[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt

[George Herbert]

On 10/10/07, SJ Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Ayelie wrote:
>
> > On 10/10/07, Bryan Tong Minh <bryan.tongminh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 10/10/07, Waerth <waerth at asianet.co.th> wrote:
> >>> It also means no more wikimania in the United States as it has the
> >>> highest murder rate in the world ..... higher than Bogota ;)
> >>>
> >> That would make antartica a serious option ;) As far as I know, no
> >> murders last year on Antartica.
>
> no murders... of /people/.
>
> > But in Antarctica there's always the chance of being attacked by wild
> > penguins, or having our lunch eaten by starving albatrosses. And you never
> > know when a seal may drag you off an ice floe into the frigid waters...
>
> or attack by companionship-starved lab techs...
>
> SJ
>

One of my coworkers overwintered in Antarctica as a system
administrator a few years ago.

He didn't have a problem, but they're apparently fairly common.


-- 
-george william herbert
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