Conference registration: £400
Airline flight: £160
Hotel bill: £340
Discovering that less than ten people have bothered to stay around for your presentation: priceless
No, I’m not impressed. Can you tell?
Also, note the following exchange:
- Me
- This is our work on a formal model for XXX. I’m not a formal methods person, so I may not be able to answer your questions on those aspects; I’ll concentrate on the broader context of our work and refer you to the paper.
- Audience member
- But what about (highly technical question relating to formal methods)?
- Me
- *boggles*
On the plus side, the burgers in the Hotel Malmaison are probably the best burgers I’ve have from hotel room service, or perhaps anywhere.