Defcon is worth attending, but I wish one day they have Chris "Jesus" Ferguson give a lecture there!  If you don't know of him, he earned his Ph.d in computer science, focusing on virtual network algorithms. He developed computer simulations to improve his understanding of poker. To date he has earned over $ 7 million in poker tournaments. Considering Defcon is in Vegas, that would be perfect, lol.

I'm in. Funny, I've been the the Hofbrauhaus in Munich but not the one in Vegas. The liter beers taste so good once it hits your lips.

Man Free beer is the drawing card isn't it. 

Come alone or bring friends, either way, please remember to RSVP. An invitation is not necessary, but an accurate head count will really help.

Thanks all,
Don

It was great to meet you all. I must admit, because of some of the other parties scheduled for before during and after, ours started out relatively slowly. I had made a reservation for 50 - 75, and I got very nervous around 8:30 that we wouldn't hit that mark. But all is well that ends well. We had a number of great people in attendance, and by 9:00 we had hit our target... and emptied out the beer tab. 

Maybe I shouldn't have partied with everyone so much before Thursday evening. We had many more that said would show up and didn't. They probably had enough of me by the time the Tweener party rolled around. 

See everyone next year... or at ChicagoCon!

Don

Well was nice to meet Don and peeps.  A good stein of the dark stuff did me well, and you could walk around unlike the Core party.  Tao is cool, but not for as many people as they let in.