Need Ride from California! - Read If you are broke like me and need a ride for CA

**highwizard** · May 16, 2005, 18:05

Originally posted by st0rm

Yo..... wassup guys... Defcon is coming up soon but my main problem is that I am a broke ass dude and very anxious to get to the con.

[Hopefully

] See ya at the Con !

Well where are you going to stay?

**yourwar** · May 20, 2005, 13:17

Ok, now I don't suggest going to DC broke for the following listed reasons:

a. Due to the fact that you will be riding with a complete stranger, he may want gas money or some kinda "I'm not a serial-killer" insurance.

b. Let us say, that you do get to vegas somehow? Just as highwizard said "where are you going to stay?" I can assure you the Vegas P.D. won't let you sleep on the sidwalk.

c. Ok, so maybe you get a hotel, are you forgetting that admittance into DC is not free? Brute-Force is usually only successful on your computer, brute-forcing into DC WILL NOT be successful.

d. So, you get to Vegas, you shack up with buffalo bill, and win $100 on a slot machine to get you through the door. You might have fun once your in, but not nearly as much as If you had brought money.

In the end, I suggest you find SOME way to bring up enough money. Wether it be selling your Xbox and a few other of your toys, or doing a little landscaping for the lil old woman next door otherwise you wont experiance the fullness of DC. Afterall money is what makes the world go round... that and hackers.

I am personally bringing a few hundred dollars, and I still wish I had more...

If there is a DC group close to you I suggest joining it NOW and getting friendly with someone who has a car and a room. Anyways, good luck!

[EDIT] - By the way, "Read If you are broke like me and need a ride for CA". What is a group of broke kids gonna help? Just thought it was odd you were looking for other broke people instead of people with money... I guess if you all put your money together one person can go and bring back the fun news to their fellow broke friends?

**kallahar** · May 20, 2005, 14:36

probably because those of us with money and a ride don't want a newbie leech tagging along... Now if he had something to offer in liu of cash then that's a different story...

**st0rm** · May 22, 2005, 12:25

Still Lookin for ride ..lol

Yo, I agree about how i should bring some cash to the con.... A few hundred bucks will be enough for me.. em anyway, more about the ride and spending the night..

1. I dont mind paying for gas ..to a ride from CA to DefCon
2. Spending the Night: Not sure at this point where to sleep , I dont need any special treatment, anywhere theres a floor i am good

(Or, I am sure theres going to be many peeps like past years who each pitch in like 5-10 bucks and sleep in a hotel room with 20 other people, for 2-3 days i am down with anything)

3. Finally If you have a ride from California (pretty much anywhere) and want to split the costs with 4-5 people contact me. Gas money isnt a problem, i am working on the whole cash deal.

Thanks ..
Hopefully see you guys there

**st0rm** · May 22, 2005, 12:40

You get the point....yourwar Mr Niceguy yo....

Yo,

Lol, You get my point right? what i meant was that: I am broke and I need a ride from California to Defcon , Gas money will not be a problem. However, i am not yet sure where i am going to spend the night (as long as theres a floor i am cool). Thats pretty much it.

**astcell** · May 22, 2005, 12:46

A few cons back I gave a guy a ride, he decided he would pay for ALL the gas, both ways. Granted I got good mileage and gas prices were much better, but that was a sincere gesture than ensured I'd not abandon him at a rest stop on the way.

It looks like I will be driving to con alone and have my room alone, I can share but I'm holding off for now with any offers since none seen to work so far in advance.

**Siviak** · May 22, 2005, 22:50

Originally posted by yourwar

...brute-forcing into DC WILL NOT be successful....

HA!
you MUST be new here... brute force does infact work... but much like one of them thar new fangled comm-puters y'all keep talkin about, ya just gotta know how to go about it... ain't that right twinvega and ck3k?

**TheCotMan** · May 22, 2005, 23:10

Originally posted by Siviak

ya just gotta know how to go about it...

If dad says, "no," go ask mom? (heh heh)

**TwinVega** · May 23, 2005, 20:14