First Annual Short-Media LAN - VOTE!!

When would you like to see the first annual short-media LAN event to be held in Detroit, Michigan, at the posh and illustrious sarcnet industries corporate headquarters?
Lodging for some people, who are willing to sleep on the floor/couch/available surface can be provided (on a first-come first-serve basis) by me, primesuspect, at my house. More lodging can be had at my offices under the same circumstances (available planar surface)
There are also many inexpensive hotels in the area, one of which provides free WiFi.
I will provide the following at my office:
Patch cable
Lan hookup
Chair and a table
Water (both cold and hot)
Hot Tea
Coffee (only gourmet - we serve only Gevalia!)
Painkillers (I have bulk packs of advil and tylenol)
Gated, Lit, and SECURE parking lot with remote control gate opener access.
The facilities are non-smoking, but there IS a smoking room and there is also outdoor smoking. As we do host web servers and mail servers on premesis, you can understand our policy.
We are shooting for a weekend gig. You must provide your own food/other beverages and sleep accoutrements. I am putting up a poll to vote on one of six upcoming weekends to start this discussion off.
See also this thread for more info.
Lodging for some people, who are willing to sleep on the floor/couch/available surface can be provided (on a first-come first-serve basis) by me, primesuspect, at my house. More lodging can be had at my offices under the same circumstances (available planar surface)
There are also many inexpensive hotels in the area, one of which provides free WiFi.
I will provide the following at my office:
Patch cable
Lan hookup
Chair and a table
Water (both cold and hot)
Hot Tea
Coffee (only gourmet - we serve only Gevalia!)
Painkillers (I have bulk packs of advil and tylenol)
Gated, Lit, and SECURE parking lot with remote control gate opener access.
The facilities are non-smoking, but there IS a smoking room and there is also outdoor smoking. As we do host web servers and mail servers on premesis, you can understand our policy.
We are shooting for a weekend gig. You must provide your own food/other beverages and sleep accoutrements. I am putting up a poll to vote on one of six upcoming weekends to start this discussion off.
See also this thread for more info.
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I'd really like to make it ... unfortunately that means flying across the entire US.... so im gonna vote for Dec 5th... more time==cheaper fare.
also it seems from a quick scan throught the other thread that shorty might be there later on ... shorty is teh mansechsy ... must meet
er ..
yes, well
anyway - Dec 5th
I havent traveled like at all, what are some other lucrative means of transportation from my immediate area (major cities being, Manchester, NH and Boston, MA) to Detroit? Train? Bus?
Do you have any idea like how long it takes by bus? theres a bus terminal right here in my city that has lots of different services! Would I be allowed/would it be safe to bring my rig with me that way??
//omgz camman gets excited at the prospect of seeing teh l33t sarcnet officez
Second Best: SFF PCs with high end vid cards in them.
hahaha.. Camman thinks my office is 1337.
Pseudo? Thrax? McBain? Tell him... Let him go easy, guys.
I'd have to bring the 'ol video camera and do up a shortmedia LAN vid. for my site, w00t
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=151404
I'm voting for November 28th myself, that will give me enough time to save up some money and get settled down into my new job before I ask for a day off.
*Clutch thinks of how exciting this is going to be*
EDIT: You better get some practice in before good ol' Clutch lays down some pwnage, haha
Clutch wins the prize for that one.
edit: just mapquested it from my house to sarcnet and its saying only 12-13hrs (760miles) , I wouldnt mind driving if I had someone with me, I would just be scared that I'd get lost! I've never traveled that far driving, this friend of mine is actually from Michigan too! he used to live in L'ance I think is the name, dunno if it's anywhere near Detroit, probably not I'm guessing cause it was a small city from what he tells me, Michigan is quite a bit bigger than NH so I cant judge stuff like that
actually i think it was "ho"-down of teh geeks... which has entirely different connotations
Swanky place! Love the paneling in the SM server's room... Reminds me of my old NY bedroom!
PS: Being as I live 45 minutes away, I'll just go any day that’s best for those who don’t have the privilege of living so close to SM's home.
No promises, it will depend on work.. but I can try
Prices aren't bad
This is one example!
//edit: MM better get his arse along as well then...
too bad, i'd love to hang out with you guys. i hope it works out for you guys and you all travel safely and have a good time!
//edit
obviusly i will pay for some of the gas seeing how i, myself cannot drive
Dont count me out totally either. Brian, can you get crappy case, psu and monitor if i bring the cpu, memory and 9700?