[PLUG-Devel] Today: STACs Competition Hackfest Details March 10, 2012 3PM - 6PM LAN (4 days of WAN access)

[Kevin Bowling]

That press release took the already low bar of press releases to a new level.

Can anyone explain what this is?

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 5:59 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:
> March 10th, 2012 Flag Event
> STACS Encroachment HackFest
>
> This competition online hackfest will feature a short Presentation about the
> STACS Unit(s), which will be video recorded and posted.  Encroachment will
> begin on March 10, 2012, from the MakerBench facility and continue for 4
> days online.  Our sponsors will provide two cash gift certificates for
> anyone who can provide a flag from either the STACS® 100PP and STACS® 100ID
> devices.
>
> We will post all updates regarding this event starting on March 10, 2012 to
> PLUG Discussion and Security Email lists, @obnosis on twitter, and here.
>
> Dean Franks Bio:
> Dean Franks is the Lead Project Engineer for Solomontech.com. Dean Franks
> has been developing custom hardware and software solutions for over 30
> years. Specializing in efficient, high availability systems, Dean has
> designed solutions for many Fortune 100 companies including CareMark/CVS,
> Allied Signal (now part of Honeywell), Fujitsu, StorageTek (now part of Sun
> Micro), Microsoft and Interact Commerce (now part of Sage Software).
>
> Dean's hardware projects including thumb print readers, CNC motion control
> systems and very high speed data acquisition interfaces for SAW signal
> analysis.  Low level development projects included Microsoft Flight
> Simulator (assembly language) and device drivers for virtualized StorageTek
> L700 tape silo. Enterprise projects include a variety of high performance
> OLTP and warehousing systems, a redesigned database synchronization server
> for SalesLogix(tm) and a comprehensive real-time decision support system to
> track all in process orders for CareMark/CVS pharmacies.  Non-development
> projects include NIST-800 risk assessments, classroom training, disaster
> recovery and continuity of business plan development, and providing network
> and VOIP support for several local charities.  A wide range of technical
> experience has been instrumental in forming STACS into the most highly
> capable and tightly integrated emergency communications product currently
> available.
>
> Excerpted from:
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> http://it-clowns.com/c/index.php/hackfests/march/
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> http://solomontech.com/
>
> There are great many published presentations online from Dean Franks related
> to these Solomontech devices if you like to prepare in advance.
>
> We will be filming the presentation, and publishing the external IP
> addresses on the day of the event March 10, 2012, from Makerbench.com/about
> in Tempe.
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