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Defcon X - Live in Las Vegas

Posted by timothy on from the land-of-the-free dept.

Navisto writes: "DEFCON X gathering has begun in Las Vegas already as everyone begins to prepare for the start of Friday's event at the Alexis Park. The hacking convention is in its' 10th year and this is said to be the largest yet. This year there are dozens of speeches happening ranging from wireless, .Net security all the way to Mac OS X AppleScript security issues and hacks. Gathering in Las Vegas brings all the hackers together. This year the official events of Defcon include DC Shoot, Capture the Flag,Hacker Jeopardy, Scavenger Hunt, and this year's first WarDriving Contest. When Live Streams are activated the information will be posted on defcon.org and on the Defcon Forums... PS - E-Mail the Alexis Park letting them know their site isn't cross-browser compatible. Not everyone uses IE and NS ;)"

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  1. Good luck and god bless... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 2, Funny
    Lets hope the goodness going on can/will reach the masses. And good luck to attendees. Hope you brought your fake ID's and smile for the Fed cameras that will be all over the place catalogging every pretty mug. Were a hat and glasses while you run Snort off your IPaqs, ok?

    So how many people will Adobe(TM) arrest this time? I can't help the sarcasim when I feel so sad. From the days of Xmodem and BBS's to fighting DRM, Adobe, MS et. al to let information be free. Sad days indeed, but I look forward with keen eye to what comes out of their.

  2. Re:Hotel recommendations for hackers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ..and if anyone has trouble finding it, they can always stay at the Aladdin instead..

  3. Bender had it right... by Tim+Browse · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Blackmail is such an ugly word. I prefer Extortion. The X makes it sound cool."
    -- Bender, "Futurama"

    Tim :)

  4. Re:Why is everything "X"? This sucks. by sc00p18 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't explain most of them, but for OS X, one of the reasons for choosing X over 10 is best summed up by Linus (when talking about the name Linux):

    "It's unix. The X has to be there. It's like a law."

  5. Re:Why is everything "X"? This sucks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > "It's unix. The X has to be there. It's like a law."

    Ah, that whould explain why {Free|Net|...}BSD are "dead".