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From: wallis@labc.dec.com (Barry L. Wallis)
Newsgroups: comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: Future symposia dates/places?
Keywords: decus, las vegas
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Date: 10 Apr 90 18:56:26 GMT
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In article <3426.261c5c71@fps.mcw.edu>, brodie@fps.mcw.edu writes...
>In article <1113.261a99f2@simpact.com>, jeh@simpact.com writes:
> 
[ short discussion of other conventions in vegas omitted ]
>> The popular folklore around DECUS [I'm speaking unofficially here] is
>> that the last time we met in Vegas, the hotel specifically un-invited us
>> back.  Not because we were using our computer expertise to break the
>> bank, but just the opposite:  We didn't gamble (or drink) enough 
>> to make up for the cheap room rates, food, and so on.  
> 
>so I heard....  amusing story, even if untrue....
> 

I was there it was true! It seems that due to the make-up of the MGM Grand
Hotel (also most others in Las Vegas) the attendees had to cross the gaming
area to get to the sessions. This was generally done at top speed with no time
taken off to play. When attendees did stop at the tables they generally were
watchers rather than players. In order to find out what the locals thought I
put on a suit on Friday (at DECUS this was travelling incognito) and sat down
to play some serious blackjack. I struck up a conversation with the dealer who
confided to me that he (and he indicated this was the general concensus) hoped
we would *not* return. 
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