Conference etiquette and wifi

Dominic Mitchell dom at happygiraffe.net
Mon Dec 11 09:11:07 GMT 2006


Dean Wilson wrote:
> IMHO if you sit in the back row, have the machine set to silent and
> don't have a keyboard that makes clicky noises then it MIGHT be
> acceptable. But I still wouldn't do it. And remember, bash competition
> can be made to NOT BEEP EVERY TIME YOU PRESS TAB.

Yes, but that's true even when you're in an office.  You don't sit in an 
office with a fire-alarm going off continuously[1].  So turn bash's beep 
off, godammit.

-Dom

[1] Unless you're security at the door to Westminster Uni, apparently.


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