[H-GEN] Re: [HUM-TALKS] Proposed talk: Why you should not use a firewall

[Ben Fowler]

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Hi Greg,

Greg Black wrote:
> On 2003-10-25, Ben Fowler wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 13:33, Greg Black wrote:
>>
>>>I'd be happy to give a talk entitled "Why you should not use a
>>>firewall" at one of the forthcoming meetings.

[snip]

>>Sounds great.  It's just the sort of thing that's pitchable at the
>>majority of HUMBUG members.  Also, the panel concept works really well
>>-- in fact, I think I'll try and make augmenting talks with panels a
>>regular occurrance.  Hell, even standalone panels are good.  Anybody
>>remember our Vi versus Emacs panel?
> 
> OK, let's try to get some people lined up for a panel.

Cool.  Anybody want to volunteer for the panel?

>>Greg, what sort of presentation date did you have in mine.  We currently
>>have no talks scheduled, so you can present basically whenever you'd
>>like to.
> 
> No dates yet -- my house is in chaos as a new kitchen is going
> in as I write this, and I need some time to prepare it.  I'll
> get back to you once I have it ready and we can set a date then.
> 
> One other question -- how long should I make the presentation?

I'll leave that up to you, although most talks tend to take roughly 
twenty minutes to half an hour, not including questions.

-regards,

Ben.



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