Observations from teknopurge This was my first con and I have to say that it way very cool. I had the oppurtunity to meet an eclectic group of people and will definately be back next year. I would also like to send my condolences to all of the people that used telnet and ftp to access machines via the isdn. I think the entire hemisphere has your ids and passwords. FRIDAY 7:45 I made an 1.5 hour trip in a little over 2 after recieving incorrect directions from someones girlfriend. 8:00+ Finally make it to the hotel after passing it.....twice. Register under the assumed alias "Karl Mozurkewich". Later find that this is the name of one of the speakers and I have to give a presentation on IP at noon on saturday. Set up my box on the network. Remember thinking something to the effect of, "wow, DHCP works. they really have their shit together." Met the people I was sharing a room with, Ben and George.(Scott too but I already knew him) Turned out to be really cool guys. Also check out our room. It was right next to a conference room that we had access too. Raped the assorted pop and snacks that were left over from someone's obvious proper use of the conference room. I can't remember who ate the cookie; It was not edible, but consumed nonetheless. It was also decided that poker would be held in the conference room. Saw Richard's talk. BS'd with him afterward about the existence of ebe's. 9:30+ Went to get "drinks" and ordered pizza. Played Quake3 for a while. Tripped then broke the hotel breaker; speant time breaking the room up amoung the remaining circuits. Began the consumption of said drinks. Good times were had. DHCP died. 12:00+ Poker started; NFF rooted our wallets. 1:30ish *Knock*Knock*Knock* something to the effect of "This isn't your room, but it can be if you want to pay for it." Still can't belive someone answered the door. 3:00 Passed out to George asking of Scott and his girlfriend, "are you guys having sex?" SATURDAY 11:00 Awoke. 12:00 Went to move my box from the network room to the conferece room. Had a short discussion with someone, we'll call him 'foolio': foolio> we rooted your box last night teknopurge> excuse me? i'm running win2k pro. (like it makes it all better) foolio> we know. me and another guy could have owned your box cause you have netBIOS on. teknopurge> ... foolio> if you had a drive shared, we would have owned it. teknopurge> i had my hard drive shared man. foolio> ... foolio> ... foolio> we still could have owned it... 12:30 Began presentation on IP. 10 minutes in projector overheated. Volunteer kept it suspended from the chair it was on for the remainder of the presentation. 1:20 Presentation ended, drinking should have began. Went back my room to find the key card was changed. SE'd new card from front desk clerk. 1:25 DHCP was back up, but I couldn't utilize the ISDN that was up. I later realize that someone must have thought it funny to set up a second DHCP server and laugh at the people on different subnets trying to figure out why they can't see each other. I was less then amused. 1:30 It was decided the previous night that we could get 24 hours of porn (unlimited) for a minimal fee. Thus, the pr0n fest began. 1:31 *Knock*Knock*Knock* **teknopurge opens door NFF> what's up? teknopurge> not much. watchin some porn. **NFF enters the room NFF> what you drinking? teknopurge> *********** NFF> cool **NFF pours drink Various people entered and exited the room that afternoon and for the remainder of the con. 5:00ish NFF decides to check out downstairs. I decide to follow. (needed a porn break) En route we take note of a volunteer beige boxing the punch panel at the end of the hallway. I think it was one of those ohio guys. nuff said. 6:00 Played more quake3. i 0wn3d. 11 ish Hacker Jeopardy finals. I still don't remember how but I was designated beer bitch. The collective boys owned, though that one older guy was impressive. 12:30 Poker began once again; i was able to come out a bit ahead. Learned like 20 different variations of poker. 1:30 Steady stream of people began to enter the room. Probably ended up with about 20 peeople watching porn and playing cards. Also heard story of someone "rooting" a room. A girl entered the room and several pictures were taken. (those of you who were there remember the you-know-what around the you-know-what) 2:50 I headed back down to the network room. We were then informed of the hotel threatening to kick us out. We then began leaving the network room in groups of 2 or 3, heading back to our rooms, and dispossing of anything incriminating. I guess some people got kicked out because they carried empties out of their room in a blanket or something. I remember when George and I were cleaning up we saw some people sleeping in a Blazer. 4:00 Spent the night in the network room. Noticed that people were passing out all over the place. Heard strange tales of a cookie monster placing cookies on all the sleepers. It was all very mystical. 6:30 Headed up to Big Boy to get some food. Went with some people from the east side. Talked about cell phones and generally reflected on the past 48 hours. 7:10 passed out as Ben was getting up. 10:00 Awoke. Headed down to hear NFF's speach. Came to find out that he did it on ech0's powerbook, which Jim subsequently rooted. Why? I wasn't sure. [Ed: Sorry about that. I think it had something to do with various silly notions that the MacOS even boardered on secure.] 11:00 Debated which OS "sucked least". I, along with George and another guy, defended OpenBSD's honor. The fewls just didn't see.................... 12:30 Left the hotel. Drove the people that I went to Big Boy with home. Considered picking up chicks at gas station. Almost pissed on the side of a 7-11. Chuckled as kid on tricycle ran over guy. Yelled at people on foot.