... According to me, well there is not a huge difference with respect to Scientists and Hackers. All scientists (atleast Comp. Sc and related fields) need to...
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K. K. Subramaniam
subbu_kk
Sep 23, 2009 7:34 am
... A paper is a good way to share findings of new concepts or elaboration of concepts. But FOSS.IN is geared towards implementation of concepts. What is ...
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Toshaan Bharvani
Toshaan
Sep 23, 2009 7:16 am
... Maybe you should think about making two kinds of presentations, more scientific, which require a paper and hacker versions which only require a...
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Dhaval Giani
dhaval_giani
Sep 23, 2009 7:13 am
... I would disagree here. Research is nothing but venturing into the unknown. When Balbir wrote the "memory cgroup controller", we had an idea of what we...
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Balbir Singh
bsingharora
Sep 23, 2009 7:08 am
... Who said anything about research? This is more about leaving something behind after the conference, unfortunately slides are not always complete (the...
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Kartik Mistry
kartik_mistry
Sep 23, 2009 6:57 am
... It is, 1. not waste of time. 2. not about reducing quality. But, I think as Philip suggested, we are more towards hackers (some are hackers) than...
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Philip Tellis
philiptellis
Sep 23, 2009 6:20 am
2009/9/22 Chandan Gaddamanugu <notifychandan@...> ... so how do you think the paper selection committee selected papers last year?...
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Chandan Gaddamanugu
notifychandan
Sep 23, 2009 6:16 am
If we say no paper needed, How will the judge or organizing board know if a certain 'Talk' is enlightening or even relevant. If there is a no paper rule, there...
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Dhaval Giani
dhaval_giani
Sep 23, 2009 6:02 am
... Hi Kartik, I would be a bit curious with your reasoning. Is it because you think it is a waste of time, or because you feel it would reduce the quality? I...
... I agree, I tend to use that what can be avoided shall be avoided moto ... we could get a feel of what the FOSS.IN community feels. Please do respond with a...
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Akarsh Simha
akarsh_naras...
Sep 23, 2009 5:38 am
... What is probably easier, is to document all the good stuff / achievements that happen at FOSS.IN by way of twitter or some sort of a Wiki. This can be...
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Shreyas Srinivasan
shreyas_xpre...
Sep 23, 2009 5:11 am
... mindset is to not put one in if its not needed. Thats an option that Team Foss.in should think about. -- Shreyas...
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Balbir Singh
bsingharora
Sep 23, 2009 5:05 am
... Yes, agreed, it does take time, but the rewards are for everyone to reap and it allows for collaboration that is not very clearly visible in the...
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Arun Raghavan
arunissatan
Sep 23, 2009 5:02 am
2009/9/23 Shreyas Srinivasan <sshreyas@...> ... Perhaps the proceedings don't need to be a strict superset of the talks. Why not make it voluntary? The...
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Shreyas Srinivasan
shreyas_xpre...
Sep 23, 2009 4:55 am
... Even the most simple paper takes weeks to put together, I agree with Philip. I think its too much work (All 3 of us have done this at OLS, so i think we...
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Balbir Singh
bsingharora
Sep 23, 2009 4:38 am
... You don't have to be a scientist to write a good paper. It is a matter of representing the work and showing the data to back it up. Don't expect complete...
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Philip Tellis
philiptellis
Sep 23, 2009 12:47 am
2009/9/22 Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...> ... this increases the barrier of entry for speakers. most of us are hackers, not scientists....
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Balbir Singh
bsingharora
Sep 22, 2009 5:13 pm
Hi, Foss Enthusiasts, I am beginning to wonder if we should do a formal paper and proceedings with a committee for FOSS.IN this year as we wait for the CFP. We...
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SathishKumar Kandasamy
chnksathish
Sep 20, 2009 2:10 am
Can you please let me know the person who is in-charge for Sponsorships along with their contact? -Sathish Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video...
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k_chavala
Sep 19, 2009 2:25 pm
Hi i a recently finished my engineering, i am interested in volunteering for this foss event.This my first time at the foss event. please let me know if i can...
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luispo123
Sep 14, 2009 12:43 pm
... A great post indeed! And I'd like to see if list members (and others) would be interested in--and be willing to give advice on (but that goes without...
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Kartik Mistry
kartik_mistry
Sep 13, 2009 9:15 am
... Great post. Commenting here as suggested there: 1. Delegate Fees: I think it is good idea to take 'Corporate Fees' from people who are doing job in big...
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achitnis
Sep 13, 2009 8:19 am
Uber-hacker Harald Welte's thoughts about the new FOSS.IN: http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2009/09/13/#20090913-foss_in-hacker_conference...
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Atul Chitnis
achitnis
Sep 13, 2009 8:11 am
You have all read the post on FOSS.IN: http://foss.in/news/foss-in-wind-of-change.html Now read this: http://atulchitnis.net/diary/showentry/507 I have...
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Atul Chitnis
achitnis
Sep 13, 2009 7:15 am
http://foss.in/news/foss-in-wind-of-change.html -- Atul Chitnis Bangalore, India http://atulchitnis.net Sent from a mobile device...
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Abhinav Mehta
mehta_april
Sep 8, 2009 4:56 pm
Hi Though i have not attended any FOSS-event, but as of now I will be glad to work as volunteer. Moreover i am good about Flash/Photoshop/Corel Draw and likely...
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Atul Chitnis
achitnis
Sep 8, 2009 7:46 am
(This is a repost of http://foss.in/news/help-wanted.html) FOSS.IN is an event created by volunteers, but that does no mean that we dont get serious work done....
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Roshan
d_rosh2001
Sep 3, 2009 4:28 am
... I'm guessing it is due to the web programmer's of using some command line tool (perl ?) over long period of time before he / she got into web programming....
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Philip Tellis
philiptellis
Sep 3, 2009 1:40 am
Is there a reason why the apostrophe in the title on the foss.in homepage is a backtick instead of an apostrophe? -- hello world...
