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Article #1077Re: Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions?
From: Brian Kantor
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 04:36
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 04:36
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bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: >1. Winter '92 - San Francisco Hilton, as downtown as you can get, I > liked this hotel *a lot* the last time we had a conference > there. And if they haven't fixed the goddamn fire alarm system in that hotel by now, I suggest we 1) issue a supply of earplugs 2) hold a bonfire in the lobby 3) wake up the manager at 4 am and ring his bell for 15 minutes straight 4) strew tacks all over the floor in the manager's office to simulate running down 15 stories of concrete steps barefoot 5) sue And no, it WASN'T pranksters, it was a brand new system, according to the security guard. Three times in one night, and not a single night without at least one false alarm. Phooey. Now I understand why people die in hotel fires - they learn to ignore the alarms. - Brian
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!ucsd!brian From: brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions? Message-ID: <36213@ucsd.Edu> Date: 24 Jun 91 04:36:08 GMT References: <BZS.91Jun22172048@world.std.com> <1991Jun23.115443.484@ircam.fr> <BZS.91Jun23184600@world.std.com> Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 19