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Re: Small notes from the big bash
« on: March 14, 2004, 04:00:13 PM »
I left quite "early" (well, the presentation hadn't started by 19:30, and I had to get the last train home), and assuming not many others turned up after I left, I'd guess 30 - 50.  Easily 30 people were there, though some people were at the bar, not everyone was in the same room at the same time, so it's hard to guess.

I was the undisputed timekeeping champion as well.  I turned up a day early.  Oops :-D

Ryu would probably have beaten me at Speedball 2 if we had played best of 3 or more :-)

OS4 met my hopes and expectations - nicely responsive, quick to boot (15 seconds at most).  The only real thing to hold it back IMO (other than hardware price) is applications support.  Particularly wrt web browsers.  I didn't play with OS4 for very long, but I didn't find any holes to pick in it.

I walked about 12 sodding miles that day.  I was knackered by the time I got home :-(  Though the stop in a pub for a few hours, drinking Guinness and reading Bram Stoker's Dracula did help :-)

The choice of music appeared to get worse as the evening went on.  I was totally expecting to hear "Daphne and Celeste - Oooh Stick You" by the way things were going.  The guy who was showing quake and doom demos on his A1 should have continued to host the music!  Beastie Boys rocks :-)

What was the presentation like in the end?