Youse Gets What Youse Pays For

摘要

One of Ring Lardner's zany characters had a catchphrase for whatever happened. Bad or good, wonderful or catastrophic, his philosophical remark would invariably be, "Youse gets what youse pays for." I went to this year's SPIE Photomask conference in Monterey, Calif., and noted that attendance to this excellent event was down by -30%, a situation similar to that of all industry conferences, in which the drop in exhibitors is made evident by the empty spaces and the absence of some of the larger companies.