[PLUG] Alternative to March advanced topics - Server Sky at NW Lucky Lab

[Keith Lofstrom]

It is looking like we won't be having an advanced topics meeting
for March.  So to get Alan off the hook for arranging a meeting,
and unless I hear otherwise, I'm going to show up at the *Northwest*
Lucky Lab on Wednesday March the 18th at 7PM and talk about server
sky ( http://www.server-sky.com/ ) with anyone who shows up.  I
posted a short bit about it to the PLUG list a day or two ago.

If somebody wants to call to arrange the back room (for free), we
can use that, otherwise we just take over a table in the corner. 
If somebody wants to post directions, that would be appreciated too.

I don't have anything like a presentation ready, or even answers to
75% of the questions I expect I will get, but I can answer a few,
and perhaps others can research/compute the answers to others. 
I do have some pictures on my laptop, and on the website, and we
can work some things out as we go along.

The idea is very young - push it and it falls right over - so I'm
not looking for "this will never work".  I am not even looking for
"why don't you try MY idea".  I already have a lot of ideas to
try.  I am very much interested in "here's an idea about solving X,
and here is how I plan to research and calculate and design it."

I am also interested in people that can do graphics and physical
simulation.  I think game programmers might be helpful - who knows,
perhaps there are gaming architectures that can handle radio
propagation, orbital mechanics, and hypervelocity collisions,
but even ordinary game physics would be helpful.  Changing the
world is easier if it is fun.

I will be giving a more formal presentation at Linuxfest in late
April, and I hope to present an alpha version of the presentation
in early April, so people that want to see a more polished version
can wait for that.  On the other hand, I am team building now, so
if you want to get in on the ground floor, or are too curious to
wait, I'll see you wednesday night.

Keith

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