On Dec 18, 2017, at 23:42, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Also I recall some > quite obnoxious "security" people telling people to unplug their laptops > from power sockets recessed in the floor, because it was a health and > safety risk, It sure is (I already broke a nose of a colleague with my MacBook power cable). > which was absurd. They just didn't like geeks sitting on > the floor (because there was nowhere else). In the hotel I was staying in during the Adelaide IETF, I did the power cable thing (which was even more essential in 2000 than it is now). What then happened was that the security people showed up very quickly. With a roll of gaffer tape. Just for me sitting there for a quarter of an hour or so, they taped my cable down for me. No drama. I wish all meeting sites had security people like that... Grüße, Carsten