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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. Re:Social Engineering Panel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    Bah! That was easily outstripped by the Antisocial Engineering panel.

    "Does anyone have any questions?"

    "Yes. I'd like to kno..."

    "Fuck you, tubby! NEXT!"