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Notacon: Geeks, Community, and Technology

Posted by timothy on from the a-fun-time-will-be-had-by-all dept.

jgoeke writes "I attended Notacon last year and was impressed how cool it was for a first-year event. This year the organizers seem to be outdoing themselves and have quite an impressive speaker list, including Fark.com's Drew Curtis, Richard Thieme and CSS guru Eric Meyer. Presentation topics range from community radio to network security to MUDs. For events, the 'Anything but Ethernet' contest looks equally promising (essentially, create the most convolunted network set-up you can NOT using Ethernet). Notacon runs from April 8th through the 10th, so thankfully there's plenty of time for me to put it on my calendar!"

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  1. Re:Anything But Ethernet by dolphinling · · Score: 4, Funny

    Replying to myself now that I've read the article... (w00t, first and second posts, and they're both ontopic!)

    Slowest: No artificial slowdowns allowed! Scrounge up the most decrepit, pathetic, but awesome-in-its-heyday gear you can find. 300 baud modems are a good starting point, but never underestimate the possibilities of paper tape streaming between the punch and the reader. Scoring in this category is purely at the judges' discretion, and coolness points will be awarded for anything involving Morse code, acoustic couplers, or tin cans. Input and output need not be computerized. (A daisywheel printout of the transmission is fine.)

    This one seems really easy: Feed the data to the pigeons, and wait for... um... digestion.

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  2. Radio broadcast by Cthefuture · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Jason Scott (BBS Documentary) announced his Notacon radio project. It is, as he classifies it, "63 hours of who the hell knows" and will run the entirety of Notacon.

    It would be totally excellent if they would broadcast some or all of the speakers. I can't attend the event but I would love to listen in.

    It's all about community, right? Let everyone hear the speakers. ;)

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    1. Re:Radio broadcast by sinnergy · · Score: 5, Informative

      I don't know if he's going to do that. However, we have a number of mp3s from the speakers last year on the website.

  3. Submission by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    "(essentially, create the most convolunted network set-up you can NOT using Ethernet)
    • Ever try to make sense of anything on the UPN network? I'd say that's about as convoluted as it gets.