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From: lsc%chryse@Sun.COM (Lisa S Chabot)
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Subject: Re: X conference
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Date: 8 Feb 89 23:18:05 GMT
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In article <486@tumuc.UUCP> thsrem@tumuc.UUCP (Thomas Schneider) writes:
>What about sending the badges with the registration acknowledgement:
>1. everybody brings his/her own safety pin
>2. no person required at a conference booth to hand out badges

Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this equivalent to sitting at
your desk, armed with your favorite text processing equipment 
(e.g., pen, scissors, and paper; or vi, xterm, and laser printer)
and writing your own name?  Actually, my scheme even eliminates two
common problems: accuracy and the delay inherent in waiting for a
round-trip between your desk and the MIT X-Conference-name-badge
server.

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