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Irish 'Running Man' WarWalking Competition

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-strange-game dept.

phaxx writes "Dubbed 'WaveHunt', this is the Irish take on DefCon's RunningMan competition. Contestants will have three attempts, each an hour long, to locate a moving Linksys WRT54g running OpenWRT Linux. They must positively identify the person carrying the hidden acccess point and report this back to base. The first prize is two hundred euro, and it takes place this coming Saturday, March 5th. The intended venues are a large park, a defined area of winding streets in Dublin City Centre, and a multi-level shopping centre!"

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  1. beer and linux by caino59 · · Score: 2, Funny

    will there be free beer during this event?

    heh - you bet your ass i'd probably forget the competition and find my ass a pub.

  2. I claim first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Whoo!

    Now then; can you just imagine how people will react to seeing teams of geeks with their high-tech gadgets running around all over the place? Even before they get a false positive on you.

    - Kizor, Making an idiot of myself in public since 1994

  3. intentional vi-l33tness? by myspys · · Score: 2, Funny

    :wq (bottom of the page)

    1. Re:intentional vi-l33tness? by kahei · · Score: 5, Funny


      It must be a hoax -- a user trying to quit vi actually types this:

      ^C
      ^C
      ^Z
      .
      ^[
      ^[^[^[^[^[
      quit
      end
      exit
      bye
      quit!
      QUIT
      QQQQQQQ :quit :QUIT :zz :w :quit!

      $rm /usr/bin/vi

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      Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
  4. oblig by Tuffsnake · · Score: 3, Funny

    First ya find the computer running the wireless then you win 200 euro, then you can buy lots and lots of Guinness ... BRILLIANT!

  5. My, My by punkin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that an access point in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

  6. Re:Triangulation by Otter · · Score: 2, Funny
    Maybe you could just look for someone with an antenna sticking out of thier backpack!

    Simply identifying the nerdiest guy on the streets of Dublin is probably a fairly sound strategy.

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  7. This should be pretty easy by winstonmeister · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're using wireless internet and the router stops working every five minutes for no apparent reason, you're getting closer to the Linksys.

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  8. Damn, this coincides by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    With my "mobile build a Linux based wireless network" competition, also being held in Dublin on that day!

  9. I could do this without a Wi-Fi device by gearmonger · · Score: 4, Funny
    Just seek out the smuggest-looking n3rd in the mall/park, which shouldn't be too hard, since true geeks generally avoid places with other people and sunshine.

    Yeah, go ahead...I've got some karma to burn.

    1. Re:I could do this without a Wi-Fi device by kryten_nl · · Score: 5, Funny

      Much easier:
      Listen for young women screaming: "Get the f*ck away from me!"

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  10. Re:Foxhunting by another name by shrubya · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bah, fox hunting is such a wussy pseudo-sport. I think a competition that features two governors wrestling to the death in an iron cage is MUCH more exciting.

  11. Re:Twice the persons = twice the PC's? by ch-chuck · · Score: 2, Funny

    the second person could just run around and physically search everyone in the area...

    At first I though that was a crazy idea - then realized that if it was held in the US, a clever team could just obtain some t-shirts marked "Homeland Security" or something, setup a fake X-Ray scanning table outside and start searching everybodys backpack and parcels. Locate it by social engineering instead of rf sniffing ;)

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  12. Not my cup of tea... by eric_brissette · · Score: 5, Funny

    Running? Like... with your feet? After a moving router? I'm getting winded just thinking about it.

    Let me know when the host a go cart enabled competition. Or at least with those scooters for handicapped people. I'd be all over that.

  13. Thanks /. ! by cwj123 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was planning on installing OpenWRT on my linksys today. But from the looks of it, the site's been slashdotted. Thanks for giving me some more free time today!

  14. Easy by slapout · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just look for the guy with the extension cord hanging out of his coat. Or the one carrying the really big battery. :-)

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  15. Re:Oh no! My karma suffered at the hands of the... by ggvaidya · · Score: 2, Funny

    Group Think clowns admit NOTHING. We have sworn our oaths on the Sacred Red Nose of Bobo and the Gloved White Hand of Krusty. We will be honest, generous and true to our cause.

    We may or may not be funny.

    cheers,
    The Group Think Clowns
    (laugh at us? -5, Unfunny to you, bozo)

  16. Re:For those who dont know.. by citog · · Score: 4, Funny

    So the PRC has been annexed then? Langers surrendered?

  17. Walking to Los Angeles by bitspotter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not a bad solution to the problem with the wardriving competition a couple years ago. In their race to record the most APs, contestants were told they needed to stay West of a certain Las Vegas street - so some smartass went all the way to LA.

    Needless to say, he won. ;p

  18. Re:I think some people have too much free time by Dogtanian · · Score: 2, Funny

    Recreation? Competition? Exercise? Something fun to do? Not everything has to have a "point". Sometimes folks can just get together and have fun, you know?

    It's called sex, and that IS the point.

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  19. Re:Foxhunting by another name by M1FCJ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Finally fox hunting by dogs is banned in this country. I always wondered why these hound dogs hated hams, probably it's the smell.

  20. Just hope that... by ebrandsberg · · Score: 2, Funny

    nobody uses an old cordless phone that for all intent purposes jams the signal, like the one my neighbors use... and use... and use....

  21. Winners! by RamboCalrissian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hopefully the contestants this year will do as well as last years winners: Whitman, Price, and Hadad!

  22. Wardriving... warwalking... What's next? by elgatozorbas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me guess: war-segwaying. Definitely.