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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. 2600 and BART by Loconut1389 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My favorite thing about 2600 was their use of bart system, put in bart ticket, meet in the station underground, go back home, and go out the same terminal you came in, pay no fare total because you "travelled no distance". I thought that was slick.

  2. Social Engineering Panel by dr_dank · · Score: 4, Interesting

    By far, the biggest draw of the HOPE conventions over the years is the Social Engineering panel.

    Just watching illustrating what Mitnick wrote about in Art of Deception displayed before a live audience is well worth the price of admission.

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    Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?