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This will be my first Consumer Electronics Show ever.
I welcome the knowledge of others with more experience in these events.
What was the single biggest mistake you made at a previous event ?
Where did you execute your most stupid act ?
Where did you pull off your most brilliant move ?
What's the single biggest waste of time at the show ?
What's the single most valuable investment of time there ?
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Never visited the CES but Cebit frequently.
Quote: What was the single biggest mistake you made at a previous event ?
Wearing uncomfortable shoes.
Quote: What's the single biggest waste of time at the show ?
What's the single most valuable investment of time there ?
That can't be answered in advance. You will know afterwards. For me this depends mainly on the persons to whom I'm talking: Sales droids or technicians / engineers.
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Are you exhibiting or visiting?
Exhibiting:
1) Eat a good breakfast - there is very, very little chance that you will get time to eat lunch. If you do, your stand is not getting enough visitors!
2) Wear old, comfortable shoes. Never new shoes, you will be on your feet for eight or ten hours and you will be finding it difficult to walk by the end of day one. For ladies, flats are a damn good idea - heels will hurt like heck by the end of the day!
3) If you smoke, get patches. You can't smoke on the stand, and you will lose a lot of time leaving the stand to get a nicotine fix.
4) Drink lots of water. You will be talking a lot and dehydration is a problem. Coffee and other diuretics are a bad idea, even if you are next to the loos - which is a bad place to have a stand!
5) For serious enquires, try to get a business card, and write on the back what they are interested in - get that to the office and get them to send backup info to arrive the following day. Keep your company in their mind!
6) Put your mobile on silent vibrate - you can call them back if it's important, and you don't want to lose the interested punter while you take a call.
Visiting:
1) Sneakers / trainers are a good idea - there is a lot of walking if you are going to see all the stuff you want.
2) Get a stand map, and mark the companies you want to see. Then tick them off when you have - and look at stands as you pass them.
3) Remember that the guys and gals on the stand are tired, and have been answering the same questions all damn day. Yes, they want to sell to you, but it's a damn hard, gutty job (and they are probably hung over from "relaxing" last night.
4) Take your own food and drink. The queues tend to be long, and the quality is rarely as high as the prices! Plus, that means you may get to the stands while they are relatively quiet if everyone else is queueing for lunch...
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The "visiting" advice is also appropriate for other venues such as Museums, etc.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Oh yes!
Try a visit to St Fagans National History Museum[^] - it's enormous and takes all day to walk round. Damn good though (if you like history, that is)
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I am interested in History, and this certainly looks interesting. I'll put it on my list for the next time I'm in the UK.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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You explained both cases quite well  
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 I've done both far more times than I want to count!
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I TOLD YOU I DON'T WANT TO COUNT THEM!
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Woahh 
I've performed "Exhibiting" role jut once in my whole long life during a Science Project Exhibition.
And have not visited so many exhibitions or shows so far 
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C-P-User-3 wrote: What was the single biggest mistake you made at a previous event ?
Going with my boss.
C-P-User-3 wrote: What's the single biggest waste of time at the show ?
98% was total vapour and of the 2% of viable tech I would wager the majority is either of no interest or use to you.
Apart from that, dress for comfort and take plenty of light [as in weight] food with you. Oh and try to stay sober. I never did.
veni bibi saltavi
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Here is todays CCC. Enjoy.
Repeated 6 check bits state the young are eggless (10)
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A wild guess - viviparity
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Oh, very good! I missed that completely, but I can see it now! 
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I take it you think it's correct ?
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Fits the clue perfectly:
Repeated 6 VIVI
check bits state PARITY the young are eggless
VIVIPARITY - live birth instead of egg laying.
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That was my reasoning but he hasn't answered
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Yes, it's correct. We have a winner!
Sorry for the late reply, but circadian rhythms and time zones and sleep.
There is also another term, ovoviviparity, where the young come from eggs that are hatched inside the mother, then are born. I was trying to get something with 05066, but couldn't get it to read as well...
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No problem - good clue old chap
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When I saw the title...I was expecting "baaaah!" 
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I've changed the title accordingly.
And here's[^] a bonus for you.
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Oh gawd...I wish I hadn't mentioned it now...
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Is it because the heart desires what it can't have? 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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