Thread: Hackers meet for coding festival

Web developers are gathering in London for the first BBC/Yahoo hackday. The free-form event aims to show web developers how to get more out of the data feeds and interfaces the two organisations make available.
Those attending will be encouraged to play around with the technology to see what kind of innovative applications they can produce over the weekend.



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I always find it funny when you get a hackers challenge when the general public get rewards for "breaking" something using what ever methods they wish.

Personally, I would like the oppertunity to visit one of these contents with my friend stanley. I am sure stanley would make light work of any server and cause the software to "break". BTW: Stanley is a hammer!

The thinking behind is that they will expose weaknesses in a controlled enviroment.

I think it's a great idea