Defcon X - Live in Las Vegas

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 ;)"

Comments

Why is everything "X"? This sucks.

[User 956]

Why does everything have to be "X"? Why can't they just use the number 10?

We have "Generation X",
"OS X"
the "X BOX"
the "X Games"
the movie "Jason X"
the movie "Triple X".

Cut the marketing crap. Using the roman numeral "X" doesn't make anything more cool or "hip", it just makes it seem tired, rehashed, and derivative.

Maybe they'll even advertise it as "Defcon: eXtreme"! I can hardly wait to see!