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HOPE Conference Gets Wozniak, Mitnick, Biafra

Posted by simoniker on from the exotic-naming-conventions dept.

Emmanuel Goldstein writes "We've gone through all of our submissions, and selected nearly 70 talks and panels for the next HOPE conference in New York City, to be held from July 9th-11th. We have Steve Wozniak, Kevin Mitnick, and Jello Biafra as keynotes, and many more interesting talks and seminars, plus a round the clock hacker movie room and a lockpicking workshop." The official website explains: " This is a conference by, for, and about hackers on as many levels as we can come up with, ranging from the highly technical to the down to earth, from computers to phones, from serious to hilarious. And our doors are open to anyone interested in what the hacker world has to say." We previously ran a story on this conference a couple of months back, before full speaker details were available.

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  1. All that's missing is a Phish show by Flounder · · Score: 4, Funny
    We have Steve Wozniak, Kevin Mitnick, and Jello Biafra

    Sorry, just the idea of Woz as the opening act for the Dead Kennedys puts a smile on my face.

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    1. Re:All that's missing is a Phish show by fuzzix · · Score: 2, Informative

      I've seen Jello speak a couple of times here in Dublin. He's an interesting, charismatic and often poetic speaker with a great sense of humour that rarely gets in the way of the gravity of the discussion. He has a few records out on Alternative Tentacles. Also featured is an interesting history of the Dead Kennedys. Check out Jello's pages for the latest info on their infamous court battles.
      Well worth going along just to hear him, in my opinion. Wish I could offer an opinion on the other speakers :)

    2. Re:All that's missing is a Phish show by pegr · · Score: 3, Funny

      We have Steve Wozniak, Kevin Mitnick, and Jello Biafra

      Name a hacker, a cracker, and a whacker...

      I'm not picking on Jello... All my DK is on vinyl kiddies!

  2. jello by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    damn, i'll have to change my holiday plans from cambodia to nyc

    1. Re:jello by Flounder · · Score: 2, Insightful
      KD rocks

      Let's hear it for Lesbian Country!!

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    2. Re:jello by Chemicalscum · · Score: 2, Interesting
      "Um...no. I think you'll find that socialists and anarchists are two seperate groups. They havn't always seen eye-to-eye and to call radical socialists anarchists is ignorant."

      Libertarian socialists and left-wing communists are pretty much similar to anarchists as they both reject the state as a means of achieving their political objectives and aim for an anarchist society. Social democratic socialists and Leninist communists are not close to anarchists since they rely on the the strength of the state in its state capitalist and bureaucrat state capitalist forms to achieve their political objectives.

      Formally all Marxists in the long term aim for a stateless or anarchistic society - just that some of them seem to see it so far in the future, that all they are concerned with is trying to get control of state power now. The original dispute betweeen Marx and the socialists on the one hand and Bukunin and they anarchists on the other, in the First International, is to too complex to discuss in a short note. Does that clarify the differences?

  3. Round the clock hacker movie room? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Great! We can teach people to hack UNIX mainframes using 'ls' and 'rm'!

  4. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The only problem now is coming up with a reason for my boss to send me to a hacking conference.

    I doubt he'd even want me to "improve my 1337 hax0ring skillz".

    1. Re:Great by Urgo · · Score: 5, Informative

      There is much more to a "hacker conference" then what the media portrays hacking as. Hacking in the true sense, and in the true 2600 sense is the quest for knowledge and questioning things that aren't fair. Yes many things will be spoken about the conference that will 'improve your 1337 hax0ring skillz' but there's really so much more.

      I've been a 2600 goer, off the hook and off the wall listener for over two years now and through it made friends with a lot of great people (shout outs to the ma2600 crowd). At 2600 meetings, and the hope conferences (although I've never attended one) there are panels on everything from social engineering to Abuse of Authority to the patriot act. See a list of panels from the last conference here.

      So before making a stupid comment like "I doubt he'd even want me to "improve my 1337 hax0ring skillz"." take a look at the site and reexamine your definition of hackers. There's a lot more then what the mass media labels people as. I will be in the process of moving during the conference so I will be unable to attend otherwise I think it'd be a great educational experience to hear really bright people speak.

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  5. Goldstein on IMDb by gbulmash · · Score: 4, Informative
    Due to his consultant credit on Hackers and "as himself" credits in some documentaries, Goldstein has a page on IMDb. There's also a photo, but that's due to him or someone representing him submitting it.

    No pictures of Woz on IMDb, but there are photos from Pirates of Silicon Valley (with one showing Joey Slotnick playing Woz).

    - Greg

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  6. Jello Biafra by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 2, Funny

    All constitutional rights have been suspended.
    Stay in your homes!
    SHUT UP! BE HAPPY!

    Anyone interfering with the collection of urine samples WILL BE SHOT!

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  7. Warning... funny name posse... by Fnkmaster · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Lessee, Woz - greak hacker, check. Mitnick - great hacker/cracker, check. Jello Biafra - founding member of the funny name posse, where he is joined by other people who get an inordinate number of speaking gigs relative to their qualifications, like American McGee, Simpson Garfinkle, and Jennifer 8. Lee. Hmm, I thought geeks were supposed to be smart enough to judge people on their actual merits, not the marketing they do of their name cum public identity. Blah, ridiculous stuff like this makes me lose faith in humanity.

    1. Re:Warning... funny name posse... by madprof · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Mitnick is not a great hacker/cracker when it came to computer systems, but a great social engineer. He had more balls than a lot of people.
      When it came to breaking in he...knew how to compile programs and move files about certainly.
      Frankly he was a pain in the rear to loads of people with his pointless activities. He advanced hacking zilch, he gave nothing to anyone, except a bad name.

  8. Re:Steve Wozniak, Kevin Mitnick, and Jello Biafra by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great - a hippie, a hacker, and a heretic.

    Just one "H" short of bringing the discussion back to robot sheep.

    KFG

  9. Woohoo! They're looking at the AS/400!!! by j3ll0 · · Score: 3, Insightful


    Seriously people, the AS/400 architecture, and the overlying OS/400 operating system is one of the nicest pieces of engineering you'll find.

    They've been doing 'the file system is a database' since before Bill and Co were in long pants.

    If you get a chance to catch that lecture, and have your x86-oriented mind blown away.

    That lecture will probably not be performed by Jello, even though he blows minds for a living

  10. Translation for all the real hackers by Eric(b0mb)Dennis · · Score: 5, Funny

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    1. Re:Translation for all the real hackers by double-oh+three · · Score: 2, Informative

      I think you mean, "all the real script kiddies".

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  11. 11am on Sunday, Area B by Jason+Scott · · Score: 4, Interesting

    See everyone there! I'll be speaking on "Saving Digital History: A Quick and Dirty Guide". Mention Slashdot to me for absolutely no special gift whatsoever. Catch you at the bar.

  12. Video Recordings and Transcripts by afriguru · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've said it more than once that it's a good idea if the proceedings of such meetings can be made available in video, audio and transcript form. A lot of free 'geek documentation' gets lost when conferences like this only choose to cater for those who actually attend.

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    1. Re:Video Recordings and Transcripts by Jason+Scott · · Score: 2, Informative

      Allow me to go the extra step you did not, and point out that the previous HOPE conference, H2K2, has the majority of panels online. So does the conference before it, H2K.

      Using these two points, one can possibly plot a trend towards the current conference also making these panels available for download.

    2. Re:Video Recordings and Transcripts by mlc · · Score: 4, Informative
      Videos are usually eventually made available of the HOPE conferences. The H2K2 VCDs, for example, are finally available, and MP3 files are available for free from our website. If you're interested in spending your time typing up transcripts and making them available, we won't stop you.

      But you're right: our priority is on folks who are physically present. They are, after all, the ones who make the conferences happen. (And, they get to have the most fun.)

  13. I was planning to go... by byolinux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...but the US Government scaring me, and the cost involved prevents me from doing it.

    I hope to see people from HOPE/2600 out in Germany at Christmas though.

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  14. Hacker conference != security conference by gbnewby · · Score: 4, Informative

    When I look at the speaker schedule, the difference between a HOPE conference and other security-themed conferences is obvious. The scope of sessions and the range of speakers reinforces the notion that hacking is still open to everyone with a will to get involved, and not just about the technology. Am I biased? I guess so, since I'm one of the conference organizers.

    PS, to the person looking for past session archives: it's all online for free download, or you can buy the CD. Just visit http://www.h2k2.net or http://www.2600.com and go to the store.

  15. It's a Holiday in New York City! by Baldrson · · Score: 4, Funny
    And it's a holiday in New York City
    Where you'll do what you're told
    A holiday in New York City
    Where the slums got so much soul

    Bloomberg! Bloomberg! Bloomberg! Bloomberg!

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  16. Doors are open? by Colourspace · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would expect that with a lock picking workshop.

  17. addition of Bruce Schneier by mlc · · Score: 4, Informative

    We just announced the addition of renowned computer security expert Bruce Schneier to our speaker schedule!

  18. Re:Jello? by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    name n.

    1. A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others.

    I think it would be hard to claim that the words Jello Biafra do not distinguish Eric from others.

    KFG

  19. Re:Who's Jello Biafra? by kfg · · Score: 4, Informative

    Jello Biafra bio

    KFG

  20. what's your point? by RMH101 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    i doubt many corporation's IS managers fancy sending their staff on any trips that go anywhere near the H word. whether that's right or wrong's another matter, but the OP's point was perfectly valid, not a "stupid comment".

  21. Oh no, someone call ESR quick!! by autopr0n · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Looks like people are "misusing" the word hacker again! Someone better let ESR know so he can stop all this nonsense!

    Note: that was sarcasm.

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  22. What's Jello doing there? by OakLEE · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No offense to Jello--I'm a great Jello fan (see sig)--but what exactly is the point of having him speak at a hacking convention? He'd be great on a number of issues, but I fail to see what he adds here.

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  23. Doesn't seem to be hacking by FireFury03 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hmm... looks more like cracking to me...

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  24. Indymedia? by SilveRo_kun · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Has Indymedia in the past been at Hacker Events?

  25. At first... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought "With Woz and Mitnick, why do they need Biafra as keynote speaker?"

    Then I realized "There's always room for jello."

  26. why Mitnick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    seriosuly. he is nothing more than a two bit punk (no punintended)
    he may have some credits to his name, but credit card fraud and hitting an agent upside the head with a garbage can is not exactly mad skills.

    he has no class, and his abilities arent anything to get excited about.

    they need to focus on the "other kevin"

    look him up. hes a character.