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- From: jthomas@kolanut.mitre.org (Joe Thomas)
- Subject: Re: New case for EFF, ACLU, and CPSR
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.153550.25348@linus.mitre.org>
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- Organization: The MITRE Corporation
- References: <1347@eplunix.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:35:50 GMT
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- In article <1347@eplunix.UUCP> raoul@eplunix.UUCP (Nico Garcia) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan23.034834.8869@mp.cs.niu.edu>,
- > tk0jut1@mp.cs.niu.edu (jim thomas) writes:
- > >
- > > In article <JMC.93Jan22123256@SAIL.Stanford.EDU> jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU
- writes:
- > >>Please explain what the computer enthusiasts were doing that aroused
- > >>the suspicions or ire of these authorities, justified or not.
- > >
- > > No one is withholding information. This incident has been widely
- > > discussed since early November (see, e.g., CuD 4.57). The
- >
- > What is "withheld" is that the magazine mentioned, which the kids
- apparently
- > read and which was the mutual interest of the kids present, is called
- "2600".
- > The original article said "... 2600 magazine readers...." "2600" is
- > apparently a hackers' magazine (yes, I use the common newer meaning of
- > hacker here, not the original one).
- >
- > Someone who's read an issue might volunteer more details? I don't even know
- > if it's paper or on-line.
-
- I'm sure I'll end up being the twentieth person to post this information, but
- 2600 is a paper mag that's been published for years by Emmanuel Goldstein.
- It was originally mostly phone-phreaking info (2600 Hz is the frequency blue
- boxes use to jump onto trunks). I agree that this whole thing is chilling.
-
- Joe
-