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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
Christopher Fowler
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 8:52 AM
To: brian.whigham at yondernetworks.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Cc: CHUGALUG Linux discussion list; aaug at itaki.net
Subject: Re: [ale] GEEKS galore spread it out to your respective groupsand
anywhere else you can think of
Does this go on all weekend 24x7? Where is it located at. I've not
heard of the Galleria Parkway. Where is that at?
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 08:33 -0400, Brian Whigham wrote:
> WEEKEND;
>
> There is a group of GEEKS, yup true blue computer geeks from all walks
> of life, as geekie as they come, members of Atlanta Linux User Group,
> Atlanta Asterisk are just a few of the numerous Atlanta user groups that
> have come together to help.
>
> After work and on weekends they go to the 14th floor of Galleria
> Parkway. They look through donated equipment, pick a few of the choicest
> pieces and make it work and then someone else will pack it on pallets.
> Back and forth to the donations of computer equipment that have been
> gathered over the last few weeks by even more volunteers
>
> They are going to have sprint this weekend, a sprint for a geek has
> nothing to do with running, it is when a bunch of the geeks get together
> and do something BIG, it has to do with strutting their stuff, how
> fast, how different, how compact the code. It really has to do with
> programming and setting up equipment. Braggin rights
>
> This weekend will be one of the biggest, even geeks from out of town are
> coming in. It goes 24/7 Geeks from all the Atlanta User Groups and some
> that aren't in a user groups will be there.
>
> They went into what is called the corporate computer graveyards where
> corporate America sends old computer equipment to die. This weekend they
> are going to see how much equipment they can build out. Why are they
> building it, not because it's there to do, not because they have nothing
> to do this weekend. They are building it out for the thousands of
> machines that were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.
>
> Once built it will be loaded on pallets, then on to trucks and then
> taken to the Volunteers in the disaster zone. It should be a truly
> wondrous event ..... if you are a geek.
>
> Any geek with a win2000 or better Laptop is welcome to come down and
> strut their stuff, They get to keep their Laptop, just need it to do
> some configuring. Coffee, Drinks, and the game will be on.
>
> For more information Contact
>
> Bill.learning at verso.com
>
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