Of course, Eric is being modest because he won't only "be there" but actually give two presentations, one about passive radar using software radio. Looking forward to it! =)
See you there Urs On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 01:48:36PM -0700, Eric Blossom wrote: > FYI, > > I'll be at "What the Hack", the outdoor hacker conference taking > place in the Netherlands July 28 through 31. > > http://whatthehack.org > > These are tremendous fun. Lots of great people, ideas and projects. > If you can make it, I highly recommend it. > > Eric > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > What The Hack > > What The Hack is an outdoor hacker conference/event taking place on a > large event-campground in the south of The Netherlands from 28 until > 31 July 2005. > > Events like What The Hack take place every four years, and originate > from a group of people that was originally centered around a small > hacker magazine called Hack-Tic. The magazine's last issue was > published in 1993, but for reasons unknown the events have so far > refused to die. 1989 Featured the Galactic Hacker Party, then in 1993 > we saw Hacking at the End of the Universe, followed in 1997 by Hacking > In Progress, and in 2001 there was Hackers At Large. > > What? > > Expect people from every nook and cranny of the hacker universe: those > deeply into developing Open Source software, civil liberties and > privacy activists, experts in every field of computer networking and > security as well as many others showing their projects and talking > about what they do. Expect very large tents where lectures and > presentations are held as well as multiple bars and other cozy spaces > to hang out. Expect quality wired, wireless and interpersonal > networking. Expect seeing some amazing presentations as well as > stimulating conversations with some great folks. > > For whom? > > The event is not just for those who already define themselves as > hackers, although they will almost certainly have an excellent > time. Like previous times we hope to create an opportunity for people > from a great many different cultures and subcultures to meet. So no > matter whether you're interested in any of the topics presented, > curious about what it is we're into, feel there are some cultural > connections missing that you could facilitate, or if you just want to > hang out with some of the brightest and funniest people we know: > please come. We need you! > > Why? > > There is a number of new communities bordering common themes which we > loosely define as 'hacker issues'. These include: > > * freedom of speech > * government transparency > * computer insecurity > * privacy > * open software, open standards & software patents > * community networking > > We feel it is very important for people from different fields dealing > with one or more of these issues to meet at larger events. We would > also like to introduce new topics and forge new links between various > communities. (Our Call For Papers lists some of the other topics we > are interested in). We haven't even kept count of the interesting > things that happened, both on- and offline, simply because the right > people met at one of these events. > > And oh yeah: it is a lot of fun too! > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
