TAM 6, I need details!

[Luciana]

Please.

Lest I go green with envy because of TAM 5.5 and because I want to meet for the first time and meet again the awesome people of this forum, I DEMAND further details on TAM6.

Yeah, Jeff, I'm looking at you. I could even hug you but, for now, there's only my hurt pride to meet.

I just found this "cheap" ticket at Continental, at only $1,100. When I went to Vegas in 2005 the cheapest was $1,400! So, at the very least, I need to know if the dates are confirmed. The penalty fee for changes is $250. So no way!

I'm interested in knowing who the speakers will be, of course, but that's secondary to meeting the folks here. Sooooo??

[This Guy]

Per this - http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=3368835#post3368835

We should be getting details this week.

I'm also anxious for details. Not sure I can swing the trip, but I'm gonna try.

[Reed]

While partying at 5.5, I'd swear I'd heard a rumor that a certain Oxford don will be visiting TAM once again.

[Mattfn]

The dates were already confirmed. (Yes, wrong dates were first posted, but it was fixed!)
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=83521

Thursday June 19th, to Sunday the 22nd.

[tkingdoll]

I will be there!!!!!

[MattusMaximus]

I was at TAM4 but had to skip TAM5 and 5.5 -- it's great to see that TAM6 will be in the summer, as that'll make it easier for me to attend since I'm a teacher. I assume it'll be in Vegas this summer? Does anyone know if the summer meeting is going to be a regular thing?

[Luciana]

Per this - http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=3368835#post3368835

We should be getting details this week.

I'm also anxious for details. Not sure I can swing the trip, but I'm gonna try.

OH YEAH??! Jeff I'm looking at you. Yoooou, yes you!

While partying at 5.5, I'd swear I'd heard a rumor that a certain Oxford don will be visiting TAM once again.

Wow, that would be spectacular. I've seen him once and I was flabbergasted.


Thursday June 19th, to Sunday the 22nd.

So I'll buy the ticket tomorrow! Not now because Im lazy.

I will be there!!!!!

That's a GREAT detail!!

I was at TAM4 but had to skip TAM5 and 5.5 -- it's great to see that TAM6 will be in the summer, as that'll make it easier for me to attend since I'm a teacher. I assume it'll be in Vegas this summer? Does anyone know if the summer meeting is going to be a regular thing?

I'm sure they're trying it out, so let's how successful this will be.

[MattusMaximus]

I'm sure they're trying it out, so let's how successful this will be.

I certainly hope it is successful, as I think regular summer meetings could be a HUGE draw for a lot of science teachers, both at the high school & college level.

[Luciana]

On a related note, I went looking for the temperatures in Vegas in June, and look what I found, here (http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/2006/09/todays_ask_the__10.html):



Las Vegas boasts of some of the lowest relative humidities in the USA, averaging about 11% on June afternoons.

According to Andy Gorelow, meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Las Vegas, "In my 7 years in Las Vegas, the lowest relative humidity (RH) reading I've seen occurred this past June, when the ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) at McCarran reached 2%. I have seen several days in a row with RH values between 3-5%, which is relatively common...especially just before monsoon season."

Man oh man.

[MLynn]

I've been thinking of TAM 6 a lot - I hope I can go. Hubby is really sick and I can't make any advance plans, but there is time...so, I will need details just in case! :)

[The Central Scrutinizer]

While partying at 5.5, I'd swear I'd heard a rumor that a certain Oxford don will be visiting TAM once again.

As will a certain planetarium operator, if my sources are correct.

[athon]

Noblecaboose and I have saved for this one and will be purchasing plane tickets shortly.

:)

Athon

[Brown]

On the subject of Las Vegas relative humidity....

I spoke recently with a former Las Vegas resident, and asked whether the summers were bearable because the humidity was low. The former resident replied that, in certain areas of Las Vegas, the humidity is very high (and when the temperatures are high, the discomfort can be extreme). The high humidity, he said, was due to a large number of hotels/resorts installing water-based recreation: swimming pools, fountains, artificial lakes, etc.

The amount of water in these attractions that is lost due to evaporation is staggering.

Whether this is true or not, I do not know. I only say that if I go to Las Vegas in mid-June and find that there is unpleasant humidity around the Strip, I will not be surprised.

[Horatius]

I certainly hope it is successful, as I think regular summer meetings could be a HUGE draw for a lot of science teachers, both at the high school & college level.



My understanding was, the whole point of moving it was to try to get more teachers to attend, so I'm sure they'll be encouraging folks like you quite a lot.

[Brown]

By the way, my trip to TAM6 will be a birthday present ... to myself.

Which reminds me: there are two possible TAM-based egg-related activities. The first is to have a mass egg-balance on the first day of summer (yes, I know the magical day is supposed to be the vernal equinox, but TAM isn't being held in March), followed by an egg fry on on piece of sheet metal out in the sun.

I can also mention that the TAM6 crossword puzzle is "under construction." The current plan is to have a 21 by 21 grid, with a puzzle within a puzzle, plus a subtle surprise that ought to delight--or annoy--English speakers from both sides of the Atlantic.

[tkingdoll]

The first is to have a mass egg-balance on the first day of summer (yes, I know the magical day is supposed to be the vernal equinox, but TAM isn't being held in March), followed by an egg fry on on piece of sheet metal out in the sun.



I love this!! I'm in.

Although the egg fry is somewhat anti-social. The smell of several dozen eggs frying is not going to get the skeptics a good reputation.

*awaits pithy responses*

[Brown]

*awaits pithy responses*If we have any leftover eggs...

...Say! Is Sylvia still doing a show in Las Vegas?

[MLynn]

I wonder if there will be a buy-in Hold 'Em tourny like last time...

[MattusMaximus]

My understanding was, the whole point of moving it was to try to get more teachers to attend, so I'm sure they'll be encouraging folks like you quite a lot.

This is excellent news. I want to really work to get a bunch of teachers together in a workshop of some kind. This is gonna be groovy! :cool:

[UnrepentantSinner]

I'll be there.

[CFLarsen]

If we have any leftover eggs...

...Say! Is Sylvia still doing a show in Las Vegas?

John Edward (http://www.harrahs.com/EventsDetail.do?locationCode=FLV&detailName=john-edward-detail&eventTitle=John%20Edward) will be at the Flamingo on Feb 14-15.

If Vegas is picking up on psychics, there should be a chance that we can SkeptiCrash one of the shows.

[Desktop Icon]

PZ has outed himself (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/01/finally.php) as a TAM6 speaker.

[mr. ottle]

I wonder if there will be a buy-in Hold 'Em tourny like last time...

I can almost guarantee it.

AntiqueHunter is the pro at setting these things up. And I hope he can make it. But if not, I'm sure we can find someone to fill in. I'll do it myself if needed :)

[MattusMaximus]

John Edward (http://www.harrahs.com/EventsDetail.do?locationCode=FLV&detailName=john-edward-detail&eventTitle=John%20Edward) will be at the Flamingo on Feb 14-15.

If Vegas is picking up on psychics, there should be a chance that we can SkeptiCrash one of the shows.

Wow, that'd be something! How exactly would we 'crash' a John Edward show? Should we wear T-shirts that say "John Edward is the Biggest Douche in the Universe"? I suppose that'd be the snarky thing to do. We could always just tell him he's dead (pardon the pun) wrong when he calls out misses.

Or perhaps we could clandestinely hand out fliers in the crowd? ;)

[MattusMaximus]

John Edward (http://www.harrahs.com/EventsDetail.do?locationCode=FLV&detailName=john-edward-detail&eventTitle=John%20Edward) will be at the Flamingo on Feb 14-15.

If Vegas is picking up on psychics, there should be a chance that we can SkeptiCrash one of the shows.

Wow, that'd be something! How exactly would we 'crash' a John Edward show? Should we wear T-shirts that say "John Edward is the Biggest Douche in the Universe"? I suppose that'd be the snarky thing to do. We could always just tell him he's dead (pardon the pun) wrong when he calls out misses.

Or perhaps we could clandestinely hand out fliers in the crowd? ;)

[mr. ottle]

Wow, that'd be something! How exactly would we 'crash' a John Edward show? Should we wear T-shirts that say "John Edward is the Biggest Douche in the Universe"? I suppose that'd be the snarky thing to do. We could always just tell him he's dead (pardon the pun) wrong when he calls out misses.

Or perhaps we could clandestinely hand out fliers in the crowd? ;)

Could we get a few folks who have a knack for cold reading do the same thing for free in front of where his show is?

[amb]

John Edward (http://www.harrahs.com/EventsDetail.do?locationCode=FLV&detailName=john-edward-detail&eventTitle=John%20Edward) will be at the Flamingo on Feb 14-15.

If Vegas is picking up on psychics, there should be a chance that we can SkeptiCrash one of the shows.That fraud was recently in Australia talking to Steve [The crocodile hunter] Irving's wife. He claimed he contacted Steve in the beyond. No other details were released. I wonder why?
:rolleyes:

[amb]

Could we get a few folks who have a knack for cold reading do the same thing for free in front of where his show is?

Michael Shermer. He once posed as a medium for research for a book he was writing. He claimed an 80% accuracy rate. That's better than Edwards. ;)

[CFLarsen]

Could we get a few folks who have a knack for cold reading do the same thing for free in front of where his show is?

Ian Rowland did that at TAM2. It's tough, doing it in front of skeptics.... ;)

[KingMerv00]

I have nothing important to add. I'm just stoaked that there is finally a thread about TAM6. Woo!

[BrianEngler]

Missed TAM 5.5 unfortunately--could've used that 4AM swim I heard about. Definitely heading to TAM 6!

[Cleon]

I will be there!!!!!

:yahoo:yahoo:yahoo:yahoo:yahoo

[Hokulele]

For what it's worth, I will be there as well.

[Wolfman]

...as, probably, will I. Hokster's fantasies may finally have a chance to come true.

[UnrepentantSinner]

For what it's worth, I will be there as well.

I, for one (or two apparently after Wolfman's post), will appreciate being able to meet you after having been denied twice in Houston.

Just don't expect us to spend much social time together and please don't ask to get a photo with me.

[KingMerv00]

I have nothing important to add. I'm just stoaked that there is finally a thread about TAM6. Woo!

I am also stoked.

[Hokulele]

...as, probably, will I. Hokster's fantasies may finally have a chance to come true.


You will be arranging for John Taylor's sweat (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=2722562#post2722562) to land on me?

I, for one (or two apparently after Wolfman's post), will appreciate being able to meet you after having been denied twice in Houston.

Just don't expect us to spend much social time together and please don't ask to get a photo with me.


You are a vampire?

[Tressa]

I appears that my federal tax returns will cover TAM6 registration and the flight to LV. I'll use my state tax returns and what I can save from now until then to cover room cost, food and the P&T show at the Rio every night of TAM6 (I've never seen them live and am making up for all the years I didn't know they existed).

[Ziggy66]

So, do the first day's events usually start in the evening? I'm looking at a flight that arrives Thursday at 10 am. I'd rather not arrive Wednesday and have the extra night in the hotel, or is that the usual procedure? Thanks.

[Desktop Icon]

So, do the first day's events usually start in the evening? I'm looking at a flight that arrives Thursday at 10 am. I'd rather not arrive Wednesday and have the extra night in the hotel, or is that the usual procedure? Thanks.


Assuming things are scheduled similar to years past (and that's an assumption that could get blown out of the water once details are announced next week), you should be fine. Thursday afternoons typically have an optional, extra-fee workshop, but the first open-to-everyone event isn't until the reception that evening.

Even if it turns out that you want to attend the afternoon workshop, a flight arrival time of 10am should still give you enough time to get from the airport to the hotel.

[Ziggy66]

Even if it turns out that you want to attend the afternoon workshop, a flight arrival time of 10am should still give you enough time to get from the airport to the hotel.

Great, thanks.

[DiskoVilante]

I think I'm bringing around 10 friends with me...and possibly more through my facebook contacts.
There are 2 things I'm thinking of right now: all you people and the FORUM PARTY.

[UnrepentantSinner]

You are a vampire?

Duh. Why do you think I work the nightshift? :rolleyes:

...the P&T show at the Rio every night of TAM6 (I've never seen them live and am making up for all the years I didn't know they existed).

That reminds of of TAM2 and.. well, I'll just save this anecdote for later. ;)

I think I'm bringing around 10 friends with me...and possibly more through my facebook contacts.
There are 2 things I'm thinking of right now: all you people and the FORUM PARTY.

Note to self: avoid DV's hangers on. :p

I can't wait to see all three of you.

[SkepticScott]

In previous years there have been posts here by early arrivers to organize unofficial events, even if only getting together for dinner.

[nowoo]

Details are now online!

[DiskoVilante]

Details here: http://www.randi.org/joom/component/option,com_registrationpro/Itemid,33/func,details/did,1/

Ok, so what is the theme of this year's TAM?

[Normal Dude]

I will be there!

[Luciana]

Woohoo! I saw the email from the Facebook group first thing in the morning. Loved it.

[UnrepentantSinner]

Ok, so what is the theme of this year's TAM?

If it's a Midsummer Night's TAM, I call Oberon!

[Fitter]

If it's a Midsummer Night's TAM, I call Oberon!
Ooh ooh, can I be Bottom. I'm a natural jackass.

[Desktop Icon]

Ok, so what is the theme of this year's TAM?


My understanding is that it's built around a promotional tie-in with the new American Gladiators.

[rustypouch]

My understanding is that it's built around a promotional tie-in with the new American Gladiators.

Awesome.

I would love to see Phil Plait smacked around by Toa and Wolf...

[The Central Scrutinizer]

My understanding is that it's built around a promotional tie-in with the new American Gladiators.

Oh! I'll be Hulk Hogan.

"Let me tell you something, Mean Gene!"

[DiskoVilante]

Woohoo! I saw the email from the Facebook group first thing in the morning. Loved it.

Which email? Was it from a guy named Roy?

[Luciana]

Which email? Was it from a guy named Roy?

Yes! Great move.

[Cleon]

Ooh ooh, can I be Bottom. I'm a natural jackass.


:eek:

[DiskoVilante]

Yes! Great move.
Fabulous, I did a great move. :D

[DiskoVilante]

So is there or is there not a theme to this year's TAM?

[UnrepentantSinner]

So is there or is there not a theme to this year's TAM?

1. Go to www.randi.org
2. Find the link on the left side menu for The Amaz!ng Meeting
3. Click on that link
4. Read the information that appears before you.

;)

[DiskoVilante]

1. Go to www.randi.org (http://www.randi.org)
2. Find the link on the left side menu for The Amaz!ng Meeting
3. Click on that link
4. Read the information that appears before you.

;)
You sure that was there yesterday? :p

[UnrepentantSinner]

You sure that was there yesterday? :p

Seriously, I'm not sure, but I think the speakers list was up a day or two ago at least.

[phyz]

You sure that was there yesterday? :p
I'm quite sure it wasn't there last time I looked. I was looking for the theme and there was no theme to be found. An oversight now corrected, I presume.

[The Old Man]

I need to know what speakers and talking on what days and at what times. Is this information available?

[DiskoVilante]

I need to know what speakers and talking on what days and at what times. Is this information available?

Hi,

All the major talks are done on Saturday I believe. The papers are presented on Sunday.

Am I right forumites?

[The Central Scrutinizer]

So is there or is there not a theme to this year's TAM?

Yes. The theme is "TAM 6: How much do you hate Rebecca?"

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Hi,

All the major talks are done on Saturday I believe. The papers are presented on Sunday.

Am I right forumites?

Partially. The "major" talks are Friday & Saturday.

[DiskoVilante]

Yes. The theme is "TAM 6: How much do you hate Rebecca?"

Well, I <3 Rebecca, so not at all.

[DiskoVilante]

Oh yeah, when does info on the scholarship go up? There are some people I need to give into about it to.

[The Old Man]

Let me try this again. There are all these great speakers. They must know, by now, when they are speaking. The workshops are planned and have times. So what days, and times, are the speakers speaking--exactly?

[a.real.girl]

Let me try this again. There are all these great speakers. They must know, by now, when they are speaking. The workshops are planned and have times. So what days, and times, are the speakers speaking--exactly?


I'm just offering my opinion, but I don't know if you'll know that until you get your check-in package. For the last two TAMs we didn't have a precise schedule until much closer to the event.

[SkepticScott]

JREF tries to post the schedule as soon as they can, and update it whenever it changes, but a.real.girl is right -- you won't know for certain until you get your registration packet. And even then there can be last-minute changes.

[Horatius]

Let me try this again. There are all these great speakers. They must know, by now, when they are speaking. The workshops are planned and have times. So what days, and times, are the speakers speaking--exactly?



http://www.randi.org/joom/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=162&Itemid=98


Subject to change, but that's what we have right now.

[Desktop Icon]

I'm just offering my opinion...


A, the internet is absolutely no place for people to be expressing opinions. Take your kooky free-thinking ways back to Russia.

[Geek Goddess]

Let me try this again. There are all these great speakers. They must know, by now, when they are speaking. The workshops are planned and have times. So what days, and times, are the speakers speaking--exactly?


the final schedules may not be set. Last year, the actual schedule wasn't given out until fairly late, just a list of the speakers. check back the randi.org site frequently.

[Horatius]

the final schedules may not be set. Last year, the actual schedule wasn't given out until fairly late, just a list of the speakers. check back the randi.org site frequently.



It's like I'm talking to myself, here! (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=3424797#post3424797)

[Linda]

The schedule will definitely be changing, as Sharon Begley will be speaking Saturday morning.

[RSLancastr]

It's like I'm talking to myself, here! (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=3424797#post3424797)It's the gastric bypass. We can barely see you now!

[Geek Goddess]

It's like I'm talking to myself, here! (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=3424797#post3424797)

Sometimes I post a response before I've read all the way to the bottom of a thread....



:o

[amb]

A, the internet is absolutely no place for people to be expressing opinions. Take your kooky free-thinking ways back to Russia.
In case you haven't heard. Russia is now a free country. The KGB no longer exists, they have one party elections too, just like America. And they no longer make you disappear. They now shoot you in front of the family, that way loved ones needn't worry whatever happened to uncle Boris or cousin Igor. ;)

[amb]

Sometimes I post a response before I've read all the way to the bottom of a thread....



:o Your like me. No patience. By the way, how's Apollo these days?
Mt Olympus still comfortable? Hold on, I miss read your user name. I thought it read ''Greek'' goddess. :) :p