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A New HOPE on the Horizon

Posted by michael on from the what-else-are-you-doing-this-weekend dept.

double-oh three writes "It's an even numbered year, and that means that 2600 is holding the party again this summer. The 5th HOPE conference has been announced and scheduled for July 9th to 11th(a Friday-Sunday weekend), again at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. This year's 'theme' for the conference is Propaganda, and if this is anything like H2k2, it'll be by the phone companies. And for those of you who are clueless, here's a roundup of the last HOPE con."

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  1. Re:2600 and BART by anomalous+cohort · · Score: 2, Informative

    That must have been a long time ago. I started using the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in 1996. At that time, if you exited from the same station that you entered, your ticket got about $1.25 deducted from it.

  2. I Was At H2K2 by Matty_ · · Score: 2, Informative

    I was in attendance in 2002 at H2K2.

    I didn't attend a ton of panels. I picked out some of the interesting ones, to me, and thought most of them were worth my time.

    I wasn't terribly interested in all the politics, or Jello Biafra. I'd like to see more technical stuff, but I know that politics are part of what 2600 is all about.

    The entertainment was okay. The show put on by Cult of the Dead Cow was very boring. I hope they never do it again. On the other hand, I really liked some of the DJ's who composed all of their own music. Some of it was excellent.

    None-the-less, I plan to return to New York in July and hope this year's HOPE conference is even better than 2002's.