DEFCON: The Documentary Page #10

some little extra pieces onto here and

solder those on and make some other cool

programming with the light and make a

cool little light show.

The kids love all these speakers

and they're the best speakers...

and I couldn't believe that DEF CON Kids

had these same top speakers addressing

our children.

We're supportive, helpful, and just

want the kids to gain this love of what

they're passionate about and sharing

it with the world and it's wonderful.

This is kind of for the kids to really

inspire them to get involved in

the hacking community and start doing some things.

We've had the privilege to

hear from some really great guys and the kids

are excited to go back and start doing things.

It's been a lot of fun so far.

Even though it's only day 1 and

I think we've only had about 4 or 5

hours of sleep, it's been awesome.

Well, most interested in, I think, is hacking.

I kind of want to be a hacker

when I get older, you know?

I would definitely call myself a hacker.

So this is the year that your daughter,

your eldest, goes to DEF CON, right?

I plan on bringing my 14 year old to CON.

This year, hopefully, will be her first

year, so I'm hoping to drag her out and

show her, not just what I have experienced

over the years, but frankly, where she came from.

Because at a basic level I have to

explain to my kids that I

met your mom at DEF CON 4.

I've asked Dark Tangent for child support

and he's like "hahahha.. Who are you?"

That's how it went, really.

I don't expect Jeff to know who I am.

After all these years, I mean, I've been

going to his shows for 16 years, and that's OK.

I feel OK with him not knowing me

personally. Because frankly, the dude's got

like 20,000 people that some of them expect

him to know them personally.

And I'm OK with that.

If there's a message you want

to say to him what would it be?

Thank you, Jeff.

After Capture the Flag I thought that

the Scavenger Hunt embodied the hacker

spirit the most.

No, No, AAAAAAHH!!

It's a tin foil swim suit.

Good Job!

They're going to suck my blood.

Hi, How are you? Good, I'm

here to get my daughter.

We've got a huge list of items and

or tasks for the teams to complete.

By the end of the day or

the end of the weekend

the team with the most points wins.

There's a lot of activity

at the tables constantly

because the list is things

to get and things to do and

things to perform and that sort

of thing we get a lot of...

- find, make... meet. -Activity

all around the table.

We want people to have a good time and ending

up in jail generally is not a good time.

While there may have been things that are a grey

area, or could end up being illegal activty...

I think we come from a community who...

knows not to get caught.

We don't condone fire

or stealing mostly...

Umm...

And I don't know how someone sourced it

or found it but, the... head of a cow.

We put on the scavenger hunt list a live

chicken, and I think we got six or something.

Scavenger hunt winners of the

past go on to become goons

and contest creators and contest

organizers and speakers and staff.

Because you have so much social interaction

it really engrains you into the community.

Oh, on the weekend of DEF CON...

I think last year we booked 14 shows.

I issued the ultimatum I'm going to book less shows...

and it ends up being more.

The thing about DEF CON that I

find incredibly fascinating

is that, yeah.. a lot of these basement

dwelling guys that basically...

are getting tan off of an LCD monitor party

the hardest out of anybody I've ever met...

Like.. Serious rockstars here..

Everybody just fueled by alchohol and

Ballz and any type of A.D.H.D. medication

they can get their hands on...

Hey, so we are going to

kick this thing off...

we've got really a lot of things to talk

about but we've tried to organize it...

So... This is the 20th year.

How many people believe that?

Yeah...

So I'm just curious by show of hands.. How

many people was this your first DEF CON?

So we scared away everybody else...

We've got guys that have been

helping out for 19 years...

That's amazing, I would just

never have expected that.

So, I guess I'm most proud of producing

something, having a group of people support me...

that's still doing stuff

that people care about.

So... what I want to do is we want to

hand it over to Zac Franken

who's been the head of

operations for I don't know...

closer to 18 years.

Let's hear a round of applause...

Thanks.

Thank you DEF CON 20!

DEF CON, as Jeff has already said, couldn't exist

with out a lot of effort from a lot of people.

And, in the early years I

used to name them all...

but now there's 300 of them.

I've trimmed it slightly.

So, while DEF CON is running, basically I'm

almost certainly not having a good time...

Mainly because I just run

around and put out fires.

And of course my friend Jeff who,

threw this shindig 20 years ago..

I can't believe it's still f***ing going...

but it is...

I can't believe there's so many

people here that had a great time!

And.. most of all.. thanks to you..

It's you guys that make DEF CON!

Thank you so much!

DEF CON is not something that happens for us

for 3 days in July or August every year...

it's almost something that we think

about and work on and do stuff for

all year round.

It becomes almost a part of your identity

and I know that sounds kind of weird...

it's when everything comes together...

I know why I stayed up all night...

so many nights in a row...

There have been moments where you sit back and

you say "That is just absolutely amazing."

That someone was able to think of that, or several

someone's were able to think about that...

and do that.

I still love, just how excited people are there...

and the fact that you helped...

to make it happen for them.

I said to Deviant, it was a really great challenge.

Tt was fun to compete and...

DEF CON was great! Thank you everybody!

This community, is

misunderstood by the media...

and unfortunately, the media

is the message out to

the non geek, non hacker community.

But the thing that I think came out perhaps

this year more than any other year...

So, I just want to tell you what we've

been doing for the last 3 years.

Year 1 we had 95 people sign up for the

Be the Match bone marrow donor registry.

Year 2 was 161 and this year

we got 232 people to sign up.

In addition to that we raised

over 3,300 dollars as well.

More than any other year this one was really about love.

With the blood raising, the cancer stuff,

the huge amount of money for E.F.F... I mean even just

saying it or thinking it gives me kind of goose bumps.

This one was, 20 years of love.

Ok, we've got some numbers for you. The info booth

raised 58 dollars, the firearms simulator 3,620 dollars,

Mohawks...$4,333

Eddie Mize, was the artist with the great

t-shirts you can still get outside

of the contest area, $3,500

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes