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The lobby Location: MGM Grand When we entered the lobby of the MGM grand, I immediately got the impression that it was a place for normal, boring people to think they were somewhere glamorous. The marble colums were painted drywall, and the velvet curtains were wood. The place was saturated by the smell of cheap cigar smoke from the cigars they sold tourists to make them feel like they were living the high life while the casino was extracting their money from them. - 115 1549 IMG
The interminable hallway Location: MGM Grand The wings of the MGM Grand seemed at least a quarter of a mile long. We were near the end of the wing. - 115 1555 IMG
Too Cool Location: New York New York Hotel They had a whole downtown NY set up in this hotel, complete with steaming manhole covers. - 115 1556 IMG
Late night Ad hoc wireless network Location: MGM Grand Drew finally showed up at about 1:15am. It turns out his plane *left* at 10:30. Oh well. We all gathered in my hotel room with a bunch of wireless cards and did a bit of hacking on each other. It was a great chance to practice playing with my new iBook. - 115 1557 IMG
Late night Ad hoc wireless network Location: MGM Grand - 115 1558 IMG
On the way to the Alexis Park Location: Las Vegas Strip In the morning, we made our way toward the Alexis Park and DefCon 9. - 115 1559 IMG
Nice place to live Location: Off the Las Vegas Strip I'm sure I would feel very secure about my living arrangements at a place like this. - 115 1560 IMG
Bruce Schneier pimps Secrets and Lies Location: Alexis Park Hotel After a really boring talk about hacker profiling from some guy who used to work at the FBI, the real fun began. Bruce Schneier got up and delivered on long slashdot comment, in response to many questions from the audience. Of course, not before he told us about his new book. - 115 1565 IMG
Ford Excrement Location: On the way back to the MGM Grand Sometimes people take the SUV thing too far. - 115 1566 IMG
The Limo driver's card Location: En route to MGM Grand Apparently the driver offered more than just transportation services. - 115 1567 IMG
Getting ready for more hacking Location: MGM Grand Morning comes to our intrepid group. - 115 1571 IMG
Bastille Linux Talk Location: Alexis Park Hotel Turns out the head programmer for Bastille (Jay Beale) is Drew's running partner out east. He gave one of the better talks. It's hard to find geeks who can speak. - 115 1575 IMG
Taking a break Location: MGM Grand A long day at Defcon had worn us out. - 115 1587 IMG
Waiting in line for Carlin Location: MGM Grand Luckily we already had tickets; we just had to wait to sit down. NO PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED INSIDE THE THEATER :) - 115 1590 IMG
Carlin's warm up act Location: MGM Grand Hard to expose properly without flash. At least I had something steady to rest the camera on. - 115 1592 IMG
Carlin himself Location: MGM Grand It was a pretty funny show. - 115 1596 IMG
No seats for us Location: Las Vegas Airport When we arrived at the airport around 12:30 for our 1:45 flight, we discovered that they had overbooked it. So, we were put unwillingly on standby. - 115 1597 IMG
Preparing entertainment for the plane Location: Las Vegas Airport We did eventually get seats, so I lined up some entertainment for the plane ride. Little did I know I would collapse into unconsciousness as soon as we boarded. - 115 1598 IMG
More zzz for George Location: Houston Airport We had a two hour layover in Houston, and George took advantage of the time while I watched Clockwork Orange - 116 1623 IMG
The crowd assembles to hear Kernwein Location: the Barr Mansion - 116 1625 IMG
Fun for all Location: the Barr Mansion - 116 1626 IMG
More Kernwein Location: the Barr Mansion - 116 1627 IMG
No event would be complete Location: the Barr Mansion without a photo of the Julies. - 116 1628 IMG
Kyu eyes the camera skeptically Location: the Barr Mansion - 116 1629 IMG
Shari and Laurie also looking radiant Location: - 116 1630 IMG
Daniel and Melissa Location: the Barr Mansion Band buds are great. - 116 1631 IMG
The 2001 IB Diploma Recipients Location: the Barr Mansion - 116 1632 IMG
The 2001 IB Diploma Recipients Location: the Barr Mansion - 116 1633 IMG
Is it time to go home yet? Location: the Barr Mansion - 116 1634 IMG
This would have been a great shot Location: the Barr Mansion if Mr. Furtado hadn't turned at the last second.