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#197504 - 09/01/2004 09:55 empeg Owner's meet in London?
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5680
Loc: London, UK
I'm not thinking of a full-blown Amersfoort style meet, for two reasons:

1. There's nowhere to park in London.
2. I don't have the necessary organisational skills.

Instead, this is just a thinly-veiled way for me to find some new drinking buddies who live or work in or near London.


Owner's Meet in London: You interested?
Yes
Possibly
No
I don't live anywhere near London, you insensitive clod



If enough people are interested, I'll look into the possibility of booking some space in a pub in Central London (or wherever else is suggested).
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#197505 - 09/01/2004 10:00 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Roger]
h_blake
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Registered: 22/05/2001
Posts: 50
Loc: Bedford, UK
Roger,

Any time you fancy a lunchtime or after work beer I'm at London Bridge and don't need too much persuasion!

BTW theres a pub that does a good Thai curry just around the corner from where I work...


Edited by h_blake (09/01/2004 10:07)
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#197506 - 09/01/2004 10:07 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Roger]
furtive
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
I'd be up for that. Work on Fleet Street, live in Limehouse.
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#197507 - 09/01/2004 10:07 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Roger]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Well, I'm based in Edinburgh, but my head office is next to HMS Belfast, and I'm supposed to go there on a fairly regular basis so if there is enough notice I should be able to wangle it.
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#197508 - 09/01/2004 10:09 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: frog51]
h_blake
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Registered: 22/05/2001
Posts: 50
Loc: Bedford, UK
I can see the Belfast from here if I look out of the window.
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#197509 - 09/01/2004 10:11 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: h_blake]
furtive
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
I float past it twice a day...
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#197510 - 09/01/2004 10:26 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Roger]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
I can always think up some bullshit reason to come to london if needs be.
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#197511 - 09/01/2004 10:45 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: furtive]
skibum
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Registered: 27/03/2002
Posts: 248
Loc: Swindon, UK
I used to work opposite Ye Olde Chershire Cheese pub (up the alley). That was at least 6 lifetimes ago however.
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#197512 - 09/01/2004 10:47 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: h_blake]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Well, you see that big shiny glass building (not the round thing the mayor of London hangs out in, but the next one along)

Our Advanced Solutions Centre is hidden away in there - great place for techies. We nearly managed to wangle a big Origin 2000 for it, but the powers that be decided there were enough blinkenlichts from all the other machines so we couldn't have it.
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#197513 - 09/01/2004 10:48 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: furtive]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
why? on a water taxi? or just hangin' out on the waves, dude?
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#197514 - 09/01/2004 10:50 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: frog51]
webroach
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Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
We nearly managed to wangle a big Origin 2000 for it...

It's not quite as nice as an O2K, but if you guys feel like paying the shipping from the U.S., I could provide a nifty Challenge L.
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#197515 - 09/01/2004 10:54 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: frog51]
furtive
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
Watertaxi

http://www.thamesclippers.com

Much less stressful way to get to work than the tube.
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#197516 - 10/01/2004 04:01 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Roger]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Given enough notice, I could even catch Easyjet down to London. Speaking of which, I will actually have a free weekend (it's been quite a while since last time - usually it's just in for a business meeting and out again) with my girlfriend in London in a couple of weeks. Anything on the *must see* list, assuming last time I actually had real spare time in London must have been 4 or 5 years ago?

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#197517 - 10/01/2004 04:50 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Roger]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
Yep. I'd be up for that. I'm usually in central London most of the time anyway.

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#197518 - 10/01/2004 04:53 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: furtive]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
Neat. I've seen them before but never realised that they were watertaxis. Getting squashed against the tube doors does get old very fast. I'm just glad it's not like the Tokyo underground system where they actually employ people to push you in.

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#197519 - 10/01/2004 05:09 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Roger]
gui
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Registered: 27/07/1999
Posts: 123
Any objections to an ex empeg owner (3 times) and regular lurker here tagging along?

I did pay full retail for a mk1 and 2 mk2s he says trying to justify the current emeg-less situation...

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#197520 - 10/01/2004 12:36 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: julf]
andy
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Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5914
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
The London Eye is worth doing if you haven't done it already. I think it is closed for maintenance at the moment though.
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#197521 - 10/01/2004 13:20 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: andy]
g_attrill
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
I think it is closed for maintenance at the moment though.

Probably cleaning of the scorch marks from the fireworks...

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#197522 - 11/01/2004 13:11 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: skibum]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
Fleet Street, Cheshire Cheese, you're really taking me back, I only left Fleet Street for Yorkshire for a one year stint in '72, but never got back. My old firm's HQ was Chronicle House, 72 - 78 Fleet Street (right opposite the CC), I don't know if it's even still there.
Always looking for a good excuse for a journey through the past, not that that would describe an Empeg meet!
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#197523 - 11/01/2004 14:01 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Roger]
Cris
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Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
Roger,

I'm gunna be in London the 30th and 31st of Jan on the piss

Although, like Andy, I'm sure I can find an excuse to get down to the Big Smoke anytime

I'm not sure where in London I'm going to be yet (I've heard its quite a big place lol) it's sure to be pretty central.

Cheers

Cris.

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#197524 - 11/01/2004 18:49 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: webroach]
753
member

Registered: 25/10/1999
Posts: 149
I could provide a nifty Challenge L.

You mean for free? I am certainly interested should frog51 not be and provided the offer stands for other empeggers as well. A real MIPS machine would be a cool thing to have for my Computer Architecture and related classes given that we currently do MIPS datapaths, MIPS assembler, etc... without even having a MIPS machine at our University . Doesn't the Challenge L have multiple CPUs? The shipping costs across the pond probably shouldn't be underestimated. Any idea what the baby weighs?
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#197525 - 12/01/2004 02:53 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: 753]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
The Challenge L is multiprocessor capable. If it's an L then it one of the deskside cases and can fit 3 CPU boards. Depending on what CPU family you use, you can have up to a maximum of 6 or 12. The Challenge series don't come with a graphics subsystem but I think you can use an Extreme graphics subsystem if you get the right adapter.

It's not going to be light but it's not as a bad as the rackmount case. The rackmount case fully populated was around 350kg.

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#197526 - 12/01/2004 03:14 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: tman]
ricin
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Registered: 19/06/2000
Posts: 1495
Loc: US: CA
According to the Owner's Guide:

Height 26 inches (65 cm)
Width 21 inches (54 cm)
Depth 29 inches (74 cm)
Weight
195 lbs (89 kg)—minimum
300 lbs (136 kg)—in shipping carton
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#197527 - 12/01/2004 04:27 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: webroach]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Hmm - that sounds very tempting. Just let me go off and find out how much shipping would be
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#197528 - 12/01/2004 08:49 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: ricin]
753
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Registered: 25/10/1999
Posts: 149
300 lbs (136 kg)

Hefty. Most likely hefty enough to make it more cost-efficient to find something over here.
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#197529 - 12/01/2004 11:48 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: 753]
g_attrill
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
Dunno, find somebody importing a containerised car and scrounge some space in one corner. Unfortunately I'm only RoRo'ing one 'cos I'm a cheapskate!

Gareth

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#197530 - 12/01/2004 12:39 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Roger]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5680
Loc: London, UK
OK, so it looks like we've got enough people interested. Do we want to try for a weekday after work, or a weekend?


Evening or Weekend
An evening (not Friday) after work
Friday after work
The weekend would be better
Both, dammit. I just can't get enough empeg-related goodness
Not bothered, I'll come to either



...then I'll start thinking about actual dates and venues...
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#197531 - 13/01/2004 07:15 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Roger]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Well, I'm trying to get down to London for most of the week beginning 8th of March for Websec2004 and my only evening booked up so far is the Tuesday, so the Monday or Wednesday would be ideal for me.
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MkIIa, blue lit buttons, memory upgrade, 1Tb in Subaru Forester STi
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#197532 - 13/01/2004 10:10 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: Cris]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I'm gunna be in London the 30th and 31st of Jan on the piss

And I'm going to be there Jan 31 and Feb 1st...

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#197533 - 13/01/2004 10:11 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: andy]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The London Eye is worth doing if you haven't done it already.

Was actually thinking about it.
I think it is closed for maintenance at the moment though.

Hmm. Have to check out how long the maintenance will last.

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