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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:40:39 -0500
From: Chris Edmondson-Yurkanan <dragon@cs.utexas.edu>
To: end2end-interest@ISI.EDU
Subject: SIGCOMM98 Outrageous Session
Did you know that you have actually been practicing for the SIGCOMM 98
Outrageous Opinions Session?
you've inventoried a whole ZOO with your analogies:
mice/rodents/lions/tigers/elephants/wallabies....
you've invented new terms such as:
non-non-standard, anti-time-warp-packet state,
Time Wait angst, last and final words,....
you've been warming up up over issues such as implementations vs specs,
full-close vs half-close, HTTPng and TCPng, FEC and ARQ's,...
So, you're ready to respond to the following invitation!!!
Please note: Drinks and SyNACKS to be provided.
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For a WHALE of a good time
SIGCOMM 98
presents
for your enjoyment
(drum roll)
the OUTRAGEOUS OPINIONS Session
THURS Sept 3rd
6-7 p.m.
(before dinner)
so please RSVP to
chris@cs.utexas.edu
to present YOUR latest and
greatest fish story or
Turing-award idea
in four minutes
(sorry - no patents pending)
We promise not to harpoon you!
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Read further for a little history of this recent
addition to the SIGCOMM conference:
1995 (Boston) Kick-off event
described as "...there will be an Outrageous Opinions Session where you
can participate or listen to ideas that may be outrageous today, but
perhaps reality tomorrow...."
Hosted by Bruce Davie, packed room, lots of opinions,
lots of "ATM vs Big-I". Both serious and funny.
1996 (Stanford) Conference social focus was on GREAT WINE,
so no time for Outrageous Opinions Session.....
1997 (Cannes) Renewed interest, albeit "watered down"...
described as "....Volunteer speakers will be allowed to defend
outrageous opinions seated on the pool diving board ... An open bar
will help unfortunate speakers to recover, and audience to warm up."
Hosted by Chase Bailey, great fun - some speakers actually ran into
the Mediterranean! The audience voted that ALL needed to go for a dip;
Mary Baker was most funny & serious at the same time.
1998 (Vancouver) .... <YOUR NAME HERE> ....
Better yet, send me email and volunteer... Send name and topic;
Remember the old saying,
"the early bird/whale/volunteer gets the worm/fish/prize!".
Thanks! Chris
-- Chris Edmondson-Yurkanan My office has moved to SHC 435 Computer Sciences Dept, C0500 My email addresses are: The University of Texas at Austin chris@cs.utexas.edu Austin, TX 78712-1188 or dragon@cs.utexas.edu +1 512 471 9546 (fax 471 8885) or edmondson-yurkanan@acm.org