Attending - driving down? (was: Re: [friam] SOSP History Day )

All,

I'm interested in attending the SOSP History Day.  I'm not deterred by 
the registration fee or by the time commitment, but I am put off by the 
possible drive down and back alone to and from Monterey.

Is anybody else driving down from the Bay Area who might like to share a 
ride?

I'm sorry I haven't sent this email out sooner (job change, lots going 
on), but I'm hoping somebody will see this message who is already 
planning to attend - so we can share a ride.

I'm happy to drive with no cost sharing.  I'm also willing to drive to 
Monterey Saturday late and spend Saturday night there if that is 
preferred by somebody sharing the ride (e.g. to avoid an early drive 
Sunday morning).  Either approach going works fine for me.  I don't want 
to spend Sunday night there as I have work Monday morning - though I 
could be talked into taking Monday off work.  My car is a well 
maintained 1994 BMW 525 sedan that can seat four comfortably.  Of course 
I'm open to riding with somebody else driving also.  I'm interested in 
conversation and avoiding the long drive alone.

I realize that tomorrow (Thursday) is the final day for early 
registration.  I hope to decide if I'm going to attend by tomorrow.

--Jed

http://www.webstart.com/jed/

<the rest is historical>

On 8/15/2015 2:32 PM, Mark Miller wrote:
> At <http://www.ssrc.ucsc.edu/sosp15/workshops/HistoryDay/>:
>
>
> Welcome to the SOSP History Day Workshop Website
>
> Fifty years ago the first SOSP launched operating systems as a domain of
> fundamental principles at the core of computer science. With ten speakers
> and a panel we will celebrate the history of ideas that emerged over that
> half century and the rich inheritance of ideas, concerns, and practices we
> have received. Most of our speakers were active during most of these years
> and will give us first-hand accounts. We will review ideas that have been
> solidly at the core of operating systems the whole time.
>
> We will learn about ideas that were once big and then fell out of play. We
> will discover that many researchers in earlier times took up the same
> issues that concern us today and have left a treasure-trove of work that
> can help us. We will examine why cyber security, something we have studied
> since the beginning, has eluded us and has become such a source of
> suffering for so many people; dare we hope we can make it better?
>
> The workshop will be held on Sunday, October 4, 2015 in Monterey,
> California from 8:30am to 5:00pm.
>
>
>   "SOSP" is "Symposium on Operating Systems Principles".  This workshop
> looks amazing. Check out the presenters -- many luminaries from our history
> all gathered in one place -- Jack Dennis, Lampson, Liskov, and more.  I am
> honored to be included in the panel at the end of the workshop.
>
> There should be plenty of time for audience questions and
> discussion. Everything to be recorded and made public.
>
>
> At <https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1238062> you
> can register for all of SOSP including this workshop. For just History Day,
> <http://www.ssrc.ucsc.edu/sosp15/registration.html> says "Workshop
> registration is $250, and allows attendees to attend any workshop on
> Sunday" though I do not see it on the form.
>
>