DC12 was my first DefCon, my only two gripes were the heat (us northerners are wimps) and the chronic lack of seating. It seeed that by Saturday afternoon much of the crowds had subsided, but there were still issues nonetheless. I'll definitely be going back next year with a bigger group.
Possibly one of the highlights was getting pics of Woz and Mitnick standing a few feet apart from each other; with Woz on his Segway. Pretty cool.
No we're not. We're just adapted for cold. Most of the people who tell me I need to "toughen up" and endure the heat when I travel south freak out at discussion of sustained temperatures below 0F. I don't get comfortable until it drops below about 50F and completly enjoy a good 38F afternoon. At temps like 38F, large parts of the US practically shut down. Here in MN, when it hits 38F in February, there will be dozens of people out jogging in the park in shorts.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday August 03, 2004 @04:23PM (#9871566)
Well, yea. I'll take on any Las Vegas resident in Michigan in February any time.
But damn, when the soles of your shoes are discoloring from standing in one place too long... that's too hot. And the cabbie told us that it was cool for that time of year!
If that's true, then there has been a cold snap in Vegas every year at DefCon time for the last 7 years. It got to 117 this year, that's much hotter than usual.
Pretty Decent (Score:2)
Possibly one of the highlights was getting pics of Woz and Mitnick standing a few feet apart from each other; with Woz on his Segway. Pretty cool.
Re:Pretty Decent (Score:1)
No we're not. We're just adapted for cold. Most of the people who tell me I need to "toughen up" and endure the heat when I travel south freak out at discussion of sustained temperatures below 0F. I don't get comfortable until it drops below about 50F and completly enjoy a good 38F afternoon. At temps like 38F, large parts of the US practically shut down. Here in MN, when it hits 38F in February, there will be dozens of people out jogging in the park in shorts.
Re:Pretty Decent (Score:0)
But damn, when the soles of your shoes are discoloring from standing in one place too long... that's too hot. And the cabbie told us that it was cool for that time of year!
Re:Pretty Decent (Score:1)