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Re: bringing family to usenix

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:49
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In article <tommy.724347299@hilbert> tommy@boole.att.com writes:
>$ you don't.  a conference is not vacation (unless you are defrauding
>$ your company); it is work.  
>
>It seems that both Henrys misunderstood me.  My company will pay my
>airfare and hotel.  Of course I do not expect them to pay a dime for my
>wife's or children's expenses.  And my intention is to enjoy San Diego
>before or after the conference.  I hope no one sees anything wrong with
>taking advantage that I'll already be there without having paid my
>airfare out of pocket.

I can't speak for the other Henry, but I'd say you misunderstood me,
rather than vice-versa. :-)  There's nothing immoral about the plans you
outline above.  My point was that if you plan to "do" the conference
thoroughly, getting full benefit from both formal and informal events,
you will have no free time during it, and you should plan accordingly.
-- 
"God willing... we shall return."       | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
       -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: bringing family to usenix
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:49:25 GMT
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