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HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #1 Posted by Gene Wright on 25 Sept 2009, 5:45 p.m.

I'll be there.

HHC 2009 web page

List of door prizes looks really nice!

Door Prizes

P.S. Anyone getting into the Denver airport Thursday night around 7pm? :-)

      
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #2 Posted by Egan Ford on 25 Sept 2009, 6:42 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Gene Wright

I'll be there. You can upgrade my 90% to 99%. I'm driving from SLC, UT.

      
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #3 Posted by hugh steers on 25 Sept 2009, 7:44 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Gene Wright

Yes me.

            
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #4 Posted by Gerry Schultz on 25 Sept 2009, 8:05 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by hugh steers

Yes Gene, I'll be there too. Sorry I won't be in Denver Thursday night, I'll be in Albuquerque. I won't be in Denver until Friday afternoon. Do you need any volunteers for envelope stuffing?

Jean-Francois contacted me last Monday saying my PIL-Box HP-IL to USB protocol converter was on its way. I hope to get it before I leave.

Gerry

      
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #5 Posted by Eric Smith on 25 Sept 2009, 9:34 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Gene Wright

I'll arrive in Denver on Wednesday afternoon. I could be at the airport on Thursday evening if there was some particular reason to be there.

      
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #6 Posted by Allen on 25 Sept 2009, 9:46 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Gene Wright

I'll be there. I'm getting into Denver at 11:00am on Friday.. Anyone need a ride to Ft. Collins?- email me.

      
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #7 Posted by Howard Owen on 26 Sept 2009, 10:05 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Gene Wright

I'm going to have to miss it again this year. Life is interfering with my hobby again. :)

Like an optimistic fan of a losing baseball team, I can say "maybe next year."

Regards
Howard

      
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #8 Posted by Geoff Quickfall on 26 Sept 2009, 1:51 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Gene Wright

see you there!

      
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #9 Posted by Bruce Bergman on 26 Sept 2009, 8:45 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Gene Wright

The move to Colorado killed it for me. Unfortunately, I won't be coming this year. Hopefully it will be back in California next year.

thanks! bruce

            
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #10 Posted by Karl Schneider on 26 Sept 2009, 9:56 p.m.,
in response to message #9 by Bruce Bergman

Quote:
The move to Colorado killed it for me. Unfortunately, I won't be coming this year.

Same here. I wouldn't have even needed a hotel room if the conference were to be held as originally planned at HP's since-sold complex in Vancouver, Washington.

-- KS

                  
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #11 Posted by Olivier (Wa) on 26 Sept 2009, 10:08 p.m.,
in response to message #10 by Karl Schneider

Me 2... Hopefully, next year at the (not yet disclosed) new location...

                  
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #12 Posted by Matt Kernal on 2 Oct 2009, 11:26 a.m.,
in response to message #10 by Karl Schneider

Quote:
as originally planned at HP's since-sold complex in Vancouver, Washington

A friend's wife who works for HP, said the Vancouver facility is being leased by HP for the time being. So other than ownership of the buiding(s), it seems the conference wouldn't have necessarily had to have been relocated to Ft. Collins, as it's "business as usual" in Vancouver.

My daughter's birthday is this weekend :-), so I won't be attending HHC2009 :-(. Hopefully next year, in Boise ID.

Matt

      
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #13 Posted by Reth on 27 Sept 2009, 8:41 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Gene Wright

I'm really curious what drives one to attend this event under the circumstances in the last 10 years or so.
The only reason I can see is nostalgia.

            
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #14 Posted by geoff quickfall on 27 Sept 2009, 9:19 a.m.,
in response to message #13 by Reth

Lots of reasons Reth

hope springs eternal
meeting old friends
meeting new friends
sharing ideas
programming and new initiatives in calculator design

It is about the old and the new, although I have used HP since 1975 I am new to the conferences. The names that attend I have known through HP programming and using for the last 34 years.

I finally get to put faces, traditions and thinking to all the names involved in design whether or not one accepts the reality of calculator design and marketing today.

In any case, attend one of the conferences and then make a comment about the reasons for attendance.

Cheers, Geoff

                  
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #15 Posted by Reth on 28 Sept 2009, 7:15 a.m.,
in response to message #14 by geoff quickfall

Thanks, Geoff.
Please note I didn't make a comment but rather asked a question.
Regards,

            
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #16 Posted by Tim Wessman on 27 Sept 2009, 12:05 p.m.,
in response to message #13 by Reth

The fact that everyone who goes, even unwillingly at first, ends up having a really fun time and enjoying themselves immensely might have something to do with it. People that don't even like calculators all that much have gone and had a blast. :-)

TW

      
Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
Message #17 Posted by BruceH on 30 Sept 2009, 10:21 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Gene Wright

Nice prize list. You can add two more items from me:

  • A standard 200LX, in full working order (but no batteries to preserve the insides)
  • Four wax candles with an image of an HP-48SX on the sides originally produced by the Dutch club, STORC.

    Those of a certain age from the UK reading this last point will automatically think of this. Perhaps they could be used as votive candles to help the HP team with their efforts to produce new calculators?

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    Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
    Message #18 Posted by Thomas Chrapkiewicz on 1 Oct 2009, 8:57 p.m.,
    in response to message #1 by Gene Wright

    .....so.....what time do things start Saturday Morning?

    thanks, TomC

                
    Re: HHC 2009 only 1 week away...who is coming?
    Message #19 Posted by geoff quickfall on 2 Oct 2009, 6:59 p.m.,
    in response to message #18 by Thomas Chrapkiewicz

    7:30 o-dark am!

    Cheers, Geoff

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