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• Shiny
  
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  HackOff - July 15, 2008 6:00pm

  24 June 2008 at 9:01pm

  On July 15th Wellington Perl Mongers are hosting a 'HackOff' event. It will be
  a fun evening with a competitive edge. Teams of programmers will compete
  against each other to solve a series of programming problems. The winning
  team will be the first team to solve all the problems or, if we run out of
  time, the team which solves the most problems in the shortest time. Register
  below.
  Is this just for Perl programmers?
  
  No this event is definitely not just for Perl people. In fact if you want to
  bring a team of hot-shot programmers who can showcase the superiority of
  another language then we'd be delighted to welcome you. It's just about
  hacking code for fun.
  What constitutes a team?
  
  We're envisaging people will group together with colleagues, classmates or
  members of other software user groups (download a flyer for your
  noticeboard). You'll need to come up with a team name so the commentator can
  keep people abreast of your progress on the night. Each team must have a
  minimum of two people and five is probably a practical upper limit. Each team
  will need to bring a laptop with wireless networking capability. This event
  is not open to individuals but we may be able to hook the stragglers up into
  teams on the night.
  What sort of problems will we need to solve?
  
  The problems you'll be asked to solve will all be different, but here's a
  fairly easy one to get you started. Decode the following data to get a secret
  6-letter password. You'll need to use this password on the night to log your
  team in.