Hi Tim, <br>Yes i am going har<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/11 oscillik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oscillik@gmail.com">oscillik@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
sounds like a cool event, unfortunately it's too expensive and too far away :(<div><br></div><div>i'd need to hack a Gibson and plant a virus that attacks Ellingson Mineral Oil Fleets and hold them to ransom before i could afford to go<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/11 Tim Dobson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@tdobson.net" target="_blank">lists@tdobson.net</a>></span><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
is anyone going?<br>
<br>
I may/may not be... :-/<br>
:-s<br>
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Graeme Dyas wrote:<br>
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> Date: 2009/6/9<br>
> Subject: [HAR2009] The lectures and related activities<br>
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> 1. The lectures and related activities<br>
> 2. Camping<br>
><br>
><br>
> 1. The lectures and related activities<br>
><br>
> Hell yeah - if you're anything like us, you've also been curling your<br>
> toes in fearful and joyous anticipation of what would be presented at<br>
> [1]HAR2009. For a while, it looked like nothing much was happening,<br>
> but the closer we got to the deadline, the more we got swamped in<br>
> submissions. We ended up getting so many proposals that we had to<br>
> reject about half of them: we simply couldn't fit more than a hundred<br>
> talks in four days, and presenting that amount of talks, lectures and<br>
> debates already boils down to expecting all participants to subject<br>
> themselves to serious sleep deprivation...<br>
><br>
> We were amazed at what we received. There was shock and awe in the<br>
> program committee. To be honest, we've gambled as well: taking aboard<br>
> speakers who we didn't know but who'd come up with a titillating<br>
> thesis, a mindboggling concept or a clear-cut idea. We hope just as<br>
> much as you do that they'll live up to our expectations, but we're<br>
> quite confident that the HAR2009 program will be, uhm, interesting - to<br>
> be modest.<br>
><br>
> There are some presentations that we ourselves are very eager to see<br>
> and hear. And there's some serious hardware hacking. For instance,<br>
> we'll have a guy with an in-built camera eye (Mr. Eyeborg) and people<br>
> showing how you can fab prostheses for 40 bucks instead of 25,000<br>
> dollars - we'll happily buy a left arm and a knee from them.<br>
><br>
> There's politics, too - of course. Wikileaks will speak about their<br>
> position in a society where governments are increasingly secretive<br>
> about their own policies, and discuss the hazards and complications of<br>
> publishing leaked documents. We'll talk about the policies of search<br>
> engines, the dangers of data breaches, and EFF will explain their<br>
> strategy for civilians to defend themselves against the ubiquitous<br>
> surveillance society. Anonymous will talk about social media as a<br>
> political tool, and they'll explain why fun is important when you start<br>
> an argument with Scientology. We'll talk about copyright and<br>
> distribution rights.<br>
><br>
> There's plenty of hardcore tech as well. How Mifare was broken and what<br>
> to do next; reverse engineering chips; side channel analysis (reading<br>
> votes cast on a voting machines from a distance), and how to use the<br>
> debug port of your devices to do hardware hacking.<br>
><br>
> We'll have scientific talks on crypto - can we use quantum mechanics to<br>
> provide secure identification in an insecure environment? - and we'll<br>
> talk about the relation between the need for open source and the<br>
> progress of science. Or to put it the other way around: how science<br>
> suffers through proprietary formats, patens and non-disclosure.<br>
><br>
> And it's going to be fun, too. The aesthetics of [2]Blinkenlights,<br>
> Hacker Jeopardy, bars, food, and so many interesting people to see and<br>
> meet....<br>
><br>
> A detailed program will be available at the end of June. See you at<br>
> HAR!<br>
><br>
><br>
> 2. Camping<br>
><br>
> Also, we notice many people are asking about the camping grounds.<br>
> Therefore, a short run-down of the essentials. Yes, there will be<br>
> [3]power. Yes, there will be [44]network. Yes, there will be wifi<br>
> (triple band). Yes, there will be plenty of [5]showers and toilets.<br>
> More information on all this is available [6]on the wiki.<br>
><br>
> A sneak preview at some other facilities (more details in later<br>
> announcements): the area will be covered by eventphone's [7]DECT<br>
> network (with free dialout to numbers in the Netherlands and Germany),<br>
> a lounge area with soothing background music and a fully-fledged<br>
> [8]arcade hall, [9]the family village with fun and education for our<br>
> youngest hackers, 24/7 [10]camp-radio with news and backgrounds (maybe<br>
> even television), good and diverse food and plenty of fluids, an indian<br>
> coffee-house, and more!<br>
><br>
> References<br>
><br>
> 1. <a href="https://har2009.org/" target="_blank">https://har2009.org/</a><br>
> 2. <a href="https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Village:BlinkenArea" target="_blank">https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Village:BlinkenArea</a><br>
> 3. <a href="https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Power" target="_blank">https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Power</a><br>
> 4. <a href="https://wiki.har2009.org/page/NOC" target="_blank">https://wiki.har2009.org/page/NOC</a><br>
> 5. <a href="https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Camping:Sanitation" target="_blank">https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Camping:Sanitation</a><br>
> 6. <a href="https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Camping:Introduction" target="_blank">https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Camping:Introduction</a><br>
> 7. <a href="https://wiki.har2009.org/page/POC" target="_blank">https://wiki.har2009.org/page/POC</a><br>
> 8. <a href="https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Village:HARcade" target="_blank">https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Village:HARcade</a><br>
> 9. <a href="https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Village:Family_Village" target="_blank">https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Village:Family_Village</a><br>
> 10. <a href="https://wiki.har2009.org/page/FM" target="_blank">https://wiki.har2009.org/page/FM</a><br>
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