[CLUE-Talk] first Hacking Society meeting in Golden / Denver-West
Dave Price
davep at kinaole.org
Tue Dec 3 19:03:45 MST 2002
I'll try to make it ... would love to hook into another 802.11 net than
mine and my neighbors!
What is the class-c for the Higher Grounds?
aloha,
dave
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 06:38:19PM -0700, Ed Hill wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> In an attempt to start a Golden/Denver-West chapter of the Hacking
> Society:
>
> http://www.hackingsociety.org/
>
> you're invited to join us at the Higher Grounds coffee shop in Golden on
> Wednesday, Dec 11th from 7--10pm. Higher Grounds is a great little spot
> with a newly installed broadband connection serving an open 802.11b
> network [1]. Its at the intersection of 14th and Washington in downtown
> Golden (across 14th from the Table Mesa Inn).
>
> So whats the Hacking Society? The web site describes the goal as:
>
> "...foster geek community-building through the shared experience of
> hacking. Of course, by 'hacking', I mean the more historic meaning
> of working on interesting projects (Jargon File 'hack' entry, sense
> 6 [2]). Not the 'script kiddies trying to compromise boxes' meaning
> which has become what most people think of in relation to the term."
>
> In addition to coding, HS meetings are a great venue to share/demo Free
> and Open Source software, get assistance with Linux installs & upgrades,
> ask others for help/advice, and enjoy hot beverages.
>
> Hope to see [3] you there!
>
> If you can't physically attend, you can join us virtually on IRC at
> #hackingsociety on irc.community.tummy.com. We may get together for
> dinner beforehand at Woody's Pizza--email me if you're interested.
>
> Ed
>
>
> [1] this message is being sent from Higher Grounds
>
> [2] Hacking: (6) vi. To interact with a computer in a playful and
> exploratory rather than goal-directed way. "Whatcha up to?"
> "Oh, just hacking."
>
> [3] I'm the guy with the ThinkPad sporting the big "LNX" sticker
> picked up at a past CLUE meeting. I'll bring extra power
> strips and a loaner 802.11b PCMCIA card.
>
>
> --
> Edward H. Hill III, PhD
> Post-Doctoral Researcher | Email: ed at eh3.com, ehill at mines.edu
> Division of ESE | URLs: http://www.eh3.com
> Colorado School of Mines | http://cesep.mines.edu/people/hill.htm
> Golden, CO 80401 | Phones: 303-384-2094, 303-273-3483
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