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From alt.dcom.telecom Tue Oct 12 15:45:15 1993
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Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
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Path: a2i!sgiblab!swrinde!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!nuchat!drunkfux
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From: drunkfux@zero.cypher.com (Drunkfux)
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Subject: HoHoCon '93 : Official Announcement
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Message-ID: <1993Oct12.073731.3275@nuchat.sccsi.com>
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Sender: usenet@nuchat.sccsi.com (Netnews Administrator)
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Nntp-Posting-Host: zero.cypher.com
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Organization: HoHoCon / cDc / Phrack
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 07:37:31 GMT
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[Official Announcement / Call For Participation - October 11, 1993]
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(Distribute Freely)
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dFx, Phrack Magazine and cDc - Cult Of The Dead Cow proudly present :
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The Fourth Annual
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H O H O C O N
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"Cliff Stoll My K0DEZ!@$#!"
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Who: All Hackers, Journalists, Security Personnel, Federal Agents,
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Lawyers, Authors, Cypherpunks, Virtual Realists, Modem Geeks,
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Telco Employees, and Other Interested Parties.
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Where: Austin North Hilton & Towers and Super 8 Motel
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6000 Middle Fiskville Road
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Austin, Texas 78752
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U.S.A.
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Hilton : (800) 347-0330 / (512) 451-5757
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Super 8: (800) 800-8000 / (512) 467-8163
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When: Friday December 17 through Sunday December 19, 1993
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What is HoHoCon?
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HoHoCon is the largest annual gathering of those in, related to, or
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wishing to know more about the computer underground. Attendees generally
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include some of the most notable members of the "hacking" and "telecom"
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community, journalists, authors, security professionals, lawyers, and a
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host of others. Previous speakers include John Draper (Cap'n Crunch), Ray
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Kaplan, Chris Goggans (Erik Bloodaxe), Bruce Sterling, and many more. The
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conference is also one of the very few that is completely open to the
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public and we encourage anyone who is interested to attend.
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Hotel Information
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The Austin North Hilton recently split its complex into two seperate
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hotels; the Hilton and the newly added Super 8. HoHoCon guests have the
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choice of staying in either hotel. Group rates are as followed :
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Super 8: Single - $46.50, Double - $49.50, Triple - $52.50, Quad - $55.50
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Hilton : Single - $69.00, Double - $79.00, Triple - $89.00, Quad - $99.00
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Once again, the hotel has set aside a block of rooms for the conference
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and we recommend making your reservations as early as possible to
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guarantee a room within the block, if not to just guarantee a room period.
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Rooms for the handicapped are available upon request. To make your
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reservations, call the the number listed above that corresponds with where
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you are and where you want to stay and make sure you tell them you are
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with the HoHoCon conference or else you'll end up throwing more money
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away. The hotel accepts American Express, Visa, Master Card, Discover,
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Diner's Club, and Carte Blanche credit cards.
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Check-in is 3:00 p.m. and check-out is 12:00 noon. Earlier check-in is
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available if there are unoccupied rooms available. Please note that in
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order for the hotel to hold a room past 6:00 p.m. on the date of arrival,
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the individual reservation must be secured by a deposit or guaranteed
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with one of the credit cards listed above. Also, any cancellations of
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guaranteed reservations must be made prior to 6:00 p.m. on the date of
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arrival. You will be responsible for full payment of any guaranteed
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reservations which are not cancelled by this time.
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The hotel provides transportaton to and from the airport and will give
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you full information when you make your reservations.
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Directions
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For those of you who will be driving to the conference, the following
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is a list of directions provided by the hotel (so, if they're wrong,
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don't blame me):
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Dallas : Take IH 35 south to exit 238-B, the Houston exit. At the first
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stop light, turn right on to 2222. Turn off of 2222 onto Clayton
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Lane (by the Greyhound Station). At the stop sign, turn right
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onto Middle Fiskville, the hotel is on the left.
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San Antonio : Take IH 35 north to exit 238-B, the Houston exit. At the
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second stop light, turn left onto 2222. Turn off 2222 onto
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Clayton Lane (by the Greyhoud Station). At the stop sign,
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turn right onto Middle Fiskville, the hotel is on the left.
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Houston (on 290) : Take 290 west into Austin. Exit off of 290 at the IH35
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exit (do not get on 35). Stay on the access road
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heading west, you will pass two stop lights. Turn off
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the access road onto Clayton Lane (by the Greyhound
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Station). At the stop sign, turn right onto Middle
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Fiskville, the hotel is on the left.
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Houston (on 71) : Take 71 west into Austin. Exit onto 183 north. Take
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183 north to 290 west. Take 290 west to the IH 35 exit.
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Exit off of 290 at the IH 35 exit (do not get on 35).
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Stay on the access road heading west, you will pass two
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stop lights. Turn off the access road onto Clayton Lane
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(by the Greyhound Stattion). At the stop sign, turn
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right onto Middle Fiskville, the hotel in on the left.
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Airport : Exit the airport parking lot and turn right onto Manor Road.
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Take Manor Road to Airport Boulevard and turn right. Take
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Airport Boulevard to IH 35 north. Take IH 35 to exit 238-B. At
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the second stop light, turn left onto 2222. Turn off of 2222
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onto Clayton Lane (by the Greyhound Station). At the stop sign,
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turn right onto Middle Fiskville, the hotel is on the left.
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Call the hotel if these directions aren't complete enough or if you need
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additional information.
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Conference Details
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__________________
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HoHoCon will last 3 days, with the actual conference being held on
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Saturday, December 18 starting at 11:00 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m.
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or earlier depending on the number of speakers. Although a few speakers
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have confirmed their attendance, we are still in the planning stages and
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will wait until the next update to release a speaking schedule. We welcome
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any speaker or topic recommendations you might have (except for, say, "Why
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I Luv Baked Potatos On A Stik!"), or, if you would like to speak yourself,
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please contact us as soon as possible and let us know who you are, who you
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represent (if anyone), the topic you wish to speak on, a rough estimate of
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how long you will need, and whether or not you will be needing any
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audio-visual aids.
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We would like to have people bring interesting items and videos again this
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year. If you have anything you think people would enjoy having the chance
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to see, please let us know ahead of time, and tell us if you will need any
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help getting it to the conference. If all else fails, just bring it to the
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con and give it to us when you arrive. Any organization or individual that
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wants to bring flyers to distribute during the conference may do so. You
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may also send your flyers to us ahead of time if you can not make it to
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the conference and we will distribute them for you. Left over flyers are
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included with information packets and orders that we send out, so if you
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want to send extras, go ahead.
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Cost
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Unlike smaller, less informative conferences, we do not ask you to shell
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out hundreds of dollars just to get in the door, nor do we take your money
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and then make you sleep in a tent. We are maintaining the motto of "give
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$5 if you can", but due to the incredibly high conference room rate this
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year, we may step up to "$5 minimum required donation" or "give us $5 or
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we'll smash your head in". Five dollars is an outrageously low price
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compared to the suit infested industry conferences or even the new "Cons
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are k00l and trendy, I gotta do one too!" conferences that are charging
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up to $50 for admission alone.
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To encourage people to donate, we will once again be having our wonderless
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"Raffle For The Elite" during the conference. We will issue a prize list
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in a future update, but we can guarantee that this year there will be a
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lot more (and better) prizes than last year, including a full system (and,
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no, it's not a c64 or 286). Anyone who wishes to donate worthwhile items
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to the raffle, please let us know ahead of time, or if it's a last minute
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aquirement, just bring it to the conference.
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Miscellaneous Notes
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To save myself some time by mailing responses to a lot of the same
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questions I expect to get, I'll answer a few of them here.
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Although I have not talked to him myself yet, Steve Ryan has told me that
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Bruce Sterling will indeed be in attendance and may say a few words.
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As far as I know, there will not be any visitors from any other planets
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at the conference. Scot Chasin is still on Earth and will be making an
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appearance.
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Video cameras will *not* be allowed inside the conference room without
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prior consent due to previous agreements made with speakers who do not
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wish for certain parts of their speech to be rebroadcast. Still cameras
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and Etch-A-Sketch's are fine and tape recorders are too easily hidden
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for us to be able to control.
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Videos and T-Shirts from last year's conference are still available, and
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will also be on hand during the conference. We do not handle the LoD World
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Tour shirts, but I can tell you that that the old ones are gone and a
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*new* LoD shirt will be unveiled at the conference. The HoHoCon shirts are
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$15 plus $3 shipping ($4.00 for two shirts). At this time, they only come
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in extra large. We may add additional sizes if there is a demand for them.
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The front of the shirt has the following in a white strip across the
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chest:
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I LOVE FEDS
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(Where LOVE = a red heart, very similar to the I LOVE NY logo)
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And this on the back:
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dFx & cDc Present
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HOHOCON '92
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December 18-20
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Allen Park Inn
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Houston, Texas
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There is another version of the shirt available with the following:
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I LOVE WAREZ
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The video includes footage from all three days, is six hours long and
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costs $18 plus $3 shipping ($4.00 if purchasing another item also). Please
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note that if you are purchasing multiple items, you only need to pay one
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shipping charge of $4.00, not a charge for each item. If you wish to send
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an order in now, make all checks or money orders payable to O.I.S.,
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include your phone number and mail it to the street address listed below.
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Allow a few weeks for arrival.
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There will be new HoHoCon '93 shirts available at the conference and a
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video of the festivities will be out early next year.
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Correspondence
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If anyone requires any additional information, needs to ask any questions,
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wants to RSVP, wants to order anything, or would like to be added to the
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mailing list to receive the HoHoCon updates, you may mail us at:
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hohocon@cypher.com
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drunkfux@cypher.com
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cDc@cypher.com
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drunkfux@crimelab.com
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dfx@nuchat.sccsi.com
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drunkfux@5285 (WWIV Net)
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or via sluggo mail at:
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HoHoCon
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1310 Tulane, Box 2
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Houston, Texas
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77008-4106
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We also have a VMB which includes all the conference information and is
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probably the fastest way to get updated reports. The number is:
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713-867-9544
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You can download any of the conference announcements and related
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materials by calling Metalland Southwest at 713-468-5802, which is the
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offical HoHoCon BBS. The board is up 24 hours a day and all baud rates
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are supported.
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Those of you with net access can ftp to cypher.com and find all the
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HoHoCon information available in /pub/hohocon. The .gifs from previous
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cons are *not* currently online.
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Conference information and updates will most likely also be found in most
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computer underground related publications and mailing lists, including
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CuD, CSP, Mondo 2000, 2600, Phrack, TUC, phn0rd, cypherpunks, etc. They
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should also appear in a number of newsgroups including comp.dcom.telecom,
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alt.security, comp.org.eff.talk, and sci.crypt. We completely encourage
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people to use, reprint, and distribute any information in this file.
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Same stupid ending statement from last year to make us look good
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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HoHoCon '93 will be a priceless learning experience for professionals and
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gives journalists a chance to gather information and ideas direct from the
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source. It is also one of the very few times when all the members of the
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computer underground can come together for a realistic purpose. We urge
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people not to miss out on an event of this caliber, which doesn't happen
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very often. If you've ever wanted to meet some of the most famous people
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from the hacking community, this may be your one and only chance. Don't
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wait to read about it in all the magazines and then wish you had been
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there, make your plans to attend now! Be a part of what we hope to be our
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largest and greatest conference ever.
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