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Spurned O'Reilly 'Foo' Camp Attendees Create 'Bar'

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the foo-vs-bar-gets-foobar'd dept.

theodp writes "CNET reports on this weekend's Bar Camp, an open-source alternative to O'Reilly Media's A-List Foo Camp, which CEO Tim O'Reilly explains employs a "Bozo filter" to exclude undesirable attendees.

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  1. Headline... by Infinityis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe a catchier headline would've been:

    Foo 2 Bar Bozo

  2. Mr. T by Infinityis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't get an invite to the latest camp? I pity the Foo...

    1. Re:Mr. T by dj245 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I got this in my RSS feed with the headline Does O'Reilly have a smelly crotch?

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  3. Bozo Filters by thewiz · · Score: 2, Funny

    employs a "Bozo filter"

    I don't understand why people are upset about this. This filter should only apply to clowns, not IT folks.

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  4. Bill? by SupaKoopa · · Score: 2, Funny

    my first thought was, "What the hell is Bill O'Reily doing with a camp called 'foo?'"

  5. From TFA by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have to understand the objectives of the event.

    Well sure with names like Foo Camp and Bar Camp, who wouldn't be able to pick up on that.

  6. I take it... by Paul+Crowley · · Score: 3, Funny

    I take it any code produced there will be called "Bar Code"?

    IGMC.

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  7. I'm here! Say hi! by burtonator · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey. I'm here!

    Make sure to stop and say hi!

    http://www.feedblog.org/2005/08/see_you_at_barc.ht ml

  8. My task is now clear... by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 4, Funny
    Spurned O'Reilly 'Foo' Camp Attendees Create 'Bar'

    My task is now clear. I will have to assimilate them! Their resistance is futile!

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  9. Ob Futurama by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, I'll organize my own conference! With blackjack! And hookers! In fact, forget the conference!

  10. BozoFilter was directed at Winer. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Everyone knows it.

  11. Re:The sword cuts both ways. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dave Winer was also invited to an open source summit once.

    Once.

  12. Haha, loser! by Russ+Nelson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Haha, loser! It's speled "spel", not "spell". You need to get a speling checkre.
    -russ

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  13. Re:While they are at it by biglig2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only on Slashdot would someone feel it necessary to define the word stripper.

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  14. Re:While they are at it by Stickerboy · · Score: 2, Funny
    Only on Slashdot would someone feel it necessary to define the word stripper.

    Or at the Home Depot/Tool Time Conference For Better Floor Finishes - but maybe for different reasons. ;)

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