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The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby socraticd » 21 Jul 2010 12:32

squelchtone wrote:That chick was Michelle from topheavysecurity.com nice domain name, very fitting wouldn't you agree?


holy lord, i just came THIS close to spitting coffee all over my laptop...

indeed. :-)
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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby femurat » 22 Jul 2010 2:59

Thanks to all for sharing the pictures and videos. It seems you guys had a lot of fun 8) I wish I can come next year...

Cheers :)
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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby JK_the_CJer » 22 Jul 2010 13:42

I wrote stuff with a few pictures:

http://www.theamazingking.com/cons.html
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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby nostromo » 22 Jul 2010 20:13

Here's a phonecamera image of one of the quieter moments at the Lockpicking village -

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And the Lockpicking Wizard competition -

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That's the back of Squelchtones and Babaks heads in the foreground. If you look close, you can see the hanging cluster of padlocks for another competition.
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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby nostromo » 22 Jul 2010 20:18

Almost forgot, here's the line at the Hotel Penn registration desk:

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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby Schuyler » 22 Jul 2010 20:28

nostromo wrote:
That's the back of Squelchtones and Babaks heads in the foreground. If you look close, you can see the hanging cluster of padlocks for another competition.


Pretty sure that's Deviant, not Squelch ;)
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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby nostromo » 22 Jul 2010 20:53

Oh, yeah, you're right. It's pointy.
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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby Squelchtone » 11 Jul 2014 8:57


Who's going to be at HOPE X in New York City next week on July 18-20th at Hotel Pennsylvania?

http://hope.net/

I'll be there =)

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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby Squelchtone » 12 Jul 2014 13:35


I designed a logo for the HOPE X con based on an old NYNEX payphone sign. NYNEX was one of the baby bells and stood for New York New England eXchange. I think I own more NYNEX stuff than I want to admit to ;-)

As a phreak in my past life prior to getting into police scanners and lock picking, when I saw that the HOPE conference was called HOPE X, it didn't take my brain too long to put the two ideas together. Hope you like it, no pun intended.

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Hack the planet, see you at the con!

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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby unlisted » 12 Jul 2014 13:40

Squelchtone wrote:
I designed a logo for the HOPE X con based on an old NYNEX payphone sign. NYNEX was one of the baby bells and stood for New York New England eXchange. I think I own more NYNEX stuff than I want to admit to ;-)

As a phreak in my past life prior to getting into police scanners and lock picking, when I saw that the HOPE conference was called HOPE X, it didn't take my brain too long to put the two ideas together. Hope you like it, no pun intended.

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Hack the planet, see you at the con!

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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby d0rkh0rs3 » 24 Jul 2014 6:08

If I remember correctly, I saw that image used on (at least) the volunteer badges. The NYNeX logo with the crack in it?
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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby Squelchtone » 25 Jul 2014 14:44

d0rkh0rs3 wrote:If I remember correctly, I saw that image used on (at least) the volunteer badges. The NYNeX logo with the crack in it?


yes, those were like the old employee badges.

The payphone signs were used to identify each speaking area. here is Bradley/Chelsea Manning
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Here is one by the elevators on 18th floor:
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What a great time to be had by all! I wonder if anyone ever picked that black ABUS padlock hanging from the pipe?

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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby somenewguy » 25 Jul 2014 20:22

That pipe looked like a sprinkler feeder; I might be wrong but it was probably not the best place to hang a lock :P
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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby Squelchtone » 26 Jul 2014 12:08

somenewguy wrote:That pipe looked like a sprinkler feeder; I might be wrong but it was probably not the best place to hang a lock :P


nah, it was a support pipe that held up the 2 4 inch pipes that brought water upstairs. I dont think there were any sprinkler heads near by, but I suppose breaking a 4 inch sprinkler main would have turned the Mezzanine and hotel lobby into a swimming pool.

glad you found this forum after visiting HOPE!

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Re: The not-so-offical HOPE thread!!!!!!!

Postby somenewguy » 26 Jul 2014 12:22

I found HOPE well before LP101 (I went to to the first one, and every one after that up until 2k2 and then I skipped a few). Though I did buy an LP101 tee shirt, I think it was at Defcon, many years before actually signing up here.

I was standing by the elevators on the 18th floor and saw the text on the bottom of the signs that had your name on them. I explained to my friend "I think that guy is from the Lockpicking 101 forums" but I don't think he got what I was saying...

Your signs were really cool by the way, everyone noticed them (though I bet most people didn't read the fine print).
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