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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi,<BR>
Can you give it at a later date, in the academic year? than I will consider coming.Don't forget that in the summer<BR>
vacation there are less people.<BR>
<BR>
Yossi<BR>
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-----הודעה מקורית-----<BR>
מאת: haifux-bounces@haifux.org בשם Shachar Shemesh<BR>
נשלח: ג 02/06/2009 12:01<BR>
אל: Haifa Linux Club<BR>
נושא: [Haifux] Who will come to a lecture about profile guidedoptimization in GCC?<BR>
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Hi all,<BR>
<BR>
I know this approach is extremely non standard, and that Haifux is a<BR>
club with "no registration required" attendance. I've been asked by some<BR>
of the Haifux admins to give the lecture I'm about to give this Thursday<BR>
at Herzelinux also at Haifux (August 10th is shaping out to be the<BR>
date). I will gladly do so, but......<BR>
<BR>
Giving a Haifux lecture requires some effort on my part. Aside from<BR>
everything else, this requires getting out of work at about 4 pm and<BR>
drive to Haifa, as well as drive back after a day in which I both worked<BR>
and drove and gave a lecture.<BR>
<BR>
All this I will gladly do, and enjoy it, except for one problem. More<BR>
often then not, there are only about five people present to actually<BR>
hear the lecture. It seems to be a lot of effort to achieve not much effect.<BR>
<BR>
I, on my part, am more than willing to leave work early, drive both<BR>
direction and give the lecture, but you have to do one thing in return.<BR>
Show up.<BR>
<BR>
So I am asking this publicly. Assuming I do give a lecture on profile<BR>
guided optimization on August 10th, how many people intend to get out of<BR>
whatever important other stuff they usually do and show up? Quite<BR>
frankly, if it's about talking to an almost empty room, I don't think<BR>
I'll bother.<BR>
<BR>
Also, please note that if 20 people say "yes", and then I show up and<BR>
there are only five people present, I will have to seriously consider<BR>
whether I want to ever make the effort again, so please only say "yes"<BR>
if you truly think you will actually be there.<BR>
<BR>
Again, I know this is extremely unorthodox, but I have been extremely<BR>
busy of late, and while I love donating my time to pro-bono FOSS<BR>
activities, I would like to know that someone is actually enjoying the<BR>
fruits of my labor.<BR>
<BR>
If the show of hands is not significant, I would suggest that those<BR>
people who are interested in hearing the lecture try to arrive to<BR>
Herzelia this Thursday at 6:30pm. I know, it's a long drive, it requires<BR>
leaving work early, and it means there is a long drive home afterwards.<BR>
I know how it feels.<BR>
<BR>
Shachar<BR>
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Shachar Shemesh<BR>
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.lingnu.com">http://www.lingnu.com</A><BR>
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