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Tickets For The World's Biggest Computer Party
vvizard writes "For Norwegian geeks in particular, easter is preferable spent at the worlds biggest computer-party [The Gathering]. That is, for those lucky enough to get tickets at least. Tickets for the scandinavian people where released through Partyticket last night, and got sold out as fast as the system managed (which due to extreme traffic, isn't very fast). However, there are still tickets left. Foreigners, demosceners and professional gamers have their own pool of tickets, which started selling tonight. So if you fit in one of the previous mentioned categories, and would like to experience the biggest computer-party in the world, now is the time to check out www.gathering.org for information, and www.partyticket.net for ticket-booking."
Sure to be a missing presence of the poontang, fo sho'.
SHIZUOKA -- A junior high school student was crushed to death on Tuesday, when Cowboy Neal's fat ass collapsed with strong winds brought on by mexican food, police said.
Taichi Fujimaki, 14, a third-grader at Shimizu Dairoku Junior High School in Shizuoka, was taken to hospital after the freak accident, but he died of brain damage shortly after.
Police officers said Cowboy Neal's ass exploded when Fujimaki and three other students were playing with a soccer ball during a lunch break at about 1:15 p.m.
School officials have admitted that Cowboy Neal was not fixed to the ground although the Shizuoka Municipal Board of Education had instructed schools to fix Cowboy Neal with stakes or sandbags.
"We received the instructions, but didn't abide by them because we often change the location of Cowboy Neal," said Hiroshi Yoshikawa, head teacher of the junior high school.
The 33-year-old slushgut editor, Cowboy Neal, 1.5 metes high and 3.2 meters wide, was to be replaced before the end of March after its lower parts had become rusted, police said. (Japan, Jan. 13, 2004)
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GNAA Interviews CowboyNeal
by GNAA staff
UPDATE! UPDATE!
Since the original posting of this article there has been some doubts about authenticity of CowboyNeal. Rest assured, however, he was indeed the real CowboyNeal. We could tell by the smell coming from his pants.
On January 17 2004, select members of the GNAA interviewed CowboyNeal on IRC channel #caoine at irc.caoine.org.
We will be right back after this commercial break!
According to Google Zeitgeist, there are about 80% of Internet Explorer 6 users. The only platform supporting Internet Explorer 6 is, of course, Microsoft Windows. These statistics are consistent with the earlier presented graphs of the operating systems used to access Google, with the Windows family consistently taking the top 3 ranks. Out of remaining 20%, the split is even between MSIE 5.5, MSIE 5.0, both Windows-only browsers. Netscape 5.x (including Mozilla) counts for only a measly 5% of browsers used to access Google. As you can see from the graph, this sample was calculated starting from March 2001 until September 2003.
According to Google Zeitgeist, there are about 80% of Internet Explorer 6 users. The only platform supporting Internet Explorer 6 is, of course, Microsoft Windows. These statistics are consistent with the earlier presented graphs of the operating systems used to access Google, with the Windows family consistently taking the top 3 ranks. Out of remaining 20%, the split is even between MSIE 5.5, MSIE 5.0, both Windows-only browsers. Netscape 5.x (including Mozilla) counts for only a measly 5% of browsers used to access Google. As you can see from the graph, this sample was calculated starting from March 2001 until September 2003.
And now we return to our scheduled broadcast...
The following are select portions of the chat transcript kept by official GNAA stenographer (and Ringmusculaturis II Leader), Captain B. Dick
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GNAA Member AbdullaH introduces himself to CowboyNeal
[5:09:26] AbdullaH: Hello, Sir! My name is Abdullah Ihram Mohammad Bin Zular Krokar Tehroham Kumr, I am a TERRORIST. My father was on the first plane that crashed in the World Tarde Center. I get a boner every time CNN plays that tape. If you wish to help me in my quest for WORLD SLAVERY, please purchase a kalashnikov at your nearest kalashnikov store and HELP ME KILL ALL AMERICANS!
[5:09:29] CowboyNeal: if this is part of that jihad I keep hearing about, it's a pretty fucking lame part of it
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CowboyNeal is questioned about his feelings towards civil rights; uses both the N, and K-words
[5:21:11] timecop: CowboyNeal: do you have something against niggers?
[5:21:24] CowboyNeal: nay, some of best friends are nigs
[5:23:47] CowboyNeal: like all my kike friends too?
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GNAA Member timecop inquires about Slashdot moderation policies. CowboyNeal admits to cleaning peoples' shit up for a living.
[5:16:04] timecop: I have a problem with my slashdot account
[5:16:09] timecop: it has Karma: excellent
[5:16:10] timecop: but I post at -1
[5:16:12] timecop: WHAT THE FUCK?!
[5:16:19] CowboyNeal: yeah, sucks, don't it?
[5:16:26] CaptBDick: wow that can happen?
[5:16:41] timecop: CowboyNeal: mind to explain what the FUCK is going on?
[5:17:00] CowboyNeal: you got downmodded into oblivion at least once, and there's no second chances
[5:17:17] timecop: no, i got a better theory
[5:17:35] timecop: some nazis downmodded a bunch of my comments and set a flag to fuck all my posts
[5:17:41] timecop: because someone doesnt agree with my OPINIONS
[5:18:05] Cowb
For Norwegian geeks in particular, easter is preferable spent at the worlds biggest computer-party
Easter (yes, it's capitalized, retards) should be spent in church, as the Lord decreed. He died for your sins, the least you can do is go to church on the holiest day of the liturgical year...
'So... great parity...'
'You must have a lot of bandwidth...'
'Are you interested in 35 year-old virgins who live with their parents?'
Donald Duck will have a SCREAMING ORGASM when he gets his hands on one of these tickets!
how is this supposed to help me pick up chicks??... yeah yeah, I can get tickets to anything you want baby... im a foreigner!do they sell porn at this event?
serenity now!
Pretty big, eh?
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http://fun.from.hell.pl/2003-06-09/male-copy-pa
Will code a sig generator for food
Dreamhack is for sure bigger and have always been!
www.dreamhack.org
welcome our new party geek overlords.
EGG, the Electronic Gamers Guild
Whyis itthat theNorwegians liketo squishwords together?
Picture from last years party here.
I've never been to the Gathering but I try to attend Assembly, which is held in Finland every year. It's not quite the same as it used to be during the early nineties when Amiga still ruled the demoscene but the PC's were already coming. I still remember in Assembly '92 when a really cool (can't remember the name) PC demo got a standing ovation from the Amiga crowd.
[sarcasm>] ... since we all now know that Linux users (especially in Norway) are all avid DVD-copiers...
[/sarcasm]
Simon
Physicists get Hadrons!
Uh.. a bunch of dorks and a bunch of computers. What's the point? Besides, it's not like you're going to meet them all and see everything. After a certain point, a 50 person gathering is the same as a 500,000 person gathering.
The gathering, along with dreamhack, is just gamers parties. Many people just goes there to play games nowadays. At Assembly it's about the same, but they try to keep the demoscene alive, by letting us access a seperate area away from the gamers, where we can sit and produce all nights...
If you want to access a DEMO party (less gaming) I would recommend Breakpoint in germany which should be in april.
State of the art in france is also very good, but is in january so we've past it already.
As I said, Assembly is also good if you are in the "oldschool" area...
I'm not saying The Gathering and Dreamhack aren't about demos at all, they are, but the gaming takes focus I think.
According to a recent study, of people in Norway changed their underwear only once a week. More than a third said they wore the same underwear for two days or more!
Now take that into perspective and you can only wonder the type of folks that will be at this 'computarparty'... we can only assume that the fetid stench will linger in that arena for weeks.
Does playing Solitaire at work count a professional gaming?
This is not my opinion. Actually, it's not even an opinion. And I'm nowhere to be seen near it
Note that The Gathering will feature a concert by danish Commodore64 band PRESS PLAY ON TAPE on saturday the 10th of april. Another reason for showing up!
That was really fucking funny dude.
A lot of pictures from The Gathering last year.
Or if you call gaming creative, please forgive me.. *sigh*
-el
Of all those geeks in once place at the same time
Sounds like it will be a Magic-al evening.
Bzzzt! Nerd overload!
Or was it that nobody over the age of 20 in their right mind would be caught dead there?
People say I'm crazy, I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes...
Demoparties do take place in the USA, but not with the frequency nor large attendance that one would find at such spectacular events as Assembly or The Gathering.
The next North American Demoparty is going to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 5-7. Refer to pilgrimage.scene.org for details.
-- RaD Man / ACiDI can just imagine a bunch of nerds sitting around a table discussing ways to improve their image.
:)
Nerd 1: I'm tired of people thinking we're a bunch of losers!
Nerd 2: What people? Everyone here seems to get along just fine...
Nerd 1: Not any of us. The people on the "outside."
Nerd 2: Oh yeah. Forgot about them.
Nerd 3: So what're we gonna do about it?
Nerd 4: I know! We'll throw a party!
Nerd 5: Yeah! A COMPUTER PARTY!
Nerd 1: Great idea! Meeting adjourned.
Better luck next time, nerds.
Check again.
-- RaD Man / ACiDTheir reservation page clearly states that they expect the repress to be available in February.
uhhh we already had a topic lyke this lol but oh well anyhoez yea raiders are cool their good juz bcuz they PROBLY wont get to da supabowl thiz year doeznt mean were not goin to be on da supabowl nxt year but all da othr teams are good too im still raiders though and im not hatin on da othr teams love ya all
xoxo
Get tix for nxt supabowl! uhhh we already had a topic lyke this lol but oh well anyhoez yea raiders are cool their good juz bcuz they PROBLY wont get to da supabowl thiz year doeznt mean were not goin to be on da supabowl nxt year but all da othr teams are good too im still raiders though and im not hatin on da othr teams love ya all
xoxo
but can someone please explain wtf "The Gathering" is..... The link in the intro points to a blog, is there an official site or is this some kind of mass secrecy geek "you either know or you don't know" weener trip or what?
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. - Henry Ford
..who pays the power bill for running all those computers?
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...there will be more pr0n trading than gaming.
My blog can kick your blog's ass
Just this: Campus Party is the biggest Computer Party I know in the world, with 4000 people. It is celebrated in Valencia, Spain.
Does she have a boyfriend?
They (Assembly, Dreamhack, TG) are all quality events. And with any party that large, there are bound to be circles of people you don't agree with; janitors, gamers, or otherwise.
Some party reports suggest that there were as many as 7000 visitors if you include the single-day participants at Assembly 2003. And a confirmed 6600 attendees at Assembly 2002. It's clearly a numbers game as you, Mr. AC, have already pointed out.
-- RaD Man / ACiDI have been to this party twice, last time was three years ago. The first time was in 98, and I guess I was amongst the 1% with linux. Second time I was amazed over what kind of people actually went. The majority was below 18 IRC'ers who would sit and chat the entire time. The second largest group was gamers, but they were playing single player most of the time.
During the Demo presentations several people were playing music loudly. There were restricitons on speaker size, but obviously that was not enough.
Frankly, unless you are below 18 and have a need for chatting in the same big room as everyone else, don't bother to go.
biting moose that bites my sister while she is carving her name on the moose?
-Kids in the back seat causes accidents.- -Accidents in the back seat causes kids.-
Wow, so we are all some level of geek here (or else why would we be using this site) yet constantly their are comments about geeks and body odour, lack of women, moroseness. Strikes me that the few making these comments gotta be the ones suffering these afflictions.
you know you can actually try to change things by bathing or something and not trying to transfer your issues to others. Im a geek and i work with many others. All of use have good home lives, most have long term girlfriends, and NO body odour problems. In fact well adjusted people.
Im sure the problem with you guys is some kinda elitism harking back to your school days when you were teased for geeky tendencies.. GROW THE FUCK UP!!! aint ya heard its cool to be a geek now?? for fcuks sake guys!!
Throughout society i witness the "jocks" from highschool who never grew up and live life into middle age playing on the fact they were once great at some sport or another and love their jobs in the toyota plant (which they have been in for 20 years) but shit, i had a rough time at school for liking computers and taking things apart just coz i could. I sure as hell dont wanna remind myself of this by taunting others the way that I was.
I now go to my old hometown occasionally and feel great knowing al lthe jovks got crappy jobs earning shit money and me and the couple of geek friends i kept in touch with drive sports cars and go to nice restaurants.. and..... we actually have other things to discuss than girls we shagged or people we beatup. (okay so i got little loving action til i was at uni and my fighting abilities amount to the 100 yard sprint).
Just a thought..
flame away!
bah!*@%!
'A big shout to all the laydeez in the house! Gimme an A! Gimme an S! Gimme an L!'
imagine all the beowulf clusters we will get to see there!
/sorry
and if everyone pulls together, maybe we can make a beowulf cluster of beowulf clusters!
now imagine that!
hahahaha
Everyone knows that only the USA and Greece have had the Olympics. I think there's a law saying so. Norway! ROTFL. That's almost as funny as saying France or Canada! LOL
I was there in 1993, although it was in another place then (Lillestrom i belive). Back then it was pure geeks let me tell you :)
... And bringing them demos home for some easy credits on the BBS'es when you got home :)
2unlimited "no limit" playing loud 24h a day, as far as calling it LAN, well we had a NULL-modem cabel and played VROOM on 2 Amiga 500.
Back in these days it was not all about playing CS and WC3 (yeah i know im a bit harsh now but...)
Beeing perhaps the only computer geek in town, going to a place like this and meeting 2000 other computer geeks from all around Europe! WOW!
For Sesse: Most digital camras have a delete feature... Use it. Picture after picture of the same object untell you get it right is ok but now you have eaten the space for 5 pictures when you only have 1 good shot.
For primadonn:
Don't fear the camra embrace it.. take more pictures.
In fact Prima talk with Ses about taking lots of photos...
I don't actually exist.
Outside of scalping (Apparently it's almost a garrenty you will NOT get in if you buy a scalp) how much do they charge for tickets?
I don't actually exist.
Ahem... I thought this was sold out?
I see seats with no computers in them (empty)
And worse.. some of the computers have to share seats with humans...
I don't actually exist.
The cathering has had more than 5000 people the last copuple years. And the main hall is gigantic, so there's probably room for many more.
a) It's clearly been a gaming party since at least 97. (Dunno before that. At least there were good releases in 96)
b) It has been traditionally arranged at the same time as certain middle european SCENE parties whose popularity has only grown.
-> You aren't going see much even norwegian scene there.
Akin to Chuck e Cheese or the computer show, I imagine.
I will keep this post as short as possible, and just remember that
the length is dictated by the lapse that media distortions have
produced.
First and foremost, the body of evidence has been replaced by skeletal
remains, and the challenge to flesh out an accurate portrait is so immense
that it is absolutely not possible, outside the focus of an intelligent,
impeccable, thorough and competent investigation. The circumstances of the
Levy disappearance are complex, disturbing and dominated by the obsession
to cover up a murder, and in this particular case, the so called forensic
evidence is incidental.
Untrained investigators do not understand the limits of science, and
to keep a long story short, forensic science corroborates, it does
not define probable cause. Needless to say, the capacity to solve the
Levy murder mystery relies upon the capacity to determine the reason
behind the murder of Chandra Levy. Competent investigators draw
reasonable conclusions, they are not blinded by the mindless dictum
that scientific facts produce.
Savvy, veteran homicide investigators understand the fact that planting a
gun in the hand of an alleged suicide victim simulates the authority of
science and distorts the truth at the same time. A reliable verdict relies
upon the ability to distinguish the reality from the appearance that cover
up artists rely upon, to get away with murder.
The death of Chandra Levy was not a random killing. Chandra Levy was not
robbed and she jogged on a treadmill, not in Rock Creek park, where her
disintegrated remains were conveniently placed, to permit the preposterous
speculation that a known criminal who was convicted for failing to assault
two joggers, is responsible for the murder of Chandra Levy. The obsession
to close the book on this one is absolutely paranoid, but in a competent
murder investigation, the only relevance of competing theories is the one
that survives, it is not the one that is convenient.
Chandra Levy's remains were placed under a foot of leaves to create the
impression that her body was in Rock Creek Park since she disappeared, and
that is the sort of forensic tampering that betrays the mindset of
arrogant murderers.
Chandra Levy's murderers think they are very sophisticated and that they
have successfully stymied public scrutiny and forensic scientists because
they managed to keep the body hidden for 387 days. You can deny forensic
scientists the opportunity to do their work and you can fill the gap with
preposterous theories, but it takes a reliable verdict to survive the
light of scrutiny.
Chandra Levy's murderers planted skeletal remains at Rock Creek park
because they thought that the body had disintegrated towards the
opportunity to confuse and to limit a conclusive investigation. But it is
not even remotely possible to disguise a murder because the victims are
never forgotten, tampering with the evidence is never natural, and intent
is always transparent. Criminals are defined by intent, not by their
actions, and the loser who failed to assault two joggers is in prison
because he betrayed his intent. You don't even need a body to prosecute
the people who are responsible for the murder of Chandra Levy.
Arrogant murderers never fail to leave a trail of undeniable evidence.
They have proven their capacity to make a body disappear without a trace,
and 387 days is clearly more than enough time to convince even the biggest
skeptic. The preposterous suggestion that a search party combed the area
immediately to the left of where Chandra Levy's remains were found, they
combed the area immediately to the right of where Chandra Levy's remains
were found, but they missed the spot where Chandra's body lay, is
absolutely ludicrous. On May 26, 2001, police sent dogs into the Rock
Creek Park area where there is heavy und
I hope they aren't talking about average weight. That would be a big downer
Euskal Encounter 11
24th-27th July, 2003
4,000 attenders in Bilbao
The 11th edition of Euskal Encounter was the most important event in Spain and a must-be-there for european events. GameGune, offering the best prizes in Europe, and the Scene area, movement's main meeting place in Spain, gave attenders previously unknown levels of enjoyment and participation that joined together 4,000 attenders and more than 2,100 computers.
www.euskal.org
There can be only ONE!
---- It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again. It does this whenever it's told.
There can be only one!!!
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.
The gathering changed around 1995. It used to be geek only with a high level of knowledge.
People laugh at you if you ask about technology and programming today. The gathering is a nice social event for gamers, but it used to be something else.
-oldtimer.
Assembly 1993 was also great. I traveled with other people from Norway. The atmosphere was almost religious when Future Crew showed their Second Reality on the big screen. This was on the peak for demo scene in general. I allmost cried at that moment. :-)
-lAphy
This will set the record for highest concentration of male virgins.
Bah.
Assembly is the largest and best demoparty (if can them by that name, anymore) in the world today. (+ it's got the best prices)
Period.
i had no idea what you all were talking about. wikipedia helped me.
aparently its like cracking software and shit. i totally agree, every party should have some dedicated crackers incase a new patch is released or something.
The demoscene is an computer sub-culture that came to prominence during the rise of the 16 bit micros (the Atari ST and the Amiga), but demos first appeared during the 8-bit era on computers such as C64 and ZX Spectrum.
Demos began as software cracker's 'signatures'. When a cracked program was started, the cracker or his team would take credit via an impressive-looking graphical introduction or intro. The first time this appeared was on the Apple II computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Later, these intros became so involved that they evolved into their own subculture independent of cracking software. These were not initially called demos but rather letter, message etc.
I lovingly select my best pewter hand-painted fantasy figurines, and place them in their padded cigar box. I select my best "gemstone" gaming dice and place them in their leather sack. I place enough "adult" oriented comics into my backpack to last for two transatlantic flights. On my hacked Zaurus running Opie I have placed maps to the events, so I will not get lost.
I am so there.
Chapter and verse, thank you.