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Festival of Inappropriate Technology

Posted by Hemos on Sun Jun 09, 2002 07:20 AM
from the sounds-like-fine dept.

A reader writes " NTK Magazine and Mute Magazine are holding a Festival of Inappropriate Technology in London city centre on the 9th of June. Featuring the Commodore 64 underground, The Classic Amiga Preservation Society, DNSCon, the EFF plus many more talks and stalls. There will also be wired and wireless network access available. The Register will also be there. Should make for a great day, all are welcome!"

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Today? (Score:2, Funny)

by cheezycrust (138235) on Sunday June 09 2002, @07:22AM (#3668235)

Hmm... June 9 - gives me plenty of time to pack my bags...
- Re:Today? by loply (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @08:04AM
- C64 party - 21st June 2002 by pommiekiwifruit (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @12:57PM
  - Re:C64 party - 21st June 2002 by mocktor (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @05:28PM
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Talks on Old Hardware? (Score:2)

by saveth (416302) <cww&denterprises,org> on Sunday June 09 2002, @07:28AM (#3668244)

You'd think anything interesting that could be said in a Commodore 64 talk or an Amiga talk would have been covered in some talk, oh, five or ten years ago. :P

Then again, I guess there are some younger folk around who haven't been able to experience the wonder of a C64. I can't wait to read what people have to say *after* the conference. :)
- Re:Talks on Old Hardware? by BobTheBooser (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @08:57AM
- Re:Talks on Old Hardware? by BrokenHalo (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @09:15AM
  - The legendary PET by pommiekiwifruit (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @01:01PM
    - Re:The legendary PET by GigsVT (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @01:24PM
    - Re:The legendary PET by rixster (Score:2) Sunday June 09 2002, @06:51PM
      - Re:The legendary PET by CTalkobt (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @08:08PM
        Re:The legendary PET by CTalkobt (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @08:10PM
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- Re:Talks on Old Hardware? by PsykhoKiwi (Score:1) Monday June 10 2002, @06:23AM
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Just been in... (Score:2)

by dipfan (192591) on Sunday June 09 2002, @07:35AM (#3668254) Homepage

Woo hoo - never seen so many geeks in one place. There's a stall selling teatowels (trans: dish clothes) with various browers and Google search results printed on them - ideal for geek washing-up, maybe that one day a week when you rinse out the old coffee mug.
- Re:Just been in... by Hieronymus Howard (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @11:21AM
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- Re:Just been in... by twoshortplanks (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @11:44AM
- Re:Just been in... by _Ludwig (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @11:51AM
  - Re:Just been in... by Kredal (Score:1) Monday June 10 2002, @09:52AM
- Re:Just been in... by kgroves (Score:1) Monday June 10 2002, @07:42AM
Can I...... (Score:3, Funny)

by echucker (570962) on Sunday June 09 2002, @07:39AM (#3668261) Homepage

bring my UNIVAC that I play Pong on?
- Re:Can I...... by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @09:16AM
  - Re:Can I...... by AndroidCat (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @05:35PM
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Hmm... Not enough time... (Score:4, Interesting)

by rickthewizkid (536429) on Sunday June 09 2002, @07:42AM (#3668265)

I wish I had known about this earlier....

But then again, considering that the average piece of software takes 5 minutes to load on one of those Commodores... well... maybe I can leave my house now and get there before the show is over...

(As a side thought)

Time required to load GEOS on a C64 - 5 minutes
Time required to load DOS + Windows 3.1 on a 486 - 5 minutes
Time requiree to load WinXP on a P3 - 3 minutes
Time required to load Red Hat on a P3 workstation - 5 minutes...

-Rick
- Re:Hmm... Not enough time... by Ziviyr (Score:2) Sunday June 09 2002, @07:58AM
- Re:Hmm... Not enough time... by tomstdenis (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @08:40AM
  - Re:Hmm... Not enough time... by Zapdos (Score:2) Sunday June 09 2002, @10:23AM
- Dick Smith VZ200 by pommiekiwifruit (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @12:51PM
  - Re:Dick Smith VZ200 by GigsVT (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @01:21PM
    - Re:Dick Smith VZ200 by pommiekiwifruit (Score:1) Monday June 10 2002, @07:25AM
- Redhat takes 5 minutes to boot? What rot. by wackybrit (Score:2) Sunday June 09 2002, @02:00PM
- Re:Hmm... Not enough time... by ncc74656 (Score:2) Sunday June 09 2002, @02:51PM
- Re:Hmm... Not enough time... by smithmc (Score:1) Monday June 10 2002, @01:28PM
- Re:Hmm... Not enough time... by ProfMoriarty (Score:2) Tuesday June 11 2002, @12:07AM
  - Re:Hmm... Not enough time... by FleshWound (Score:1) Tuesday June 11 2002, @03:02AM
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- Re:Hmm... Not enough time... by lazarius (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @08:10PM
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HP calcs.... (Score:1)

by gTsiros (205624) on Sunday June 09 2002, @07:49AM (#3668275)

I forsee a gathering of misstreated HP calc hardcore fans... 'cause ever since the GX was introduced, the calcs are going from bad to worse :( the r&d of HP is as good as dead :/

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been there (Score:4, Informative)

by mocktor (536122) on Sunday June 09 2002, @07:52AM (#3668279) Homepage

I just got home from it... the wifi access is nothing to write home about but the old hardware is cool and the guy with the wearable spectrum rocked

If any of you go - the entrance is around the back of the building, not on euston road - took me a while to figure that out :/
Festival of Inappropriate Technology (Score:1)

by SageLikeFool (547462) on Sunday June 09 2002, @07:55AM (#3668282)

When I saw the title "Festival of Inappropriate Technology" I thought it was going to be a showcase of stuff that was more along the lines of the ibrator [mecha.net], not old school/retro computer/hacker convention...
- How're these for Inappropriate Technology... by Provocateur (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @11:33AM
krneki (Score:2)

by InsaneCreator (209742) on Sunday June 09 2002, @08:01AM (#3668289)

I think I'll go look for my c64 & atari2600 & see if they still work... And at the same time I will also be able to chek if my TV is still working like it did a month ago when I last watched it. :)
- Re:krneki by Lemon Wacky Hello (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @08:27AM
  - Re:krneki by InsaneCreator (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @08:34AM
    - Re:krneki by h2odragon (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @01:04PM
      - Re:krneki by dossen (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @03:58PM
dealers, dopers, and risc (Score:1)

by linzeal (197905) <rakista@gmail.com> on Sunday June 09 2002, @08:05AM (#3668294) Homepage Journal

Any (working) technology you'd like to sell - via our experimental "bring and buy" stall. Though, once again, please be (reasonably) sensible about what you bring (or buy, for that matter)
Prevents:
This sir is mac bong only slightly used I'm only asking 3.50 (say it like tweefiffy, ok?) I'm trying to save up to buy a origin 2000 [sgi.com] to grow weed in.
Timing? (Score:4, Informative)

by HuskyDog (143220) on Sunday June 09 2002, @08:06AM (#3668295) Homepage

Of course, it might have been a nice idea if this item had appeared a few days ago. As it is, it seems to have been posted about 2 hours AFTER the event started!!
From here, trains to London take about 1 hour, but what with getting to the station, waiting for a train (not frequent on Sundays) and getting across London I won't be there until its nearly over.
Mind you, I subscribe to the mailing lists of the EFF and Campaign for Digital Rights. Both are supposed to have stands and neither bothered to tell me about it.
- Re:Timing? by henben (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @04:00PM
  - Re:Timing? by bakert (Score:1) Monday June 10 2002, @12:52AM
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heh (Score:1)

by Dw0rkin (565516) <cyberbob AT subnova DOT com> on Sunday June 09 2002, @08:07AM (#3668297)

/. geeks are not there?
Sure...I'll just whip out my old commie... (Score:4, Interesting)

by Rhinobird (151521) on Sunday June 09 2002, @08:43AM (#3668355) Homepage

Sure...I'll just whip out my old commie and surf on over to that site and see what's up...

Oh my GAWD!!!! you can surf [armory.com] with a commodore 64!
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Live from the tea lounge.. (Score:1)

by codework (252361) on Sunday June 09 2002, @08:48AM (#3668360) Homepage

I'm posting this from the tea lounge behind the stage.. You gotta love consume.net

Some neat technology here and some not so neat, but it's good to catch up with some peeps..

It's a real shame that the PA wasn't too clear for the Speccy talk..

/J
- Re:Live from the tea lounge.. by Dicky (Score:2) Sunday June 09 2002, @08:57AM
  - Re:Live from the tea lounge.. by cheeseflan (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @12:21PM
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- Re:Live from the tea lounge.. by Hieronymus Howard (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @11:25AM
Timing (Score:2)

by osiris (30004) on Sunday June 09 2002, @09:06AM (#3668405) Homepage

Well, to let you all know, i was the one who submitted this story over a week ago. I couldnt log in at the time to post it as a registered user. So i had given everyone plenty of notice about it. Just must have been a pretty busy slashdot submission bin.

Ah well, hopefully this will become a regular festival.
Accommodation... (Score:1)

by BrokenHalo (565198) on Sunday June 09 2002, @09:10AM (#3668412)

Guess I could always use the caravan I built from that old Burroughs B3700 cabinet...
Supermarket Cards (Score:2)

by mgarraha (409436) on Sunday June 09 2002, @09:24AM (#3668452)

I find it interesting that they encourage [xcom2002.com] people to exchange supermarket loyalty/discount/surveillance cards. I bias my own shopping toward stores that don't use them, but does anyone know of similar swap events in the States?
- Re:Supermarket Cards by jcoy42 (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @09:45AM
If only I had known (Score:1)

by Zemran (3101) on Sunday June 09 2002, @09:25AM (#3668456) Homepage Journal

It would have given me a reason to dust off the Acorn Electron, as it is I have found out too late to go...
Blogging it live (Score:2, Informative)

by mouthbeef (35097) <doctorow@craphound.com> on Sunday June 09 2002, @09:40AM (#3668493) Homepage

I'm blogging it live from the floor -- on Boing Boing [boingboing.net].

Also, live discussion on #infoanarchy on irc.openprojects.net
I'm there - blogging live (Score:3, Informative)

by BenHmm (90784) <ben AT benhammersley DOT com> on Sunday June 09 2002, @09:42AM (#3668500) Homepage

I'm blogging live from the stage [benhammersley.com]
- Re:I'm there - blogging live by BenHmm (Score:2) Sunday June 09 2002, @05:39PM
Wireless Securtity Talk (Score:1)

by twoshortplanks (124523) on Sunday June 09 2002, @11:51AM (#3668880) Homepage

Yey Gus for giving the same wireless security talk he did at YAPC::Europe [yapc.org]last year.
Basically at the end of the event he presented the "We've had free wireless access for the entire event , and we sniffed this many plain text passwords flying across the open" talk. Silly, silly people.
SSH is your friend.
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Good to see a US site reporting UK specifics. (Score:1)

by cheeseflan (462270) on Sunday June 09 2002, @12:25PM (#3669006) Homepage

This was pushed hard by Extreme and NTK.net for the last few weeks. I'm glad I went, the chatbot++ discussion was enjoyable (in the "take it Outside" fringe event in the pub next door).

Freeman Dyson rules!

(especially when he shit on just about everything the crowd enthused about!)
Inappropriate technology? (Score:1)

by Butch (36951) on Sunday June 09 2002, @01:30PM (#3669198)

Commie 64s, Amigas, and ... a website? Why isn't this a gopher site?
Check out "Fallen Angels" by Niven and Pournelle (Score:3, Informative)

by ibirman (176167) on Sunday June 09 2002, @02:50PM (#3669498) Homepage

I just read a great book that talks about "Inappropriate Technology" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The book is available for free at the Baen Free Library [baen.com]. It is a great read and was very enjoyable. Really puts a different perspective on "good" and "bad" technology. Funny that they used the same term for the show.
- Could be a case of "life imitating art"... by CRConrad (Score:1) Monday June 17 2002, @07:03AM
The Best part... (Score:1)

by NickRob (575331) on Sunday June 09 2002, @03:25PM (#3669623) Journal

Is the supermarket card swapping [xcom2002.com]. I hate supermarket cards tracking me down and seeing what I do. This is a great way to fight back against the supermarkets who used to give us all of their 'deals' anonymously. Now we have to use those cards, which I leave at home at times, or get raped for prices.

Is there any way that we could set up a big slashdot card swap? My Albertson's for yours.
- Re:The Best part... by iank (Score:2) Sunday June 09 2002, @05:27PM
  - Re:The Best part... by mocktor (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @06:04PM
  - Re:The Best part... by gorilla (Score:2) Monday June 10 2002, @12:38PM
Carrier Bag Competition (Score:1)

by nigelnigek (577022) on Sunday June 09 2002, @03:28PM (#3669633)

Had an interesting time there this afternoon meeting different sides of the online society. My favourite exhbit was the french guy with those mechanical birds that sung and flew.
One of the highlites (?) which i unfortunately missed was the winner of the Most Geeky Carrier Bag competition. Can anyone who was there tell me who won? Conversely, what bag would be voted best by the /. community?
Nigel
- Re:Carrier Bag Competition by iank (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @05:16PM
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Photos (Score:2, Informative)

by sidetrack (4550) on Sunday June 09 2002, @05:28PM (#3670085) Homepage

Some (not very many) photos (not very varied, or good) are here [digitalbrain.com]
- Speccy people by sidetrack (Score:1) Sunday June 09 2002, @06:12PM
I was there too (Score:2, Informative)

by GreyFish (156639) on Sunday June 09 2002, @06:48PM (#3670335) Homepage

Showing off the soekris [soekris.com] Net4521's which consume.net [consume.net] may be adopting as there weapon of choice.

The french guy with the singing birds and the cybernetic parrot sausage is Paul Granjon from zlabs [zprod.org].
Excellent turnout (Score:1)

by dipfan (192591) on Monday June 10 2002, @05:34AM (#3671895) Homepage

Organisers say that at least 1,200 paying guests came through the door, each stumping up £3 ($5). It shows there's a demand out there for this type of event, something to bear in mind for any /. conferences.

Hats off to Dave at NTK [ntk.net] and the other organisers, for all their hard work.
Re:"Festival of Inappropriate Technology" (Score:1)

by fallacy (302261) on Sunday June 09 2002, @09:05AM (#3668398)

Nah, that'll be in the Show Hall of Inept Technology festival next door...

[ Parent ]
Re:Who brings their kids to Hooters? (Score:1)

by nomadianomad (574365) on Monday June 10 2002, @02:34PM (#3674454)

Do the 'gril'ls actually go places? I suppose, if you _really_ wanted to, you could bring your fav. cooking utensils everywhere you eat.
Though the girls might be wondering if *daddy* is gonna bring home a "new mommy.." ;)

[ Parent ]
Re:AARGH! (Score:1)

by awful (227543) on Tuesday June 11 2002, @12:55AM (#3677710) Homepage

so stop whining and do it yourself.

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Festival of Inappropriate Technology

Today? (Score:2, Funny)

Talks on Old Hardware? (Score:2)

Just been in... (Score:2)

Can I...... (Score:3, Funny)

Hmm... Not enough time... (Score:4, Interesting)

HP calcs.... (Score:1)

been there (Score:4, Informative)

Festival of Inappropriate Technology (Score:1)

krneki (Score:2)

dealers, dopers, and risc (Score:1)

Timing? (Score:4, Informative)

heh (Score:1)

Sure...I'll just whip out my old commie... (Score:4, Interesting)

Live from the tea lounge.. (Score:1)

Timing (Score:2)

Accommodation... (Score:1)

Supermarket Cards (Score:2)

If only I had known (Score:1)

Blogging it live (Score:2, Informative)

I'm there - blogging live (Score:3, Informative)

Wireless Securtity Talk (Score:1)

Good to see a US site reporting UK specifics. (Score:1)

Inappropriate technology? (Score:1)

Check out "Fallen Angels" by Niven and Pournelle (Score:3, Informative)

The Best part... (Score:1)

Carrier Bag Competition (Score:1)

Photos (Score:2, Informative)

I was there too (Score:2, Informative)

Excellent turnout (Score:1)

Re:"Festival of Inappropriate Technology" (Score:1)

Re:Who brings their kids to Hooters? (Score:1)

Re:AARGH! (Score:1)