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Planning for NI week 2008
Hi all,
and thanks again!
For flight, I think I'll fly to a major city first, I suppose NY, for a couple of reasons: I can visit the city (I've never been!), I can stay 2/3 days (at least, I'll be on holydays!). Another reason is price: it seems to be cheaper to fly to major intercontinental cities, say, for example, Paris-NY, rather than MI-Houston. But cost is not the major issue, also because I know that flight to a major airport has a "cost" (caos, lost baggages, and other nice things...).
One more question: is bats show scheduled also for 2008?
graziano
and thanks again!
For flight, I think I'll fly to a major city first, I suppose NY, for a couple of reasons: I can visit the city (I've never been!), I can stay 2/3 days (at least, I'll be on holydays!). Another reason is price: it seems to be cheaper to fly to major intercontinental cities, say, for example, Paris-NY, rather than MI-Houston. But cost is not the major issue, also because I know that flight to a major airport has a "cost" (caos, lost baggages, and other nice things...).
One more question: is bats show scheduled also for 2008?
graziano
I hope to see you there next year. They (NI) usually set up a LabVIEW Zone, with couches to sit on and visit with your friends. They also have wifi in the convention center, some years it has worked better than others, so if you want to drag a laptop around it should work on the 'net. They also set up an internet cafe, but there is usually a wait to get at a computer.
The bats are every year from spring until late fall. They are migratory, leaving on the first really cold "norther" (big storm from the north), riding the winds to warmer Mexico. It is the largest urban population of bats, and Austin is riding on the popularity of them (I was going to say riding on their tails, but they are Mexican free-tailed bats, so not much tail to ride on). Get there in the late afternoon, but before the sun is too low, and they come out in streams of thousands to go off and eat tons of insects. The other reason to get there a little early is that if you are driving the parking becomes difficult to find.
The bats are every year from spring until late fall. They are migratory, leaving on the first really cold "norther" (big storm from the north), riding the winds to warmer Mexico. It is the largest urban population of bats, and Austin is riding on the popularity of them (I was going to say riding on their tails, but they are Mexican free-tailed bats, so not much tail to ride on). Get there in the late afternoon, but before the sun is too low, and they come out in streams of thousands to go off and eat tons of insects. The other reason to get there a little early is that if you are driving the parking becomes difficult to find.
@Graziano wrote:
One more question: is bats show scheduled also for 2008?
The bats are a "natural" occurance in a man-made structure. They have been there and should be there for many years.
