[eside-ghost] Alojamiento para Stallman

[Borja Sotomayor]

Hola a todos,

Bueno, ha llegado el momento de escoger a El Elegido, esa afortunada 
persona que podrá tener a Richard Stallman en su casa durante 5-7 días. 
Las fechas definitivas todavía no las sé, aunque sería en la semana del 
26 de abril (me parece que la semana entera).

Eso sí, antes de que la gente se ofrezca voluntaria, os fowardeo parte 
del 'information packet' que envia Stallman a la gente que organiza 
conferencias y charlas. Lo que incluyo aquí es toda la parte relativa a 
su alojamiento. Para poder ofrecerse voluntario es necesario cumplir 
todas las condiciones enumeradas por Stallman :-)

> I am willing to stay in a hotel if that is the way you want to do it.
> 
> But if there is anyone who wants to offer a spare couch, or even some
> spare floor, I would much rather stay there than in a hotel (provided
> I have a door I can close to in order to have some privacy).  Staying
> with someone is more fun for me than a hotel, and it would also save
> you money.  Floor space is sufficient because I bring an air mattress
> with me.
> 
> Note, however, that in a hot and/or humid place I need air
> conditioning or I will be unable to sleep.  At 72 fahrenheit (22
> centigrade) it becomes quite difficult except when the air is dry.
> 
> I sometimes like cats, but they are not good for me; I am somewhat
> allergic to them.  So I need the bed and the room I will usually be
> staying in to be clean of cat hair.  However, it is no problem if
> there is a cat elsewhere in the house--I might even like them.  Dogs
> that occasionally jump up on people frighten me unless they are tiny.
> But if they only do that when we come in, I can cope as long as you
> hold the dog away from me at that time.
> 
> If you put me in a hotel, please cover the costs of the telephone
> calls I will need to transfer my email.  Some hotels charge a lot of
> money for this.
> 
> Many countries have a law that hotels must report all guests to the
> police.  In most cases, this intrusive policy applies not just to
> foreigners like me, but even to citizens.  The citizens should be
> outraged by this, but often they are not.
> 
> If your country has this policy, please join me in striking a blow
> against Big Brother, by finding a place other than a hotel for me to
> stay in.  I will be happier in my visit if I can stay in a place that
> doesn't demand to see my passport.  If the police want to talk with me
> about free software, they are welcome to come to my speech.
> 
> If you have found a person for me to stay with, please forward this
> section and the two following sections to that person.
> 
> 
> Beds:
> 
> Many people like hard beds, but they cause me muscle aches that keep
> me awake.  In general there is no way you can determine for me whether
> a bed is too hard; hardness is relative and we do not know how your
> standards compare with mine.  But one data point is that futons are
> always too hard for me.  I have tried many futons, and every one of
> them was painful.  So if it isn't distinctly softer than every futon
> you have ever seen, it is too hard.
> 
> If you don't know for a fact that I can sleep on the bed you have in
> mind, please arrange to have on hand either a vacuum cleaner or a hair
> dryer with a "cool" setting, so I can to inflate my air mattress if I
> need it.
> 
> Hotel beds are often very hard; I cannot necessarily sleep on the bed
> in the hotel.  But at least we can count on a hotel to have a vacuum
> cleaner.
> 
> In case you are wondering, I cannot feel a pea under a mattress, but I
> might feel a peanut under a thin mattress.
> 
> 
> Email:
> 
> It is very important for me to be able to transfer email between my
> laptop and the net, so I can do my ordinary work.  While traveling, I
> often need to do the work and the transfer late at night, or in the
> morning before a departure.  So please set up a way I can connect to
> the net from the place I am staying.  If there is a computer on the
> net which has a floppy drive, I can transfer the data via that
> computer.
> 
> A modem connection is fine if it works, so please verify in advance
> that the telephone line you expect me to use has a modular jack and
> that it works to call the ISP from that line.  Hotels in Europe and
> Asia often have peculiar phone systems; the staff may tell you it is
> possible to call an ISP from the hotel *but they may be wrong*.  The
> only way to tell for certain is to go to the hotel, try phoning with a
> computer from a guest room, and see if it actually works.  Until you
> have tested it, don't believe it!
> 
> I already have ISPs to call in the US and in some other places;
> elsewhere, please find me a local ISP to call.  (It would be nice if
> the account will continue working afterward, so that I can use it
> again if I come back or from other places in the region.)  Hotel phone
> fees may be significant, and I expect you to cover them.  However, I
> normally connect to the net only for around ten minutes at a time,
> twice a day, so it won't be too much.
> 
> 
> Food:
> 
> I enjoy delicious food, and I like most kinds of cooking if they are
> done well (the exception being that I cannot eat anything very spicy).
> So I like to go to restaurants that are good at whatever kind of food
> they do.  I don't arrive with specific preferences for what kind of
> food--rather, I want to have whatever is good: maybe the local
> cuisine, or the food of an immigrant ethnic group which is present in
> large numbers, or something unusual and original.
> 
> Some foods I dislike include:
> 
>    avocado
>    dessert that contains fruit or liqueur
>    fruits that are sour (grapefruit, most oranges)
>    hot pepper
>    liver (even in trace quantities)
>    stomach and intestine; other organ meats
> 
> I often dislike foods that taste strongly of egg yolk,
> and some strong cheeses.
> 
> It would be nice for you to ask around among your acquaintances to
> find people who like good food and are familiar with the area's
> restaurants.  They will be able to give good recommendations.
> 
> 

Un saludo,
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