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Worlds Largest Computer Party, In Progress

Posted by timothy on from the think-of-the-electric-bill dept.

cyb97 writes "As I write this the worlds largest computerparty is going on in Hamar, Norway. The Gathering 2003 is in action with over 5.000 participants! Webcams and participants are live on the internet through a 1 gigabit line, so you better lock down your servers tonight!" Some of the webcam images are just surreal. Update: 04/17 01:00 GMT by T : Speaking of images, reader vvizard (currently Gathered) directs you to this directory of high-resolution images.

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  1. Re:In most of Europe by morbuz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yep, an I hate it. Annoying giving coordinates as ((0,4),(2,4),(2,4)). "." as a decimalmark is some of the (few) things they got right in UK&US.

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  2. Nerds by Mr.Dippy · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This kind of thing gives nerds a bad name. Go out side and kiss a girl or play soft ball or something healthy and not in doors for god sakes!!!

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  3. Re:In most of Europe by phorm · · Score: 4, Insightful
    • /. is an American hosted site.
    • It is read all around the world
    • The event is not in America, it's in Europe
    • Residents more local to the event would find this more interesting, as they might want to join in if they have time, or sign up for the next event - unless you feel like a flight to Norway in order to participate?

    but it does give rise to childish comments.
    I think you just explained yourself readily enough. The explanation of the . is fine, no need to make a big issue of it.
  4. Re:Geek Mecca by zaffir · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A LAN can have all of that. There's no golden rule prohibiting a stage (last MPCON i went to had a pretty big one with a dj and other stuff), or coding, or interacting with other people. In fact, every LAN i go to has lots of interactions that don't involve the computer. There's more reasons to go to them than low pings for gaming and lots of bandwidth for file sharing.

    True, a "computer party" emphasizes that and more, but that doens't mean everyone just stares at their screens at a LAN.

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  5. Re:Yes, but... by Sesse · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Try to do that with a full B-net to scan, and 5000 people each doing the scanning. There was a reason why we went for the centralized model. :-)

    (Oh, and I've blocked it for outside access now. :-) )

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