Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: Usenix versus Uniforum Message-ID: <1990Dec15.175511.5776@alphalpha.com> Date: 15 Dec 90 17:55:11 GMT References: <12103@hubcap.clemson.edu> <27642840.58BE@telly.on.ca> <47349@apple.Apple.COM> <1990Dec14.084852.2406@looking.on.ca> Organization: asi Lines: 23 In article <1990Dec14.084852.2406@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes: >The Marriott (I thought USENIX swore never to return to Marriotts?) alternate >hotel is "2 blocks" away in the brochure, so I called their Bell Captain >and asked how far to the Grand K. He said 15 minutes, then 10 minutes, and >then when I suggested holding a reception in their hotel he said 1 minute! I can understand the confusion. They are quite close, however you have to risk life and limb. Dallas is not made for walking. It's probably 1 minute if you get hit by a car and carried the rest of the way. >Perhaps there are some restaurants etc immediately adjacent to the Grand >K? I have zero knowledge of the area. If anybody who does know it and would >be willing to help me could send me e-mail, that would be appreciated. There's a mall across the street, but I didn't dare cross it. -kee -- Alphalpha Software, Inc. | motif-request@alphalpha.com nazgul@alphalpha.com |----------------------------------- 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | Proline BBS: 617/641-3722 I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.