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Defcon 12 Running Man Contest

Posted by michael on from the family-feud dept.

LiveSecurity writes "Contests involving Wireless Access Points have been a staple of Defcon for a few years now. This year at Defcon 12, three reporters from WatchGuard Technologies followed contestants in the Running Man mini-contest. Five teams had one hour to find a roving, low-power AP serving up a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Add hundreds of hackers, 104-degree F. desert heat, and stir. The report on WatchGuard's Web site is officially sanctioned by the contest's designer, Frank Thornton, who mirrors the story. Long but good geeky fun!"

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  1. Wrong motivation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pictures of Arnold? Would've been done quicker if they were looking for pictures of Natalie Portman.

    1. Re:Wrong motivation by antifoidulus · · Score: 2, Funny

      A clever team should have just put Natalie Portman in the desert and called the governor of California. Then snapped a picture of him with a digital camera. Sure beats walking around in the heat!

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  2. Lose their heads? by lothar97 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did the losers have their heads blown off?

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  3. Pshaw! by b!arg · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can do the running man for an hour no problem. Try doing the Macarena for that long though! Your head will explode. Oh wait...

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  4. So there's a room full of ubergeeks, then.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    DJ in the corner starts spinning electronica, adding to the chaos. Near the Scavenger Hunt table, a brown-haired, bearded guy bellows, "I need six people to dogpile on me right now!" He lays on the carpet on his back, limbs spread

    This is the defcon form of entertainment? I'll pass

  5. Defcon + Running? by Aerog · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a second there I saw Running and Defcon in the same sentence and thought "Here's an idea that's doomed to success".

    Then I read the description and realized the paramedics might not be so busy after all....

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  6. Warning: Spoiler alert! by lpangelrob2 · · Score: 4, Funny
    The article as a whole is an entertaining read, so I preface this post with a spoiler alert...

    doo bee do...

    Standing front and center in the crowd, Dara, the young lady who photographed Renderman, reaches into her purse and pulls out a pocketbook. She unzips the pocketbook and pulls out a Zaurus handheld running Linux. The pocketbook is lined with a Lay's potato chip bag, the aluminum in the bag dampening the radio signal by about 7 or 8 dBm. She holds up the Zaurus, and sure enough -- it shows up on nearby wireless laptops as the real RunningMan AP.

    I therefore submit proof that contrary to popular belief, women do use Linux!

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    Marriage doesn't have to suck!
  7. Easy by xsupergr0verx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Competitors can't run around the hotel simply asking everyone, "Are you the Running Man?"

    Yeah, they first have to translate it to Klingon in order for the nerds to compete with each other.

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  8. Re:for the uninitated... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    The "AP" in question is not the Assocated press, but an Apache Web Server.
    The "Apache Web Server" in question is not a web server, but an access point.
  9. Re:I don't understand this. by Don'tTreadOnMe · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sorry but this all seems to be pretty stupid ?

    I think so, too?

  10. Triumph by Lunchy · · Score: 3, Funny

    This reminded me of Triumph talking to the "super nerd"... "Pretend you've just run 10 feet" There must have been a whole lotta heavy breathing. ;)

  11. I'm a bit confused. by goofyheadedpunk · · Score: 4, Funny
    Oddest three lines in the whole article:
    A bare-chested, twenty-something young man strides into the room, wearing nothing except swimming trunks made of aluminum foil. He presents himself to the Scavenger Hunt judges, posing gingerly. He looks distinctly uncomfortable.

    Was this just random, or what?
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    1. Re:I'm a bit confused. by mrtroy · · Score: 2, Funny

      A bare-chested, twenty-something young man strides into the room, wearing nothing except swimming trunks made of aluminum foil. He presents himself to the Scavenger Hunt judges, posing gingerly. He looks distinctly uncomfortable

      Understandably you are a bit confused. Human sexuality is a tough concept to grasp, as is your gender identity.
      Good luck sorting that out

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    2. Re:I'm a bit confused. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Understandably you are a bit confused. Human sexuality is a tough concept to grasp, as is your gender identity.
      Good luck sorting that out

      Obligatory Simpsons quote:

      "I didn't think it was possible, but looking at him makes me more lesbian."

  12. I'm amazed by EvilStein · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... that while all of the geeks ran off, that a few other attendees didn't lurk around Dara, seeing as how there was now a whole lot less competition.

    "Hey, forget this game. Let's go for the chicks!"