How would you make Defcon 21 better?

[arose4beni]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

I had an an amazing time at my first DefCon. I met so many awesome people through out.

I think the Lockpicking Villiage could have been in a bigger venue. Having the TOOOL vendor and talks in the area was great, but it seemed to become very crowded very quickly. If it is not possible to find a bigger room, then possibly a different layout of village to allow for more seating.

[zephyr]

Rollercon

THIS. I will try to start a discussion on this for next year's planning.

Rollercon 2102 attendee checking in. I'm the guy who had the derby girls present the award at closing ceremonies for our contest: Project 2. I'm also very active in Roller Derby in my area and have made a number of good friends in the Rollercon community.

I like the idea of a joint party, and Defcon is in a much better position to set this up than Rollercon is. I don't like the idea of Defcon nerds crashing Rollercon parties. We are ten times the size they are, for starters. I can pretty much guarantee that even a dozen roller girls at a Defcon party will make things a lot more fun.

[YenTheFirst]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

The trick with voting might be to leave it completely open, and just ask poltiely to not fuck with it. In the end, the votes are just a guideline as to what should be scheduled where/when, but not an end-all-be-all.

If someone manages to pad a signifigant percentage of votes, in a not-easily removable fashion, then worst case scenario is that the votes get ignored entirely, and you have the same scheduling information as any other year. If all they do is wget-script voting, one can easily remove the blank user-agent votes.

Beyond the enjoyment of mischief, I find it hard to imagine any real profit to be gained from rigging the popularity contest.


On the other hand, a bitcoin-style computational requirement for voting might work too. This enforces the scarcity of voting by tying it to the scarcity of computational power.
Of course, the problem would have to be easier than in bitcoin, so individuals could vote, but it would at least limit the number of superfluous votes a joker could submit, and require an actual investment of resources in order to pull off the voting fraud.
It's not perfect, but it does a little better at aligning interests.

3) Roving mariachi bands

yes.

[kallahar]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

1) No wednesday reg because then security goons would have to volunteer for *another* unpaid day.
2) Make CTF smaller, make Track 4 bigger
3) Roving mariachi bands

Kallahar

[Chris]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

I had a great time this year, my only suggestion is that the wireless village needs to be a little bigger.

This was discussed in our post con meeting and the plan for next year is to make the wireless village bigger. Thanks for the feedback.

[RCon]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

I had a great time this year, my only suggestion is that the wireless village needs to be a little bigger.

[gewk]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

I'll agree with Wik here.

Not that there's anything wrong with the DefCon crowd at all, I had some of the best conversations with the most interesting people at the con.

The RollerCon crowd was just as awesome, and IMO knew how to cut loose a bit more. I think that a combination of the two would be akin to crossing the streams. But without the 'all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.' I think it'd make for a memorable experience for everyone.

[wick2o]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

What do you mean by "better party goers"?

One of the best things about the DefCon party goers is the fact that I can walk up to just about any of them and talk about/learn something cool and interesting without their eyes glazing over.

Our party goes tend to just stand around, they like to dance, mix, talk, let loose much more then the defcon crowd ( im generalizing here ). These girls are as much nerds/misfits as we are. Not once did I talk to someone and have their eyes glaze over. Their crowd and ours (with our dj's) would mix very well.

[HighWiz]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

however their crowd are much better party goers (putting it mildly)

WiK

What do you mean by "better party goers"?

One of the best things about the DefCon party goers is the fact that I can walk up to just about any of them and talk about/learn something cool and interesting without their eyes glazing over.

[gewk]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

A group party with defcon attendees and the rollercon attendees. All of the rollercon attendees I hungout with at their black and blue party thought their music/dj's sucked and would have hung out at our parties...however their crowd are much better party goers (putting it mildly)

WiK

a bajillion +1's.
Their pool party was super awesome. At least that's what my camera tells me, my memory is a bit patchy.

[Chris]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

I could totally be wrong about her getting them from registration, she might have traded a goon for them....

My God, that's even worse.

[wick2o]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

I sincerely hope you are mistaken about them getting Goon shirts.

I could totally be wrong about her getting them from registration, she might have traded a goon for them....

[Chris]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

I made a few friends with some of their goons (called dicks). I also put them in touch with registration staff, I assume things went well as they left with a few goon shirts themselves.

I sincerely hope you are mistaken about them getting Goon shirts.

[wick2o]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

THIS. I will try to start a discussion on this for next year's planning.

I made a few friends with some of their goons (called dicks). I also put them in touch with registration staff, I assume things went well as they left with a few goon shirts themselves.

[Supralingua]

Re: How would you make Defcon 21 better?

Great Defcon!

First time with no line, I bought my badge on Thursday afternoon.

An iPhone app with scheduling option would be nice.

Live audio webcast for Defcon Forum members, so I can eat and listen to some of the talks.

Voting could be accomplished through the forums here. At least we have auth.

(Anyone know the attendance numbers this year and the dates for 21? I had to leave before the end of the closing ceremonies)