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Neowin® Field Trip™: New York, New York!

Ross D   on 09 March 2003 - 22:13 · 46 comments & 2251 views

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This month sees my first ever trip to the states where Neil (aka ClaymoreFan on the forums) and I will be hitting the Big Apple and harrassing unsuspecting yanks! ;) If you fancy catching up with us we’ll be at the Jolly Madison Towers hotel in Manhattan (212-802-0600) between the 12th and 16th March 2003. If you’re nice to us we may take a trip down to the nearest gaming café and tank your tail at counterstrike or quake III, have a few beers and talk tech :)

We’re looking forward to doing the whole tourist thing, including a trip on the old WWII Aircraft carrier USS Interpid and testing the theory that American chicks dig guys with Scottish accents with hilarious results. Who said giving geeks l337 social sk177z wasn’t a good idea?

If enough people show interest we'll arrange a group geekathon with plenty of digicam pics which i promise to publish on neowin as an article when we get back.

Defnitely wanna come? Email me! and we can talk details


The .af domain was first registered with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority in October 1997 by a private Afghan citizen named Abdul Razeeq, according to Aimal Marjan, an adviser to the minister of communications.

According the IANA Web site, however, Razeeq later disappeared and some services were halted to the .af domain.

Efforts to relaunch it began again after the Taliban were ousted in a U.S.-led war in late 2001.

"For Afghanistan, this is like reclaiming part of our sovereignty," Communications Minister Mohammad Moassom Stanakzai said in a statement on Sunday.

So far, just two Web sites have been registered under the .af domain, one belonging to the Ministry of Communications, the other to UNDP. As of Sunday, the ministry site was still "under construction."

Despite the Internet's spread around the world in the last decade, it remains a rarity in Afghanistan, which is still struggling to recover from more than two decades of near-continuous warfare.

A handful of Internet cafes have sprung up in the war-battered capital, Kabul, since last summer, but online time is too expensive for the average citizen, who typically earns less than a dollar a day.

On the Net:
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority: http://www.iana.org
Afghan Ministry of Communications: http://www.moc.gov.af
U.N. Development Program, Afghanistan: http://www.undp.org.af

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#1 FuhrerDarqueSyde on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:15
too bad i don't live near NYC
#2 uniacid on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:17
me either, unless you wanna come down to Florida
(1 reply) #3 Exotronix on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:20
You could come down to North Carolina, where people like me are looked upon as g0ds of the computer world... lol
#3.1 DigitalDude on 10 Mar 2003 - 01:29
heh yeah COME TO North Carolina man! Im in NC too
#4 wired57 on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:23
danm and I wanted to kill you too, too bad I live on the otherside of the US. you would probilly slaughter my ass though
#5 aStRaLgOd on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:24
Damn Quebec Canada here
(3 replies) #6 leebobs on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:27
Run away Scotland because us Welsh are in a bad mood!!
#6.1 Ross D on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:31
[neoquote=#6.0 by leebobs]Run away Scotland because us Welsh are in a bad mood!![/neoquote] that wouldn't have anything to do with a certain rugby game would it? lmao
#6.2 leebobs on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:39
It may do.... I had to drink 12 pints in order to restore normality
#6.3 cpugeni on 10 Mar 2003 - 01:07
bloody ell!!! 12 pints! thats like £30 man! lol...
#7 Cody on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:29
man, yall need to come to houston!
(1 reply) #8 creamhackered on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:32
Have fun Ross and ClaymoreFan
#8.1 Ross D on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:34
thank you kind sir.
(2 replies) #9 username on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:34
is this for that trip that you won?.... that was you right? errr...
#9.1 Ross D on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:37
correct!...god bless play.com
#9.2 Dogga on 10 Mar 2003 - 02:30
Contest? WHAT CONTEST?! I wanna enter!
#10 gam_EZ on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:37
I live in Jersey right by Manhatten. BUT... I have to go back to school on Tuesday
#11 xStainDx on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:37
Yo Ross! Hit me up with a PM lol i live on Long Island! I Come hang out with the neowin crew
#12 hkellogg on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:41
enjoy, be sure to check out emerald pub on houston and spring and Centro Fly on thursday night
(1 reply) #13 gusvalladares on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:45
Hi! I live in NY. The carrier is not the Nimitz. It is the Intrepid (42th and 12 Av). If you need tips or suggestions about where to go around, let me know! Have a pleasant trip! And good luck! Gus
#13.1 Ross D on 09 Mar 2003 - 22:50
ok ...i suck....post updated!
#14 kainashi on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:02
enjoy yourself.
#15 Michael Lerner on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:02
I wish I could attend but I don't have money to take a plane trip.
(1 reply) #16 fdiaz2day on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:02
Enjoy yourself and be careful not to get mugged or beat up.
#16.1 Dogga on 10 Mar 2003 - 02:42
If you stay near the Tourist District (Times Square included), your chances of getting mugged are EXTREMELY low. When I was there, there were police at virtually every street corner. Very well protected.
#17 Compkid2005 on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:03
Intrepid is a lot of fun. There's also a big internet cafe in Times Square.
#18 DrOmango on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:05
COME DOWN TO AUSTIN TX!!!! I free food and beer from me
#19 Maleboja on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:25
I am 30 mins away from NYC in NJ
#20 DrEEmS_IN_DiGiTaL on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:47
If around SOHO/Village, ask for Dojo's restaurant, who says lunch has to be expensive in New York, great food. Chinatown, Little Italy all great places to experience Hmmm alll food related lol oh well!
#21 McFly on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:55
Cool! Be sure you guys go see the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth & Space...it's freakin' amazing! You'll definitely enjoy that, especially if you go see the presentation inside the planetarium. The USS Intrepid is also cool, they have some classic aircraft on the deck, including an SR-71! And of course, don't forget the Empire State Building (be sure it's a clear day, though!) because it's spectacular up on the 86th floor. And for the ultimate Neowin pimpin', you should try to get into the studio audience of Good Morning America in Times Square, which starts at 7 AM so get there around 6:30--they let you bring in signs to show on camera, so it'd be REALLY l337 if you were to flash a "NEOWIN PWNZ JOO" sign or something I've been going to NYC for vacation 3 years in a row now and can't get enough--just be sure to take plenty of digital camera storage and batteries because stuff like that in Manhattan is mega-$$$
#22 Jerichohol on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:56
Enjoy the trip Guys Lot of stuff to do there. Damn I just moved from NJ/NYC area last month othervise i could have also been there We should do a UK neowin gettogether or something also.
#23 mistical on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:58
After your visit to NY, find your way to Chicago
(3 replies) #24 SHoTTa35 on 09 Mar 2003 - 23:59
hehe, well Diviatum (aka Hackersp0rtz) and I are in the NY area so defintely we should be there... right D?
#24.1 divinatum on 10 Mar 2003 - 00:25
come out to the island (too lazy to go to the city... )
#24.2 SHoTTa35 on 10 Mar 2003 - 00:30
dude, screw that.. StainD and you and Ross and the other fella and I will chill and cop some shorties!
#24.3 xStainDx on 10 Mar 2003 - 01:08
[neoquote=#24.2 by SHoTTa35]dude, screw that.. StainD and you and Ross and the other fella and I will chill and cop some shorties![/neoquote] LOL
#25 shockz on 10 Mar 2003 - 00:15
Have fun on your trip. I'm a couple states away - so I wouldn't be able to come.
(1 reply) #26 aaron901 on 10 Mar 2003 - 00:25
how about an AUS neowinians gathering?
#26.1 Quick Reply on 10 Mar 2003 - 06:23
i like it lets all go to melbourne
#27 eaglebtc on 10 Mar 2003 - 01:15
what room are you in? the new yorkers could send you a stripper or room service by surprise
#28 Dogga on 10 Mar 2003 - 02:27
I've been to NYC only once, but I promise you, you'll have the time of your lives there. Make sure to hit at least 1 Broadway show (if you can, considering the musicians are/still might be on strike when you get there ), Rockefeller Center, Times Square, and the WTC site (it's pretty powerful). When I was there, I prolly got 6 hours of sleep per night at MOST, so be ready to go non-stop! I enjoyed the 72-hour experience sooo much, I've made it a regular bi-yearly trip. I'd actually fly up if I had the time, but I don't . Anyway, enjoy the trip, and HAVE FUN!
#29 MaddogMDD on 10 Mar 2003 - 04:07
@ Columbia University, NYC. perhaps i'll stop by!
#30 CatnipOligarthy on 10 Mar 2003 - 05:20
i spent a day in new york once...wish i could have stayed longer...climed the statue of liberty, went on top of empire state building, where i admired the world trade center ...and just walked around a lot...wanted to go to a mets game...but anyways...i wish i could go...sounds like fun
#31 JnCoKiLLa on 10 Mar 2003 - 06:10
I'm 40min out side in NJ now. I use to live in the Brooklyn up untill about 4yrs ago...It the best pleace in the world......there is no where on the planet like at all..........You guys I yeah want i can stop by also and say hi....Drop me a PM
(1 reply) #32 Omeglidan on 10 Mar 2003 - 10:08
I live in Brooklyn, 20 minutes, away from the city...I wanna come. Slashdot does these meetings in the city every month, they pretty funny too. I'm emailing u atm, hope antispam doesnt block me
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