OKCon11 Opens In Berlin 27
teleyinex writes "The annual conference of the Open Knowledge Foundation will be held in Berlin. There will be different lectures about open data, open science, open access, etc. and different free workshops where hackers, volunteers, designers, etc. can participate learning new tools, or helping scientists to develop new prototypes for their research projects."
hackers? tools? Germany? (Score:1)
Which one of those words doesn't belong?
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some/all "hacker" tools are illegal in Germany
http://nrrd.de/dasbuch/hadez/now_theyve_done_it_just_owning_hacker_tools_illegal_germany [nrrd.de]
They're missing my favourite open thing... (Score:2)
They're missing my favourite open thing... ...open legs ;-)
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Be careful what you wish for...
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No, the venue is just up from Oranienburger Strasse. Plenty of open legs there -- although, for a fee.
RMS Speech (Score:2)
Free, as in "Bier" (Score:1)
. . . open data, open science, open access, etc.
Open bar too then, yeah?
Terrible obligitory joke (Score:1)
This is not the place... (Score:1)
See also Public Intelligence Blog & Robert Ste (Score:2)
http://www.phibetaiota.net/about/ [phibetaiota.net]
Disclaimer: they listed me recently in their "who's who in public intelligence" section.
OKCON, rip, 1992 (Score:2)
amypme else ever go to the sci-fi convention called OKCon ?
http://fanlore.org/wiki/OKon [fanlore.org]
now the hotel it was in doesnt even exist anymore, except in memories and the Matt Dillon scene in Tex.