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Re: [LUG] Richard Stallmans UK tour dates!

 

Roland Tarver wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Michael Dorrington <
> michael.dorrington@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Simon Waters wrote:
>>> Roland Tarver wrote:
>>>> I notice that his Cambridge talk takes place in the Bill Gates
>>>> building - which i am sure he wont be too chuffed with lol.
>>> I'm fairly sure he has spoken there before.
>> He told us to give a special one fingered sign to the building.

And its the "William Gates Building" not the "Bill Gates Building" so it
didn't click with me until I turned up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gates_Building,_Cambridge
I guess I'm used to buildings being named after dead scientists not
after, well, "highly skilled" businessmen.

> hahaha! What was his lecture like?

Was good but it was the same as the Manchester 2008 talk:
http://www.archive.org/details/Richard.Stallman.Manchester.2008
Thankfully for me, his other talks were different.

Regards,
Mike.

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