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| - | 10 AM - 3 PM Assembly **Geeks With Guns** //Eric Raymond, Elizabeth | ||
| - | Bear, Sarah Monette// Geeks meet in Assembly to leave for an | ||
| - | off-site shooting range. | ||
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| - | 3 PM Ballroom B **Computer Lounge Opens** | ||
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| - | 3 - 3:45 PM ConSuite **Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream** //Molly J. de | ||
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| - | 4 - 7:30 PM Ballroom C **Paint and Take' Miniatures Workshop** //Linda | ||
| - | Martelle// Learn how to paint a gaming miniature and take it with | ||
| - | you! There is no charge for this event. Hey, thanks, Black Lightning | ||
| - | Inc! | ||
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| - | Friday 5:30-6:30PM Northfield B **Introduction To Penguicon** //Eric S. Raymond, Steve | ||
| - | Gutterman, Shay VanZwoll, Aaron Thul, Rob Landley.// You don' | ||
| - | have to be familiar with our communities before you arrive! Penguicon | ||
| - | welcomes those from many interests and specializes in introducing them to | ||
| - | each other for the first time. If you've never been to an all-volunteer | ||
| - | not-for-profit science fiction and fantasy convention, or if you don't know | ||
| - | the traditions of the software hacker culture, genre fiction | ||
| - | readers, parody musicians, Anime " | ||
| - | futurists, foodies, folksingers-- our friendly guides will describe the | ||
| - | world of geek terminology, | ||
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| - | – 6:30 PM Ballroom A < | ||
| - | Schneier</ | ||
| - | how they work and how they fail, in an attempt to explain why our | ||
| - | feeling of security so often diverges from reality. | ||
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| - | Ballroom B < | ||
| - | Greet</ | ||
| - | why limit it? If you're on any web service that offers networking, | ||
| - | come share it with everyone. See who else uses that service as well, | ||
| - | and exchange usernames.</ | ||
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| - | A few panels a day or a week is almost a snapshot-sized glimpse into | ||
| - | the lives and personalities of characters. What can the webcomic | ||
| - | writer do to provide backstory ... give each character a blog?</ | ||
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| - | Ballroom A < | ||
| - | Peterson, Charlie Stross, Randy Milholland, Steve Jackson</ | ||
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| - | Northfield A < | ||
| - | Benjamin</ | ||
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| - | Oak < | ||
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| - | Promenade East < | ||
| - | Duane, Cathy Raymond</ | ||
| - | never costumed - but are interested - are welcome. All basic ideas of | ||
| - | getting started in making and wearing costumes are discussed. | ||
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| - | ConSuite < | ||
| - | staff members</ | ||
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| - | Ballroom A < | ||
| - | Our Science Guest speaks on & | ||
| - | News, Weird News& | ||
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| - | Northfield A < | ||
| - | parent of a home router and ready to fly fast and loose in the face | ||
| - | of warranties? Come get introduced to the wide and wonderful world of | ||
| - | open source routers. We'll cover hardware and software hacks, and | ||
| - | with some luck, a virgin router will be sacrificed unto the dark | ||
| - | powers of open source. Bring the kids! | ||
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| - | Northfield B < | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | language, is spreading everywhere. Stop feeling lame for not knowing | ||
| - | it! I'll give you an introduction to Python while whipping up a | ||
| - | graphical simulator of solar system dynamics before your very eyes. | ||
| - | Suitable as your first programming language, or your twentieth. Come, | ||
| - | learn Python, and hurl planets into the Sun!</ | ||
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| - | 7:30-8:30PM Maple A < | ||
| - | Stross, Sarah Monette, William Jones, Sarah Shefferly, Jeff DeLuzio | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | and science fiction, how the Call of Cthulhu RPG shaped the present | ||
| - | concepts behind the & | ||
| - | assimilated Lovecraft' | ||
| - | public sphere - our social history. This is best exemplified by the | ||
| - | common belief that the Necronomicon was an actual book, when in | ||
| - | reality it was a fabrication of Lovecraft' | ||
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| - | Maple B < | ||
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| - | Promenade East < | ||
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| - | want to miss this one.</ | ||
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| - | Birch < | ||
| - | NY-based band forcibly staples punk and electronica together and | ||
| - | throws them into a blender with hysterically twisted lyrics. They | ||
| - | have been featured repeatedly on the Dr. Demento show, with many | ||
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| - | Quartet is a 6& | ||
| - | being called & | ||
| - | mild-mannered software engineer. | ||
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| - | – 11 PM Oak < | ||
| - | Style</ | ||
| - | Science Theater 3000, our two expert class clowns will provide a | ||
| - | hilarious sendup of a film, which (by all reports) the director | ||
| - | sincerely thought he was basing on a Heinlein novel of the same name. | ||
| - | Whether the director ever read the book is an open question. ; | ||
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| - | PM Ballroom B < | ||
| - | Machine</ | ||
| - | giant customizable marble roller coaster returns for 2007, once again | ||
| - | courtesy of Steve Jackson Games. This contraption is open all weekend | ||
| - | for Penguicon attendees to tinker with, but this will be a special | ||
| - | presentation time. This year the conchaos.com organizers are not | ||
| - | content to rest on their laurels. With CM-Net, the Chaos Machine is | ||
| - | no longer purely mechanical. It now has the potential for input and | ||
| - | output to and from computation and wireless broadcast! Lights, | ||
| - | sounds, the motion of the ball lifts, and other effects can now be | ||
| - | triggered wirelessly by ball passages, LED ball counters, infrared | ||
| - | detection of nearby humans, or remote computers. As with all Chaos | ||
| - | Machines, some assembly is required. But that's the point.</ | ||
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| - | PM-midnight Assembly < | ||
| - | Academy</ | ||
| - | simulations. This year we have activities for newbies, and more | ||
| - | challenging activities for those who have participated before!</ | ||
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| - | – dawn Northfield A < | ||
| - | ArsTechnica.com gets a room all night to do whatever tech | ||
| - | presentations they want. Whose room is Northfield A? Ars.</ | ||
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| - | 10 PM Northfield B < | ||
| - | Education</ | ||
| - | content management system for on-line education, has become a very | ||
| - | high-profile software product in its category, and has become a | ||
| - | significant focus of open-source development activity in higher | ||
| - | education. Moodle as received steadily increasing mainstream | ||
| - | attention from high-profile deployments, | ||
| - | panel will introduce the Moodle system, focusing primarily use of | ||
| - | Moodle to develop and deliver on-line courses. We will also discuss | ||
| - | Moodle' | ||
| - | software to evolve in a few years into a potent competitor to | ||
| - | commercial course delivery systems. | ||
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| - | 10 PM Northfield C < | ||
| - | Flynt</ | ||
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| - | 10 PM ConSuite < | ||
| - | provide wine from his own cellar in the room next to ConSuite, for an | ||
| - | informal freeform chat with a small group of you. Sign up in advance | ||
| - | at Ops. (TEINAWE: This Event Is Not About Windows Emulators.)</ | ||
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| - | 10 PM Maple A < | ||
| - | MiIlholland, | ||
| - | special assistance from Goth Bunny</ | ||
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| - | - midnight Maple B < | ||
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| - | 10 PM Promenade East < | ||
| - | Zanoni, Michael & | ||
| - | Shetterly</ | ||
| - | workshop attendees and an overview of the workshop process.</ | ||
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| - | 10 PM Birch < | ||
| - | Davroz, MarsDust crew, Elizabeth Bear</ | ||
| - | is transforming itself into The MarsDust Channel, a fannish | ||
| - | television channel for the internet. One of the first shows is being | ||
| - | produced here at Penguicon. & | ||
| - | talk show, part video fanzine, part fake reality show. This episode' | ||
| - | guest will include Elizabeth Bear. What other surprises await? You | ||
| - | can find out. Sign up at Ops to be a part of the studio audience. | ||
| - | Only those who are not disoriented by quantum co-location devices | ||
| - | need apply. All studio audience members will get a free souvinier | ||
| - | magazine. MarsDust Magazine will also be out and about at the | ||
| - | convention, reporting on all that Penguicon has to offer. If you have | ||
| - | something special at the con that you thing the fannish/ | ||
| - | community would like to learn about, please contact them through Ops. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | 9:45 PM ConSuite < | ||
| - | Blanc' | ||
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| - | PM – late Ballroom A <B>DJ Brick Dance</ | ||
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| - | PM – midnight Ballroom B < | ||
| - | Korsak. Steve Jackson, Randy Milholland</ | ||
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| - | 11 PM Northfield B < | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | runs on more than just PC hardware. | ||
| - | no monitor or keyboard? | ||
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| - | 11 PM Northfield C < | ||
| - | Thul </ | ||
| - | working with databases, and in PostgreSQL< | ||
| - | the key to doing this well is the mysterious explain command. In this | ||
| - | talk, Aaron demystifies this handy tool so that you'll be able to | ||
| - | spot trouble faster and know when you're making improvements. | ||
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| - | 11 PM Maple A < | ||
| - | Bear, Sarah Monette, M. Keaton, David Crampton</ | ||
| - | is web lingo for a productivity tip or trick we can apply to our own | ||
| - | behavior. What life-hacks can get you to apply pants to chair and | ||
| - | bang out words, or for that matter, to get the brain into a state | ||
| - | where the words are better? Which low-tech life-hacks have withstood | ||
| - | the test of time? Also, how do our tools shape the mind that writes | ||
| - | the words? | ||
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| - | 11 PM Promenade East < | ||
| - | Your Mind</ | ||
| - | keeping your two worlds separate, or at least compatible. Multiple | ||
| - | blogging, work blogging, identity, information overload, and more. | ||
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| - | 11 PM Birch < | ||
| - | The ever-popular parody musician performs a concert which, if the | ||
| - | green screen is still set up, will look on video like it took place | ||
| - | on Mars.</ | ||
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| - | PM - midnight Oak < | ||
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| - | PM – 6 AM Birch < | ||
| - | a guitar if you have one, or your voice, or just listen.</ | ||
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| - | 11:45 PM ConSuite < | ||
| - | Blanc' | ||
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| - | – 3:30 AM Oak < | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | for creating the popular Dalek monsters for the television series | ||
| - | Doctor Who, Blake' | ||
| - | Popular from the time it was first broadcast, it remains well | ||
| - | regarded on account of its dark tone, moral ambiguity and strong | ||
| - | characterisation. It is often remembered for the shock ending that | ||
| - | concluded the series.</ | ||
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| - | – 2 AM Maple B < | ||
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| - | 5AM Maple B < | ||
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| - | development</ | ||
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| - | 11 AM NorthfieldC < | ||
| - | Litany, led by the Barista: It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in | ||
| - | motion. It is by the beans of java that the mind acquires speed, the | ||
| - | hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by | ||
| - | caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.</ | ||
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| - | 11 AM Boardroom < | ||
| - | about nanotech, futures studies, or the origin of the term & | ||
| - | source& | ||
| - | over coffee with our Science Guest.</ | ||
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| - | Maple A < | ||
| - | Duane, Paul BART Stevens</ | ||
| - | costuming gurus from the Great Pinata Riders Costuming Guild, | ||
| - | www.pinatariders.org Where do you start? What are the rules? What the | ||
| - | heck is this enrollment thing? Find out what's it all about, and how | ||
| - | to get involved but still have fun. Prepare to take notes - | ||
| - | especially if you plan on walking the walk tonight onstage. | ||
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| - | Maple B < | ||
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| - | Promenade East < | ||
| - | Crampton, David Klecha, Sarah Shefferly Everyone wants to write a | ||
| - | book, but which comes first, the characters or the world? Plot or | ||
| - | theme? Panelists discuss how they begin their creative process, long | ||
| - | before they begin to put words on paper.</ | ||
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| - | Birch < | ||
| - | mystery man known only as & | ||
| - | live episode of complete unabridged vintage short stories from the | ||
| - | past, and interviews special guest author Tobias Buckell. | ||
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| - | - noon Ballroom A < | ||
| - | Charlie Stross</ | ||
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| - | – noon Ballroom B < | ||
| - | Etcetera Meet & Greet</ | ||
| - | Livejournal meetup, but why limit it? If you're on any web service | ||
| - | that offers networking, come share it with everyone. See who else | ||
| - | uses that service as well, and exchange usernames.</ | ||
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| - | – 1 PM Assembly < | ||
| - | We provide a pile of antique computer parts of dubious reliability, | ||
| - | and a set of judging criteria. Who can build a computer and get the | ||
| - | best services running on the network?</ | ||
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| - | – noon Northfield A < | ||
| - | Create</ | ||
| - | Sullivan, Matthew Stewart-Fulton, | ||
| - | internet audio magazine, to music shows, to a simple but fascinating | ||
| - | audio blog, podcasts are hours of free entertainment in your car or | ||
| - | going for a jog. Dr. Jonathan & | ||
| - | EscapePod.com, | ||
| - | Tim Ryan of This Mad Music Archive.com (guest host of its music podcast "Mad Music Show" | ||
| - | and the enigmatic host of TheTimeTravelerShow.com will get you | ||
| - | started with an overview of how to listen to or subscribe to an | ||
| - | internet audio feed so that it loads directly onto your MP3 player | ||
| - | when published. They' | ||
| - | publish your own podcast. Then they' | ||
| - | podcasts for you to sample.</ | ||
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| - | – noon Northfield B < | ||
| - | Linux Images</ | ||
| - | customized Linux LiveCD. Starting with the Slax Linux distribution, | ||
| - | you will learn how to add applications, | ||
| - | create your own modules, write a CD image, and burn that CD image to | ||
| - | a disk or USB key. </ | ||
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| - | 11AM – noon Northfield C < | ||
| - | Saul, Moonbeam Nance, Tammy Coxen, Rachel Weisenfeld </ | ||
| - | more to a convention room party than chips, dip, cheap beer, and | ||
| - | people? Unquestionably yes. How do you throw the room party people | ||
| - | will talk about all con? Ask our panel of experienced party hosts. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | – noon Oak < | ||
| - | Louis Edelman, Dave Crampton. Moderator: Sarah Shefferly</ | ||
| - | Penguicon presents a groundbreaking experiment--authors in the wild. | ||
| - | An open forum for a group of authors to read, sign, answer fan | ||
| - | questions, and generally be available to convention attendees without | ||
| - | the stress and pressures of a ' | ||
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| - | – noon Boardroom < | ||
| - | Ops for an informal freeform chat over coffee with Guest of Honor | ||
| - | Elizabeth Bear, author of the < | ||
| - | SF trilogy and < | ||
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| - | Maple A < | ||
| - | Milholland, Eric Millikin, Rob Balder, Megan Gedris</ | ||
| - | rating. Ad revenue. Fan mail. Catharsis. The creators of | ||
| - | SomethingPositive, | ||
| - | or confess -- the rewards of putting it online for free and not | ||
| - | answering to a boss for their performance metrics.</ | ||
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| - | Maple B < | ||
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| - | Promenade East < | ||
| - | William Jones</ | ||
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| - | Promenade West < | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | home is finding the ingredients. Here we will talk about different | ||
| - | ingredients, | ||
| - | have a selection of ingredients on hand for people be able to see, | ||
| - | smell, handle, and taste (if appropriate).</ | ||
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| - | PM Birch < | ||
| - | Balder, Worm Quartet, Luke Ski</ | ||
| - | with artists from the Funny Music Project, better known as the FuMP! | ||
| - | These artists have committed to releasing new or unreleased | ||
| - | recordings of their music to the public under a Creative Commons | ||
| - | License at < | ||
| - | means we promise not to be upset when a video of you lip-synching to | ||
| - | our song in your underwear appears on YouTube.</ | ||
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| - | AM ConSuite < | ||
| - | staff members</ | ||
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| - | to 1 PM Ballroom < | ||
| - | Jimmie Bragdon </ | ||
| - | and upcoming releases at SJ Games, including the Big New Munchkin | ||
| - | Project, the computer game UltraCorps, new GURPS projects, and, of | ||
| - | course, FNORD. Steve will sign games, answer questions (often | ||
| - | truthfully), | ||
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| - | to 5:30 PM Ballroom B < | ||
| - | to the computer lounge and put it to good use. The Lounge will be | ||
| - | providing CD's and technical assistance to help you install Linux or BSD | ||
| - | on your computer. | ||
| - | a few tips and tricks, or possibly walk away with your own copy of Linux | ||
| - | from The Burn Unit, our open source CD/DVD burning station.</ | ||
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| - | to 1 PM Ballroom C < | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | is not official FIDE chess, by a long shot! Spend a predetermined | ||
| - | number of points, RPG-style, to design a custom chess piece movement | ||
| - | on a sandwich sign to wear in the game that starts at 1 PM.</ | ||
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| - | noon to 1 PM Northfield A < | ||
| - | Newrock</ | ||
| - | it's important to know how to debug when something goes wrong. In | ||
| - | addition, knowing what each of the other levels expect helps get | ||
| - | problems fixed faster. This panel will offer some methods for keeping | ||
| - | debugging simple and easy.</ | ||
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| - | noon to 1 PM Northfield B < | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | ' | ||
| - | meant, but it's really bad marketing, and scares people. Even | ||
| - | transhumanism is not a very friendly term. Names are important; | ||
| - | perhaps it needs a new name the same way Free Software came to be | ||
| - | known as Open Source Software?</ | ||
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| - | to 1 PM Northfield C < | ||
| - | Raymond, Howard Tayler</ | ||
| - | whatever they want.</ | ||
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| - | to 1PM Oak < | ||
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| - | to 1PM Boardroom < | ||
| - | Martelle</ | ||
| - | you!. There is no charge for this event. Hey, thanks, Black Lightning | ||
| - | Inc!</ | ||
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| - | to 1PM Promenade East < | ||
| - | Crampton, David Klecha, Sarah Monette</ | ||
| - | Penguicon 4 is reprised by request. Panelists speak on the difficult | ||
| - | tricks and traps of building a world both consistent, plausible, and | ||
| - | still uniquely interesting in both SF and Fantasy. | ||
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| - | to 1 PM Promenade West < | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | A lively general instant costuming info session for the | ||
| - | non-seamstress. The PinataRiders.org folks shoot the wind about | ||
| - | Liquid Nails, hotmelt glue, duct tape and Great Stuff. Yes, the foam. | ||
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| - | to 12:30 PM Lobby Balcony < | ||
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| - | 1 to 2 PM Ballroom A < | ||
| - | Physical World</ | ||
| - | the biggest problems society faces this century is the | ||
| - | security/ | ||
| - | and nanotech will make this worse. The answer may be & | ||
| - | Source Physical Security& | ||
| - | principles extended to physical space. How do we do this? It's up to | ||
| - | us to figure this out and then implement. (Who else could? | ||
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| - | 2 PM Ballroom C < | ||
| - | Arnold</ | ||
| - | and sally forth onto the checkerboard taped on the floor, in search | ||
| - | of gold and glory! The object of this human-sized chesslike game is | ||
| - | to capture the crowns of the Kings of both parties of chess pieces. | ||
| - | It can be won with chess tactics, or resource management, or | ||
| - | diplomacy. Work together to capture whoever is the current King of | ||
| - | the opposing party. But only do that in such a way that you are set | ||
| - | up to backstab each other for one individual to wear both crowns! | ||
| - | Watch out, the surviving members of the other party of adventurers | ||
| - | can take their crown back! Will the two parties of adventurers work | ||
| - | as a team to protect their crown, or will they munchkin in an attempt | ||
| - | to keep it for themselves? Google & | ||
| - | instructions.</ | ||
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| - | 2 PM Northfield A < | ||
| - | one</ | ||
| - | for Replicating Rapid-prototyper, | ||
| - | called the invention that will bring down global capitalism, start a | ||
| - | second industrial revolution and save the environment</ | ||
| - | It </ | ||
| - | made from plastic parts, so it will be able to make copies of itself | ||
| - | like John Von Neumann' | ||
| - | three-axis robot that moves several material extruders. The RepRap | ||
| - | build cost will be less than $400 US for the bought-in materials, all | ||
| - | of which have been selected to be as widely available everywhere in | ||
| - | the world as possible. Also, the RepRap software will work on all | ||
| - | computer platforms for free. A project leader from Toronto will give | ||
| - | an overview of the goals and the 2008 replication target.</ | ||
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| - | 1 to 2 PM Northfield B < | ||
| - | Breidbart</ | ||
| - | article & | ||
| - | article does speculate on what language designers can do to make | ||
| - | programs shorter, as an intrinsic property of their language. What | ||
| - | languages have this property? Is terseness difficult to read? Are | ||
| - | Ruby or Perl terse or verbose? Is Haskell more terse than OCAML? Is | ||
| - | Erlang more terse than OCAML, and less than SML--or the reverse? What | ||
| - | makes a given language productive for which users, solving which | ||
| - | kinds of problems?</ | ||
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| - | 2 PM Northfield C < | ||
| - | Done</ | ||
| - | commonly abbreviated as GTD, rests on the principle that a person | ||
| - | needs to move tasks out of the mind by recording them somewhere. That | ||
| - | way, the mind is freed from the job of remembering everything that | ||
| - | needs to be done, and can concentrate on actually performing those | ||
| - | tasks.</ | ||
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| - | 2 PM Oak < | ||
| - | Stross, M Keaton, M.Z. Williamson. Moderator: Anne Zanoni</ | ||
| - | Penguicon presents a groundbreaking experiment--authors in the wild. | ||
| - | An open forum for a group of authors to read, sign, answer fan | ||
| - | questions, and generally be available to convention attendees without | ||
| - | the stress and pressures of a ' | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | 1 to 2 PM Maple A < | ||
| - | Winton</ | ||
| - | dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. Some say | ||
| - | he was an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru. | ||
| - | Our panelists may disagree on the details. Did he really tour New | ||
| - | Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration, | ||
| - | just legend? Prove how familiar you are with the works and influence | ||
| - | of 11 time Nebula winning, 26 time Hugo winning Grandmaster Godfrey | ||
| - | L. Winton.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | 2 PM Promenade East < | ||
| - | and the Techno Thriller?</ | ||
| - | When do works with a crunchy technological coating also have a chewy | ||
| - | philosophical center?</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | 2 PM Birch < | ||
| - | column. Now come hear his music!</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | 1:45 PM ConSuite < | ||
| - | Blanc' | ||
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| - | -2:30PM Maple B < | ||
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| - | 2:30 to 4PM Ballroom < | ||
| - | ghod's sake! He's funny! He's fast! He's witty! He's poignant! Go, | ||
| - | listen, and have fun.</ | ||
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| - | to 3PM Assembly < | ||
| - | Genie Parker, disciple of Grandmaster Eddie Wu Kwong Yu will lead a | ||
| - | demonstration of Wu style tai chi chuan, including a hand form, a | ||
| - | weapons form and pushing hands techniques. Sifu Parker will conduct a | ||
| - | class in the basic Wu style tai chi form and technique following | ||
| - | immediately after. All are invited to learn about the health and | ||
| - | relaxation benefits of this style of martial art. Demo in Assembly | ||
| - | will be followed by a class in Northfield C.</ | ||
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| - | 2:30 to 4PM Northfield A < | ||
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| - | to 4 PM Northfield B < | ||
| - | Presentation and discussion of the issues surrounding Linux gaming | ||
| - | including emulation, DRM, intellectual property, and business | ||
| - | opportunities.</ | ||
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| - | 2:30 to 4 PM Oak < | ||
| - | Charlie Stross</ | ||
| - | story & | ||
| - | animated film using techniques so sophisticated, | ||
| - | produced with a Machinima process.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | to 4 PM Maple A < | ||
| - | Ron Hale-Evans, Dr. Jonathan & | ||
| - | Cutting-edge SF author Karl Schroeder joins Ron Hale-Evans, author of | ||
| - | Mind Performance Hacks, and Dr. Jonathon Sullivan MD PhD in | ||
| - | neurology, to consider & | ||
| - | software.& | ||
| - | neurology and AI studies for decades. The software of thought is | ||
| - | supposed to operate much like that of a computer, going from discrete | ||
| - | state to discrete state. However a new study from Cornell shows that | ||
| - | our thoughts change continuously; | ||
| - | grey& | ||
| - | an artifact of the brain alone, but is extended into the environment | ||
| - | as well | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | to 4PM Maple B < | ||
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| - | to 4PM Promenade East < | ||
| - | Zanoni, Michael & | ||
| - | Shefferly </ | ||
| - | to give it, how to take it, how to use it, what influence it has on | ||
| - | their work, etc. This is an open discussion and everyone is welcome | ||
| - | to attend. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | 2:30 to 4PM Promenade West < | ||
| - | Belly Dance by Shetan Noir - Belly dancing is one of the oldest forms | ||
| - | of dance. Originally created by women for women, it was a way to | ||
| - | prepare their bodies for childbirth. Now it is an exciting art form | ||
| - | and popular dance. This class will teach you belly dance basics: | ||
| - | including hip work, isolations, veils, stomach rolls and shimmies. | ||
| - | All body types <FONT COLOR="# | ||
| - | or < | ||
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| - | to 4PM ConSuite < | ||
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| - | ConSuite < | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | 4 PM Northfield C < | ||
| - | Parker</ | ||
| - | for an instructional class.</ | ||
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| - | to 4PM Lobby Balcony < | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Ballroom A < | ||
| - | Castro</ | ||
| - | centralized location. Dwell at the heart of your web, from whence | ||
| - | your very whim causes servers to conquer the forces of complacency | ||
| - | and inefficiency ... or, how you learned to stop doing & | ||
| - | for loop& | ||
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| - | 4-5:30PM Assembly < | ||
| - | Andaluz</ | ||
| - | to void the warranty? Or just curious on how the things work? Wanna | ||
| - | watch two Robosapiens duke it out? Or even better - drive the | ||
| - | Robosapien youself and do the dukin'? | ||
| - | get ready to rumble!& | ||
| - | batteries.)</ | ||
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| - | Northfield A < | ||
| - | </ | ||
| - | manage and troubleshoot issues once you have it. We will discuss | ||
| - | interfacing with the analog world, and how VoIP (Voice Over Internet | ||
| - | Protocol) and QOS (Quality of Service) make all the difference. A Q&A | ||
| - | session will follow. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Northfield B < | ||
| - | innovators can use open source social software to nurture | ||
| - | knowledgeand collaboration within an organization. Wikis, blogs, | ||
| - | tagging and RSS feeds will be covered, along with reasons why you | ||
| - | might choose to setup behind your organization& | ||
| - | least initially). No special tech knowledge is needed to attend. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Northfield C < | ||
| - | Francine Rossi</ | ||
| - | by this popular type of realistically proportioned, | ||
| - | doll.</ | ||
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| - | Oak < | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | Officiating. Witnesses, Eric S Raymond, Cathy Raymond</ | ||
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| - | Maple B < | ||
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| - | Promenade East < | ||
| - | The Ferrett, Eric Millikin, Rob Balder</ | ||
| - | amusing and offending your readers? Web comics artists will tell us | ||
| - | why some of them cross it (or dance joyfully OVER the line) and why | ||
| - | some don' | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Outdoor Patio < | ||
| - | will be spinning tunes and doing what they do best.</ | ||
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| - | 4-5:30PM Birch < | ||
| - | Scheltema </ | ||
| - | you might just learn what Inigo Montoya and the Man in Black were | ||
| - | talking about in The Princess Bride. The fencing demonstration | ||
| - | (fencing, the art of defense, or from the German Fechten, to fight) | ||
| - | will include discussions about the growing Western Marital Arts | ||
| - | combat movement. Learn the fighting styles of the Italian Masters of | ||
| - | Defense (Bonetti, Capo Ferro, Agrippa), along with the combat | ||
| - | philosophies of the Spanish (Thibault), German and English schools. | ||
| - | Western Marital Arts combat includes rapier, longsword, basket hilt | ||
| - | and good old wrestling and kicking.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | ConSuite < | ||
| - | cheese crisp folded around melted cheese.</ | ||
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| - | Lobby Balcony < | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Lobby Balcony < | ||
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| - | Oak & | ||
| - | Smith</ | ||
| - | musician Tom Smith joins Jay Maynard (& | ||
| - | featured on The Jimmy Kimmel Show) to provide a commentary track to | ||
| - | the movie.</ | ||
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| - | Maple B < | ||
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| - | Ballroom A < | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | If the acceleration of progress results in a black hole for human | ||
| - | history, the concept of Technological Singularity cannot be ignored | ||
| - | by science fiction. Everybody is skeptical of the Singularity, | ||
| - | more so than the foremost minds identified with the term. The notion | ||
| - | is often conflated with an idea of infinitely open-ended | ||
| - | acceleration. Karl Schroeder recently coined an alternative term, | ||
| - | Technological Maximum, describing a vision in which the practice of | ||
| - | science becomes obsolete when it is essentially completed, and the | ||
| - | practice of technology becomes obsolete because of simulation AI that | ||
| - | can evolve a custom invention for each situation. If improvement hits | ||
| - | a ceiling and ends forever, does that qualify as a Singularity?</ | ||
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| - | Ballroom B < | ||
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| - | Northfield A < | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Northfield B < | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Promenade West < | ||
| - | What are we? Who are we? What is this callsign thingy? | ||
| - | experiment with us in the vast technology that is Amateur Radio. | ||
| - | around the world with nothing more than your computer, a radio, and a | ||
| - | long piece of wire! Send pictures, read mail, talk to a satellite, chat | ||
| - | using the original radio text communications to anywhere in the world! | ||
| - | Experience this and more with our live demos.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | <font color=" | ||
| - | Zettel and more!</ | ||
| - | experiment--authors in the wild. An open forum for a group of authors | ||
| - | to read, sign, answer fan questions, and generally be available to | ||
| - | convention attendees without the stress and pressures of a ' | ||
| - | structure. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Promenade East < | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | Why is it that a female character will either be raped or lose her | ||
| - | child? Do TV writers have difficulty coming up with a motivation for | ||
| - | women that isn't vagina-related? | ||
| - | fear: castration. For equal rights, what if every time a woman gets | ||
| - | raped on a show, they also neuter a male on the cast? The panelists | ||
| - | will evaluate the causes and discuss this and other solutions.</ | ||
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| - | Birch < | ||
| - | Come hear the Top Ten Rules for a Swordfight& | ||
| - | funny stories of what happens when the rules are broken! | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | ConSuite < | ||
| - | staff members</ | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Assembly < | ||
| - | Duane Judges: Elizabeth Bear, Cathy Raymond, XainaFairy</ | ||
| - | enrolled Costumers report promptly here to be directed to our muster | ||
| - | for preliminary judging for the Masquerade Costume Contest. Don't be | ||
| - | late. NO FOOD OR DRINK. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Northfield A < | ||
| - | Trader</ | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Northfield B < | ||
| - | machines from the early 60's until 1998. Early machines were | ||
| - | important at research institutions such as MIT. By 1965, DEC got into | ||
| - | the timesharing world, and of course in the 70's (actually starting | ||
| - | 1969), bell labs developed Unix on DEC hardware. Another major step | ||
| - | in Unix came when DEC introduced the vax & unix was ported and | ||
| - | then adapted to do demand paging on that hardware. The final chapters | ||
| - | of DEC history are in the 90's where DEC comes out with the Alpha | ||
| - | chip, a considerable technical advance, but the company isn't able to | ||
| - | make a success of it and ends up being bought up by Compaq. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Northfield C <B>So You Think You're A Geek?</ | ||
| - | Steichmann</ | ||
| - | Michigan) interviewing random people on whether they considered | ||
| - | themselves geeks and why, I will be presenting my findings and giving | ||
| - | out prizes to panel attendees who are willing to subject themselves | ||
| - | to ruthless probing and prodding in my quest to find the ultimate | ||
| - | geek. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Oak < | ||
| - | Small</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Boardroom < | ||
| - | TIME Magazine' | ||
| - | board in advance for the topics to discuss in this open slot.</ | ||
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| - | Maple A < | ||
| - | Stross</ | ||
| - | piece of messageboard software. But on a larger scale, technologies | ||
| - | come with a particular way of life, a set of social relationships, | ||
| - | end run around existing political and social systems. We have to | ||
| - | adopt them to keep up, so are we really free? Are those ways of life | ||
| - | being established by wizards behind the scenes? | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Promenade East < | ||
| - | Ray, Megan Gedris, TheFerrett</ | ||
| - | groundwork for promoting their webcomic? What strategies have worked | ||
| - | for me, what didn't work? Which sites' ads gave me the best & | ||
| - | for the buck& | ||
| - | for?</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | <font color=" | ||
| - | Academy</ | ||
| - | skills and mindset that communicate confidence and awareness – | ||
| - | and prevent assailants from identifying you as a victim. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Promenade West < | ||
| - | What are we? Who are we? What is this callsign thingy? | ||
| - | experiment with us in the vast technology that is Amateur Radio. | ||
| - | around the world with nothing more than your computer, a radio, and a | ||
| - | long piece of wire! Send pictures, read mail, talk to a satellite, chat | ||
| - | using the original radio text communications to anywhere in the world! | ||
| - | Experience this and more with our live demos.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Ballroom A < | ||
| - | writer and volunteer-to-the-death FREON and his master tinker brother | ||
| - | MAD DOC GEON help a hand-picked crew to set up for the Masquerade and | ||
| - | a halftime Robosapien performance. Drop in. It'll be more improv than | ||
| - | actual work. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Ballroom A < | ||
| - | Kendra Duane, FREON, Mad Doc GEON Andaluz, Paul BART Stevens, Judges: | ||
| - | Elizabeth Bear, Cathy Raymond, XainaFairy</ | ||
| - | Troy - and where the hell's this Helen chick? Welcome the Great | ||
| - | Pinata! & | ||
| - | Original and Fan-Recreation costume entries, who will be judged and | ||
| - | awarded on Originality/ | ||
| - | the fun - we always have door prizes. Remember, all Costumers are | ||
| - | welcome to compete at our Masquerade, but preparation is necessary. | ||
| - | See Convention Operations for your Masquerade Costumer' | ||
| - | which has all the info you'll need. Jury and lightning-round judging | ||
| - | happens right away! Stick around and help break down for the dance. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Northfield A < | ||
| - | How distributed is your version control system? Find out why git is | ||
| - | more than just a & | ||
| - | like X.org, Wine, OLPC and the Linux Kernel have all made it their | ||
| - | SCM of choice. Topics include the fundamentals of Distributed Version | ||
| - | control, the secrets behind git's incredible performance, | ||
| - | everyday use of git, from beginning to advanced usage. Git on the | ||
| - | Distributed revolution! | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Northfield B < | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | pieces that make LTFP work; Maintaining and troubleshooting an LTFP | ||
| - | system; Customizing (for example, dual monitors); Common dos and | ||
| - | don' | ||
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| - | Northfield C < | ||
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| - | Oak < | ||
| - | With Expert Commentary</ | ||
| - | What you are about to see is not science fiction. It appears to | ||
| - | depict an alien civilization grander than the planet Coruscant of | ||
| - | George Lucas' Star Wars prequels, but make no mistake, it's happening | ||
| - | in every cell of your body right now. Real data from the sequencing | ||
| - | of nucei, proteins and lipids was used in this animation, to create | ||
| - | computer-simulated molecules in which every atom is in the same place | ||
| - | as in one of your actual molecules. Medical scientists will have | ||
| - | their finger on the pause button of this eight-minute film, to | ||
| - | explain what you're seeing.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Boardroom < | ||
| - | TIME Magazine' | ||
| - | board in advance for the topics to discuss in this open slot.</ | ||
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| - | Maple A < | ||
| - | There is more to The Matrix than computers and kung fu. Beneath its | ||
| - | cyberpunk attitude and slick Hollywood fa& | ||
| - | that questions & | ||
| - | and secrets that challenge us to reconsider the rules that are hidden | ||
| - | in cultural coding. If you had to choose, which pill would you take? | ||
| - | The Red or the Blue?</ | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Promenade West < | ||
| - | So you think Ham radio is neat and want to find out more. Now let's get | ||
| - | Radio Active! | ||
| - | band. Please feel free to join us! You too can talk around the world | ||
| - | if conditions are right!</ | ||
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| - | Birch < | ||
| - | Sword Academy</ | ||
| - | sword and long knife – the weapons of a back alley fight in | ||
| - | sixteenth century Florence. | ||
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| - | Oak < | ||
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| - | Boardroom < | ||
| - | TIME Magazine' | ||
| - | board in advance for the topics to discuss in this open slot.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Ballroom A <B>DJ Tommytooney Dance</ | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | Finland did something in his bedroom for which he will be remembered | ||
| - | for the rest of his life. Since then, he's spread it to everyone he's | ||
| - | come in contact with. This reprise of the popular presentation from | ||
| - | the first Penguicon will lead up to the talk on future of Linux in | ||
| - | the Ballroom on Sunday.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | does something secret again. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Maple B <B>Le Chevalier D'Eon 1-4</ | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | classes, instruments and performances which celebrate the joys of | ||
| - | music and movement, with an emphasis on West African culture. For the | ||
| - | past five years, Ryan has led groups to Guinea to study West African | ||
| - | drum and dance. This event will be a fun and ego free hand drum | ||
| - | class, in which Ryan will teach a traditional rhythm from West | ||
| - | Africa. No prior experience is needed. Bring your drum if you have | ||
| - | one; some drums will be available. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | you are, come and discuss what makes modern archetypes so compelling, | ||
| - | and why we identify with them.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | ConSuite < | ||
| - | staff members</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Boardroom < | ||
| - | TIME Magazine' | ||
| - | board in advance for the topics to discuss in this open slot.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | ConSuite < | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Northfield A < | ||
| - | ArsTechnica.com gets a room all night to do whatever tech | ||
| - | presentations they want. Whose room is Northfield A? Ars.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Oak < | ||
| - | have one, or your voice, or just listen.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Boardroom < | ||
| - | TIME Magazine' | ||
| - | board in advance for the topics to discuss in this open slot. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Maple B < | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Boardroom < | ||
| - | TIME Magazine' | ||
| - | board in advance for the topics to discuss in this open slot. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | PM - late Promenade West < | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | PM - midnight Lobby < | ||
| - | Blasted Bill Putt describes how to suddenly gather a crowd at a | ||
| - | convention and make your own unscheduled fun.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Boardroom < | ||
| - | TIME Magazine' | ||
| - | board in advance for the topics to discuss in this open slot. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | </P> | ||
| - | <H1 STYLE=" | ||
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| - | Birch < | ||
| - | foot circle, two swords& | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Maple B < | ||
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| - | Birch < | ||
| - | saber battles, the precision of classic fencing, the (rum) violent | ||
| - | glee of pirate duels& | ||
| - | demonstrate expert performance with sword. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Birch < | ||
| - | loves the hero. Except, of course, the bad guys& | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | AM Verdi' | ||
| - | morning people is done on the Kaffeeklatch model, at the hotel | ||
| - | restauraunt. Sign up in advance so Sarah can warn Verdi' | ||
| - | size table we'll need. All attendees will be responsible for their | ||
| - | own bill. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | < | ||
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| - | Promenade East < | ||
| - | <I>M. Keaton, David Crampton, Sarah Monette, Jeff DeLuzio</ | ||
| - | speak about the tools they use to present their characters to their | ||
| - | readers. While the discussion is slated to begin with examining the | ||
| - | use of dialogue, our presenters are sure to expand the discussion to | ||
| - | include all aspects of writing good characters, from physical | ||
| - | description to nervous tics. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | 9:30 AM Lobby < | ||
| - | should the night owls and insomniacs have all the fun? Sarah Zettel | ||
| - | will be there with her fiddle, and anybody else who shows up. Let's | ||
| - | make a joyful noise unto the morning. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | my mind in motion.It is by the beans of java that the mind aquires | ||
| - | speed, the hands aquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is | ||
| - | by caffiene alone I set my mind in motion.</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Maple A < | ||
| - | Stross, John Scalzi, Tobias Buckell, Sylvia Hubbard</ | ||
| - | fanbase online. First hit's free!</ | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Promenade East <B>In Search of Adventure (aka We Might Need a Plot)</ | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | do these guys come up with it, book after book--the thrills, the | ||
| - | mistakes, the challenges and triumphs of our favorite heroes? Where | ||
| - | do writers get their plots? What about themes? There' | ||
| - | a shop in Indiana that sells them but... Our panelists attempt and | ||
| - | probably fail to answer these questions as they discuss the backbone | ||
| - | of every book--the plot. Where does it come from? Does it change | ||
| - | before you can nail it down? Do you even need one? | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Ballroom C < | ||
| - | how to paint a gaming miniature and take it with you!. There is no | ||
| - | charge for this event. Hey, thanks, Black Lightning Inc!</ | ||
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| - | Maple B < | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | 11:30AM-1PM Ballroom A < | ||
| - | Peterson, Rennie Wasielewski, | ||
| - | Why are there still fewer women than men in tech? How can we address | ||
| - | the disparity, or should we? What specific issues do 'girl geeks' | ||
| - | face in their field? | ||
| - | </P> | ||
| - | <P CLASS=" | ||
| - | Northfield A < | ||
| - | What's a & | ||
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| - | new internet experience. | ||
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| - | 11:30AM-1PM Northfield B < | ||
| - | Barker</ | ||
| - | DreamWorks create all those cool, computer-generated movies? Using | ||
| - | Blender, the free, open-source, | ||
| - | animation program, You'll get a taste of what it takes to create such | ||
| - | works, as well as how to get started using Blender itself. | ||
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| - | Northfield C < | ||
| - | Sarah Monette. Moderator: Sarah Shefferly</ | ||
| - | groundbreaking experiment--authors in the wild. An open forum for a | ||
| - | group of authors to read, sign, answer fan questions, and generally | ||
| - | be available to convention attendees without the stress and pressures | ||
| - | of a ' | ||
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| - | Maple A < | ||
| - | TheFerrett, Juana Overmyer, Dean Stahl</ | ||
| - | Last Man, Sandman? What comic series should be the source for movies, | ||
| - | and can Hollywood make them without making a mess? | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Promenade East < | ||
| - | David Crampton, Anne Zanoni</ | ||
| - | is some hidden magic formula for selling their work and seeing it in | ||
| - | print. Unfortunately, | ||
| - | Instead, our writers offer their own experiences and advice on | ||
| - | treading the winding road toward publication. | ||
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| - | Birch < | ||
| - | column. Now come hear his music!</ | ||
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| - | Ballroom A < | ||
| - | 32-Bit Windows</ | ||
| - | spelled the end of 16-bit DOS, new 64-bit processors spell the end of | ||
| - | 32-bit Windows. A 30-year timeline based on Moore' | ||
| - | that the new hardware platform would arrive in 2005 (it did), and the | ||
| - | new software platform will become entrenched in 2008. Why is this so, | ||
| - | what are the three current contenders for the throne, and what | ||
| - | properties will determine the new operating system standard? | ||
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| - | Ballroom C < | ||
| - | Barlow</ | ||
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| - | Northfield A < | ||
| - | Lawton, <a href=" | ||
| - | discussion of on-site vs. off-site, configurations vs. data, | ||
| - | archiving e-mail, and the downfall of the mac tape.</ | ||
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| - | Northfield B < | ||
| - | Steichmann</ | ||
| - | create fun little useless cartoons. I know because I've done it and | ||
| - | I'm willing to show you how. | ||
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| - | Northfield C < | ||
| - | Tobias Buckell Sarah Zettel</ | ||
| - | about an & | ||
| - | a result, planets were spherical instead of the normal donut or | ||
| - | mobius strip. What if our world only had one sun and one moon? What | ||
| - | if humans had evolved only two eyes and had to settle for binocular | ||
| - | vision, and our skin was smooth instead of crennelated? | ||
| - | be wierd? | ||
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| - | Oak < | ||
| - | Wilson</ | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Maple A < | ||
| - | & | ||
| - | Drawing a distinction between near and long term forms of | ||
| - | nanotechnology, | ||
| - | productive) molecular factory, and the myth of the autonomous | ||
| - | free-ranging universal assembler/ | ||
| - | real benefits and risks? What is the best trade-off between risk and | ||
| - | reward? Can institutions self-regulate themselves to follow rules | ||
| - | like requiring nanosystems to be powered by a rare substance or | ||
| - | energy so that they can't forage in the wild?</ | ||
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| - | Promenade East < | ||
| - | Judd, TheFerrett, Jeff DeLuzio | ||
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| - | Promenade West < | ||
| - | Michael & | ||
| - | discussion of where we go from here. Workshop attendees, along with | ||
| - | attending guests, will discuss the current state of the industry and | ||
| - | market conditions with an eye toward what their own plans are for the | ||
| - | coming year and their own future works. | ||
| - | </P> | ||
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| - | Birch < | ||
| - | the music of self-described renaissance geek Rob Balder, who is also | ||
| - | the author of the webcomic PartiallyClips.</ | ||
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| - | ConSuite < | ||
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| - | Lobby Balcony < | ||
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| - | Ballroom A < | ||
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