On 05/24/2012 11:47 AM, deadalnix wrote:
> Le 24/05/2012 11:42, Walter Bright a écrit :
>> On 5/24/2012 1:30 AM, deadalnix wrote:
>>> Le 24/05/2012 01:26, Walter Bright a écrit :
>>>> presentation has been accepted for the D Conference 2012.
>>>>
>>>> Congratulations, Robert!
>>>>
>>>> http://astoriaseminar.com/sessions.html
>>>
>>> I'd LOVE to see that conference. Walter, Andrei, you must make
>>> absolutely 100%
>>> that this will be able somewhere on the internet after the actual
>>> conference (or
>>> maybe in streaming).
>>
>> Why not attend?
>
> I'd love to do that, but it will be impossible for me. Coming from
> europe just for a conference (it imply take holidays and a quite
> expansive travel) isn't really realistic.
>
> And I'm pretty sure other europeans can confirm how frustrating this is.
> Basicaly mostly everything take place in the US, and it is unrealistic
> to come most of the time.

+1 same here ...

And congratulations to Robert, looks like a very interesting talk :)

On Thursday, 24 May 2012 at 12:26:10 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> ACCU 2013 will be preceded by or followed by the C++ standards committee
> meeting, so the committee will be there. A good reason to have more D than C++ seessions :-)

Great idea – but wasn't ACCU one of those conferences that are prohibitively expensive if your trip isn't paid by some company (might misremember that, though)? Being a student sucks… ;)

David

On 24/05/2012 15:59, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Thursday, 24 May 2012 at 12:26:10 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
>> ACCU 2013 will be preceded by or followed by the C++ standards committee
>> meeting, so the committee will be there. A good reason to have more D
>> than C++ seessions :-)
>
> Great idea – but wasn't ACCU one of those conferences that are
> prohibitively expensive if your trip isn't paid by some company (might
> misremember that, though)? Being a student sucks… ;)
>
> David

I seem to recall they do student tickets... Still rather expensive though!

-- 
Robert
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On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 16:59 +0200, David Nadlinger wrote: [...]
> Great idea – but wasn't ACCU one of those conferences that are prohibitively expensive if your trip isn't paid by some company (might misremember that, though)? Being a student sucks… ;)

Urrrr.... yes. It is a relatively expensive conference.  On the other hand if you get a presentation accepted the cost goes down very significantly.

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"Regan Heath" <regan@netmail.co.nz> wrote in message news:op.wes9aqg154xghj@puck.auriga.bhead.co.uk...
> On Thu, 24 May 2012 11:56:56 +0100, Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2012-05-24 11:47, deadalnix wrote:
>>
>>>> Why not attend?
>>>
>>> I'd love to do that, but it will be impossible for me. Coming from europe just for a conference (it imply take holidays and a quite expansive travel) isn't really realistic.
>>>
>>> And I'm pretty sure other europeans can confirm how frustrating this is. Basicaly mostly everything take place in the US, and it is unrealistic to come most of the time.
>>
>> I can confirm the frustration. :(
>
> Thirded!
>

Same here, and I'm not even as far as europe!

On Thursday, 24 May 2012 at 09:47:14 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
> Le 24/05/2012 11:42, Walter Bright a écrit :
>> On 5/24/2012 1:30 AM, deadalnix wrote:
>>> Le 24/05/2012 01:26, Walter Bright a écrit :
>>>> presentation has been accepted for the D Conference 2012.
>>>>
>>>> Congratulations, Robert!
>>>>
>>>> http://astoriaseminar.com/sessions.html
>>>
>>> I'd LOVE to see that conference. Walter, Andrei, you must make
>>> absolutely 100%
>>> that this will be able somewhere on the internet after the actual
>>> conference (or
>>> maybe in streaming).
>>
>> Why not attend?
>
> I'd love to do that, but it will be impossible for me. Coming from europe just for a conference (it imply take holidays and a quite expansive travel) isn't really realistic.
>
> And I'm pretty sure other europeans can confirm how frustrating this is. Basicaly mostly everything take place in the US, and it is unrealistic to come most of the time.

I share the same opinion.

On Thursday, 24 May 2012 at 19:48:23 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 16:59 +0200, David Nadlinger wrote:
> [...]
>> Great idea – but wasn't ACCU one of those conferences that are prohibitively expensive if your trip isn't paid by some company (might misremember that, though)? Being a student sucks… ;)
>
> Urrrr.... yes. It is a relatively expensive conference.  On the other
> hand if you get a presentation accepted the cost goes down very
> significantly.

That's a big problem for me.

My company only pays for conferences that are relevant for the current project, this means only Java and .NET conferences like Jazoon.

I was even denied access to go to a free Microsoft C++ conference, because if failed the criteria cited above.

The only time I payed for conferences on my own was twice for GDC Europe, when the cheaper tickets were still available under 500€.

--
Paulo

On Wednesday, 23 May 2012 at 23:26:35 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Congratulations, Robert!
>
> http://astoriaseminar.com/sessions.html

»by a factor of at least 1:000 and 10:000 respectively« – the colons doesn't really make sense, do they?

David