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From: chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: SIGGRAPH pet peeves
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Date: 25 Aug 89 13:41:31 GMT
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In article <4400038@m.cs.uiuc.edu> shirley@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>2. In my experience, The course meals are consistently abominable.  This too
>   should be unbundled.  If we must pay for lunch, I have a cheap
>   alternative that would be better than anything I've been offered: Have
>   buffet tables with loaves of bread and jars of peanut butter.  Give each
>   course attendant a hershey bar for dessert.  This would cost about a buck
>   per person, and would certainly be no worse than the status quo.

     I thought the meals were pretty good.  On Monday, they served gazpacho
and turkey salad croissants.  On Tuesday, we had some excellent clam chowder
and cold cuts.  I consider both far superior to peanut butter.  In general,
all the meals I've had at SIGGRAPH have been good, with the exception of
the cold peach soup in Atlanta.

>3. The courses too often include material being presented verbatim from the
>   technical session.  This is a waste of time and money for the course 
>   attendants.  How about having half day courses?  I'd
>   say most of the courses I've taken have a half day of 'non-filler'.
>   I'd much rather take four of these than two full day courses, though
>   it could lead to an organizational nightmare.

     I'd like to see half day courses, too, but not for this reason.  I'd
just like to get as much

>6. Does the tee shirt have to be ugly as sin?

     Oh, it wasn't that bad...

>7. Do we really have to wait in line for the film show?  Why can't they
>   just open the autitorium 2 hours early?

     Because other things are going on in there, and I imagine they want
to clean it and give the AV crew a break for a while.

     In the beginning you asked if are being too picky.  Yes.

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