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- Path: sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!lokkur!scs
- From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: HOTEL COSTS 2 (Was Re: UNIX SECURITY ...)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.010821.14718@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
- Organization: Inland Sea
- References: <1176@usenix.ORG> <709@trwacs.fp.trw.com> <1992Aug25.202747.7739@news.eng.convex.com> <3446@ra.nrl.navy.mil> <1992Aug27.123807.19558@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <3455@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 01:08:21 GMT
- Lines: 18
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- feirtag@i5120b.nrl.navy.mil (Fred Feirtag) writes:
-
- >But on to THE MAIN POINT (as far as USENIX is probably concerned): It
- >doesn't make any difference with respect to the total room count whether
- >I share someone else's room at the official conference, "El Grando Inn" or
- >have my own room 4 blocks away at the "Ho Hum Lodge." (unless the
- >prospecive sharee has to move out of the the Inn, because he just couldn't
- >find another sharer, but I doubt that that possible secondary effect is
- >really significant)
-
- That certianly isn't the point I was trying to make. If only one
- person stays outside the hotel, you are correct. If *two* people who
- would otherwise stay outside the hotel link up and share a room in the
- hotel, it is a net gain for USENIX. There is a newsgroup for that very
- purpose, comp.org.usenix.roomshare.
- --
- "When Dexter's on the Internet, can Hell be far behind?"
- -- Steve Simmons, scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us
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