RE: Is WISEN worth missing a personal invitation to Billg's house?

CobraBoy! (tbyars@earthlink.net)
Wed, 1 Jul 1998 14:39:00 -0700


At 2:31 PM -0700 7/1/98, I Find Karma came up with this:

Adam,

This is not a problem. I will go in your place.

Things like this should be handled by professionals.

let me know,

Tim

> Oh man... is there any way I can get a refund on my WISEN commitment?
> I'm perusing the Web page
>
> http://www.ics.uci.edu/IRUS/wisen/
>
> and I'm not seeing how to cancel. I wanna cancel!! Yeah, in fact,
> *ROHIT* can give my talk while I enjoy the company of Billg... :)
>
> Oy. Why did they wait until 2 weeks before to tell me about this??
> Did they pick this date on purpose because they knew I was gonna be out
> of town at WISEN???
>
> All my life I've had two dreams: 1) To bring Internet-scale event
> notifications to the masses, and 2) To meet Billg. And now I find out
> they're both happening on the same day, 1200 miles away from each
> other??? Oh, the humanity!!!!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Laurie Raisys (Swift)
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 12:09 PM
> > To: Adam Rifkin
> > Subject: Billg Intern Party for Research 7/14
> >
> > Dear Adam,
> >
> > Bill Gates is pleased to invite you to join him at his home on
> > Tuesday, July 14th, 1998 from 6:30 - 9:00pm.
> >
> > Dress for the party is casual. A buffet dinner will be served
> > throughout the evening. Due to the large number of people
> > attending, we must limit this invitation to you only.
> >
> > RSVP to the alias INTERN regarding attendance and confirm whether
> > you will need bus transportation by Thursday, July 9th.
> >
> > We respectfully ask that you do not bring backpacks or cameras.
> >
> > Laurie
>
> ----
> adam@cs.caltech.edu
>
> I can't stop smiling, but I don't know why I'd want to, anyway.
> -- Velocity Girl

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