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Chaos Computer Club hackers 'have a conscience'

26 points by zoowar 16y ago

TheAmazingIdiot 16y ago
I guess the BBC has found, after 25+ years, what a white hat hacker is.
- ZoFreX 16y ago
  I'm not sure why you think they didn't before... The term is in their glossary [1]. A cursory search found the term has been in use by BBC News for at least a decade. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5400052.stm#whitehat http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5400052.stm#whitehat
eik3_de 16y ago
Most of the talks on the congress were in given in english, you can browse the schedule on http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/ http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/ and download all recordings http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/wiki/Conference_Recordings http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/wiki/Conference_Recording... Have fun!
- sp332 16y ago
  Some of the talks are in German and some are in English. You can tell the language in the filename, -en- or -de-. And the talk numbers on the left of that chart link to notes, slides, and blogs related to the talks.
  - eik3_de 16y ago
    ~78% of the talks were in english.
    - leon_ 16y ago
      Even though 75% of that 78% shouldn't have been held in english. I find it admirable that the CCC wants to cater to an international audience but for years the community has been demanding: FOR THE SAKE OF GOD please require that the people holding english talks can actually speak english. If you want to witness the engrish-apocalypse just watch the talk about INDECT. ps: <3 constanze
      - aw3c2 16y ago
        You are exaggerating. Sure many talks have people speaking english with a very noticable accent or trouble speaking clearly (due to lack of experience or because they are very excited), so what. As long as you can understand the content, I welcome any ugly english.
      - ugh 16y ago
        You are massively exaggerating for no good reason. There were maybe one or two talks with truly bad english, the rest were ok or great.
      - Derbasti 16y ago
        Actually, the speakers and the audience came from many different countries, not at all limited to Germany and UK. Sure, language can be an obstacle, but all of them were fascinated by technology and did crazy things with it. That is what counts. If you argue otherwise, you might be missing the point, really.
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jasamer 16y ago
Sadly, I didn't have the time to go to the congress, but I've seen their club in Munich. Their spare-time projects impressed me quite a bit: the members unlock the door with a digital key sent to the lock via wlan; they built that 3D-printer that can print it's own components, they have a self-written mandelbrot-based music visualizer, a soda machine where you can pay with a specially prepared USB-stick (anonymously, of course), computer-controlled lights in the whole flat, and lots of other cool stuff. The members were very nice people, too.
aw3c2 16y ago
They call it "Chaos" in this video, but the correct short name would be "CCC".

26 points by zoowar 16y ago

TheAmazingIdiot 16y ago

I guess the BBC has found, after 25+ years, what a white hat hacker is.

ZoFreX 16y ago
I'm not sure why you think they didn't before... The term is in their glossary [1]. A cursory search found the term has been in use by BBC News for at least a decade. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5400052.stm#whitehat http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5400052.stm#whitehat

eik3_de 16y ago

Most of the talks on the congress were in given in english, you can browse the schedule on http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/ http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/ and download all recordings http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/wiki/Conference_Recordings http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/wiki/Conference_Recording... Have fun!

sp332 16y ago
Some of the talks are in German and some are in English. You can tell the language in the filename, -en- or -de-. And the talk numbers on the left of that chart link to notes, slides, and blogs related to the talks.
- eik3_de 16y ago
  ~78% of the talks were in english.
  - leon_ 16y ago
    Even though 75% of that 78% shouldn't have been held in english. I find it admirable that the CCC wants to cater to an international audience but for years the community has been demanding: FOR THE SAKE OF GOD please require that the people holding english talks can actually speak english. If you want to witness the engrish-apocalypse just watch the talk about INDECT. ps: <3 constanze
    - aw3c2 16y ago
      You are exaggerating. Sure many talks have people speaking english with a very noticable accent or trouble speaking clearly (due to lack of experience or because they are very excited), so what. As long as you can understand the content, I welcome any ugly english.
    - ugh 16y ago
      You are massively exaggerating for no good reason. There were maybe one or two talks with truly bad english, the rest were ok or great.
    - Derbasti 16y ago
      Actually, the speakers and the audience came from many different countries, not at all limited to Germany and UK. Sure, language can be an obstacle, but all of them were fascinated by technology and did crazy things with it. That is what counts. If you argue otherwise, you might be missing the point, really.

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jasamer 16y ago

Sadly, I didn't have the time to go to the congress, but I've seen their club in Munich. Their spare-time projects impressed me quite a bit: the members unlock the door with a digital key sent to the lock via wlan; they built that 3D-printer that can print it's own components, they have a self-written mandelbrot-based music visualizer, a soda machine where you can pay with a specially prepared USB-stick (anonymously, of course), computer-controlled lights in the whole flat, and lots of other cool stuff. The members were very nice people, too.

aw3c2 16y ago

They call it "Chaos" in this video, but the correct short name would be "CCC".