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DATE | 2004-11-08 |
FROM | Michael Richardson
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SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] FW: Gnubies Wed. Nov. 11, 2004 Davydd Harries on Languages in Fre
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From owner-hangouts-destenys-at-mrbrklyn.com Mon Nov 8 12:18:05 2004 X-UIDL: ]1n"!Xfc!!I0b"!aGL!! Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id iA8HI5pX029668 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:18:05 -0500 Received: (from mdom-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.12.3/Submit) id iA8HI542029667 for hangouts-destenys; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:18:05 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: mdom set sender to owner-hangouts-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com using -f Received: from albsc.NYSLA2000.internal (mail.abc.state.ny.us [12.152.250.210]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id iA8HI4OD029662 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:18:04 -0500 Received: from Unknown [10.58.0.120] by albsc.NYSLA2000.internal - SurfControl E-mail Filter (4.7); Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:18:47 -0500 Received: by ALBSV2 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <4AZL5XRY>; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:18:25 -0500 Message-ID: <7D663C4B24FCD211A22200A0C9EC118BDF701F-at-ALBSV2> From: Michael Richardson To: "'hangout-at-nylxs.com'" Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:18:24 -0500 Subject: [hangout] FW: Gnubies Wed. Nov. 11, 2004 Davydd Harries on Languages in Fre e Software MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Sender: owner-hangouts-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Michael Richardson List: New Yorker GNU Linux Scene Admin: To unsubscribe send unsubscribe name-at-domian.com in the body to hangout-request-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-Keywords: X-UID: 37285 Status: RO Content-Length: 4316 Lines: 122
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> -----Original Message----- > From: lo+gnubies-at-eskimo.com [mailto:lo+gnubies-at-eskimo.com] > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 12:14 PM > Subject: Gnubies Wed. Nov. 11, 2004 Davydd Harries on Languages in Free > Software > > Sorry this announcement is going out so late - it is for THIS Wednesday. > Please note that you must send in your name to attend this meeting even > if > you have already sent it in for other meetings. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~ > We are pleased to announce that our speaker this month, Wednesday, > November 11, 2004 (that is this coming Wednesday!), will be Dafydd > Harries > contributer to Debian GNU/Linux and Gnome and localizer (translator) for > Welsh. He will be speaking on a topic that a number of you have > expressed > interest in "Languages in Free Software." (That's human languages.) If > you or somone you close to you (this IS New York City) will need or want > to use another language at some point, this is the talk for you, but it > should be interesting regardless. > > Title: Languages in Free Software > > Overview: > > Given the huge diversity of languages spoken by people all over the > world, developing software that can deal with them all is a big > challenge. Inputting, processing and displaying multilingual text each > present their own difficulties. Additionally, making user interfaces > that can be used in multiple languages is no small task. However, free > software is rising to the challenge of truly global software. This talk > will give a taste of how it's doing that. > > Biography: > > Dafydd Harries is a free software advocate from Wales. His introduction > to the challenges of multilingual software began when he saw translating > GNOME into Welsh as an opportunity to contribute to free software. Since > then he's translated numerous free software programs, worked to make > others translateble and gained experience in many areas related to > making software usable by people all over the world. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > We are grateful to IBM for providing the space for these meetings. > Please see below for the security procedures required for attending > meetins at IBM > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Date: > Wednesday, November 10, 2004 > > Time: 6:30-7:00 General Q&A > 7:00 Dafydd Harries > on > Languages in Free Software > > Location: > The IBM Building > 590 Madison Avenue > (57th Street and Madison Avenue) > (note security procedures for admittance to the building below) > > > After the meeting you can join us and speak further with our speaker at > a > nearby Pub/Restaurant. It would be very helpful if you could also let us > know if you will be joining us there so that the space can be put aside > for us. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ > IBM Security Procedures: (implemented after September 11, 2001) and > recently updated: Note that you now must respond wiht your name for EACH > meeting. > There is no cumulative list! > > For IBM security you need to email us in advance with your full name (as > it appears on the photo ID you bring). Then you need to bring this photo > ID to present at the front desk. > > If you are receiving this directly from GNUbies, you can simply reply > replacing the content with your full name, you can send email consisting > of our full name to lo+ibm0411-at-eskimo.com, or you can use the link on > our > website at: > http://www.gnubies.org > (reachable at http://www.eskimo.com/~lo/linux.) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~ > > Again, I am sorry this announcement is going out so late. > > We hope to see you at the meeting. > > Lyn > Gnubies > >
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