahoo.com says it'll be a 10 hour drive from my house. I'll hope I can make it up there.

    So just where [yahoo.com] is Yucaipa anyway
  • This may give the term Slashdotted a new meaning

    Slashdotted: The ablity to get drunker than you've ever been because the beer is free.
  • As a male linux user falling into the "too shy" category (Well, I certainly hope it's not hygiene), allow me a few observations.

    A good starting point is with a technical discussion -- something we're comfortable with. On the other hand, I got to know one of my friends after she came up and directly complimented me (a surprise, that) and another after we walked out of a scary movie simultaneously.

    Subtle compliments and hints may be all that you're offered -- but a subtle compliment from a shy geek may have more meaning than a bouquet of roses from someone less timid.

    So yes, you may have to be much more direct to get the shy ones, rather than allowing the males to come to you. However, if you're looking for integrity and loyalty (and someone who wouldn't even think of mind games or any other such stuff), you really may find us worthwhile.

    Btw (for the offended party above), use of "chick" in a male-dominated context such as Slashdot doesn't mean that the word would ever be used to your face. (Not that I'd use it anyhow, but that's just me).

    [Heh, I'm not posting this as an AC. Just shy in RL, I suppose]
  • another post stated that the recipie for the brew would be the source code but.... If I were to say, change my share of the beer (digestion?) and redistribute it, would you want it?
  • I don't know whether the word 'sot' is used commonly in the US, but myself, I'd call the attenders slashsots, bent on getting slashsotted. Or slashsozzled, perhaps.

    I suppose this is not the place to mention what 'going for a slash' means in the UK, either?

  • Thank you for the submission... nice job.. and way to sneak in under the submission size restrictions as well :)

    congo rats
  • wtf are you talking about? all THEY need is beer ;-)


  • NERDS UNLEASH HOLY TERROR IN SAN JOSE
    Atrocities "Too Graphic To List", States Police Chief

    SAN JOSE, CA (UPI) - Dredging up painful memories of other recent riots in southern California, the city of San Jose was consumed by raucous, drunken nerds last evening, and officials estimate that it will be "quite some time" before the carnage can be cleaned up and life can return back to normal.

    The events started off innocently enough. Several readers and contributors to the online nerd Mecca Slashdot [slashdot.org] were gathered together outside of a Linux convention. Linux is a type of computer that does not have windows and only runs hydroponics simulations software.

    However, things got out of hand when the group's ringleader, Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, began to start playing old The Who bootlegs. When the beer ran out, the party's crazed attendees ruthlessly invaded the liquor cabinet and had drained it completely dry in record time. They then took to the streets, leaving no target untarnished.

    "I'm still trying to get those goddamn motorcycles out of my pool," sputtered Howard Johnson, who owns an area Holiday Inn. "I'm going to have to have to drain the whole thing." Johnson then pointed to a screaming toddler that had been hoisted all the way up a nearby flagpole. "That little bastard's mother is still trying to find somebody to get him down. I tell you, kids these days just have no respect for authority."

    Edward Hoffman, the chief of police for San Jose, agreed.

    "I have seen lots of unruliness in my tenure as police chief," related Hoffman. "But never anything like this. Why, there were literally hundreds of drunken imbeciles running around shouting 'MEEPT!' and inciting general violence." Hoffman said that while the death toll of two victims is relatively low, the emotional scars that this incident has left on witnesses will probably never heal. "There are some things that just stick with a person," he said. "This whole riot is going to be one of them."

    "These people were completely insane," said Hoffman. "They were committing acts of depravity that are quite simply too graphic to list." Details are beginning to emerge. Sergeant Dale Smith recanted a gruesome tale involving a nerd, a prostitute named Tangerine, six feet of rubber tubing, a quart of motor oil, and a yak. Smith spoke under the condition of anonymity. Chief Hoffman later confirmed Smith's story.

    "A yak," said Hoffman. "That's fucked."

    Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux, urged the international community to remain calm. "I would remind you," Mr. Torvalds said through a spokesman, "that under no conditions should these actions be taken as par-for-the-course for Linux users in general. Personally," he continued, "I would have used a gnu .. not a yak."

    The San Jose Mercury News contributed to this article.

  • MoA (Score:2)

    by mattdm ( 1931 )
    They really did play at the last LinuxWorld Expo. A lot of people apparently weren't so pleased (it was loud; they wanted to talk) but I thought it kicked ass.

    --

  • they have sierra nevada everywhere beb. least here [sf/bay area]. even the ip and summit extra...
  • (insert standard '"begs the question" doesn't mean that' rant here)...
  • I suppose this is not the place to mention what 'going for a slash' means in the UK, either?

    Well? What DOES it mean? I, for one, would like to know...
  • I've read the "Guys' Guide to Geek Girls", and it doesn't tell me anything I didn't already know. (Not that knowing any of it makes a damn bit of difference. When chicks hate you, chicks hate you...)

  • music (Score:2)

    by mattdm ( 1931 )
    Are you going to get Man or Astroman to play? :)


    PS: it's weird, e-i, not wierd.

    --

  • Perhaps we should all wear togas ? At any rate, this should be a blast. Rather than the hit or miss chance meetings of fellow posters around a /. booth, this may be a good opportunity to meet others of this here fine community ! !

    Z
  • It will be hard to beat the success of the RedHat parties. Will Andover be bringing in pretty girls to get all the geeks dancing once they've had a few to drink?

    -Lisa

  • See how it all works out? With respect to the money-can't-buy-me-love dept. article, us computer guys may not have much time to do well with the ladies, but at least we get free beer! Count me in!

    SirSlud
  • Woo Hoo! I just wish i could make it ;)
  • That sounds just wonderful. But what about our youth who whould also like to hang out with CmdrTaco and Hemos? I guess I'll just have to wait another 7 years. Then again, 200 drunken codemonkeys could get dangerous, especially if someone brings up Mickeysoft. I'll stay out of the area.
  • Didn't the last poll show something like a 98% / 2% split among /. readers? Heck, it'd be a chick fest if they had 5% female attendance.

    Don't worry ladies, I won't be able to attend the party anyway. ;-)

  • I was wondering if this might be part of the fine print that is at the end of your contract with andover
    "and the party of the first part (also known as Andover.net) shall grant a party to the party of the second part (a.k.a CmndrTaco and Hemos) and hereto fore be known as a Party for all Parties (aka /. readers).. :)
    Either way... great job you guys wish I could be there with ya...
  • This begs the question as to what kind of beer Linux users prefer. As a homebrewer and all-around beer fan, I would be interested in finding out if folks out there prefer real beer over ho-hum, rice-riddled Budwiser, Miller and other "mainstream" brews. Maybe a poll is in order, hmmmm?

    Of course, a good many of y'all might prefer wine, tequilla, or other spirits--or maybe there's a lot of tee-totalers out there as well!


    Just a thought...
  • Maybe this will help all of you who wrote in earlier complaining about your lack of a dating life.

    The Slashdot Bash will be HUGE with the chicks I bet!

  • Not only is it weird, not wierd (that's the second time in two days on that one, Taco), but 'tis leeching, not leaching. Dammit, can someone get Rob a spell checker?

    belloc

    [If all the Chinese simultaneously jumped into the Pacific off a 10 foot
    platform erected 10 feet off their coast, it would cause a tidal wave
    that would destroy everything in this country west of Nebraska.]
  • Any idea if they will be doing this at the show in Atlanta too??
  • I'm fairly introverted, and have a hard time meeting people at parties, except for a couple of things:
    (1) if i know most of the people there;
    (2) if i'm there with a clsoe friend who is more extroverted than me
    (3) if I have a role in the event (the parties at BorCon were fun because i was working there, so I could always fall back on that role if i needed it).

    If I go to LinuxWorld --- that is, if work lets
    me go --- I'll go to the party. :)

  • Slashdot party. (Score:3)

    by Shoeboy ( 16224 ) on Friday August 06, 1999 @09:17AM (#1760872) Homepage
    I'm sure that there will be a vigorous competition to drink to the point of nausea and get the coveted "FIRST PUKE!!!"
    --Shoeboy, who is very, very sorry about this post and promises to do better next time.
  • Mmmmm...Sierra Nevada...gahhhhhhh....



    Too bad we can't get it here in I-o-way. I guess I'll have to bring some home from Minneapolis this weekend.

    If you're ever in the upper Midwest, try a Summit Extra Pale Ale or their IPA. The brewery is in St. Paul and have limited regional distribution.


    I live for Pale Ale!

  • Contributers will be notified by E-Mail if they're eligible for early dibs on the kegs.
    Note that only qualified beer drinkers with over 2 gallons of previous experience and 1 pre-qualified keg-cup will be eligible to participate.
  • You are 15?
  • Damn, when the Alpha Clone Project came through I wish I had asked Coco The Electronic Monkey Wizard to come by Washington University (where I worked at the time) and actually get a sequence of Astroman DNA.
  • Next week, but I want it now. ooooohhhhh. Why does next week take soooooo long to get here?

  • Free beer? (Score:3)

    by dillon_rinker ( 17944 ) on Friday August 06, 1999 @10:54AM (#1760880) Homepage
    Let me just say that it is super wierd throwing your own bash at a conference instead of just leaching off everyone else's, but hey, free beer, right?

    When you say "free beer", do you mean beer that is free in the sense of "libre", or beer that is free in the sense of "gratis"? I urge those of you reading this not to drink the beer unless Andover is willing to provide the recipe (a kind of "source code" for food) and details on its brewing process (a kind of "compilation" for beverages) for this beer.
  • In fact, I further recommend that we refrain from drinking this beer unless it is compliant with recognized standards, i.e. made only from the four basic ingredients: water, hops, yeast, and barley (or other grain I suppose). I really hate those big evil greedy corporations who "embrace and extend" the beer standard with adjuncts.
  • Heh heh!

    By your comments I guess that you are not married, right?

  • is the beer going to be covered by GPL?
    yeah yeah -1 me allready!

  • Re:Heck (Score:2)

    by cje ( 33931 )
    Fortunately, Gee-Whiz, son of Gosh, will save you.

    Gee-Whiz? You heretic. Everybody knows the true Son of Gosh is Jeepers.

    You must be one of those Southern Baptists.
  • ha! that's actually almost a really great idea, since there are these basic little truths about femmes that guys just don't understand, and vice versa. maybe a FAQ would be a good thing, too. *picturing it now: HOWTO catch yourself a geekgirl*
  • can we please please please have wyder's pear cider or something similar on tap?? i love getting sloshed on cider!
  • No offense, sanctimonious one, but he's correct. Rob may have used "leach" incorrectly, but it is a real English word, and a spellchecker would have ignored it. Thanks for playing.
  • Is it just me? Am I the only one who refuses to see drug use as part of a good time? Am I the only one who doesn't drink, at all, and doesn't want anything I ingest to alter my decision-making process?

    Seriously, am I the only one? Or one of very few? I'm guessing I am, if the announcement "Get Sloshed" attracts almost universal glee.

    Whatever.
  • Well, I don't know about where you live. However, here in Oklahoma (trust me, I'd rather be ANYPLACE else) you only have to be 18 to drink. 21 to buy, but since this is all free...
  • especially if they use rice. ugh.

    --

  • I'll agree, but neither are viable lifestyle options. Everything in moderation. I've met both too many drunks, and too many burnouts to really embrace either as anything more than an occasional activity, preferably social at that. And of course, this is providing that the pot is pure, and not mixed/laced. I have to admit, though, from what I've heard, it does make for much easier coding, at least when you have to deal with C++ OO hierarchy. Either way, I find that geeks who've had a few to drink make much better company then geeks who've taken a few hits, for as you said, it makes for a better escape.
  • Well, there's me too. And I'll even be at the party, with my friend the lush.
  • The trick is to get as extroverted as possible (for some people, the free beer helps ;-)) and make sure that there aren't any total strangers in your vicinity. Just don't drink too much, or your reputation might preceed you (voice of experience here =( )
  • Bummer man!!!!! I'll be sure to drink your share of it. Can't let free beer go to waste even if it's Buttwiper. Free comes with a price, as in headaches and bad gas if ya know what I mean. :)

    C ya!!!
  • Hmmm, I have a business card here from the last LinuxWorld. Says, "San Mehat, Director of Product Architecture, Hardware Canada Computing / Netwinder". I guess he went to work for VA?
  • The dark side of being a SAD is never to make enough money to fly over :I

    Then again, keep the chick(s?), I've got mine.

    Waiting for remote party 'bots to hit the market^H^H^Hdance floor. "Hit the pogo script!"

    Gotta gmake an All Night Original Helsinki University Linux Conference to keep up.
  • You mean like at Linux Expo, where the Red Hat girls were trying to drag guys (including me) onto the empty dance floor in the giant barn-of-a-bar RH rented for their party? I remember that. I was chatting with people I'd only met before through e-mail while swilling free booze, as was about 45% of the crowd. Another 45% gathered around assorted video games, using free tokens RH gave out. Then there was the beach volleyball game, which sucked up the remaining 10%.

    I hardly saw any males on that dance floor, but it was a great party anyway, and RH got mucho "Good People" points IMO for throwing it. It'll probably be the same at LW, even though, from what I hear, many/most of Andover's female employees will be there.
  • I can't attend the party.
    Could you please send me my share of free beer.
    Thanks.
  • Being a connoisseur of free beer
    (I have a very discriminating palate)
    I can tell you that I will endeavor
    to make the trip from Canada just for
    this thing you are calling a 'shindig'

    Dibs' of the pretzels.

    How does one get from the Airport to
    the event.
  • i know this is off topic. but i doubt if i'm the only one getting irritated by this.

    this 25 comments limit really bugs the hell out of me. How do i make slashdot display more than 25 comments in overload mode?
  • When you say "free", do you mean "free" as in "free speech", or "free" as in ... oh, wait, never mind :)
  • I won't be there, but I am a Linux user so I'll respond anyway :-)

    In college I brewed my own beer because, after living a couple of years in Germany, I couldn't stand the mass produced swill in this country, and I couldn't afford the imports. Now the US has rediscovered its beer brewing heritage and there is a plethora of Microbrews available (ranging from mediocre to delicious). Laziness and lack of time, coupled with a range of delicious choices to appear in the last ten years, mean I now buy, instead of brew, which makes me way less cool than I once was, but also much less thirsty .

    I prefer homebrew, followed by Microbrew. I'd rather drink tap water than American Massbrew.
  • Let's see...my favorite beers...Guinness, various Sam Adams brews (Cream Stout, Boston Lager), various local brews (a place called Bosco's has these great brews called Isle of Skye Scottish Ale and another called Flaming Stone), plus others such as Harp and Fuller's ESB and so forth. These are a few of my favorite things.
  • I think it really matters where you live and your age group. It's highly acceptable and used by everyone here...
  • nah--i wasn't totally being harsh about it. i don't mind being called a chick, but "chick fest"?? c'mon! anyway, i have plans to be there. look for the black go-go boots.
  • This begs the question as to what kind of beer Linux users prefer.
    1. Guinness
    2. Harpoon IPA (for the northeastern US contingent)
    3. Murphy's
    4. Pretty much any ol' IPA
    5. Pretty much any ol' ale (except wheat ales... blech!)

    --
    A host is a host from coast to coast...
  • Bell's Oberon. Michigan's first microbrewery (1986).
  • Monks make beer. We drink it. "HEck" just doesn't come into the equation.

    I figure if Monks can drink it, I can too...

  • bahaha! preach on, sister!
  • heh no! its quite normal (we re 2?:), but since this is not a random party but a geek party it should be fun :) (too bad i cant go:( )

    ---
  • Killian's, all the way. Or, if I wanna freak my friends out, I'll drink this weird-ass German beer. It's called Kierkan Dunkel or something like that. Apparently, it tastes extremely bitter to them. Me, it tastes just fine. They hate that. :-
  • If it ain't Guinness, it ain't beer.
  • this might be a dance track that might fit in well at the /. shindig:

    dual of the fates - sliced up and ready to go [av-el.co.il]

    what dya think?
    --------------------------------
  • hmmm..

    it here:

    www.av-el.co.il/starwars-tpm.mp3 [av-el.co.il]
    --------------------------------

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