____ _ _ _ / ___| _ _| |__ _ _ _ __| |__ (_) __ _ \___ \| | | | '_ \| | | | '__| '_ \| |/ _` | ___) | |_| | |_) | |_| | | | |_) | | (_| | |____/ \__,_|_.__/ \__,_|_| |_.__/|_|\__,_| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birds of a feather ____ _ _ | _ \ __ _ _ __| |_ _ _| | | |_) / _` | '__| __| | | | | | __/ (_| | | | |_| |_| |_| |_| \__,_|_| \__|\__, (_) |___/ Saturday April 6, 1996 (easter weekend) 8:30pm till day light boaf@suburbia.net Melbourne Australia (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/aust/melb.htm) Q: who's invited? A: you Q: who will be there? A: a cross-social strata of individuals, occupations and ages. It will be an eclectic evening. Q: no, I mean who will *really* be there? A: now is not the time for potentially dichotomatic simplifications of character, but what the heck... (a) Suburbia users: From magistrates and politicians to convicted computer hackers. We have as users private investigators, writers, programmers, QC's, record producers, musicians, film directors, journalists, policemen, intelligence agents, chess champions, members of obscure religious sects, netball umpires, many, many types of scientists and engineers, security experts, doctors, accountants, bartenders, choral conductors, comedians, nurses, DJ's, military police, drivers license testing officers, farmers, haematologists, herbalists, unionists, lecturers, librarians, linguists, paramedics, basketball umpires, air force pilots, singers, surgeons, system operators, linesmen, TV service men, solicitors, taxi drivers, teachers, unemployed inventors, veterinarians, actresses, aerobics instructors, art directors, athletes, chefs, bank clerks, cleaners, prison officers, dentists, dishwashers, film marketers, housewives, locksmiths, pensioners, radiologists and waiters (to name a few) (b) members of the following Suburbia run mailing lists: Avenue St. Etienne (a musical group) fans. BoS (best-of-security digest) Paranoid system admins, computer hackers, security professionals and a whole bunch of spooks Inside-Source (inside-source) As above, but don't introduce these guys to your sister. LACC (Legal Aspects of Computer Crime) Lawyers, security professionals, police, hackers, certifyably paranoid system admins and political activists (c) Memebers of the: Powerline Action Group Alternative Technology Association Center for Comtempory Photography Ross House Association Australian Public Access Network Association Private Inquiry Agents Association (d) Selected people and organisations that we owe favors to, and who shall remain anonymous. (e) Fans of T. Capody, P.K Dick, Stanislaw Lem, Pushkin, Nabakov, Dostoevesky or Thomas Pynchon. Venue: A computationally secure address in North Melbourne, approximately 10 minutes drive from the city center and 5 minutes walk from the North Melbourne railway station. There will be around 15 Internet ISDN connected PC's and a pro-tem dedicated link to Suburbia. Though, we encourage you to forget all about life as a keyboard interface for the night. Main course meals will be available for around $10 a head. Drinks will be served till 1am. Email boaf@suburbia.net for the ADDRESS and DIRECTIONS on how to get to it. You will need to include the number of people you plan bringing and how many of those (including yourself) desire to digest something other than the fascinating conversation. Do not request the address unless you definitely plan on coming, or our calculations and your reputation will go down like a V1. There is NO door fee, but small donations of dollars and/or computer/radio/microwave hardware/cables are encouraged (or you might get a few funny looks) to help cover costs. Music: BYO and we will play it provided it is something people can background if they want to talk. Most techno, hard-rock and pop will end up as a North Melbourne UFO sighting before it gets anywhere near the audio equipment. R&B, Jazz fusion, and Syd Barret (early Pink Floyd) style/derived material will be looked upon a good deal more favorably, but some of us are open minded. Dress: Anything that doesn't get you an indecent exposure charge will get you in the door. 1930's incognito is just fine. ps. the undercover colour of the day is purple.