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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:11PM from the not-a-huge-surprise dept.

An anonymous reader noted that COMDEX has been cancelled for the second year in a row. And meanwhile, thousands of IT professionals rejoice that they won't be again exposed to strange strains of viruses that their immune system can't handle.

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How fitting (Score:3, Funny)

by -kertrats- ( 718219 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:12PM (#12089908) Journal

Not to be too cliche, but how fitting that I got the 'Nothing for you to see here' line several times trying to see this story.

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I for one (Score:3, Funny)

by overshoot ( 39700 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:12PM (#12089914)

wish to welcome our new CES overlords.

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Oh well (Score:3, Funny)

by jam244 ( 701505 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:13PM (#12089918) Homepage

See you in 2006

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Slashdot confirms it... (Score:0, Funny)

by Joey Patterson ( 547891 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:13PM (#12089921)

Comdex is DYING.

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Guess I'll miss out on Vegas this year too! (Score:5, Funny)

by drewzhrodague ( 606182 ) writes: <drew@nOsPaM.zhrodague.net> on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:14PM (#12089944) Homepage Journal

Jeez, even as an excuse to go to Las Vegas, and it's CANCELLED AGAIN! Bastards!

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Strange viruses (Score:4, Funny)

by bazio ( 864132 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:15PM (#12089950)

Bah, who needs COMDEX to get strange strains of viruses? I'll get mine over the Internet, thank you very much!

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Eh... (Score:5, Funny)

by The-Bus ( 138060 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:15PM (#12089960)

So what's the point? Is it coming back? Is this going to be a new meme? "Duke Nukem for Longhorn SE to come out at Comdex, now powered by cold fusion... in Japan!"

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"Cancel" is such an ugly word (Score:4, Funny)

by menace3society ( 768451 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:17PM (#12089991)

The article about this that I read said that, since going to different ownership in the 90s, COMDEX has gotten smaller and more tightly focused on IT. So don't look at it as being canceled, rather, it's just the natural result of its evolution--becoming the absolute smallest and topic-focused convention it could possibly be.

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it geeks went to comdex ... (Score:2, Funny)

by Triumph The Insult C ( 586706 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:18PM (#12090000) Homepage Journal

when adultdex was next door/down the street?

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COMDEX has been replaced. (Score:3, Funny)

by ARRRLovin ( 807926 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:18PM (#12090006)

When will they just admit defeat?

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Comdex Las Vegas Replaced by ... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:21PM (#12090038)

COMDEX Bangalore !!!

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Tradeshows just aren't the same (Score:5, Funny)

by Fox_1 ( 128616 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:22PM (#12090055)

not since the bubble, man the things that would go on at those IT trade shows. I went to a wireless one in New Orleans that just 'happened' to be scheduled in the middle of Mardi Gras...damn, talk about viruses
Oh for the world of stock options and big promotional booths for products that didn't exist then and still don't now. To booth babes and bunnys, T-shirts and ice cream. I never won a car or PDA, but I haven't bought a pen in 6 years.

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Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)

by eviloverlordx ( 99809 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:23PM (#12090070)

They were replaced by a small shell script.

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Re:How fitting (Score:3, Funny)

by Tackhead ( 54550 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:27PM (#12090120)

> Not to be too cliche, but how fitting that I got the 'Nothing for you to see here' line several times trying to see this story.
What are you trying to imply? That after yet another crippling bombshell hit the COMDEX community, it's official? That COMDEX is dead?
Who died and made you Netcraft?
(Oh, wait. That'd be COMDEX. Move along...)

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Re:Whatcha talkin 'bout Willis? (Score:2, Funny)

by El_Servas ( 672868 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:29PM (#12090131)

Las vegas, hookers, aids: HIV

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IN SOVIET RUSSIA (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:29PM (#12090132)

IN SOVIET RUSSIA, the COM(RA)DEX will cancel YOU!

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The Basic Problem . . . (Score:3, Funny)

by Ohreally_factor ( 593551 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:42PM (#12090282) Journal

. . . Isn't that there isn't a need, but that they weren't pushing the hookers and booze angle.

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Re:But in Nevada they get tested (Score:3, Funny)

by Ohreally_factor ( 593551 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:47PM (#12090336) Journal

Driver? I don't even know her!

~~rimshot~~

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How long before... (Score:3, Funny)

by feloneous cat ( 564318 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:47PM (#12090339)

Comdex becomes irrelevant?

10..9..8..7..6..

Too late, it already is.

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Their *real* dream... (Score:3, Funny)

by dark-br ( 473115 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:50PM (#12090369) Homepage

I want my IT people to have grounding in the entire computer field, but to be very specific to their field in detail. I want my network security people to eat and sleep network security and my hardware people to dream of nothing but hardware.

Network Sec. Guy dream: ZzzzZZzzzZZZ PORN ZzZZZzz
Hardware Guy dream: ZzzzZZZzzZZ P0rN ZzzZZZZz

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Re:Las Vegas hated Comdex anyway (Score:4, Funny)

by iggymanz ( 596061 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:50PM (#12090371)

you'll be happy to know that to help this situation next year COMDEX will also not be held, but in another city

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Re:Tradeshows just aren't the same (Score:5, Funny)

by kurosawdust ( 654754 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:51PM (#12090391)

I never won a car or PDA, but I haven't bought a pen in 6 years.
Pfft. Rookie. I took all my promotional schwag and lived in the wilderness for two years armed with only my ruler, LED flashlight, tape measure, solar calculator, collapsable water bottle, twenty t-shirts to use as a tent, one hundred pens for tent stakes, a stress ball, and fifty business-card-sized CDs that I used as shriuken to kill animals for food.
Needless to say I came back with a rockin beard and a newfound appreciation for being able to take a dump in a recipticle made especially for that purpose.

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Re:Eh... (Score:4, Funny)

by irix ( 22687 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @02:20PM (#12090780) Journal

It's hot grits and Natalie Portman naked and petrified. And never mind OGG, you really want OOG THE OPEN SOURCE CAVEMAN and The Glorous MEEPT.
OOG THE CAVEMAN BREAK OPEN SOURCE CD OVER HEAD!
-- OOG THE OPEN SOURCE CAVEMAN

We will unite all the divided factions of Linux into one great big divided faction!
--The Glorious MEEPT

I wonder if I have been reading /. for too long?

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Re:Maybe a good thing? (Score:2, Funny)

by Knight2K ( 102749 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @02:31PM (#12090921) Homepage

How did you get in here?

Somebody call Security! Take that man's geek credentials and escort him to the door!

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Re:Regroup again? (Score:3, Funny)

by lgw ( 121541 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @03:11PM (#12091487) Journal

The vending machines back in college were ... somewhat unreliable. They had signs at one point that read "50 cents a play! You might win a soda!".

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Re:Tradeshows just aren't the same (Score:3, Funny)

by AppyPappy ( 64817 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @03:14PM (#12091526)

I wish they would hand out aspirin and Sucrets.

All I got was a rock.

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How fitting (Score:3, Funny)

I for one (Score:3, Funny)

Oh well (Score:3, Funny)

Slashdot confirms it... (Score:0, Funny)

Guess I'll miss out on Vegas this year too! (Score:5, Funny)

Strange viruses (Score:4, Funny)

Eh... (Score:5, Funny)

"Cancel" is such an ugly word (Score:4, Funny)

it geeks went to comdex ... (Score:2, Funny)

COMDEX has been replaced. (Score:3, Funny)

Comdex Las Vegas Replaced by ... (Score:1, Funny)

Tradeshows just aren't the same (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:How fitting (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Whatcha talkin 'bout Willis? (Score:2, Funny)

IN SOVIET RUSSIA (Score:2, Funny)

The Basic Problem . . . (Score:3, Funny)

Re:But in Nevada they get tested (Score:3, Funny)

How long before... (Score:3, Funny)

Their real dream... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Las Vegas hated Comdex anyway (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Tradeshows just aren't the same (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Eh... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Maybe a good thing? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Regroup again? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Tradeshows just aren't the same (Score:3, Funny)

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How fitting (Score:3, Funny)

I for one (Score:3, Funny)

Oh well (Score:3, Funny)

Slashdot confirms it... (Score:0, Funny)

Guess I'll miss out on Vegas this year too! (Score:5, Funny)

Strange viruses (Score:4, Funny)

Eh... (Score:5, Funny)

"Cancel" is such an ugly word (Score:4, Funny)

it geeks went to comdex ... (Score:2, Funny)

COMDEX has been replaced. (Score:3, Funny)

Comdex Las Vegas Replaced by ... (Score:1, Funny)

Tradeshows just aren't the same (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:How fitting (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Whatcha talkin 'bout Willis? (Score:2, Funny)

IN SOVIET RUSSIA (Score:2, Funny)

The Basic Problem . . . (Score:3, Funny)

Re:But in Nevada they get tested (Score:3, Funny)

How long before... (Score:3, Funny)

Their *real* dream... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Las Vegas hated Comdex anyway (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Tradeshows just aren't the same (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Eh... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Maybe a good thing? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Regroup again? (Score:3, Funny)

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