And smoke bombs!!! (if you were standing near the entrance, a vendor was
using those to attract attention)

John Lee

At 02:56 PM 8/23/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>As an attendee at HP WORLD 99 (and many prior ones), I'd like to
>make a simple proposal that would make life nicer for all vendor show
>attendees *and* vendors:
>
>   Interex should ban (audio) amplifiers from the show.
>
>This means *all* means of amplifying sound!
>
>The goal is to reduce the sound level and to allow people to actually
>hear each other!
>
>(As a compromise, if a booth built a soundproof room, they should be
>able to have an amplifier in it, *if* you can't hear it from outside the
>booth.)
>
>Yes, you could attempt to set a decible level instead ... but that
>leaves it open to measurement problems, interpretation, and other
>types of debate/indecision/impreciseness/failure.   I'd recommend against
this!
>
>--
>Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
>                                         http://www.allegro.com/sieler/
>
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