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Re: Wozniak in Sydney May 14
- Subject: Re: Wozniak in Sydney May 14
- From: magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 09:33:10 -0700 (PDT)
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On Thursday, May 10, 2012 5:50:27 AM UTC-5, bloomer_au wrote:
> A local current affairs program ran an interview with Steve Wozniak this eve, which is when I realised he was here in Sydney as part of a speaking tour, and that I hadn't even been aware of this.
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> I then ran online to see if I could find some manner of ticket. I was expecting it to cost maybe the price of a rock concert ticket, anywhere from 60-120 dollars. I wasn't expecting single tickets to cost between $895 (earlybirds) to $1095 each:
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> http://www.eventfinder.com.au/2012/steve-wozniak/sydney/darling-harbour
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> I definitely won't pay that, even for Wozniak.
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> - Wade
I remember seeing him, Tim Berners-Lee and Ray Tomlinson (he invented e-mail) at Montana State University in 2000 when they were awarded the George R. Stibitz Computer Pioneer Award. They were really interesting to listen to. Since my wife was a student at the time it didn't cost us anything to see them, if I remember right. Also, if I remember right, the theater at MSU wasn't crowded and we were able to get seats right in front of the stage. I managed to get Woz's autograph after they were done talking. I like Woz but a minimum of $895 is a ridiculous price to pay. There isn't ANYONE I can think of that I'd be willing to pay that amount of money, for just one ticket, to see.
Dean