John C Klensin wrote:> > > --On Monday, May 25, 2009 9:47 PM +0200 Patrik Fältström <paf@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:> >> One difference is that a plane is quite easy to use. You have>> someone that will (at least this has happened to me) stop you>> if you try to enter the wrong flight. Then the plane moves,>> and when it arrived everyone have to exit. With a train, you>> have to pick the correct train, and then leave the train at>> the correct stop. A bit more complicated to be honest. By>> interacting with people, you often can handle the most>> complicated train ride, but yes, it might be more complicated>> with train.> > Complication that, in many cases, is severely complicated by being > tired, exhausted, and out of focus from a long flight. 95% of the people going to/from the airport are tourists, who do nottravel frequently, often don't understand Dutch, are nerveous andexhausted. They make it from/to the airport just fine. And all this is before the local host even got a chance to provideinstructions on how to get to the conference location from the airport. Henk -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Henk Uijterwaal Email: henk.uijterwaal(at)ripe.netRIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.xs4all.nl/~henkuP.O.Box 10096 Singel 258 Phone: +31.20.53544141001 EB Amsterdam 1016 AB Amsterdam Fax: +31.20.5354445The Netherlands The Netherlands Mobile: +31.6.55861746------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Belgium: an unsolvable problem, discussed in endless meetings, with no hope for a solution, where everybody still lives happily._______________________________________________Ietf mailing listIetf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf