From david290 at gmail.com  Sat Apr 17 10:01:59 2010
From: david290 at gmail.com (David Zhang)
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:01:59 +0800
Subject: [EuroPython] An open source AI research project
Message-ID: <j2w587457861004170101j384bf1e9g8fdb0b72ad76e88b@mail.gmail.com>

Hello!

I have started an open source project to develop human-level
Artificial Intelligence, using Python and Java as programming
language, OpenCog and OpenWonderland as basement. If you are
interested in this,or want to know more, please feel free to give me a
reply.

Thanks!

David Zhang

From billjordan121 at yahoo.com  Thu Apr 22 13:18:21 2010
From: billjordan121 at yahoo.com (Bill Jordan)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:18:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
Message-ID: <294750.96661.qm@web114320.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Hey everbody,

If we have 100 apples, for example,?and we need to distrubte the 100 apples randomly in 10 boxes, how can we do this in python?

Cheers


      
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From sparks.m at gmail.com  Thu Apr 22 17:42:21 2010
From: sparks.m at gmail.com (Michael Sparks)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:42:21 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
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On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Bill Jordan <billjordan121 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey everbody,
>
> If we have 100 apples, for example, and we need to distrubte the 100 apples
> randomly in 10 boxes, how can we do this in python?

Well, first you'd need to build a robot that you could control using
python. If you wanted to do that yourself, a place to get components
and parts would be the MUTR website - http://www.mutr.co.uk . Then
you'd want to be able to interface from python to the robot. For that
you could either use an arduino, controlled over the serial port
(using pyserial), or using a velleman k8055 board, and the python
bindings for that. (the latter is more direct, the former has more
tools - both are fun IME).

Finally in order to pick up and grab the apples you'd need a webcam
and image analysis code, which would imply that you'd want to play
around with the python bings for Open CV, and co-ordinate the results.

Actually choosing which apples go in which boxes would be pretty
simple then, of the level of a homework problem ;-)

All of that's eminently doable, and would probably make a neat talk.
(BTW, the europython list is the place for discussing europython
related stuff, and building robots and given talks about python
powered robots would probably be on topic for that, but asking
homework questions - if this is one - probably isn't ;-)

pointing-you-gently-at-"pydoc random"-ly,


Michael.

From tehunger at gmail.com  Thu Apr 22 18:02:16 2010
From: tehunger at gmail.com (Thomas Hunger)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:02:16 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
In-Reply-To: <294750.96661.qm@web114320.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <294750.96661.qm@web114320.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <n2lfbff257d1004220902g5ccb47c1h884d98bb8221fcb8@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Bill,

If we have 100 apples, for example, and we need to distrubte the 100 apples
> randomly in 10 boxes, how can we do this in python?
>

I assume the only invariant is sum(box_apples_i) == 100 for 10 boxes?

Maybe the following would do?

from random import sample
partitions = [0] + sorted(sample(range(100), 9)) + [100]
print [b-a for a, b in zip(partitions, partitions[1:])]

best,
Tom

PS I'm not sure if this is the best mailing list for such a problem? Maybe
someone who knows could chip in.
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From smv260985 at gmail.com  Thu Apr 22 19:30:15 2010
From: smv260985 at gmail.com (Subodhini)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:30:15 -0500
Subject: [EuroPython] [Chicago] An open source AI research project
In-Reply-To: <j2w587457861004170101j384bf1e9g8fdb0b72ad76e88b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <j2w587457861004170101j384bf1e9g8fdb0b72ad76e88b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <q2uf6e761d71004221030p8dff0a61z690b28025b5abb42@mail.gmail.com>

Hi David,

I am interested in this project. Could you please write in detail about this
project.

I would highly appreciate it.


Regards,
Subodhini
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:01 AM, David Zhang <david290 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I have started an open source project to develop human-level
> Artificial Intelligence, using Python and Java as programming
> language, OpenCog and OpenWonderland as basement. If you are
> interested in this,or want to know more, please feel free to give me a
> reply.
>
> Thanks!
>
> David Zhang
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
>



-- 
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From chef at ghum.de  Fri Apr 23 10:18:39 2010
From: chef at ghum.de (Massa, Harald Armin)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:18:39 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
In-Reply-To: <r2h20e5c9661004220842q64266869hc07c3a33ecfa7649@mail.gmail.com>
References: <294750.96661.qm@web114320.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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Michael,

>
> Well, first you'd need to build a robot that you could control using
> python. If you wanted to do that yourself, a place to get components
> and parts would be the MUTR website - http://www.mutr.co.uk . Then
> you'd want to be able to interface from python to the robot. For that
> you could either use an arduino, controlled over the serial port
> (using pyserial), or using a velleman k8055 board, and the python
> bindings for that. (the latter is more direct, the former has more
> tools - both are fun IME).
>
> that gives me the impression that you know  A LOT about building robots &
controlling robots with Python. How can I persuade you to give a talk about
it at EP 2010 ?

Or, if that fails: I will spend you some pints (guessing that is what the
English are calling their beer?) for explaining to me how to learn this
stuff (esp. the soldering, fixing, checking stuff)

Harald

-- 
GHUM Harald Massa
persuadere et programmare
Harald Armin Massa
Spielberger Stra?e 49
70435 Stuttgart
0173/9409607
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From charlie.clark at clark-consulting.eu  Fri Apr 23 10:28:19 2010
From: charlie.clark at clark-consulting.eu (Charlie Clark)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:28:19 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
In-Reply-To: <w2se3e180dc1004230118lfb486b2czad5b3b76ddf70d52@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 23.04.2010, 10:18 Uhr, schrieb Massa, Harald Armin <chef at ghum.de>:

Hi Harald,

at last something close to my heart!

> Or, if that fails: I will spend you some pints (guessing that is what the
> English are calling their beer?)

Close - "buy you a couple of pints" is the phrase. The beers themselves  
might be "foaming nut-brown", "amber" or "treacly" or even with "hints of  
chocolate". Phrases to sort out the men from the boys...

Can any Brummies confirm that The Wellington is still extant and ready for  
droves of thirsty (for knowledge, obviously) Pythonistas?

Wassail!

Charlie
-- 
Charlie Clark
Managing Director
Clark Consulting & Research
German Office
Helmholtzstr. 20
D?sseldorf
D- 40215
Tel: +49-211-600-3657
Mobile: +49-178-782-6226

From andy at barbigerous.net  Fri Apr 23 10:51:34 2010
From: andy at barbigerous.net (Andy Kilner)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:51:34 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
In-Reply-To: <op.vblwhghv5mynk9@fuchsia.local>
References: <294750.96661.qm@web114320.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> 
	<r2h20e5c9661004220842q64266869hc07c3a33ecfa7649@mail.gmail.com> 
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Not a brummy, but I was there last Friday and can confirm it's the
same old Welly, you can check for yourself and see the current (live)
beer board at:

http://www.thewellingtonrealale.co.uk/

On 23 April 2010 09:28, Charlie Clark <charlie.clark at clark-consulting.eu> wrote:
> Am 23.04.2010, 10:18 Uhr, schrieb Massa, Harald Armin <chef at ghum.de>:
>
> Hi Harald,
>
> at last something close to my heart!
>
>> Or, if that fails: I will spend you some pints (guessing that is what the
>> English are calling their beer?)
>
> Close - "buy you a couple of pints" is the phrase. The beers themselves
> might be "foaming nut-brown", "amber" or "treacly" or even with "hints of
> chocolate". Phrases to sort out the men from the boys...
>
> Can any Brummies confirm that The Wellington is still extant and ready for
> droves of thirsty (for knowledge, obviously) Pythonistas?
>
> Wassail!
>
> Charlie
> --
> Charlie Clark
> Managing Director
> Clark Consulting & Research
> German Office
> Helmholtzstr. 20
> D?sseldorf
> D- 40215
> Tel: +49-211-600-3657
> Mobile: +49-178-782-6226
> _______________________________________________
> EuroPython 2010 - Birmingham, 17-24 July 2010 - http://www.europython2010.eu
> EuroPython mailing list
> EuroPython at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
>

From charlie.clark at clark-consulting.eu  Fri Apr 23 11:10:27 2010
From: charlie.clark at clark-consulting.eu (Charlie Clark)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:10:27 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
In-Reply-To: <y2s6f2daa041004230151g869cf478u11783ff985f691fe@mail.gmail.com>
References: <294750.96661.qm@web114320.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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	<w2se3e180dc1004230118lfb486b2czad5b3b76ddf70d52@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 23.04.2010, 10:51 Uhr, schrieb Andy Kilner <andy at barbigerous.net>:

> Not a brummy, but I was there last Friday and can confirm it's the
> same old Welly, you can check for yourself and see the current (live)
> beer board at:
> http://www.thewellingtonrealale.co.uk/

Ta muchly,

have to make sure they have "Black Country BFG" on tap in July so I can  
promise free beer after my talk... %-)

Regarding organisation - any chance of having lightning talks during the  
days rather than always at the end of sometimes quite long ones? Say  
half-an-hour around lunch? PyCon's staggered timetable might also be a  
good idea to lessen the length of queues.

Charlie
-- 
Charlie Clark
Managing Director
Clark Consulting & Research
German Office
Helmholtzstr. 20
D?sseldorf
D- 40215
Tel: +49-211-600-3657
Mobile: +49-178-782-6226

From oisin.mulvihill at gmail.com  Fri Apr 23 12:33:30 2010
From: oisin.mulvihill at gmail.com (Oisin Mulvihill)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:33:30 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2010 Confirmation Email for order ref:
	RC6943044
In-Reply-To: <20100218-23323268-1d18-0@roman100017>
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Hi There,

I've just realised that my company hasn't paid this order. Could I get bank
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Thanks,

Oisin



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From: rjt-pyconuk at thegrindstone.me.uk (Richard Taylor)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:41:46 +0100
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> 
> I've just realised that my company hasn't paid this order. Could I get
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> 
> Thanks,
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> Oisin
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From manuel at pixelbar.be  Fri Apr 23 12:39:14 2010
From: manuel at pixelbar.be (Manuel Weidmann)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:39:14 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2010 Confirmation Email for order ref:
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Hi, 

All Details you need are here: http://www.europython.eu/registration/post_pay/

Greetz

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Am 23.04.2010 um 12:33 schrieb Oisin Mulvihill:

> Hi There,
> 
> I've just realised that my company hasn't paid this order. Could I get bank details so I can transfer the outstanding amount straight away? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Oisin
> 
> 
> 
> On 19 February 2010 00:32, EuroPython 2010 Registration <vanessa at clocksoft.com> wrote:
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> 
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From funthyme at gmail.com  Fri Apr 23 15:06:24 2010
From: funthyme at gmail.com (John Pinner)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:06:24 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
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Hi,

On 23 April 2010 10:10, Charlie Clark <charlie.clark at clark-consulting.eu>wrote:

> Am 23.04.2010, 10:51 Uhr, schrieb Andy Kilner <andy at barbigerous.net>:
>
>
>  Not a brummy, but I was there last Friday and can confirm it's the
>> same old Welly, you can check for yourself and see the current (live)
>> beer board at:
>> http://www.thewellingtonrealale.co.uk/
>>
>
> Ta muchly,
>
> have to make sure they have "Black Country BFG" on tap in July so I can
> promise free beer after my talk... %-)
>

It's one of their regulars so you should be OK.

I know the local CAMRA chair person, and I've taught her Python, how does a
quick talk on real ale sound, before visiting the Wellington?

>
> Regarding organisation - any chance of having lightning talks during the
> days rather than always at the end of sometimes quite long ones? Say
> half-an-hour around lunch?


I'll pass this to the schedulers


> PyCon's staggered timetable might also be a good idea to lessen the length
> of queues.


We're considering this.

Thanks!

John
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From sschwarzer at sschwarzer.net  Fri Apr 23 17:07:56 2010
From: sschwarzer at sschwarzer.net (Stefan Schwarzer)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:07:56 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
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Hello Michael and Harald,

On 2010-04-23 10:18, Massa, Harald Armin wrote:
>     Well, first you'd need to build a robot that you could control using
>     python. If you wanted to do that yourself, a place to get components
>     and parts would be the MUTR website - http://www.mutr.co.uk . Then
>     you'd want to be able to interface from python to the robot. For that
>     you could either use an arduino, controlled over the serial port
>     (using pyserial), or using a velleman k8055 board, and the python
>     bindings for that. (the latter is more direct, the former has more
>     tools - both are fun IME).
> 
> that gives me the impression that you know  A LOT about building robots
> & controlling robots with Python. How can I persuade you to give a talk
> about it at EP 2010 ?

I'd also be _very_ interested in such a talk. Michael,
please do it! :-)

Stefan


From borja at codigo23.net  Fri Apr 23 17:11:23 2010
From: borja at codigo23.net (Francisco de Borja Lopez Rio)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:11:23 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
In-Reply-To: <4BD1B7CC.2080707@sschwarzer.net>
References: <294750.96661.qm@web114320.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<r2h20e5c9661004220842q64266869hc07c3a33ecfa7649@mail.gmail.com>
	<w2se3e180dc1004230118lfb486b2czad5b3b76ddf70d52@mail.gmail.com>
	<4BD1B7CC.2080707@sschwarzer.net>
Message-ID: <20100423171123.f9a0c6e5.borja@codigo23.net>

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:07:56 +0200
Stefan Schwarzer <sschwarzer at sschwarzer.net> wrote:

> Hello Michael and Harald,
> 
> On 2010-04-23 10:18, Massa, Harald Armin wrote:
> >     Well, first you'd need to build a robot that you could control using
> >     python. If you wanted to do that yourself, a place to get components
> >     and parts would be the MUTR website - http://www.mutr.co.uk . Then
> >     you'd want to be able to interface from python to the robot. For that
> >     you could either use an arduino, controlled over the serial port
> >     (using pyserial), or using a velleman k8055 board, and the python
> >     bindings for that. (the latter is more direct, the former has more
> >     tools - both are fun IME).
> > 
> > that gives me the impression that you know  A LOT about building robots
> > & controlling robots with Python. How can I persuade you to give a talk
> > about it at EP 2010 ?
> 
> I'd also be _very_ interested in such a talk. Michael,
> please do it! :-)

+1 for such a talk.

Best regards

> Stefan
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From alex at moreati.org.uk  Sat Apr 24 17:20:47 2010
From: alex at moreati.org.uk (Alex Willmer)
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:20:47 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Reminder: 6 days left for EuroPython 2010 talk
	submissions
Message-ID: <u2r425e93af1004240820w7c1b44f3l826dfa9f9fd75760@mail.gmail.com>

The EuroPython 2010 call for papers closes this Friday on 30th April.
We've already had many submissions covering Python 3, Python 2.7,
IronPython, Game Programming, Testing, Behavior Driven Development,
NoSQL, Accessiblilty and others.

We still are looking for talks and tutorials on Django, PyPy, Twisted,
HTML5, Unladen Swallow, Testing and whatever you wish to present.

http://www.europython.eu/submission/

EuroPython
----------
This year EuroPython will be held from the 17th to 24th July in
Birmingham, UK. It will include over 100 talks, tutorials, sprints and
social events. Confirmed speakers so far include Guido van Rossum,
Raymond Hettinger and Brett Cannon.

http://www.europython.eu

Registration
------------
Registration is open now. For the best registration rates, book early!
Early Bird rate is open until 10th May. Speakers can attend at the
discounted rate Speaker Rate.

http://www.europython.eu/registration/

Help Us Out
-----------
EuroPython is run by volunteers, like you! We could use a hand, and
any contribution is welcome.
Go to http://wiki.europython.eu/Helping to join us!
Go to http://www.europython.eu/contact/ to contact us directly!

Sponsors
--------
Sponsoring EuroPython is a unique opportunity to affiliate with this
prestigious conference and to reach a large number of Python users
from computing professionals to academics, from entrepreneurs to
motivated and well-educated job seekers.
http://www.europython.eu/sponsors/

Spread the Word
---------------
We are a community-run not-for-profit conference. Please help to
spread the word by distributing this announcement to colleagues,
project mailing lists, friends, your blog, Web site, and through your
social networking connections. Take a look at our publicity resources:
http://wiki.europython.eu/Publicity

General Information
-------------------
For more information about the conference, please visit the official
site: http://www.europython.eu/

Looking forward to see you!
The EuroPython Team

From sparks.m at gmail.com  Tue Apr 27 14:38:46 2010
From: sparks.m at gmail.com (Michael Sparks)
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:38:46 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
In-Reply-To: <w2se3e180dc1004230118lfb486b2czad5b3b76ddf70d52@mail.gmail.com>
References: <294750.96661.qm@web114320.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<r2h20e5c9661004220842q64266869hc07c3a33ecfa7649@mail.gmail.com>
	<w2se3e180dc1004230118lfb486b2czad5b3b76ddf70d52@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <m2r20e5c9661004270538w9c563906wfa0767864fa7afe7@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Harald,


On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Massa, Harald Armin <chef at ghum.de> wrote:
...
> that gives me the impression that you know ?A LOT about building robots &
> controlling robots with Python.

I think "a lot" is perhaps pushing things. I do know enough to know
where the dangers lurk (ie more than "enough to be dangerous :-)
though as well.

Enough to give an interesting talk to assist others to get started -
based around talking around how we've used arduino & python at work
for prototyping stuff? Almost certainly. (It's probably the getting
started bit that I think most people have problems with to be frank :)

>  How can I persuade you to give a talk about it at EP 2010 ?

Just asking me like this is enough really. I'm checking with my
manager whether he's OK with me giving a talk on this stuff as well.
I'll put in a rough proposal into the system, with the caveat that if
I'm told I can't give the talk it'll have to be pulled. (Europython
being over 4 week days this year is the biggest issue here
incidentally. If this was Pycon UK, it'd be no problem since that was
weekends)


Michael.

From horst at zerokspot.com  Tue Apr 27 15:51:44 2010
From: horst at zerokspot.com (Horst Gutmann)
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:51:44 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
In-Reply-To: <m2r20e5c9661004270538w9c563906wfa0767864fa7afe7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <294750.96661.qm@web114320.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<r2h20e5c9661004220842q64266869hc07c3a33ecfa7649@mail.gmail.com>
	<w2se3e180dc1004230118lfb486b2czad5b3b76ddf70d52@mail.gmail.com>
	<m2r20e5c9661004270538w9c563906wfa0767864fa7afe7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <l2xb0184d041004270651icb0381cflc0d43d94fafcf9ce@mail.gmail.com>

Or give a lightning talk and we could then all go to some local
hardware store and have a nice evening building robots at the
Walkabout :D Robots, Python and beer. Sounds like a perfect evening
;-)

Horst

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Michael Sparks <sparks.m at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Harald,
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Massa, Harald Armin <chef at ghum.de> wrote:
> ...
>> that gives me the impression that you know ?A LOT about building robots &
>> controlling robots with Python.
>
> I think "a lot" is perhaps pushing things. I do know enough to know
> where the dangers lurk (ie more than "enough to be dangerous :-)
> though as well.
>
> Enough to give an interesting talk to assist others to get started -
> based around talking around how we've used arduino & python at work
> for prototyping stuff? Almost certainly. (It's probably the getting
> started bit that I think most people have problems with to be frank :)
>
>> ?How can I persuade you to give a talk about it at EP 2010 ?
>
> Just asking me like this is enough really. I'm checking with my
> manager whether he's OK with me giving a talk on this stuff as well.
> I'll put in a rough proposal into the system, with the caveat that if
> I'm told I can't give the talk it'll have to be pulled. (Europython
> being over 4 week days this year is the biggest issue here
> incidentally. If this was Pycon UK, it'd be no problem since that was
> weekends)
>
>
> Michael.
> _______________________________________________
> EuroPython 2010 - Birmingham, 17-24 July 2010 - http://www.europython2010.eu
> EuroPython mailing list
> EuroPython at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
>

From luke.leighton at googlemail.com  Tue Apr 27 18:19:19 2010
From: luke.leighton at googlemail.com (Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton)
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:19:19 +0000
Subject: [EuroPython] pyhton question- distribution
In-Reply-To: <l2xb0184d041004270651icb0381cflc0d43d94fafcf9ce@mail.gmail.com>
References: <294750.96661.qm@web114320.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<r2h20e5c9661004220842q64266869hc07c3a33ecfa7649@mail.gmail.com>
	<w2se3e180dc1004230118lfb486b2czad5b3b76ddf70d52@mail.gmail.com>
	<m2r20e5c9661004270538w9c563906wfa0767864fa7afe7@mail.gmail.com>
	<l2xb0184d041004270651icb0381cflc0d43d94fafcf9ce@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <z2lced5f0f61004270919hdc54efc5z2efda87c9d17402e@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Horst Gutmann <horst at zerokspot.com> wrote:
> Or give a lightning talk and we could then all go to some local
> hardware store and have a nice evening building robots at the
> Walkabout :D Robots, Python and beer. Sounds like a perfect evening
> ;-)

 hurrah! :)

 ... has anyone ported python to lego mindstorms?  how about a
language translator from python to FORTH?  python's internal engine is
based on FORTH anyway...

From geoff.bache at gmail.com  Thu Apr 29 11:23:21 2010
From: geoff.bache at gmail.com (Geoff Bache)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:23:21 +0200
Subject: [EuroPython] Tutorial remuneration?
Message-ID: <w2g6e9920951004290223hf6950047oa2cbbbf13c85aecd@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I was unable to find if people giving tutorials get paid for doing so
as they did last year. I notice that this year everyone giving a talk
gets a reduced rate now so I wondered if somebody could confirm that
this means there would be no additional reward for giving a tutorial
over and above giving a talk.

Regards,
Geoff Bache

From funthyme at gmail.com  Thu Apr 29 16:47:03 2010
From: funthyme at gmail.com (John Pinner)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:47:03 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] Tutorial remuneration?
In-Reply-To: <w2g6e9920951004290223hf6950047oa2cbbbf13c85aecd@mail.gmail.com>
References: <w2g6e9920951004290223hf6950047oa2cbbbf13c85aecd@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <u2mff8a32f1004290747n416b1f3dm5ac245f707a17f59@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Geoff,

On 29 April 2010 10:23, Geoff Bache <geoff.bache at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was unable to find if people giving tutorials get paid for doing so
> as they did last year. I notice that this year everyone giving a talk
> gets a reduced rate now so I wondered if somebody could confirm that
> this means there would be no additional reward for giving a tutorial
> over and above giving a talk.
>
> We're proposing the same arrangemenst as last year for tutorials, except
thatt we want to pay direct to the tutors at the conference, and not deal
with employers' accounts departmenst.

Best wishes,,

John
-- 
EuroPython is coming! - http://www.europython.eu - 17th-24th July 2010,
Birmingham, UK
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From jfine at pytex.org  Fri Apr 30 18:52:15 2010
From: jfine at pytex.org (Jonathan Fine)
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:52:15 +0100
Subject: [EuroPython] FYI: Talk submission fails with server error. Q: What
	now?
Message-ID: <4BDB0ABF.8000505@pytex.org>

Hello

I tried to submit a talk and discussion earlier today, using the form on 
http://www.europython.eu/submission/ but got a server error.  (Something 
to do with not being able to find my photograph thumbnail as I recall.)

What should I do?  I have copies of the fields I filled in (kindly 
supplied by a Django traceback!).

BTW, last weekend I submitted a tutorial and was sort of expecting an 
acknowledgement.

best regards


Jonathan