I'm going to the Boston conference.

A few Q's:

1)  Anyone else going?

2)  There's a huge difference in registration cost betwen  Full Conference
(Member $750) and Conference Select (Member $220).  I suppose I could
research this further on my own, but it's not clearly laid out in their
2006 web pages yet.  Anyone have any idea whether the average pov-hobbyist
would have any interest in the Full?

3)  I'm of course surely paying my own hotel and travel and registration.
But does povray need a table to be sat at for a period of time?  (I'm not
intending to get any renumeration, but wouldn't pass up for a sec an
opportunity to earn an invitation to a wine and chesse fest somewhere.)

4)  What does the average conference attendee bring along?  I could imagine
that if you were desparately looking for a job, you'd actively be passing
out resume's and demo reel wallet-size DVD's.  But does the average
attendee bring a lot of stuff to share with folks they rub elbows with?

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"gregjohn" <pte### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> I'm going to the Boston conference.
>
> 3)  I'm of course surely paying my own hotel and travel and registration.
> But does povray need a table to be sat at for a period of time?  (I'm not
> intending to get any renumeration, but wouldn't pass up for a sec an
> opportunity to earn an invitation to a wine and chesse fest somewhere.)
>


Okay, a BYOB & saltines social, at least then? ;)

Seriously though, is there anything that an average pov-ver could do for
povray at SIGGRAPH?  Wearing a T-shirt with the URL, leaving flyers in
lobby waiting rooms cards-- anything-- if the registration fees for
"tabling" are out of the question for a *freeware* organization?

--Greg M. Johnson

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gregjohn wrote:

> "gregjohn" <pte### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> 
>>I'm going to the Boston conference.
>>
>>3)  I'm of course surely paying my own hotel and travel and registration.
>>But does povray need a table to be sat at for a period of time?  (I'm not
>>intending to get any renumeration, but wouldn't pass up for a sec an
>>opportunity to earn an invitation to a wine and chesse fest somewhere.)
> 
> Okay, a BYOB & saltines social, at least then? ;)
> 
> Seriously though, is there anything that an average pov-ver could do for
> povray at SIGGRAPH?  Wearing a T-shirt with the URL, leaving flyers in
> lobby waiting rooms cards-- anything-- if the registration fees for
> "tabling" are out of the question for a *freeware* organization?

Bring two sets of t-shirts.  One says "Y is UP!" and the other says "Z 
is UP!"  Put them on a sandwich board and walk around wearing the board.

Sell them for nine bucks each.

Donate the proceeds to povray.org.

Regards,
John

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> Bring two sets of t-shirts.  One says "Y is UP!" and the other says "Z
> is UP!"  Put them on a sandwich board and walk around wearing the board.
>
> Sell them for nine bucks each.

And count the casualties on both sides...:-p

Marc (still wondering which ones are the Big-Endians)

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> Bring two sets of t-shirts.  One says "Y is UP!" and the other says "Z
> is UP!" Put them on a sandwich board and walk around wearing the
> board.
> 
> Sell them for nine bucks each.
Or, for more entertainment, sell the Y T-shirts for a $currency less
than the Z's, or vice-versa.

For even more entertainment, make friends with someone at the
conference. One of you should sell the Y T-shirts for a $currency less
than the Z T-shirts, and the other should vice-versa. Compare notes
afterwards.

-- 
Now  as he walked by the sea  of Galilee,  he saw  Simon and Andrew  his
brother casting a spam into the net:  for they were phishers.  And Jesus
said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become phishers
of men.  And  straightway  they forsook  their  nets,  and followed him.

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Let's not limit our thinking to a mere three dimensions.  As every simulator
knows: "X,Y and Z are arbitrary; TIME is up."

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news:web.441b2152c43942ae5a8888d90@news.povray.org...
> Let's not limit our thinking to a mere three dimensions.  As every
simulator
> knows: "X,Y and Z are arbitrary; TIME is up."

The issue is we walk facing down!

Marc

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Daniel Hulme wrote:

>>Bring two sets of t-shirts.  One says "Y is UP!" and the other says "Z
>>is UP!" Put them on a sandwich board and walk around wearing the
>>board.
>>
>>Sell them for nine bucks each.
> 
> Or, for more entertainment, sell the Y T-shirts for a $currency less
> than the Z's, or vice-versa.
> 
> For even more entertainment, make friends with someone at the
> conference. One of you should sell the Y T-shirts for a $currency less
> than the Z T-shirts, and the other should vice-versa. Compare notes
> afterwards.

Have the following price schedule:
1 Y-up shirt: $9
1 Z-up shirt: $9
1 Y-up shirt and 1 Z-up shirt: $19

See how many people walk up and insist on buying two for $18.

Regards,
John
"I never sold more than one at a time until I put the sign up."

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