I've attended the past 7 defcons, and I'm starting to feel like it's losing its magic. The first defcon I went to (defcon 3) had a crowd that was much more focused on doing meaningful hacking (some ethical, some otherwise) in the field...it seems like now it's a bunch of 20 year olds who think they're hackers because they know how to reprogram their mac address on their linux labtop.
Maybe I'm just getting old, but it feels like the good old days are passing me by.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday August 03, 2004 @01:49PM (#9870036)
Defcon 10 was my last, it's too commercial (mainstream) and has turned into a groupie thing. I miss Vegas, but would rather plan a mini-con with the people who I respect.
Defcon 10 was good and relaxing, most likely because parents could not afford to send their 15 yrs olds to Vegas to destroy the hotel with the economy in shambles. People were back to talking about technology more and less about the latest warez.
I heard the new management at the Alexis sucks also, they were scalping on the beers.
Yup, I gave up on this year. Last year's Defcon was kind of crappy. Sure I met up with my friends, we went to some talks, met some people. But Vegas is such an armpit, and there were way too many people there for the wrong reasons.
I think I'm going to check out some of the smaller conferences that haven't gotten so much press.
Struggling... (Score:5, Interesting)
Maybe I'm just getting old, but it feels like the good old days are passing me by.
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Re:Struggling... (Score:0)
Defcon 10 was good and relaxing, most likely because parents could not afford to send their 15 yrs olds to Vegas to destroy the hotel with the economy in shambles. People were back to talking about technology more and less about the latest warez.
I heard the new management at the Alexis sucks also, they were scalping on the beers.
int27h
Re:Struggling... (Score:1)
I think I'm going to check out some of the smaller conferences that haven't gotten so much press.