October 8-10, 2004
Red Lion Inn, Austin, Tx.
| Friday | Butch Cassidy | Con Suite | Lobby | Lone Star I | Lone Star II | Lone Star III | Salon A | Salon B | Salon C | Salon D | Salon E | Salon F | Salon GH | Sundance |
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Tutorial: Linux performance tuning Stu Green |
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Paper Gaming Jimmie Bragdon |
Con Suite (LN2ic: CCC&O) Kreely |
Chaos Machine Setup Steve Jackson |
Video Room Opens Robert Jenks |
Dealers Room Mark Miller |
Computer Gaming Opens Dr. Mario Kart |
Art Show Kimm Antell |
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| 4:00 PM | LN2ic:
Orange Vanilla |
Opening Ceremonies Wil Wheaton, Eric Raymond, Steve Jackson, Eric Flint, Howard Tayler, Rob Landley, Stu Green, Mark Miller, Troy Belding, Kimm Antell, Kim Kofmel, Kristie Carter, Kreely |
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| 4:30 PM | LN2ic:
Ovaltine |
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| 5:00 PM | LN2ic:
CCC&O |
Birds of a Feather Sessions |
Evil Stevie's
Lab of Mad Science and Game Design Steve Jackson |
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| 5:30 PM | LN2ic:
Pineapple. |
Costuming 101 Kim Kofmel, Jay Maynard, Cathy Raymond |
What's in the Box Troy Belding, David Brady |
Uncovering Covers (SF Book covers) Sara Felix |
Celebrity Munchkin Steve Jackson, Wil Wheaton, Eric Raymond, Howard Tayler, Eric Flint |
Mars Direct and the Mars Society Jonathan Ribble |
Port Knocking with Fwknop Michael Rash |
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| 6:00 PM | LN2ic:
Nesquick |
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| 6:30 PM | LN2ic:
CCC&O |
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| 7:00 PM | LN2ic:
Tapioca |
Livejournal meetup |
Anime 101: What Is This Anime Thing Anyway? Susan Napier, Chase Hoffman, Greg Simoes |
How to Get Your Story Published Eric Flint, Rie Sheridan, Lawrence Person |
Cryonics John Strickland, Jonathan Ribble, Ed Strickland, Gunjan Gupta, Mark Miller |
Evil Stevie's Lab of Mad Science and Game Design Steve Jackson |
What's New at Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson |
Self Defense for Geeks and Fen Eric Raymond, Cathy Raymond |
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| 7:30 PM | LN2ic:
Ovalquik |
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| 8:00 PM | LN2ic:
Orange Vanilla |
Super Smash Brothers Melee Tournament Dr. Mario Kart |
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| 8:30 PM | LN2ic:
Lemon |
Copyright on the web Victory, Bill Allen |
Anime for Kids Chase Hoffman, Greg Simoes |
The Network Computing Future Linas Vepstas |
Just A Geek, Dancing Barefoot. Wil Wheaton |
Mars Desert Research Station/Cassini Mission Slideshow James Harris, Ed Strickland |
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| 9:00 PM | LN2ic:
Cherry |
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| 9:30 PM | LN2ic:
Lime |
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| 10:00 PM | Pajama
Party [starts] (LN2ic: CCC&O) Kreely |
Linux Distributions -- What's Out There Jay Maynard, Frank Earl |
Linux Installfest |
Robots and Art Brooks Coleman, Glenn Curie, Eric Lundquist, Anna Nedeau, Denise Scioli |
Pirate Game Setup Steve Jackson |
Pirate Game Setup Steve Jackson |
Red vs Blue Gus Sorola, Geoff Fink, Dan Godwin |
Obligatory Linux vs Microsoft Howard Tayler, Rick Klaw |
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| 10:30 PM | LN2ic:
Grape |
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| 11:00 PM | LN2ic:
CCC&O |
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| 11:30 PM | LN2ic:
Cranberry. |
Tutorial:
Intro to Python Rob Landley, David Brady |
Federal
Agency Baiting with FOIA Mark Miller |
History of
the Internet John Quarterman |
Plan 9 from
Bell Labs Jim Choate |
| Saturday | Butch Cassidy | Con Suite | Lobby | Lone Star I | Lone Star II | Lone Star III | Salon A | Salon B | Salon C | Salon D | Salon E | Salon F | Salon GH | Sundance |
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| 12:30 AM | LN2ic:
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| 1:00 AM | LN2ic:
Fruit Punch |
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| 1:30 AM | LN2ic:
Pina Colada |
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| 2:00 AM | LN2ic:
Margarita |
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| 2:30 AM | LN2ic:
Cranberry Grape |
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Gundam Model Kits and Toys Thai Vo, Conrad Lee, Mike DeSimone |
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| 10:00 AM | LN2ic:
CCC&O |
What's new in the Linux 2.6 Kernel Rob Landley |
Building your own Robot Don Colbath, Tom Davidson, Puiyuu Hung, Eric Lundquist, Denise Scioli |
Lightning Talks Troy Belding |
Dealers Room Mark Miller |
History of Unix Peter Salus |
Linux on the Desktop Cathy Raymond, Howard Tayler, Linas Veptas, Frank Earl |
Art Show Kimm Antell |
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| 10:30 AM | LN2ic:
Maple |
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| 11:00 AM | LN2ic:
Pomegranite |
Geeks With Guns (Off Site) Eric Raymond, Jay Maynard |
Evil Stevie's Lego Pirate Game |
Evil Stevie's Lego Pirate Game |
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| 11:30 AM | LN2ic:
Honey |
Fannish culture Kim Kofmel, Willie Siros, John Quarterman |
Reporting on Linux Peter Salus |
Why Space: Exploration vs Settlement Gunjan Gupta, Jonathan Ribble, James Harris, John Strickland |
Fantasy in Anime Esteban Oceana, Chase Hoffman, Galena Simoes |
Geek Culture -- Introduction Wil Wheaton, Cathy Raymond, Howard Tayler, Rick Klaw |
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| 12:00 PM | LN2ic:
Vanilla Bean |
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| 12:30 PM | LN2ic:
CCC&O |
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| 1:00 PM | LN2ic:
Pumpkin |
Speculative Fiction that could be Movies Peter Salus, Tamara Gorski |
History of Computing Rob Landley, Bill Allen |
Intro to Intellectual Property Cathy Raymond, John Quarterman, Victory |
That Whole Hollywood Thing Wil Wheaton, Tamara Gorski |
Anti-Spam Toolkit Charlie Scott |
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| 1:30 PM | LN2ic:
Chai |
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| 2:00 PM | LN2ic:
Malted Pumpkin |
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| 2:30 PM |
Hacking Food Howard Tayler, Jay Maynard, Tamara Gorski |
Theatrics for Costumers Kim Kofmel |
Scifi and Anime Mike DeSimone, Chase Hoffman, Esteban Oceana |
Golden age of SF Eric Flint, Peter Salus, Willie Siros |
The Art of Unix Programming Eric Raymond |
Voice Acting Samantha Inoue Harte |
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| 3:30 PM | LN2ic:
CCC&O |
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| 4:00 PM |
Pocky tasting Victory, Fade Manley |
How to Draw Howard Tayler |
Linux in the Government Stu Green, Pete Collins, Cathy Raymond |
Practical Cryptography Michael Rash |
The Publishing Business Eric Flint, Wil Wheaton, Rick Klaw |
Macintosh Appreciation Willie Siros, Lawrence Person, Tamara Gorski |
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| 5:00 PM | LN2ic:
Apple |
Anime Music Videos MexicanJunior, Machine, Beowulf |
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| 5:30 PM | LN2ic:
Orange Vanilla |
Open Source Licensing Jay Maynard, Cathy Raymond |
Manga Cloyce Spradling, Galena Simoes, Mike DeSimone |
Biologically inspired robots Glenn Currie, Mike Scioli, Eric Lundquist |
Baen Free Library Eric Flint, Troy Belding |
Art Show
Tour Kimm Antell, Howard Tayler, Victory |
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| 6:00 PM | LN2ic:
Nesquick |
Hot Glue and Duct Tape Kim Kofmel, Stu Green, Victory |
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| 6:30 PM | LN2ic:
CCC&O |
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| 7:00 PM | LN2ic:
Almond. |
Mars Rovers Slide Show Ed Strickland |
Fansubbing Robert Jenks, James Black, Cloyce Spradling |
How to Write Howard Tayler, Rie Sheridan, Lawrence Person, Rick Klaw |
Art Show
Auction Kimm Antell |
Masquerade Muster Kim Kofmel, Stu Green |
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| 7:30 PM | LN2ic:
Butterscotch. |
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| 8:00 PM | LN2ic:
Chocolate Malt |
Masquerade Kim Kofmel, Cathy Raymond, Howard Tayler, Susan Napier, Stu Green |
Soul Calibur 2 Tournament (Gamecube) Dr. Mario Kart |
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| 8:30 PM | LN2ic:
Molasses |
Austin in 2050 Lawrence Person |
Mars: The New World Jonathan Ribble |
X-Prize: Private Manned Space Launches |
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| 9:00 PM | LN2ic:
Raspberry |
PGP/GPG Key Signing (in hotel restaurant) |
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| 9:30 PM | LN2ic:
CCC&O |
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| 10:00 PM | LN2ic:
Chai |
Filk Singing Fax Paladin |
Coping With Fame 101 Eric Raymond, Jay Maynard, Rick Klaw |
Audience Participation "Eye of Argon" reading Cathy Raymond, Rie Sheridan |
Dance Dance Revolution |
Network Security Stu Green, Michael Rash, John Quarterman |
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| 10:30 PM | LN2ic:
Kiwi! |
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| 11:00 PM | LN2ic:
Ovaltine |
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| 11:30 PM | LN2ic:
Cinnamon |
Hosting
a Webcomic David Brady, Ryan Bemrose, Troy Belding |
What
Peter Jackson left out Cathy Raymond |
Beyond 2.6:
The new Linux infrastructure. Rob Landley |
| Sunday | Butch Cassidy | Con Suite | Lobby | Lone Star I | Lone Star II | Lone Star III | Salon A | Salon B | Salon C | Salon D | Salon E | Salon F | Salon GH | Sundance |
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Chocolate Raspberry |
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| 12:30 AM | LN2ic:
Grapefruit. |
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| 1:00 AM | LN2ic:
Coconut |
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| 1:30 AM | LN2ic:
Mint. |
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| 2:00 AM | LN2ic:
Walnut. |
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Poker Wil Wheaton |
LN2ic:
Strawberry and Strawberry |
Computer Industry Gossip Rob Landley, Stu Green |
Dating 101: Remedial Flirting Cathy Raymond |
Space Solar Power John Strickland |
Dealers Room Mark Miller |
The Editorial Process Eric Flint, Rie Sheridan |
Novell, Groupwise, and Linux Howard Tayler |
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| 10:30 AM | LN2ic:
Blueberry |
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| 11:00 AM | LN2ic:
CCC&O |
Evil Stevie's Lab of Mad Science and Game Design Steve Jackson |
Art Show Kimm Antell |
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| 11:30 AM | LN2ic:
Malted Mocha. |
Required Science Fiction Reading Eric Flint, Willie Siros, Lawrence Person, Rick Klaw |
Beyond x86: new horizons in processor architecture Chris Tom, Stu Green |
Anime and Pop Culture Susan Napier, Chase Hoffman, Samantha Inoue Harte |
Schlock Mercenary Howard Tayler, David Brady |
Future of Space Exploration Gunjan Gupta, Ed Strickland, Jonathan Ribble, John Strickland |
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| 12:00 PM |
Paper Gaming Jimmie Bragdon |
LN2ic:
Blackberry |
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| 12:30 PM | LN2ic:
Chocolate Almond |
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| 1:00 PM | LN2ic:
Banana |
Paper Phones and Cloning vs A Moon Base and
Practical Fusion Lawrence Person, Victory |
Anime Fan Culture Susan Napier, Samantha Inoue Harte |
Terraforming: Can we and should we Terraform
Mars? John Strickland, Gunjan Gupta, Jonathan Ribble, Tam Czarnik |
Banquet Eric Raymond, Howard Tayler, Steve Jackson, Eric Flint, Peter Salus |
Practical AI Glenn Curie, Tom Morin |
Anime Online Chase Hoffman, Mike DeSimone, Cloyce Spradling |
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| 1:30 PM | LN2ic:
Banana Peanut Butter |
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| 2:00 PM | LN2ic:
Chocolate Mint. |
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| 2:30 PM | LN2ic:
Hot Chocolate |
Linux on IBM's mainframes Jay Maynard, Linas Veptas |
Running a Convention Rob Landley, Kimm Antell, Willie Siros, Robert Jenks, Steve Jackson |
Nethack Cathy Raymond, Frank Earl |
Hot Gaming Hardware Chris Tom, Joe Wessels |
How to build your own >2GHz PC for <$200 Kurt Baty, Gretchen Phillips |
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| 3:00 PM | LN2ic:
Peanut Butter |
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| 3:30 PM | Con Suite
Closes (LN2ic: CCC&O) Kreely |
Video Room
Closes Robert Jenks |
Computer
Gaming Closes Dr. Mario Kart |
Art Show
Closes Kimm Antell |
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| 4:00 PM |
Feedback session. Rob Landley, Stu Green, Mark Miller, Troy Belding |
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| name | location | panelists | description |
| Anime 101: What Is This Anime Thing Anyway? | Lone Star I 10/08/2004 07:00 PM |
Susan Napier, Chase Hoffman, Greg Simoes | A brief introduction to japanese animation, its history, and it rise in popularity in the United States. |
| Anime Fan Culture | Lone Star II 10/10/2004 01:00 PM |
Susan Napier, Samantha Inoue Harte | This panel will deal with the culture of anime fans, also known as 'otaku.' It will also delve into the anime convention scene. |
| Anime Music Videos | Salon F 10/09/2004 05:00 PM |
MexicanJunior, Machine, Beowulf | This panel will deal with the creation, both technical and artistic, of Anime Music Videos. It will also show a number of them. |
| Anime Online | Salon F 10/10/2004 01:00 PM |
Chase Hoffman, Mike DeSimone, Cloyce Spradling | This panel will deal with how and where to download anime, and how to play it on most major operating systems (Windows, Linux, OSX). |
| Anime and Pop Culture | Lone Star III 10/10/2004 11:30 AM |
Susan Napier, Chase Hoffman, Samantha Inoue Harte | This panel will deal with anime's increasing influence on popular culture, from Pokemon to the Matrix and everywhere in between. |
| Anime for Kids | Lone Star II 10/08/2004 08:30 PM |
Chase Hoffman, Greg Simoes | This panel will deal with anime suitable for children. Specific attention will be given to domestically available shows that haven't been merchandised to within an inch of their lives. |
| Anti-Spam Toolkit | Salon F 10/09/2004 01:00 PM |
Charlie Scott | Learn modern spam filtering techniques from the authors of the book 'Anti-Spam Toolkit'. |
| Art Show | Sundance 10/08/2004 03:00 PM, 10/09/2004 10:00 AM, 10/10/2004 11:00 AM |
Kimm Antell | Pretty pictures to enjoy, and to buy. |
| Art Show Auction | Salon E 10/09/2004 07:00 PM |
Kimm Antell | |
| Art Show Closes | Sundance 10/10/2004 03:30 PM |
Kimm Antell | Art Show closes at 4:00 pm. Pick up your purchases before then. |
| Art Show Tour | Sundance 10/09/2004 05:30 PM |
Kimm Antell, Howard Tayler, Victory | Your last chance to see the art show before the art auction, and while you're at it meet the artists. |
| Audience Participation "Eye of Argon" reading | Lone Star III 10/09/2004 10:00 PM |
Cathy Raymond, Rie Sheridan | Experience the most famous piece of bad fiction ever inflicted upon the printed page. The literary world's 'Plan 9 from outer space', the classic example of what bad looks like. How far can you get through it with a straight face? |
| Austin in 2050 | Lone Star I 10/09/2004 08:30 PM |
Lawrence Person | Predicting the local future. |
| Baen Free Library | Salon E 10/09/2004 05:30 PM |
Eric Flint, Troy Belding | How Baen Books is making money right now by giving books away on the internet. |
| Banquet | Salon A 10/10/2004 01:00 PM |
Eric Raymond, Howard Tayler, Steve Jackson, Eric Flint, Peter Salus | Buy a ticket, get to sit with one of our GoH's for a Sunday Brunch |
| Beyond 2.6: The new Linux infrastructure. | Salon F 10/09/2004 11:30 PM |
Rob Landley | What do you get when you combine sysfs, udev, hotplug, initramfs, and dbus? Power and flexibility. |
| Beyond x86: new horizons in processor architecture | Lone Star II 10/10/2004 11:30 AM |
Chris Tom, Stu Green | 8 bit computers became obsolete in the mid 80's, 16 bit in the early 90's, and now as 2005 approaches our 32 bit computers are on their last legs. the 64 bit future is upon us, but will the new standard be amd's opteron, or ibm's power pc? |
| Biologically inspired robots | Lone Star III 10/09/2004 05:30 PM |
Glenn Currie, Mike Scioli, Eric Lundquist | Nature has already come up with solutions to many of the design problems robot builders have encountered. What is being copied from biological systems? Snake like robots, robotic tuna fish... |
| Birds of a Feather Sessions | Salon A 10/08/2004 05:00 PM |
Name a topic, sign up a timeslot, and hang out with other like-minded people. | |
| Building your own Robot | Lone Star II 10/09/2004 10:00 AM |
Don Colbath, Tom Davidson, Puiyuu Hung, Eric Lundquist, Denise Scioli | Learn how to turn every day items like cordless screwdrivers and computer mice into robots. |
| Celebrity Munchkin | Salon B 10/08/2004 05:30 PM |
Steve Jackson, Wil Wheaton, Eric Raymond, Howard Tayler, Eric Flint | Our Guests of Honor play Steve Jackson's best-selling game, which 'captures the essence of the dungeon experience . . . with none of that stupid roleplaying stuff.' |
| Chaos Machine Setup | Lobby 10/08/2004 03:00 PM |
Steve Jackson | A giant communal build-it-yourself project that's a cross between an erector set, model trains, a pachinko machine, a jungle gym, and, well, a Chaos Machine. Help unpack the parts and build the initial framework people will add to all weekend. |
| Computer Gaming Closes | Salon GH 10/10/2004 03:30 PM |
Dr. Mario Kart | Computer Gaming closes at 4:00 pm. |
| Computer Gaming Opens | Salon GH 10/08/2004 03:00 PM |
Dr. Mario Kart | Playstations, Game Cubes, and a PC LAN party, running round the clock until Sunday afternoon. |
| Computer Industry Gossip | Lone Star I 10/10/2004 10:00 AM |
Rob Landley, Stu Green | Will Longhorn be based on the Solaris kernel? Are the new Power PC Cell processors (in the playstation 3) really fast enough to render 3D accelerators (and possibly Opterons) obsolete? Why hasn't Intel let the Itanic sink? |
| Con Suite (LN2ic: CCC&O) | Con Suite 10/08/2004 03:00 PM |
Kreely | Free munchies and sodas, all weekend long. Doors open at 4 pm friday, stay open until 4 pm sunday. |
| Con Suite Closes (LN2ic: CCC&O) | Con Suite 10/10/2004 03:30 PM |
Kreely | Con Suite closes at 4:00 pm, get your munchies while you can. |
| Coping With Fame 101 | Lone Star II 10/09/2004 10:00 PM |
Eric Raymond, Jay Maynard, Rick Klaw | You're a normal person, then you end up being famous, even for 15 minutes. How do you deal with it? |
| Copyright on the web | Lone Star I 10/08/2004 08:30 PM |
Victory, Bill Allen | Just because it's on the web doesn't mean it's free. |
| Costuming 101 | Lone Star I 10/08/2004 05:30 PM |
Kim Kofmel, Jay Maynard, Cathy Raymond | Wanting to build a costume? Grab a seat for some tips and tricks from those who know. |
| Cryonics | Lone Star III 10/08/2004 07:00 PM |
John Strickland, Jonathan Ribble, Ed Strickland, Gunjan Gupta, Mark Miller | How can Cryonics contribute to Human Life Extension?. How realistic is it? How much does it cost? All Audience questions answered. (Meanwhile, Mark brings a big bowl of liquid nitrogen and ignores the discussion entirely, instead making fog and shattering things.) |
| Dance Dance Revolution | Salon E 10/09/2004 10:00 PM |
First a DDR contest, followed by an open dance with live DJ to help you burn off some of that Pocky and ice cream. | |
| Dating 101: Remedial Flirting | Lone Star II 10/10/2004 10:00 AM |
Cathy Raymond | Cuddling with the computer too much? We've been there too. Ways to learn (or relearn) social skills. |
| Dealers Room | Salon D 10/08/2004 03:00 PM, 10/09/2004 10:00 AM, 10/10/2004 10:00 AM |
Mark Miller | Neat stuff for sale. |
| Evil Stevie's Lab of Mad Science and Game Design | Salon B 10/08/2004 05:00 PM, 10/08/2004 07:00 PM, 10/10/2004 11:00 AM |
Steve Jackson | Evil Stevie had a lab. E.I.E.I.Fnord. And in that lab he playtested unreleased games... |
| Evil Stevie's Lego Pirate Game | Salon A, Salon B 10/09/2004 11:00 AM |
Arrrr! | |
| Fannish culture | Lone Star I 10/09/2004 11:30 AM |
Kim Kofmel, Willie Siros, John Quarterman | Did you know Worldcon has been going so long it missed a year due to World War II? That the first big internet mailing list was 'SF-LOVERS'? Science fiction fandom has a rich history and tradition. Find out about Fen Culture, filk, what a SMOF is, and what's up with the propeller hat. |
| Fansubbing | Lone Star II 10/09/2004 07:00 PM |
Robert Jenks, James Black, Cloyce Spradling | This panel will deal with the process of fan subtitling anime, from its beginnings with primitive VCR set ups to the current digital subs. The ethics and legality of this practice will also be discused. |
| Fantasy in Anime | Salon E 10/09/2004 11:30 AM |
Esteban Oceana, Chase Hoffman, Galena Simoes | This panel will deal with the intersection of fantasy and japanese animation. Specific parallels will be drawn between popular fantasy novels, shows/movies, and genres, and specific anime titles. |
| Federal Agency Baiting with FOIA | Lone Star III 10/08/2004 11:30 PM |
Mark Miller | How trying to get public information could get you in trouble, how to get it, and what to expect. |
| Feedback session. | Salon E 10/10/2004 04:00 PM |
Rob Landley, Stu Green, Mark Miller, Troy Belding | How did we do? This is the place to comment and give suggestions for next year. |
| Filk Singing | Lone Star I 10/09/2004 10:00 PM |
Fax Paladin | Science Fiction fans have a tradition of 'filk singing', with original songs and new words to old favorites. Anime fans do the same thing with pre-recorded music. |
| Future of Space Exploration | Salon F 10/10/2004 11:30 AM |
Gunjan Gupta, Ed Strickland, Jonathan Ribble, John Strickland | The effect of major new space powers like India, China and Brazil coming on to the world space stage. What the US should be doing, how NASA & the government program can improve, and the Moon-Mars Initiative. |
| Geek Culture -- Introduction | Salon F 10/09/2004 11:30 AM |
Wil Wheaton, Cathy Raymond, Howard Tayler, Rick Klaw | What is Geek Culture? How do you get involved? How do you know if you are a Geek? |
| Geeks With Guns (Off Site) | Lobby 10/09/2004 11:00 AM |
Eric Raymond, Jay Maynard | Trip to Red's Indoor Range with some of our featured guests. Meet in the lobby in front of the Chaos machine. (Note: Red's age limit is 18 for shotgun, 21 for pistol. For other questions, call them at (512)251-1022.) |
| Golden age of SF | Lone Star III 10/09/2004 02:30 PM |
Eric Flint, Peter Salus, Willie Siros | |
| Gundam Model Kits and Toys | Salon E 10/09/2004 09:00 AM |
Thai Vo, Conrad Lee, Mike DeSimone | This panel will deal with detailed modelling, most specifically of Gundam Perfect model kits. Panellists include the 3 time winner of the A-Kon modelling contest, and several of his runner ups. |
| Hacking Food | Con Suite 10/09/2004 02:30 PM |
Howard Tayler, Jay Maynard, Tamara Gorski | Cooking is a socially acceptable excuse to play with knives and fire. Find out what wine goes with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Learn how to make bread with dry ingredients and a can of diet soda. Experience Howard Tayler's infamous Chupaqueso. And more... |
| History of Computing | Lone Star II 10/09/2004 01:00 PM |
Rob Landley, Bill Allen | Linux's family tree goes back decades, and includes Mainframes (Harvard Mark I and Univac), Minicomputers (the PDP family gave rise to Unix), and Microcomputers (CP/M and Altair gave rise to DOS). Plus Xerox Parc, MIT, and even Microsoft. Get a taste of the personalities, think tanks, legal battles, marketing campaigns, and neat hacks that got us where we are today. |
| History of Unix | Salon E 10/09/2004 10:00 AM |
Peter Salus | Want to know where Linux and MacOS X came from? Hear the story from the world's leading authority on Unix history. |
| History of the Internet | Salon E 10/08/2004 11:30 PM |
John Quarterman | Tales of the early days, and the difference between government funding innovation and demanding technology. The other networks (UUCP, USENET, FidoNet, BITNET) the Arpanet swallowed. Why email was never designed to deal with spam. The first mailing list, the first (illegal) commerce, and what the bureaucrats who funded it thought of all this. |
| Hosting a Webcomic | Lone Star II 10/09/2004 11:30 PM |
David Brady, Ryan Bemrose, Troy Belding | Chalain from Schlock Mercenary shows the back side of web programming. Learn how to host a web cluster on a shoestring. |
| Hot Gaming Hardware | Salon E 10/10/2004 02:30 PM |
Chris Tom, Joe Wessels | How to take apart, service, and modify modern game consoles, plus a preview of the cutting edge PC hardware coming out of AMD. |
| Hot Glue and Duct Tape | Salon F 10/09/2004 06:00 PM |
Kim Kofmel, Stu Green, Victory | Iron Chef for costumers. We give you piles of junk, hot glue, and duct tape, to make a last minute costume with its own Masquerade category. |
| How to Draw | Lone Star I 10/09/2004 04:00 PM |
Howard Tayler | Can you draw? Probably. Where to start, and what you can expect. |
| How to Get Your Story Published | Lone Star II 10/08/2004 07:00 PM |
Eric Flint, Rie Sheridan, Lawrence Person | Surviving the dreaded slush pile. |
| How to Write | Lone Star III 10/09/2004 07:00 PM |
Howard Tayler, Rie Sheridan, Lawrence Person, Rick Klaw | Tips and tricks on how to actually get that great novel or story out of your head. |
| How to build your own >2GHz PC for <$200 | Salon F 10/10/2004 02:30 PM |
Kurt Baty, Gretchen Phillips | The presenters will build and boot a Linux PC live in front of the audience, followed by a question and answer session. |
| Intro to Intellectual Property | Lone Star III 10/09/2004 01:00 PM |
Cathy Raymond, John Quarterman, Victory | There are five types of intellectual property: patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and contracts. What are they, what aren't they, and how do they apply to the real world? |
| Just A Geek, Dancing Barefoot. | Salon E 10/08/2004 08:30 PM |
Wil Wheaton | Wil Wheaton reads from his new books. (Note: This session will run the full hour and a half.) |
| LN2ic: Almond. | Con Suite 10/09/2004 07:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Almond. | |
| LN2ic: Apple | Con Suite 10/09/2004 05:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Apple. | |
| LN2ic: Banana | Con Suite 10/10/2004 01:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Banana. | |
| LN2ic: Banana Peanut Butter | Con Suite 10/10/2004 01:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: It seemed like a good idea at the time. | |
| LN2ic: Blackberry | Con Suite 10/10/2004 12:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: The fruit, not the PDA. | |
| LN2ic: Blueberry | Con Suite 10/10/2004 10:30 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Blueberry. | |
| LN2ic: Butterscotch. | Con Suite 10/09/2004 07:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Butterscotch. | |
| LN2ic: CCC&O | Con Suite 10/08/2004 05:00 PM, 10/08/2004 06:30 PM, 10/08/2004 11:00 PM, 10/09/2004 10:00 AM, 10/09/2004 12:30 PM, 10/09/2004 03:30 PM, 10/09/2004 06:30 PM, 10/09/2004 09:30 PM, 10/10/2004 11:00 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate, and Oreo. (Specifically, pure ground cocoa bean, hershey's special dark syrup, jello chocolate instant pudding mix, and half a package of crushed oreos. This stuff is evil, nasty, and vicious. It's black. You will gain weight just looking at it. You have been warned.) | |
| LN2ic: Chai | Con Suite 10/09/2004 01:30 PM, 10/09/2004 10:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Big Train Spiced Chai. | |
| LN2ic: Cheesecake. | Con Suite 10/10/2004 03:00 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: A little Cream Cheese, some Sour Cream, and pretty young women... | |
| LN2ic: Cherry | Con Suite 10/08/2004 09:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Cherry. | |
| LN2ic: Chocolate Almond | Con Suite 10/10/2004 12:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Chocolate Almond. | |
| LN2ic: Chocolate Malt | Con Suite 10/09/2004 08:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Malted Chocolate. | |
| LN2ic: Chocolate Mint. | Con Suite 10/10/2004 02:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Chocolate plus fresh mint. | |
| LN2ic: Chocolate Raspberry | Con Suite 10/10/2004 12:00 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Chocolate raspberry. | |
| LN2ic: Cinnamon | Con Suite 10/09/2004 11:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Cinnamon. (Tree bark!) | |
| LN2ic: Coconut | Con Suite 10/10/2004 01:00 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Coconut. | |
| LN2ic: Coffee | Con Suite 10/09/2004 12:30 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Coffee. | |
| LN2ic: Cranberry Grape | Con Suite 10/09/2004 02:30 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Cranberry grape. | |
| LN2ic: Cranberry. | Con Suite 10/08/2004 11:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Yes, cranberry ice cream. | |
| LN2ic: Dr. Pepper. | Con Suite 10/09/2004 12:00 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: The Dr. Pepper Museum in Wacko sells Dr. Pepper syrup. We can make ice cream out of this. | |
| LN2ic: Fruit Punch | Con Suite 10/09/2004 01:00 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Minute Maid Fruit Punch. | |
| LN2ic: Grape | Con Suite 10/08/2004 10:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Grape. (Mark's favorite.) | |
| LN2ic: Grapefruit. | Con Suite 10/10/2004 12:30 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: An experiment to prove the point that there's no frozen juice concentrate we can't make good ice cream out of. | |
| LN2ic: Honey | Con Suite 10/09/2004 11:30 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Milk and Honey. | |
| LN2ic: Hot Chocolate | Con Suite 10/10/2004 02:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Chocolate Jabanero. | |
| LN2ic: Kiwi! | Con Suite 10/09/2004 10:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: The fruit, not the bird. | |
| LN2ic: Lemon | Con Suite 10/08/2004 08:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Lemon. | |
| LN2ic: Lime | Con Suite 10/08/2004 09:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Lime (with extra cream). | |
| LN2ic: Malted Mocha. | Con Suite 10/10/2004 11:30 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Malted chocolate coffee. | |
| LN2ic: Malted Pumpkin | Con Suite 10/09/2004 02:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Because it's there. | |
| LN2ic: Maple | Con Suite 10/09/2004 10:30 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Boiled tree sap. Right there, in the ice cream. | |
| LN2ic: Margarita | Con Suite 10/09/2004 02:00 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: No alcohol, just ice cream. | |
| LN2ic: Mint. | Con Suite 10/10/2004 01:30 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Fresh mint, in the ice cream. | |
| LN2ic: Molasses | Con Suite 10/09/2004 08:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Molasses. | |
| LN2ic: Nesquick | Con Suite 10/08/2004 06:00 PM, 10/09/2004 06:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Chocolate Nesquick. | |
| LN2ic: Orange Vanilla | Con Suite 10/08/2004 04:00 PM, 10/08/2004 08:00 PM, 10/09/2004 05:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Orange with extra vanilla. (Ever had an Orange Julius?) | |
| LN2ic: Ovalquik | Con Suite 10/08/2004 07:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Nesquick and Ovaltine, with a hint of amorph. | |
| LN2ic: Ovaltine | Con Suite 10/08/2004 04:30 PM, 10/09/2004 11:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Ovaltine. | |
| LN2ic: Peanut Butter | Con Suite 10/10/2004 03:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Peanut butter. | |
| LN2ic: Pina Colada | Con Suite 10/09/2004 01:30 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: No alcohol, just ice cream. | |
| LN2ic: Pineapple. | Con Suite 10/08/2004 05:30 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Pineapple. | |
| LN2ic: Pomegranite | Con Suite 10/09/2004 11:00 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Pomegranite. (Because we can.) | |
| LN2ic: Pumpkin | Con Suite 10/09/2004 01:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Pumpkin. | |
| LN2ic: Raspberry | Con Suite 10/09/2004 09:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Raspberry | |
| LN2ic: Strawberry and Strawberry | Con Suite 10/10/2004 10:00 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Strawberry juice concentrate and fresh strawberries. | |
| LN2ic: Tapioca | Con Suite 10/08/2004 07:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Tapioca. | |
| LN2ic: Vanilla Bean | Con Suite 10/09/2004 12:00 PM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Diced vanilla bean bits. | |
| LN2ic: Walnut. | Con Suite 10/10/2004 02:00 AM |
Liquid nitrogen ice cream: Walnut. | |
| Lightning Talks | Lone Star III 10/09/2004 10:00 AM |
Troy Belding | Free-Form sessions for five minute presentations on any topic, by anyone attending. Sign up for your time slot at the door. |
| Linux Distributions -- What's Out There | Lone Star I 10/08/2004 10:00 PM |
Jay Maynard, Frank Earl | A survey of Gentoo, RedHat, Mandrake, Slackware, Debian, Knoppix, SuSE, and others. |
| Linux Installfest | Lone Star II 10/08/2004 10:00 PM |
Bring a laptop or PC with at least 3 gigabytes of free space, and we'll install Linux on it and show you how to surf the web, check your email, and use Open Office. | |
| Linux in the Government | Lone Star II 10/09/2004 04:00 PM |
Stu Green, Pete Collins, Cathy Raymond | |
| Linux on IBM's mainframes | Lone Star I 10/10/2004 02:30 PM |
Jay Maynard, Linas Veptas | The maintainer of a mainframe for the PC and the first man to port Linux to an IBM mainframe tell us the story of how IBM really got into Linux, and what they're doing now they've taken the plunge. |
| Linux on the Desktop | Salon F 10/09/2004 10:00 AM |
Cathy Raymond, Howard Tayler, Linas Veptas, Frank Earl | What it's like being a non-techie Linux user. |
| Livejournal meetup | Lobby 10/08/2004 07:00 PM |
Meet the people you know through their blogs. (Meet in hotel restaurant.) | |
| Macintosh Appreciation | Salon F 10/09/2004 04:00 PM |
Willie Siros, Lawrence Person, Tamara Gorski | Apple is back, in a big way. MacOS X, Aqua, iMacs, PowerBooks, iPods... Whether you're a long-term MacAddict or just vaguely curious, come revel in all things Apple. |
| Manga | Lone Star II 10/09/2004 05:30 PM |
Cloyce Spradling, Galena Simoes, Mike DeSimone | This panel will deal with manga, or japanese comics. It will cover its influence on anime and the US comic industry. |
| Mars Desert Research Station/Cassini Mission Slideshow | Salon F 10/08/2004 08:30 PM |
James Harris, Ed Strickland | What a crew member experienced during a tour of duty at the southern Utah station, followed by a slideshow and mission update covering the Cassini spacecraft's visit to Saturn's rings and moons. |
| Mars Direct and the Mars Society | Salon E 10/08/2004 05:30 PM |
Jonathan Ribble | An introduction to Zubrin's pioneering Mars Direct concept and the Mars Society and its current activities |
| Mars Rovers Slide Show | Lone Star I 10/09/2004 07:00 PM |
Ed Strickland | Covering both Rovers, panoramic imagery, geology, weird rocks, Rovercolor images, search for water / life. |
| Mars: The New World | Lone Star II 10/09/2004 08:30 PM |
Jonathan Ribble | Development of Mars after the initial Manned expeditions but before terraforming begins. |
| Masquerade | Salon E 10/09/2004 08:00 PM |
Kim Kofmel, Cathy Raymond, Howard Tayler, Susan Napier, Stu Green | Have that costume you've been wanting to show off -- here's where you do it. |
| Masquerade Muster | Salon F 10/09/2004 07:00 PM |
Kim Kofmel, Stu Green | Masquerade entries report here before going onstage. |
| Nethack | Lone Star III 10/10/2004 02:30 PM |
Cathy Raymond, Frank Earl | Did you find the Amulet of Yendor? |
| Network Security | Salon F 10/09/2004 10:00 PM |
Stu Green, Michael Rash, John Quarterman | Encryption, vulnerability assessment, partitioning, active intrusion detection, mitigation, risk management, and more. |
| Novell, Groupwise, and Linux | Salon F 10/10/2004 10:00 AM |
Howard Tayler | How Novell, through its Groupwise, Ximian, and SuSE divisions, are attempting to change the way businesses look at their software. |
| Obligatory Linux vs Microsoft | Salon F 10/08/2004 10:00 PM |
Howard Tayler, Rick Klaw | Enough with the name calling, what are the real pros and cons? Listen to both sides. |
| Open Source Licensing | Lone Star I 10/09/2004 05:30 PM |
Jay Maynard, Cathy Raymond | The software world has seen proprietary, shareware, closed-source freeware, and public domain software. But now open source software is licensed. What are the BSD, GPL, LGPL, MPL, OSL? What do they mean? How does a license affect software's development or its end users? |
| Opening Ceremonies | Salon E 10/08/2004 04:00 PM |
Wil Wheaton, Eric Raymond, Steve Jackson, Eric Flint, Howard Tayler, Rob Landley, Stu Green, Mark Miller, Troy Belding, Kimm Antell, Kim Kofmel, Kristie Carter, Kreely | Welcome to Linucon. |
| PGP/GPG Key Signing (in hotel restaurant) | Lobby 10/09/2004 09:00 PM |
Bring your PGP key and have other people use their keys to confirm you're you. If you haven't got one already, the helpful folks at the party can help you generate one and upload it to keyserver.net so you can sign your email, and send and receive private encrypted messages. | |
| Pajama Party [starts] (LN2ic: CCC&O) | Con Suite 10/08/2004 10:00 PM |
Kreely | |
| Paper Gaming | Butch Cassidy 10/08/2004 03:00 PM, 10/10/2004 12:00 PM |
Jimmie Bragdon | Paper gaming opens, and stays open around the clock for two days. Play fine selections from Steve Jackson Games, Cheapass Games, and many others. |
| Paper Phones and Cloning vs A Moon Base and Practical Fusion | Lone Star I 10/10/2004 01:00 PM |
Lawrence Person, Victory | Why are some SF ideas becoming practical technologies, while others still remain out of reach? |
| Pirate Game Setup | Salon A, Salon B 10/08/2004 10:00 PM |
Steve Jackson | Do you like to play with Legos? Here's your chance. Help Steve set up The Pirate Game. |
| Plan 9 from Bell Labs | Salon F 10/08/2004 11:30 PM |
Jim Choate | The original designers of Unix moved on to a new project, the Plan 9 operating system, which has inspired several recent Linux features. |
| Pocky tasting | Con Suite 10/09/2004 04:00 PM |
Victory, Fade Manley | Pocky is a Japanese snack that comes in thousands of flavors. We've grabbed a few for you to try. |
| Poker | Butch Cassidy 10/10/2004 10:00 AM |
Wil Wheaton | Texas Hold 'em. |
| Port Knocking with Fwknop | Salon F 10/08/2004 05:30 PM |
Michael Rash | Port knocking provides a means of network authentication in which a would-be ssh client must first issue a sequence of connection attempts in a particular order before iptables will allow an ssh connection to be established from that IP address. |
| Practical AI | Salon E 10/10/2004 01:00 PM |
Glenn Curie, Tom Morin | Implementing Marvin Minsky's 'society of mind' on a Linux cluster. |
| Practical Cryptography | Lone Star III 10/09/2004 04:00 PM |
Michael Rash | How public key cryptography (like secure web pages) actually works, how to use PGP and GPG to encrypt email, and why it's a good idea. |
| Red vs Blue | Salon E 10/08/2004 10:00 PM |
Gus Sorola, Geoff Fink, Dan Godwin | Machinima uses the realtime 3D graphics engines pioneered by video games to tell stories, and the biggest name in Machinima is Red vs Blue. Talk to the creators of the popular online comedy series based on the video game 'Halo'. |
| Reporting on Linux | Lone Star II 10/09/2004 11:30 AM |
Peter Salus | Industry pundits discuss where the news comes from. |
| Required Science Fiction Reading | Lone Star I 10/10/2004 11:30 AM |
Eric Flint, Willie Siros, Lawrence Person, Rick Klaw | What are the most essential books in the field to read? |
| Robots and Art | Lone Star III 10/08/2004 10:00 PM |
Brooks Coleman, Glenn Curie, Eric Lundquist, Anna Nedeau, Denise Scioli | Robots can be a piece of performance art or produce a work of art. Come hear about a singing head, a robotic band, and robotic painter that had its painting hung in a NY gallery. |
| Running a Convention | Lone Star II 10/10/2004 02:30 PM |
Rob Landley, Kimm Antell, Willie Siros, Robert Jenks, Steve Jackson | The chairs of Linucon, Armadillocon, and AnimeFest talk about what it's really like to run a convention. |
| Schlock Mercenary | Salon E 10/10/2004 11:30 AM |
Howard Tayler, David Brady | Webcomics with consistent science, months of scripts, and an actual plot. Who'da thunk? |
| Scifi and Anime | Lone Star II 10/09/2004 02:30 PM |
Mike DeSimone, Chase Hoffman, Esteban Oceana | This panel will deal with the intersection of science fiction and japanese animation. Specific parallels will be drawn between popular scifi novels, shows/movies, and genres, and specific anime titles. |
| Self Defense for Geeks and Fen | Salon F 10/08/2004 07:00 PM |
Eric Raymond, Cathy Raymond | |
| Soul Calibur 2 Tournament (Gamecube) | Salon GH 10/09/2004 08:00 PM |
Dr. Mario Kart | Double elimination - Random Draw, 16 player max, Best of 3 matches wins (one match is best of 5 rounds), Necrid and Link not allowed, Neutral Guard ON, Timer 60 seconds, Stage Select OFF. Signup at the door, first come first serve. |
| Space Solar Power | Lone Star III 10/10/2004 10:00 AM |
John Strickland | |
| Speculative Fiction that could be Movies | Lone Star I 10/09/2004 01:00 PM |
Peter Salus, Tamara Gorski | |
| Super Smash Brothers Melee Tournament | Salon GH 10/08/2004 08:00 PM |
Dr. Mario Kart | 16 player max, double elimination random draw, 1 vs 1, 4 stock, timer 8 minutes, level selection: Final Destination, Fountain of Dreams, Pokemon Statium; Items on Low, Banned Items: Tomato, heart, hammer, Pokeball, Star, cloak. Signup at the door, first come first serve. |
| Terraforming: Can we and should we Terraform Mars? | Lone Star III 10/10/2004 01:00 PM |
John Strickland, Gunjan Gupta, Jonathan Ribble, Tam Czarnik | Differing views on the "ethics" of terraforming an entire planet (using only currently understood science). Covers the case of a sterile Mars, a Mars with Earth-related micro-organisms and totally alien micro-organisms. |
| That Whole Hollywood Thing | Salon E 10/09/2004 01:00 PM |
Wil Wheaton, Tamara Gorski | What being an actor is really like. |
| The Art of Unix Programming | Salon E 10/09/2004 02:30 PM |
Eric Raymond | Eric Raymond's new book, The Art of Unix Programming, is not a how-to book. It's a why book. It's also a bestseller, and already in use as a college textbook. |
| The Editorial Process | Salon E 10/10/2004 10:00 AM |
Eric Flint, Rie Sheridan | From manuscript to mass market paperback, how does a book REALLY get published? |
| The Network Computing Future | Lone Star III 10/08/2004 08:30 PM |
Linas Vepstas | |
| The Publishing Business | Salon E 10/09/2004 04:00 PM |
Eric Flint, Wil Wheaton, Rick Klaw | Printing is a real business, with inventory, logistics, receivables, returns, customized technology, and emerging technologies (like print on demand) that might change everything. Wil Wheaton founded Monolith Press before signing with O'Reilley, and Eric Flint is an author and editor for Baen Books. |
| Theatrics for Costumers | Lone Star I 10/09/2004 02:30 PM |
Kim Kofmel | Methods for putting your new costume to the test -- How to display your character. |
| Tutorial: Intro to Python | Lone Star I 10/08/2004 11:30 PM |
Rob Landley, David Brady | A powerful, easy to use programming language. No previous programming experience required. |
| Tutorial: Linux From Scratch | Salon E 10/08/2004 10:00 AM |
Rob Landley | Build your own Linux distribution from source code, with step by step instructions. |
| Tutorial: Linux performance tuning | Salon E 10/08/2004 02:00 PM |
Stu Green | Want to know how to optimize Linux to make your applications run as fast as possible? |
| Uncovering Covers (SF Book covers) | Lone Star III 10/08/2004 05:30 PM |
Sara Felix | The art and artists of science fiction book covers. |
| Video Room Closes | Salon C 10/10/2004 03:30 PM |
Robert Jenks | Video Room closes at 4:00 pm. |
| Video Room Opens | Salon C 10/08/2004 03:00 PM |
Robert Jenks | Anime, Anime Music Videos, Red vs Blue, and more. Doors open at 4 pm friday, and stay open until 4 pm sunday. |
| Voice Acting | Salon F 10/09/2004 02:30 PM |
Samantha Inoue Harte | Giving life to animated characters. |
| What Peter Jackson left out | Lone Star III 10/09/2004 11:30 PM |
Cathy Raymond | Despite a firm committment to including as much of Tolkein's original plot as possible, and even DVD extended editions, thematically important sections were still left on the cutting room floor. How does omitting Tom Bombadil, the backstory of Morgoth and the Silmarillion, and the Scouring of the Shire affect Tolkein's thematic concerns? |
| What's New at Steve Jackson Games | Salon E 10/08/2004 07:00 PM |
Steve Jackson | What's coming out soon? Reprints, explorations of new ideas, and whatever else Steve wants to talk about. |
| What's in the Box | Lone Star II 10/08/2004 05:30 PM |
Troy Belding, David Brady | You can use the computer, but do you really know how it works inside? Introduction to PC hardware for those who would like to learn. |
| What's new in the Linux 2.6 Kernel | Lone Star I 10/09/2004 10:00 AM |
Rob Landley | |
| Why Space: Exploration vs Settlement | Lone Star III 10/09/2004 11:30 AM |
Gunjan Gupta, Jonathan Ribble, James Harris, John Strickland | How our choice of (or lack of) goals affects the space program, and the reasons for the creaton of human communities beyond the earth. |
| X-Prize: Private Manned Space Launches | Lone Star III 10/09/2004 08:30 PM |
Gunjan Gupta,Ed Strickland,John Strickland |
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