Hello and welcome to another installment of the Rubi Con volunteer newsletter.
The first one seemed to go over rather well, and so here we are again. Well,
I'm not really one to jump to conclusions as to my own desirability, I just
like the prospects of writing stuff that's unnecessarily long.

As applied last time, those of you who want to subscribe to this mailing list
or otherwise include yourself in what is sure to become a dark and painful
memory to everyone, send an email to tantalo@mail.id.net indicating as such.
Subscribers get to read things that I write at 2:00 in the morning, and that I
was sure were funny at the time. Also, if you have an email address change,
preference, or addition the stated address applies as well. If you want to be
removed from the list you can send an email to null@emailabbys.com. It might
seem as if, in the same way that you can never get your immortal soul back
after having sold it to Lucifer the fallen angle, once you agree to receive
installments of my silly mental wonderings you're stuck with them for life. A
rubicon, as it were, but no one said that this was going to be painless.


BEHOLD, ACTUAL CONTENT:


1. I hate Monolith. I know it's dead, but that fact does nothing to defray my
emotions, because, after all, that's the point. As I'm sure most of you know,
dyn.ml.org, also known as Monolith, has pulled its plug, knocking our web-based
operation on its ass. We have a temporary mirror up at
http://www.id.net/~tantalo/rubicon, which in all actuality has always been up
and will always be up. All of our Rubi Con email address were also taken
offline by this shut down, and none of them will ever be functional again. I am
trying to assume control of what I can, so please redirect any Rubi Con-based
mail to me at tantalo@mail.id.net. And please bear with us until we can
actually get this mess fixed.

Because of the professionality and elegance conveyed in a real domain name we
are pursuing all available alternatives to my shitty ISP's web directory as
fast as we can. Or, to be more accurate, as fast as Joe the Fro can. Not that I
like entrusting such things to Mr. Fro, but he claims competency in that
department, so we'll see what happens. Along those same lines, if anyone thinks
that they can offer any assistance in this regard please get in tough with us.
Most of all we need listing on a name server. If you can offer such a thing
please let us know. Web servers and bandwidth seem to be nonissues, as we will
be dealing with Ron "Coax" Ulko when it comes to the actual web presence. The
domain name looks as if it will be the only real issue here. We are thinking
about www.rubi-con.org, as some incompetent fucker already has www.rubicon.org,
and does not appear interested in selling. The .net, .com, and even .ca
equivalents have also been taken already, but we're partial to the .org suffix
anyway.

And while I'm on the subject of the web site, I made some more additions a few
days ago. I added some pictures of the car accident me and "The Machine" got
into, so that you may impress and mystify your friends with lots of shitty
video captures.


2. We all know that having good speakers can really make a con seem important.
In that if we could get some really big names like 2600, CDC, the EFF, to
participate in our event then it would just make it that much cooler. Along
those lines, I currently trying to convince the midwest division of the FBI
Computer Crimes Squad to come to Rubi Con to speak about hackers, hacker
culture, and computer crimes from their perspective. I think it would be very
interesting, not to mention informative. I sent them an email about a week ago,
but have yet to get anything concrete back from them, but I'm going to try again
in a few days, maybe even give them a phone call.

In this respect, are there any groups, organizations or individuals that anyone
else thinks I should be talking to? I've been in touch with TDYC and some other
people, but if anyone has any input as to who they would like to see and who
they think would be interesting to have as a speaker just let me know.


3. I'm way too tired right now to really get into it, but I will leave you with
a comment that I seem to be reiterating constantly lately: Ron is a damn idiot.
Not that this should come as any surprise to those of you who know Mr. Ulko,
but it just needed to be said. 


THERE. I'M DONE. THIS CONCLUDES ANY REAL CONTENT THAT MAY HAVE ACTUALLY
EXISTED. IN OTHER WORDS, I'VE SHOT MY LOAD AND NOW I NEED A NAP.


Come back next time for more "information."


Jim

The Idiot In Charge
Rubi Con 1999

12-13-98