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Posted onApril 4, 2021May 9, 20212006

ArmadilloCon 2006: various pictures and the Is Your Science Right? panel

by Elze

A con-goer named Melissa in the dealers’ room ArmadilloCon 2006 Fan guest Grant Kruger in the dealer room, in an outfit whose colors match the…

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Posted onSeptember 20, 2020September 22, 20202005

Linucon 2005: Pros and cons of the GNU General Public License

by Elze

Synopsis from Linucon program book: “The most popular open source license, the GPL, inspires controversy to this day. Eric Raymond recently expressed some ambivalence about…

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Posted onAugust 23, 2020September 19, 20202005

Linucon 2005: This topic is intentionally left blank

by Elze

The name of this panel hints at the lack of preparedness on the part of organizers — and, given the trouble they’ve been through this…

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Posted onAugust 22, 2020August 22, 20202005

Larval Mode: a Linucon 2005 panel

by Elze

The name Larval Mode comes from the Hacker’s Dictionary, where it means the state of being a novice programmer or techie. The panelists were Eric…

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Posted onJune 23, 2020June 23, 20202005

ArmadilloCon 2005: What’s Happening in Outer Space

by Elze

Panelists: David Lee Anderson, Ctein (moderator), John Gibbons, Wil McCarthy What this panel was supposed to be about, according to the ArmadilloCon program book: “Our…

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Posted onJune 20, 2020June 20, 20202005

Where did all good hard science fiction go? An ArmadilloCon 2005 panel

by Elze

Panelists: David Lee Anderson, Kurt Baty, Tom Becker, Alexis Glynn Latner, Wil McCarthy At least one of the usual suspects’ opinion on the topic of…

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Posted onJune 13, 2020June 13, 20202005

ArmadilloCon 2005: opening ceremony and space opera panel

by Elze

Opening ceremony is one of the most memorable parts of an ArmadilloCon. The toastmaster tries to embarrass the Guests of Honor by poking fun at…

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Posted onJune 13, 2020June 13, 20202005

ArmadilloCon 2005: pizza lunch with Charles Stross, or causal channel-enabled future space pirates

by Elze

I finally got to meet Charles Stross in person at the pre-ArmadilloCon pizza lunch. The pizza place, Mangia, is crowded at lunchtime. Its acoustics would…

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Posted onMay 22, 2020June 14, 20202004

Dating 101: Remedial Flirting: a Linucon 2004 panel

by Elze

Official Synopsis: Cuddling with the computer too much? We’ve been there too. Ways to learn (or relearn) social skills. Panelists Eric and Cathy Raymond discuss…

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Posted onMay 17, 2020May 18, 20202004

Biologically Inspired Robots: a Linucon 2004 panel

by Elze

  The panelists reiterated the relevant discoveries that were new in 2004: growing organs in another location of recipient’s own body (whether human or animal)…

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