Monday night and Thursday night are the poster sessions. But these are unlike any other poster sessions I have seen \u2013 monstrous rows of cork boards crowded with people and information stretching as far as the unaided eye can see. You\u2019d think with two and a half hours I could see all of them, but that is just not possible. I gave up many years ago trying to read even some of them. Now I move as quickly as I can just scanning the title and content. If it looks remotely interesting, I give the author a card and ask for a preprint \u2013 then I move on.
\nThe problem is that my mean free path is too small. I keep running into people I know, stopping to say hi and talk about a paper or exchange company gossip. Only by rudely professing a preference for posters over people can I carry on with my journey. At least the beer selection for my two drink tickets has improved over the years \u2013 not just bud or bud light any more. Somehow that makes everything just a little more manageable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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