From: dblack@... Date: 2006-07-28T21:52:58+09:00 Subject: Re: About last night ... Hi -- On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, Charles O Nutter wrote: > On 7/27/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: >> >> a. The upcoming Ruby Conference in Colorado had 73 proposals for papers >> submitted, of which only 16 could fit into the schedule, >> b. There are only 240 slots for *attendees* to the conference, while >> there are most likely thousands with the means and desire to attend, and >> c. Given b, people are actually running scripts to poll the conference >> web site and grab the registration form, in the hopes that they'll be >> one of the lucky 240. >> > > I for one have been very disappointed with the limtations put on RubyConf > this year. > > - Only ten days were given to submit proposals Submissions started on June 1 and ended on June 30. That's 29 days. David -- http://www.rubypowerandlight.com => Ruby/Rails training & consultancy http://www.manning.com/black => RUBY FOR RAILS (reviewed on Slashdot, 7/12/2006!) http://dablog.rubypal.com => D[avid ]A[. ]B[lack's][ Web]log dblack@wobblini.net => me