Re: [SLUG] Computer Users Group?

From: Dylan William Hardison (dylanwh@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Wed Jun 09 2004 - 01:21:04 EDT


Spake Steve on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 12:37AM -0400:
> On Tuesday 08 June 2004 10:05 pm, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > Dylan William Hardison wrote:
> > > Hmm, 2600. There's a meetup group for that, and it would
> > > appear they have meetups in Tampa. Going to a meeting like
> > > that sounds like an excellent way to be put on an FBI watch list,
> > > though.
> >
> > I'm probably on an FBI watch list already. Maybe I should go to one of
> > these things.
>
> It's what we used to do in LA to keep up with that community. (We built ISPs.)
> The meetings are usually held in trainstations by the phones.
> Now, there's a group, with some wild ideas about right and wrong.

(personal opinion follows) Bleh, 2600 looks like something that attracts script kiddies and
crackers. I have no respect for that. :P

I assume that by "to hack around" Paddy meant "hack" in the original
sense, such that to hack = "To interact with a computer in a playful and
exploratory rather than goal-directed way. 'Whatcha up to?' 'Oh, just hacking.'".

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