bt thanksful, some of us academics have to go to ieee infocom (very
fine conference by the way) in anchorage in a
month...not only same applies, but the minimum journey time from
london england is a 23 hour one....its slightly faster to get to
autralia.
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan Grossman typed:
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>>Shortly before the 44th IETF two years ago, an individual noted to this list:
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>>> Hi,
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>>> I happened to noticed that the 44th IETF is scheduled to be in
>>> Minnesota in March when Minnesota is usually buried in thick snow!
>>> (I've personally observed that)
>>>
>>> Probably there are good reasons why this is so that I don't know about.
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>>I couldn't resist, and wrote up:
>>Top 10 List of Reasons to Hold 44th IETF in Minneapolis in March
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>>Anyway, for the further amusement of all, here is the -01 version:
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>>Top 10 List of Reasons to Hold 50th IETF in Minneapolis in March
>>10. Fewer 'tourists' in meetings
>>9. 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' reruns on hotel cable 24 hours a day
>>8. No mosquitos
>>7. IETF social: ice fishing
>>6. Easy to convince your boss that this really isn't a junket
>>5. POISSON debate on "Code of Conduct" draft to be resolved by snowball fight
>>4. 50th IETF t-shirts made of genuine Polarfleece (tm)
>>3. Alternative was Thule, Greenland
>>2. IP tunnels through anything, even thick snow
>>1. Governor Ventura to referee contentious WGs (if it doesn't violate his XFL
>> contract, of course)
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cheers
jon
