I think both CDs and Bittorrents should be available. Otherwise, folks who are curious about ruby aren't going to watch them. They won't want to pony up cash to support a cause that they don't believe in yet. On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:56:01 +0900, Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair / soyabean.com.au> wrote: > I've never used BT before and don't even know what it is. But if > someone wants to save bandwidth, that's their prerogative. I'll > learn. Of course, someone else _might_ put the files up in full. > > My suggestion: make the recordings available on CD for $X, money going > to RubyCentral to help cover costs of the conference (and make a > little on the side). > > Not mutually exlusive, but I'd rather pay a fee to a worthy cause than > slave over a download manager. > > Cheers, > Gavin > > On Friday, September 10, 2004, 2:17:18 AM, Richard wrote: > > > Please don't 'bittorrent-only' anything. There are those of use who > > aren't involved in Bittorrent-anything. > > > Thanks! > > > -Rich > > > On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:35:42 +0900, Chad Fowler <chadfowler / gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:08:22 +0900, Richard Kilmer <rich / infoether.com> wrote: > >> > We are going to have my buddy's audio mixing board, a wireless mic, and a > >> > pre-amp. We can run the board into a camera also directly into a laptop to > >> > record directly to MP3. I am gonna try and confirm borrowing a projector, > >> > since my company does not own one itself. So, we will be set this year re: > >> > getting solid recordings of the talks and be able to post things up quickly. > >> > Actually, getting a list of sites before hand that would host these MP3's of > >> > the conference would make it far easier to post quickly. > >> > > >> > >> We can obviously put them on the rubyconf website, though I'm thinking > >> this is a good bittorrent-only kind of thing. > >> > >> Chad > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > On 9/9/04 8:49 AM, "Gavin Sinclair" > >> <gsinclair / soyabean.com.au> wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > That being the case, is it possible to try and get plain audio > >> > > recordings as well? I mean, shoot for video, but someone else can be > >> > > recording audio, which will be better than nothing if the video > >> > > doesn't turn out well. > >> > > > >> > > Cheers, > >> > > Gavin > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >