SFLIS Minutes - May 1, 2002

- We're hiding in the back room today, even though they have the door
  closed, because it's easier to breathe here.
- We're going to Star Wars on the 16th.  Cost is $6.50.  If you're going
  with us, you'll need to give your money to Josh ahead of time.
  At next week's meeting if you can.
- Now we discuss ways of blocking out the sun so it looks like it's night
  outside.  Need a thin sheet of metal to put in orbit which would block
  out the light for the entire earth.  How much metal would it take?  How
  thin can we make it?
- Dr. Science will be at the Java House Thursday or Friday morning.
  There's a new Hardees commercial, scientists examining a chicken, trying
  to find the 'nuggets.'
  Duck's Breath Mystery Theater was at the first ICON.
  It's easy to fall asleep at a radio station while listening to the
  soothing rhythmic sound that a record makes when you get to the end of it.
  And we have a story about Fed Ex breaking computers and messing up
  deliveries.
  There's an interesting conversation coming from behind the bar now.
  And all the ceiling fans in the room have suddenly turned themselves on.
- We start the meeting.
- Crickets are always old business.
- More wandering discussion....
  Bicycles getting stopped for speeding in University Heights.
  "Microsoft purchases evil from Satan."
  Somebody proposes a tax on SF to pay for the space program.
  "Linux kernel delayed by Microsoft's army of evil monkeys."  But they're
  not really Microsoft employees - they're only temps.
- The SWAMP anniversary show was Sunday.  People came, anime was shown.
  7 people bought memberships so they could get the giveaway stuff.
  There is an anime show this Sunday, May 5, 1-8pm, C125 Poppajohn Business
  Bldg.  There will be a substitute running the show, since Marty will be
  at Demicon.
- Speaking of which, Demicon is this weekend.  May 3-5 in Des Moines.
  And the Mindbridge picnic is next weekend.
- There's some more discussion of what to do with the D&D money.  Not
  allowed to just give it to people.  It has to be distributed in a
  university-approved way.
- We discuss sneaky ways to break a computer.
  Mac cubes will shut off by themselves in a few seconds if you cover the
  air intake holes.
  There's a hidden reset button on all Macs that you can stick a paper clip
  into if they lock up.
- There's no SAGA for the rest of the semester.
- Backing up a little bit, there will be anime at Demicon this weekend.
  And SWAMP's first anime show of the summer might be May 26, but that's
  Memorial Day weekend so we'll have to wait and see.
- The Lorraine Theater in Hoopeston, IL has a fantastic sound system
  built by an audiophile.  Great place for seeing big SF movies, as well
  as others.
- A new product from Apple:  The iToilet.  Info is passed around.
- Since other groups are putting out awards for SF books that none of us
  have read, how about coming up with our own awards for books we actually
  have access to?
  What should we call the awards?
- That's it for this week.