Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions?

[Ken Sallenger]

brad at looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes

+>Good Lord, Barry, Summer in San Antonio?   I have nothing against Texas, mind
+>>you, but in June?

bzs at world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:

=>San Antonio will be down on the river walk, I've never been there but...
=>I am sure we will hear more about San Antonio shortly, right here...

At least it shouldn't be as humid as Nashville---for the benefit of
those from milder climes such as Canada (:-) Personally, I felt right at
home there. 

The great benefit of Nashville for me was that I got to go at all.
I had to pay my own way this year, so driving over made it a
reasonable excursion.  Of course, I'd have done the same for any
southeastern location.

NB: if you want humid, wait'll you get to DC in the summer! I was mildly
amused at the open board meeting by the juxtaposition of

(1) complaints about the heat/humidity; and
(2) the number of hands that went up in approval of DC as a site.

I'll freely admit that there's more to do in DC and a wonderful
transit system to get you there.  I'm looking forward to it,
since I'm already acclimated...
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