# Any MD/DC/VA Dopefests someday? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-md-dc-va-dopefests-someday/169205 "2003-04-16T23:52:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-md-dc-va-dopefests-someday/169205/21 "2003-04-18T11:27:11Z")
Congrats **hello32499**! I’ve still got a year or two to go for my degree, but in the mean time I’m working at Mason as a computer geek. I agree with the sentiment about too much time at this place. ---
**Author:** ![hello32499](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cc9497/32.png) [@hello32499](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hello32499)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-md-dc-va-dopefests-someday/169205/22 "2003-04-18T16:29:42Z")
[Hi-jack] So **welby** , are you the one who smashes all of the resident students’ hopes and dreams of using programs that can not be named on these boards? (like Zakaa, and Zakaa-lite?) Because I always wondered whose job it was to block ports that are being used for programs such as these. [/Hi-jack] Now back to your regularly scheduled OP! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-md-dc-va-dopefests-someday/169205/23 "2003-04-18T17:19:42Z")
[re-hijack] Nope, we don’t block any ports at all. I’d recommend, um, Wixnay on the MX-ey. Works fine for me.[/un-hijack] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-md-dc-va-dopefests-someday/169205.md?page=1)