Okay, this conference is now officially super laid-back. You are supposed to wear your OSCON badge on a lanyard around your neck. And helpful attendants are supposed to check it every time you want to enter a pay-for part of the conference.
This is all well and good -- it is how most conferences work.
The problem is, it seems like the checks are totally lax. I took my badge off when I went to lunch, and I just now realized that I forgot to put it back on. I have entered the room for the XSLT talk twice now, and got acknowledged by the security person on the second time.
Wow.
-Andy.
are most conferences not laid back? are they hard core; using the metal detector on you? i suppose i don't understand why you're so surprised that they're laid back.