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  • doogman23
    Member
    • May 2007
    • 14
    #46
    Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

    Ok, I have a request in with SDLV to see if they offer group discounts. Problem is going to be scheduling. I am arriving Thurs and leaving Mon. Lowtec is thinking of doing the jump the first day, which is ok I guess. We will have to play by ear I guess until all flights are scheduled.

    What about a DEF CON Jump Team shirt? :)

    doogman

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      • Shinobi
        Needs A Beer
        • May 2007
        • 92
        #47
        Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

        Originally posted by doogman23
        What about a DEF CON Jump Team shirt? :)
        Sounds good to me, make it so.....

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          • Synapse
            The Synapse
            • Aug 2004
            • 35
            #48
            Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

            Originally posted by lowtec
            I'd be interested in jumping as well! Not so sure about doing it at the end of the con though, I'd probably already be drained from lack of sleep and an excess of booze.

            What about pre con.. Maybe before the Toxic BBQ? Start things off with a blast!

            I also want to check out the pinball museum, have heard great things but didn't make it there last year..
            Thats what I was thinking as well.
            Jumping pre-con would be the way to go.
            Once the con starts, and by time it ends...jumping would be far out of mind.. and you'll be so drained.. "maybe next year".


            Jumping pre-con, is the blast off. What way to start then an adrenaline rush of free falling......
            Raining hackers, defcon from above. (need a large banner to come down with!).
            Once, on the ground i'd be pumped to get started.. not go home. ;p
            Synapses, the spaces between neurons, are the channels through which our most fundamental traits, preferences, and beliefs are encoded. In short, they enable each of us to function as a single, integrated individual
            -A synaptic self- from moment to moment, from year to year

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              • doogman23
                Member
                • May 2007
                • 14
                #49
                Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                I agree. Go from the jump to the Toxic BBQ and celebrate in prep for the weekend's festivities. At first I was thinking at the end, but the more I think of it at the beginning would be the way to go.

                I still haven't heard from them on group rates, but most places you need 6 or more from what I have been able to dig up. Right now, I think we have 5 people interested including myself so...

                My flight arrives at 1:45pm LV time. I need to check the available jump times, may have to head from there to the jump and then check in. haha.

                doogman

                Ps. "Raining hackers from above" could work for the t-shirts! good one!

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                  • enven
                    Absurdism at its best.
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 55
                    #50
                    Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                    Atomic Bomb Museum...Most definitely, then just roam around, I like taking photos of the city...thats about it..oh and eat, of course...

                    I'd have gone to blackhat, but I'll be missing it by a day...
                    A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.
                    -                     William S. Burroughs

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                      • Shinobi
                        Needs A Beer
                        • May 2007
                        • 92
                        #51
                        Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                        Originally posted by enven
                        I'd have gone to blackhat, but I'll be missing it by a day...
                        Too expensive for me. I'll go to BH in Japan. I'm thinking of doing the jump on the first day, get it over with!

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                          • lowtec
                            Member
                            • Jul 2005
                            • 35
                            #52
                            Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                            Can we get a new thread started maybe in the Contests & Events section for the jump?

                            I'm pretty excited about this now, I've never jumped before! Maybe 'Defcon from above' as a slogan.. (play on 'death from above'). Here's something that could be incorporated to the shirt
                            http://www.psywarrior.com/Deathfromabove.jpg

                            Also, what happens if we have more than 6 people jumping? Will everyone get a discount if they have to split up the group? I may be able to convince a friend to jump as well.
                            "All are gone, all but one"

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                              • Deviant Ollam
                                Semi-Professional Swearer
                                • May 2003
                                • 3417
                                #53
                                Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                                Originally posted by lowtec
                                Maybe 'Defcon from above' as a slogan.. (play on 'death from above')
                                something perhaps like this do you mean...

                                "I'll admit I had an OiNK account and frequented it quite often… What made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world's greatest record store… iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I feel like I'm being hustled when I visit there, and I don't think their product is that great. DRM, low bit rate, etc... OiNK it existed because it filled a void of what people want."
                                - Trent Reznor

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                                  • TheCotMan
                                    *****Retired *****
                                    • May 2004
                                    • 8857
                                    #54
                                    Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                                    Originally posted by lowtec
                                    Can we get a new thread started maybe in the Contests & Events section for the jump?

                                    I'm pretty excited about this now, I've never jumped before! Maybe 'Defcon from above' as a slogan.. (play on 'death from above'). Here's something that could be incorporated to the shirt
                                    http://www.psywarrior.com/Deathfromabove.jpg

                                    Also, what happens if we have more than 6 people jumping? Will everyone get a discount if they have to split up the group? I may be able to convince a friend to jump as well.
                                    I'll add a subforum for this event if you can get it mentioned on the Defcon 15 list of contests or event pages:
                                    http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-events.html
                                    http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-events.html

                                    Other than that, you can start a new thread:
                                    https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=95 (here)
                                    Then if it is ever listed on the main dc15 page, the threads can be moved into a forum for this event/contest.

                                    Additionally, I can prune this part of the discussion t a new thread in the official/unofficial contests not listed above. section of the contests/event page.

                                    Let me know.

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                                      • doogman23
                                        Member
                                        • May 2007
                                        • 14
                                        #55
                                        Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                                        Has anyone heard of this that was at 14?

                                        http://www.dcjump.com/

                                        It doesn't say anything about 15 but....

                                        Also, the logo above looks cool! I like it!

                                        doogman

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                                          • Synapse
                                            The Synapse
                                            • Aug 2004
                                            • 35
                                            #56
                                            Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                                            Originally posted by lowtec
                                            Maybe 'Defcon from above' as a slogan.. (play on 'death from above').
                                            man, thats what I said above!
                                            Defcon from above! ;p


                                            Originally posted by Deviant Ollam
                                            something perhaps like this do you mean...


                                            nice.
                                            Synapses, the spaces between neurons, are the channels through which our most fundamental traits, preferences, and beliefs are encoded. In short, they enable each of us to function as a single, integrated individual
                                            -A synaptic self- from moment to moment, from year to year

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                                              • Synapse
                                                The Synapse
                                                • Aug 2004
                                                • 35
                                                #57
                                                Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                                                Originally posted by doogman23
                                                Has anyone heard of this that was at 14?

                                                http://www.dcjump.com/
                                                It doesn't say anything about 15 but.... doogman
                                                Hmm, that looks a bit advanced and very private.
                                                This thread from last year, stated it never happened at dc13 and there were questions if it would go on for dc14.
                                                https://forum.defcon.org/showpost.ph...9&postcount=12

                                                My defcon 13 book did have it listed, defcon 14 It doesn't look as if it was added
                                                After a quick search, I found several mentions of it being an unofficial event. a lot of other threads looked like it was for indoor skydiving.
                                                none of them looked to repeat after that year.

                                                It would be good to know if it is already an event still, if not then maybe time to start a new one as a new group and continue to assemble whoever wants to do it this year and work it out from there.
                                                Last edited by Synapse; June 20, 2007, 08:14. Reason: Took links out of post, and decided to look at my booklets
                                                Synapses, the spaces between neurons, are the channels through which our most fundamental traits, preferences, and beliefs are encoded. In short, they enable each of us to function as a single, integrated individual
                                                -A synaptic self- from moment to moment, from year to year

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                                                  • Deviant Ollam
                                                    Semi-Professional Swearer
                                                    • May 2003
                                                    • 3417
                                                    #58
                                                    Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                                                    Originally posted by Synapse
                                                    nice.
                                                    ah, just a little something i knocked together in photoshop in a couple of spare mintues. wasn't really giving it the proper polish and shine. just an idea of sorts for others to work with.
                                                    "I'll admit I had an OiNK account and frequented it quite often… What made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world's greatest record store… iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I feel like I'm being hustled when I visit there, and I don't think their product is that great. DRM, low bit rate, etc... OiNK it existed because it filled a void of what people want."
                                                    - Trent Reznor

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                                                      • shrdlu
                                                        Registered User
                                                        • Apr 2006
                                                        • 562
                                                        #59
                                                        Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                                                        Originally posted by Synapse
                                                        Hmm, that looks a bit advanced and very private.
                                                        This thread from last year, stated it never happened at dc13 and there were questions if it would go on for dc14.
                                                        https://forum.defcon.org/showpost.ph...9&postcount=12
                                                        I wouldn't think of it as private. Vann Harl's a funny one, but don't let his oddness put you off.

                                                        Originally posted by Synapse
                                                        My defcon 13 book did have it listed, defcon 14 It doesn't look as if it was added
                                                        After a quick search, I found several mentions of it being an unofficial event. a lot of other threads looked like it was for indoor skydiving.
                                                        none of them looked to repeat after that year.
                                                        I know absolutely nothing about what happened, specifically, other than that I know Vann Harl (the organizer, and also probably owner of the dcjump site). I had thought it was outdoor jumping, but perhaps not. At any rate, not everyone is on the Forums (I am only because it's easier to run a contest if at least one person monitors the forums).

                                                        Originally posted by Synapse
                                                        It would be good to know if it is already an event still, if not then maybe time to start a new one as a new group and continue to assemble whoever wants to do it this year and work it out from there.
                                                        I'd suggest sending him an email. Maybe he'd be happy to change the site to announce it for you, maybe he'd want to go too. Here's his email:

                                                        Dr. Vann Harl <vann@atreus.org>

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                                                          • lowtec
                                                            Member
                                                            • Jul 2005
                                                            • 35
                                                            #60
                                                            Re: Stuff you are planning to do in Vegas before or after DC15...

                                                            Oh sweet, I sent mail to an old address I found for vann at dcjump.. I'll send it to this current address.

                                                            Sounds like this is picking up speed.. any word from the skydive vegas people?
                                                            "All are gone, all but one"

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