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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. wow 5 whole computers by Billly+Gates · · Score: -1, Redundant
    I guess my office has the biggest computer part ever with 8.

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  2. precision by ceswiedler · · Score: -1, Redundant

    It's good that they're very precise, that it's not 5.001 or 4.999 users. Though why they need a gigabit connection for such a small group is beyond me.

  3. Actually... by dots+and+loops · · Score: -1, Redundant

    It's 4.999 participants, but they rounded up.

  4. only 5.000? by Vilim · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Ha, 5.000 so we have established that there are no tenths of a person, one hundredths of a person, or one onethousands of a person. But 5 people sure as hell isn't the largest computer party

    (they put a point instead of a comma)

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    1. Re:only 5.000? by leviramsey · · Score: 0, Redundant

      You idiot. European convention is to use the comma where US convention dictates a decimal point and vice versa.

      Retard.

  5. Re:American numbering... by c_jonescc · · Score: -1, Redundant

    My god in the time it took to type that (started at 5th post) like 10 other posts making the same lame crack came up.

    That's when you know you're both a slow typist and a very generic humourist.

    Really, if I could moderate my own comments I'd have to give a -1 Redundant.

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  6. Indeed by IWantMoreSpamPlease · · Score: -1, Redundant

    From the article- ...with over 5.000 participants...

    Yes indeedy, 5 participants with an exact knowledge of the remainder of participants (accurate out to 3 decimal places!)

    Good to know ;)

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  7. Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant


    "is in action with over 5.000 participants!"

    I can count those geeks on one hand!