Nice old story. I bet the hotels have learned to better classify
clientele and offer appropriate discounts on rooms. If i remember
correctly, when Ciscos conference went to Vegas just a few years back,
the rates at the conference hotel Mandalay Bay where fairly high, but
the rates at adjacent Luxor where at its usual touristy low (*).
Vegas might still be good for work: If i rank cities based on stuff that
could be more interesting than work, Vegas would rank fairly low for me.
One of these days i just want to go to CES.
Btw: "Going to CES" seems to be a code word to actually go some place
else. Would be fun to have IETF in the same week in Vegas as Def Con.
Like CES, i only know the german counterpart. Especially with the influx
of privacy religion into the IETF, there could be some good
cross-polination. Like CES, i only know the german counterpart yet
(CCC in Hamburg was very well made. Alas, last time next yet, highly
recommended).
Cheers
Toerless
On Sat, Jan 09, 2016 at 09:32:37PM -0800, Randall Gellens wrote:
> At 8:25 PM +0000 1/9/16, Lloyd Wood wrote:
>
> > blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important;
> >border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex
> >!important; background-color:white !important; } and then there was
> >that time physicists met in Las Vegas and the town told them never
> >to return.
> >
> >
> > <>http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2015/09/one-winning-move.html
> >
> >
> > L.
> >
> >
> > the only winning move is not to bet on -00.
>
>
> Amusing story, although I expect that, were the IETF to try and
> emulate this, the hotel would find it one of their most profitable
> weeks. Likely the bar tabs alone would fund the entire hotel
> operation, with gambling winnings providing pure gravy.
>
>
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, January 9, 2016, 11:14 AM, Randall Gellens
> ><rg+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > At 8:19 AM -<tel:0800%201/5/16>0800 1/5/16, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Las Vegas would clearly win, but I have a strong impression that
> >> many of our attendees would object to going there. (It also happens
> >> to be a "tourist destination" for reasons that kind of escapes
> >> me, but that's yet another discussion).
> >
> >
> > I'd be very upset if we started meeting in perhaps the last remaining
> > all-smoking-all-the-time location in the U.S. or Canada.
> >
> > --
> > Randall Gellens
> > Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak for myself only
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> > In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up
> > because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I
> > didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. They came for the trade
> > unionists, I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then
> > they came for Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a
> > Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left
> > to speak up. --Martin Niemoell
>
>
> --
> Randall Gellens
> Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak for myself only
> -------------- Randomly selected tag: ---------------
> Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
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