Harald Tveit Alvestrand <> supposedly scribbled: > --On 30. desember 2004 22:05 -0800 "Glen Zorn (gwz)" <gwz@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Paris in August: >> http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2003-09-25-france-heat_x.htm > > at first I just smiled at this, then I realized that the poster > apparently meant this seriously....... Yes, I did (though I admit I see little humor is the story). However, my main point was not so much that we would die in droves (or at all); more to the point is the question of why we seem to go out of our way to find unpleasant weather for our meetings. > > Of course, the MAXIMUM temperatures quoted in the *exceptional* Paris > summer of 2003 were 104 degrees Fahrenheit; 2003 was, indeed, exceptional. OTOH, it is hardly exceptional that everyone who can leave the city in August, does. This is no doubt because it is just so damn pleasant they can't stand it, right? > I guess people who have > survived Southern California will feel right at home. As the old joke about Hell goes, "It ain't the heat, it's the humidity." > To quote > Slashdot: It's always interesting to RTFA. Ha Ha. You (and others) have made the point quite well that the majority of IETFers are probably hardy enough to suffer through the week without actually dying. So what? The real question is why we must suffer at all (I'm actually rather surprised that Phoenix has not become the permanent summer choice -- 130F would certainly keep us in the hotel where (apparently) we belong. > > Happy new year, everyone! > > Harald > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf Hope this helps, ~gwz Why is it that most of the world's problems can't be solved by simply listening to John Coltrane? -- Henry Gabriel _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf