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Subject: Re: CM> Hacker 1 Conference.


Regarding the original Hackers conference (it wasn't called "1" as we didn't
add the numbers until the idea of reviving the conference got serious), a
very nice 1-hour PBS special was made of it; I have a U-Matic copy of this
(given to me by Fabrice Florin, who created it) and assuming the very likely
permission from him I'm sure copies can be made available.

The shirts were in fact designed by Scott Kim, and he continued to do them
for several more years, until the conference chair decided to start doing
the designs himself..... The Hackers 10 shirt was basically an embroidered
reprise of the original shirt also.

I have lots and lots of lore to share about the Hackers conferences. Even
though I wasn't at the original, I can share a lot of info about that one
as well from what I picked up from people who were there. E.g., it was
held in Marin at some old buildings that used to belong to the Army, and
there was a mad scramble at one point to try to find a generator when the
power went out during a storm. And so on.

[Moderator: Maybe you could begin by explaning what the point of the first
conference was, who organized it, and what happened.]

--
Robert Bickford "A Hacker is any person who derives joy from
rab@well.com discovering ways to circumvent limitations." rab'86
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"I recognize that a class of criminals and juvenile delinquents has
taken to calling themselves 'hackers', but I consider them irrelevant
to the true meaning of the word; just as the Mafia calls themselves
'businessmen' but nobody pays that fact any attention." rab'90
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