defcon | 0x0F0000

I arrive in fabulous Las Vegas, lots of cons here, but none more fitting than defcon.
A city based on a synthetic reality hosting a con about the synthetic-ness of reality.

It's being held at the Riviera this year, as it was last. I didn't go last year, so this was my first at the new venue. I had been going to Alexis Park since dc9 (it moved there around dc8). I found out why I like the Alexis Park better.

The camp defcon effect. For me at least 25% of the uniq-ness of the con was the fact that the entire hotel was defcon. We ate defcon, drank defcon, talked defcon, had defcon pool3 parties, slept defcon (ok no sleep), even had defcon ATM machines...we became defcon. That's missing at the Riviera.

DT says "evolve or die"...he has been good to us so far. I'll suspend dis-belief and give it a try.