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Geeks as the Media at Notacon

Posted by samzenpus on from the fair-and-balanced dept.

sinnergy writes "One of the Midwest's only remaining "hacker" cons, Notacon, will be happening April 8-10, 2005 in Cleveland. As an interesting subtext, an extraordinary amount of interest in independent media coverage for this event has been occurring. One project includes Jason Scott's Notacon Radio project. The Packet Sniffers are doing their own Notacon TV project. In addition, numerous other online media outlets, oline radio shows and bloggers have really picked up on the idea of events like these being truly valuable to the geek community. Even the local geek radio show is keen on the idea. Richard Thieme, one of the event's selected speakers, has promoted the hacker con as being one of the final bastions of open speech. Is this the birth of a new trend or is this simply geeks doing what they always do... spreading the word about something new and different going on in their world?"

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  1. Don't click above link by Godman · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't click the link...it opens about a billion and two popups. None of them have anything, its just annoying.

    If you do get trapped, ctrl+alt+del and then end task firefox. (Or whatever your webrowser is)

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  2. Re:Looking forward to it! by jx100 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Slashdot doesn't seem to allow anchors in links.

    Here is a link to the page itself. You'll have to go to her actual blurb yourself.

  3. Re:Since when... by thryllkill · · Score: 1, Informative

    Yes... Ohio is part of the Midwest.

    Here and here are some links to educate you.

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  4. only remaining by Compenguin · · Score: 2, Informative

    > "One of the Midwest's only remaining 'hacker' cons..."

    What!!!

    It was new last year

    1. Re:only remaining by sinnergy · · Score: 2, Informative

      I would assume five since Rubi-Con 5 occurred. We were there, I think.

  5. NotaconTV needs help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hi everyone. I posted a message on our site and figured I'd also post here. We need network hardware to sustain our efforts at NotaconTV. The organizers of Notacon are willing to let us ride on their supplied hardline and wifi, however we will be asked to remove our server if/when we start to cause bandwidth problems (And rightfully so). As such, I feel we will probably be removed from the network early in the event. We are looking to see if anyone would be able to supply us with a largish 100MB switch and/or cat5 for the event. Please contact us at [contact at packetsniffers.org ].

    Thanks!
    dosman

  6. Pricey, but with mpeethree recordings?! by Caffeinebot · · Score: 3, Informative

    In our college (about two hours from Cleveland) there was talk on taking a pilgermage for this event, however the exorbant price (atleast for students) on entrance made us pause and think against it (even the pre-registration was a tad pricey). It is unfortunate that they removed the option for student discounts, it would be more condusive to learning for local colleges students who could actually attend with out having to pay an arm and a leg, but still want to get a foot hold into the industry. However, the recordings should really be cool!

  7. Re:Looking forward to it! by the_mad_poster · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.notacon.org/speakers.html#pakrul

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  8. Internet Going to Hell? by UnkyHerb · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wow, not only is aol instant messanger hacked so that I cannot get on, but a huge obtrusive microsoft ad is right on the top of this story, and its a flash file with sound. That is the first ad I've encountered on /. with sound, and I'ts a Microsoft one? Shame on you!

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  9. NotACon blew last year. It BLEW. by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 3, Informative

    I went to NotACon last year, and was very much unimpressed with it. It was small, obviously operating on a shoestring budget, and generally unprofessional. Last year I felt ripped off for paying to get in. The speakers they had presenting weren't all that knowledgable about their topics in most cases, had no polish or presentation skills, and their equipment setup as often as not wasn't working as intended, and the printed schedule of events was completely wrong. I'd go in to hear someone talk about a topic that I was interested in, and something completely different would be going on in the room, and then I'd ask someone and find out that the speaker I wanted to hear either canceled or was rescheduled for an earlier time and I'd missed them. I hope they've improved things for this year, but I won't be going to find out.

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  10. Don't Forget... by technomancer68 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't forget Defcon which will be occurring in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 29-31, 2005. http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-13/dc13-index.ht ml

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