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Article #1082Re: Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions?
From: cgw
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 15:52
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 15:52
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In article <20809@cs.utexas.edu>, jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) writes: >> Rule out any venue whose name contains the suffix "-land". > > That rules out San Antonio which is in Bubbaland. it also rules out Disneyland, which might be interesting. at least, when something screws up, you could say, "now what kinda mickey mouse conference IS this, anyway??" ;-P > The river walk is in the heart of downtown San Antonio. The > polluted "river" [more like a stream really] is the Olmos or San > Antonio river [can't recall which] that runs through downtown San Antonio. > Some large hotels along with numerous restaurants and bars are lined up > along a fairly long stretch [0.3 miles?] of the river which has > concrete walls and sidewalks along it. At night, it's pleasant to walk > along the river and check out the venues. if you want a preview, get the movie Cloak & Dagger. granted, it doesn't show the riverwalk in the _best_ light, but i do believe it is the S.A. riverwalk. but i agree with the first guy (whose text i didn't include). it's ALREADY sweltering here (Denton) in june, can you imagine San Antonio? *phew*! -cgw- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- christopher williams, `gilligan', `dude', cgw@vaxb.acs.unt.edu, +1 817 565 4161 lead programmer/operator, the university of north texas, home of the _VaxCave_! `help stamp out and abolish redundancy!' my other .sig is boring too.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sol.acs.unt.edu!vaxb.acs.unt.edu!cgw From: cgw@vaxb.acs.unt.edu Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions? Message-ID: <1991Jun24.095259.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> Date: 24 Jun 91 15:52:59 GMT References: <1991Jun22.192721.11468@ircam.fr> <1991Jun23.181459.13052@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <20809@cs.utexas.edu> Sender: usenet@sol.acs.unt.edu (Sol Usenet Administrator) Organization: University of North Texas Lines: 29