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Dan, excellent speculation on the structural impact on conference
presentation quality. You clearly have a great talent for sociological
analysis. Maybe you could explain why my girlfriend and I have no 
trouble reaching a consensus on the important issues, but occasionally 
degenerate into arguments about extremely trivial issues. Like "who forgot 
to buy milk", or "what the cats are *really* thinking". A sociological 
perspective can come in handy every now and then.