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==Phrack Inc.==
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Volume Four, Issue Forty, File 11 of 14
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"Told ya...Should a killed me last year!"
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by Knight Lightning & Dispater
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Special Thanks: Dr. Williams, Holistic Hacker, Nihil, and The Pope
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ___ ____________ ___ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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SummerCon '92
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June 26-28, 1992
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Executive International Hotel
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"SummerCon... What is it? In many ways, SummerCon is much more than
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just a convention that attracts America's greatest phreaking and
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hacking personalities. SummerCon is a state of mind.
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Hackers by nature are urged on by a hidden sense of adventure to
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explore the unknown, to challenge the unchallenged, to reach out and
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experiment with anything and everything. The realization that we are
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not alone in our quest sometimes comes as a great gift and the
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opportunity to meet one's heroes, partners, and idols can be the most
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awe-inspiring aspect of the hacker community -- this is what SummerCon
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is all about.
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On the surface, SummerCon looks like a handful of youths hanging out at
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a hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. To me, it is more like one of those
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madcap movies you see on late night Home Box Office or something. No
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real point or direction, rebels without cause, all in the name of
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frantic fun and games. The atmosphere surrounding SummerCon is that of
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a dream world where once a year you can escape to a fantasy where
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ingenuity is king and you have friends around you at every moment.
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SummerCon itself may only last a weekend, but the friendships last a
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lifetime."
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-- Knight Lightning, Phrack 28, File 8 (PWN Special on SummerCon '89)
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SummerCon! At last, a return to the original idea behind the event. It was
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great! It was crazy! It was a party! It was everything it should have been
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and more.
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When Taran King, Forest Ranger, and Knight Lightning first conceived the idea
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of SummerCon in late 1986, they probably never imagined that they would all
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three still be involved six years later or just how popular their high-school
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dream would become.
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It seemed as though nothing could top SummerCon '89. It was a great turnout
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of 23 people, there was a serious conference, there was also sorts of mischief
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and mayhem, and all in all, everyone had a great time. In 1990, SummerCon
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coincidentally took place on the same weekend on which the United States
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government dropped charges on Knight Lightning. The turnout was less than ten
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people and the conference was anything, but a success.
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In 1991, SummerCon tried something new. The theme that year was CyberView and
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it had a special focus on civil liberties issues. The turnout was average,
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but something was missing. Finally, in 1992, the spirit of SummerCon was
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reborn anew.
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Setting Up For SummerCon '92
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Setting up SummerCon this year was a tricky situation. Knight Lightning had
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moved to Washington, D.C., Dispater didn't live in St. Louis, Taran King was
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working full time, and Forest Ranger was nowhere to be found. Luckily, there
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was Rambone. With help from Taran King, Rambone set forth to make sure that
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the hotel accommodations and the conference room arrangements were taken care
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of and without his help, SummerCon might possibly not have happened.
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All sorts of other arrangements had to be made as well. We wanted this year's
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conference to be very special and so for the first time ever, we decided to
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embark on the risky enterprise of designing and selling Phrack/SummerCon
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t-shirts. Knight Lightning and Dispater worked together on the design work
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and Dispater took care of the art and manufacturing. For those who haven't
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seen or heard about these shirts before, a brief description is in order.
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Phrack/SummerCon '92 T-Shirts
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There were only a very limited number of shirts made for the conference and
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they were sold out. A re-order was issued, mostly for people who attended the
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conference (but didn't get a shirt because of the small supply). A few shirts
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were reserved for people that were unable to attend. Unlike the Legion of
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Doom, Internet World Tour shirts, Phrack has no plans at this time to sell
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shirts to the general public. If there is a change in policy, we will let the
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readers know immediately.
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The shirts are standard white, short-sleeved t-shirts with no pockets.
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Front: On the left breast there is a picture resembling Oliver Wendall Jones
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(the computer hacker from the comic strip Bloom County). He is
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swinging his sword while standing at ground zero inside the cross hairs
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of a rifle. Circling above him are the words, "SummerCon '92" and
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below him, "June 26-28 St. Louis, MO."
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Back: PHRACK
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M a g a z i n e
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___________________
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When You Care Enough
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To Indict The Very Best
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PHRACK: 1 Secret Service: 0
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911's A JOKE!
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The information contained
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herein should not be disclosed
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to unauthorized persons. It is
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meant solely for use by authorized
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employees of the BELLSOUTH Corporation
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or any of its subsidiaries.
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Executive International Hotel... Not A Best Western Anymore?
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All parties concerned decided that we should return to the site where our best
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conferences had been held, the Executive International Best Western Hotel, but
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we had a surprise waiting for us when we arrived for the conference. It turned
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out that the Executive International was no longer a Best Western, in fact
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they had gone bankrupt. To make matters worse, the bank that foreclosed on the
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property failed as well -- in other words, the Executive International was now
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owned by the United States Government!
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SummerCon Begins
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There was so much going on and there were so many people at the conference,
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that there is no possible way to give a play-by-play of events at SummerCon.
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Knight Lightning arrived the Thursday before and Dispater flew in in the wee
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hours of the morning on Friday. When KL arrived with TK at the hotel around
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1 PM, the conference was already in full swing with groups of guys from Texas
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and Boston congregated outside the hotel wearing Phrack t-shirts and already
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trading war stories. Perhaps the biggest surprise was the arrival of Doc
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Holiday, who no one had been able to contact to invite -- of course the
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surprise was more on Erik Bloodaxe than anyone else.
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More and more people arrived during the day, and as they did, a strange
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sensation was shared among the alumni from SummerCon's past. True, Tuc and
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Lex Luthor weren't here, but outside of that, this was already looking like a
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reunion of all the people from all the SummerCons that had been before.
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Lucifer 666 was running around with Control C, The Disk Jockey was seen
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cruising the downtown bar scene with Forest Ranger and Tom Brokaw, Erik
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Bloodaxe and Doc Holiday called some of the girls they had met from the
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previous year's convention. Everything was happening so fast, it was hard to
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keep track of, so we didn't try. We just had fun.
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About 1/3 of the people at SummerCon went to see "Batman Returns." In light of
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the trip at the SummerCon of 1989, it seemed like a good idea. Others hung out
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poolside, roaming the hotel and its adjoining office complex, and still others
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raided the free buffet at the Radison Hotel down the street.
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The Washington, D.C. contingent of SummerCon guests were content to sit in
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their room most the evening and explore Internet sites in the St. Louis area.
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Some went trashing, some hit the bars looking for women, and some sat in the
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room occupied by Restricted Data Transmissions (RDT) for some good information
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exchange.
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Meanwhile, an underage hacker named Pyro (gee that's an original name) was the
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first to meet the pride and joy of Springfield, Illinois. Both of these young
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women claimed to be age 16 and Pyro was the first to experience some of their
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womanhood. One of "girls" was named Dena and she was in the mood for some
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action as well. Clawing at almost every guy at the hotel, she refused to
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leave. She finally disappeared into a room and was not heard from again until
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the next morning.
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SummerCon: The Conference
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The previous evening's activates had taken their toll. When 12 noon came
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around, most of the hackers weren't even awake yet, let alone prepared for the
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conference session. The meeting was re-scheduled to 1 PM, but in the meantime
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Knight Lightning passed out copies of Security Insider Report (from Interpact),
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information about InterTek, a ComputerWorld article by Chris 'Erik Bloodaxe'
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Goggans (this article also appears in PWN 40/1), while Mr. Icom did the same
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with back issues of Cybertek. Emmanuel Goldstein was busy selling the new
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black 2600 t-shirts and passing out back issues of 2600 Magazine. Copies of a
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recent article about hackers doing computer security from the Boston Business
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Journal were also to be found compliments of RDT. RDT was also responsible for
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making this year's SummerCon buttons. Holistic Hacker made some as well.
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Thanks to all parties concerned for your great work and efforts.
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Although it wasn't exactly made available for everyone to take a close look at,
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Knight Lightning proudly showed off his pre-release copy of THE HACKER
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CRACKDOWN by Bruce Sterling. This book, which will be available in hardback to
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the public on October 15, 1992, looks to be one of the most popular literary
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works on the world of hackers ever. It focuses on the raids in the Atlanta-LOD
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/Phrack/E911 case and Operation Sun Devil. It is believed that Knight
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Lightning himself appears on the cover of the book.
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With the gavel-like banging of a lineman test set, Knight Lightning formally
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called the meeting to order at about 1:15 PM. He expressed his appreciation
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for the massive attendance (there were at least 60 people actually at the
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SummerCon meeting). Rambone made a quick note about the activities of the
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previous night as laughter and jokes about the "cyber-nymphs" erupted from all
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around the room.
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Dispater took the floor for a moment to welcome everyone as well and then
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expressed his gratitude to the members of RDT for all of their help in
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producing Phrack issues during the past year. A discussion about who owned the
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hotel began briefly and then the first conference speaker was called to the
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floor.
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1. The Gatsby
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"I'm sure you're all familiar by now with the media stories of the '1000-member
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ring of hackers' that supposedly have been invading the credit bureaus of CBI/
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Equifax, but the story isn't true and there is a lot more going on."
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Gatsby explained that a hacker named The Prisoner (aka Multiplexor) from
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Indianapolis (and apparently also to some extent from Long Island) flew to San
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Diego to see a girl, supposedly on a carded ticket.
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While in San Diego, he allegedly broke into computers at Zale's Jewlery store
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and pulled credit card info from their point-of-sales system. After he vacated
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the rented room he had been staying in, he foolishly left behind the credit
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card printouts and his former landlord (whom he owed money to) discovered them
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and called the San Diego Police Department.
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Sometime later, Multiplexor was met at his new accommodations at the Sleepy
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Time Motel in San Diego by the police. The FBI was brought into the case and
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he was kept at the Marriott Hotel for two weeks, all expenses paid! While
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under government supervision, Multiplexor logged into several systems,
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including Scantronics BBS.
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During the course of the investigation, a hacker known as The Crypt Keeper came
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forward to tell what he knew about the hacker underground. He eventually
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would give the police access to Scantronics BBS logs he had in his possession
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after using The Gatsby's password to login to the system.
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These logs were used by the police to gain search warrants for Scantronics BBS
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and its now unhappy former sysop, Kludge.
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[The full details, police reports, warrants, and an interview with The Crypt
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keeper appears in Phrack World News 40/1.]
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2. Agent Steal
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Agent Steal gave a very informative talk about his dealings with Kevin Poulson,
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know to some as Dark Dante. AS related some of the experiences and adventures
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that the two of them had been through several years ago and talked about how
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Kevin used to break into central offices on a daily bases. Poulsen even had
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special equipment set up in his apartment to prevent him from being traced.
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Poulsen of course was the subject of a federal indictment and appeared on an
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episode of Unsolved Mysteries. He has since been taken into custody and is
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awaiting trial.
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Agent Steal himself had spent a short time in prison on some bogus charges that
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were brought against him to elicit his help in prosecuting Poulsen. He refused
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to assist, but he eventually was released anyway. He said that he was looking
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forward to something different now, but he may have been referring to the Ozzy
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Osbourne concert later that night in St. Louis. Agent Steal is working on a
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book about his adventures with Poulsen called "Data Thief" and he expects it to
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be published in the near future.
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3. Emmanuel Goldstein, 2600 Magazine, Editor
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"Many people mistrust the government and big business, and they want to know
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how to fight back."
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Emmanuel Goldstein spoke about the First Amendment and why 2600 Magazine has
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been able to exist and grow over the years despite the events that haunted
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Phrack in 1990. During 2600's eight years in existence, the magazine has never
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once been directly harassed by the government. The main reason he believes
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that Phrack was hit and 2600 left alone is because 2600 is a printed (hardcopy)
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publication.
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However, 2600 is in need of good writers and will print anything, leaked or
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sent to them, it doesn't matter. 2600 has never been sued, although they are
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often threatened with legal action [See PWN 40/3 for the latest threats against
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2600 from Bellcore]. 2600 has a subscription list of 1500 and a newstand
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of 3000.
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He also spoke about some of their press releases that were issued in order to
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alert people about insecure systems, but that the information is never acted
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upon until something happens. People always like to blame the magazine for
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giving the details on how to do something (such as opening Fed Ex drop boxes),
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but never take action to correct the problems the magazine exposes.
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A few people had questions for Emmanuel. For example, he was asked, "How do
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you morally justify hacking and the type of information published in 2600?" He
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responded by pointing out that 2600 only prints information about security
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flaws which need to be addressed and fixed.
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Emmanuel was also asked if there was any fallout from the Simplex lock hacking
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article which described how to hack Simplex locks with out any tools and in
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less than 20 minutes (often less than 3 minutes). Given that Simplex locks are
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widely used at universities and Federal Express drop boxes, one would expect
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some sort of action. Emmanuel replied that he was surprised that there hadn't
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been much of a response or any action taken against 2600 because of the
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article. However, based on what many readers have told him, it seems that
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nobody has even changed the default combinations!
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4. Control C [Legion of Doom]
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Control C has been a hacker surrounded by a lot of controversy over the years,
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from his days with the Legion of Doom through his employment and termination
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from Michigan Bell security.
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He addressed the circumstances that led to his finding work with Michigan Bell.
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In 1987, Control C had started to log into Michigan Bell computers almost on a
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daily basis for the purpose of becoming better acquainted with C programming.
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During one 4 hour session, Michigan Bell Security traced his call back to
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Chicago (where he had been in school at the time). The next day, ^C had moved
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back to Detroit and he received a call from some gentlemen who wanted to invite
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him to lunch.
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When he showed up, he was greeted by Michigan Bell Security personnel and the
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country sheriff's department. The result was a job where his main
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responsibility was to find flaws in their computer security by any means
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necessary. Over the years, Control C found well over 100 different holes and
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other weaknesses in their systems.
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As time went on and key people left and were replaced by staff with more
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conservative attitudes, a new vice president (and former police officer) came
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in and decided it was no longer fashionable to employ a hacker. Control C was
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informed that he must leave despite the need for his services.
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Shortly after Control C agreed to depart, the Secret Service became involved.
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They wanted to bring charges on ^C for the original break-ins at Michigan Bell
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that led to his employment. It didn't matter that Michigan Bell had signed
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documents that they would not bring charges. It didn't prevent the Secret
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Service from coming after him in 1990 (right during the same time as the E911
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Phrack case and LOD-Atlanta cases began).
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Control C was requested to take a polygraph. However, the timing was not good
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and ^C's lawyer request a new time. Now more than a year and a half since the
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request was made, ^C has not heard back from the Secret Service. Today ^C has
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moved on to a new vocation.
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5. Signal Surfer
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Signal Surfer voiced his concerns about the bad reputation hackers have in the
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computer industry when in reality, most people in the industry are hackers in
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the first place. He expressed an interest in trying to get people together to
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work on changing the stereotype of the modern hacker and helping hackers find
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legitimate jobs in the computer field.
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6. Predat0r, TAP Magazine, Editor; Blitzkrieg BBS, Sysop
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Predat0r gave a short update on the current status of TAP and tried to explain
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why he hadn't produced an issue in over a year. Legal problems (something
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about being accused of stealing a laptop computer) that were taking up his time
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and resources were at fault. However, he says that those issues have been
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resolved and that TAP will start publishing again with issue #106 sometime this
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fall.
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He gave his promise that he would not just fold the magazine and rip everyone
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off who had sent him money.
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7. Mr. Icom, Cybertek, Editor
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Similar to Predat0r, Mr. Icom expressed his apologies for having been somewhat
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delinquent in getting new issues of his magazine out. He claimed that issue #7
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would be released in the near future.
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8. Erik Bloodaxe (Chris Goggans)[Legion of Doom][Comsec Data Security, Inc.]
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It was only a year ago at SummerCon '91 that Erik Bloodaxe, Doc Holiday, and
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Malefactor proudly announced the formation of Comsec. Now, the following year,
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it seemed that events had come full circle. What had happened to Comsec? Why
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did it go out of business? What is the deal? That's what everyone wanted to
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know and what Goggans was prepared to discuss.
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One of the factors that contributed to the failure of Comsec was operating
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costs associated with creating the company in the first place. Unfulfilled
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promises of investment in the company from people like Kenyon "Malefactor"
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Shulman and a whisper campaign against them by others in the computer security
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industry and a criminally negligent press hurt them badly, so much in fact they
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could not recover.
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Goggans continued his tale of corruption and unfair play in the security
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community. For example, there was an agreement between Goggans and ISPNews
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about Goggans writing a regular column in their bi-monthly publication.
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However, after he submitted his first article, the newly formed editorial board
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decided against allowing it to be published. They said it was common for the
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editorial board to not allow sensitive articles in their magazine. But when
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ISPNews was asked what other contributors had their articles reviewed like
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this, they could produce no names. It should also be pointed out that among
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the members of the editorial board is one William J. Cook, formally an
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assistant United States Attorney in Chicago -- the same prosecutor who is
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responsible for the cases against Phrack co-founder Craig Neidorf (Knight
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Lightning), Shadow Hawk, Steve Jackson Games, Len Rose, The Mentor, and Chris
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Goggans himself!
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But it didn't end there! Someone on the editorial advisory board (without
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permission from Goggans) forwarded his article to the head of security for
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SprintNet. Goggans received a threatening letter from SprintNet that called
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his article potentially libelous and claimed that it contained inaccuracies
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and proprietary company information.
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But waitasec if the article contains confidential information then how could it
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be innaccurate? And if it's inaccurate then how could it divulge useful
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security flaws in their security?
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Most recently, Goggans wrote an article for ComputerWorld (see PWN 40/1) about
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hackers and computer security. It addresses Tymnet and Telenet security
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issues. He discussed how hackers exploit these networks and how they can be
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stopped. He read the article aloud in full. It was typical of most security
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articles -- detailed, technically rounded, and somewhat dry. There were no big
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security revelations or tips.
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He then went on to read some of the editorial replies of people responding to
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his article in subsequent issues of ComputerWorld. The audience did not
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approve of their negative response.
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Finally, the discussion turned to the situation with MOD. Goggans talked about
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the persistent harassment he had been subjected to by Phiber Optik and other
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members of his alleged New York based organization.
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Goggans said that in addition to the usual childish prank calls he would often
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receive, MOD obtained his credit information including his credit card numbers
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and posted them on bulletin boards and IRC. They were also responsible for
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changing his residential home telephone long distance service from U.S. Sprint
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to AT&T so they could more easily obtain his long distance calling records.
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He was not alone -- other partners at Comsec and Doc Holiday's (Scott Chasin)
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mother were also harassed. Harassing a hacker is one thing, but going after a
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man's family and livelihood is clearly stepping beyond the bounds of a hacker's
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code of ethics. Something had to be done aboutthe problem, so Comsec decided
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to end MOD's reign of criminal obnoxiousness by any means necessary.
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There was a debate as to the proper way to handle this situation. Goggans
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revealed that he eventually turned to the FBI for assistance, who were
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surprising helpful. Some people at SummerCon were critical of his admission.
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Emmanuel Goldstein was the most outspoken of those who responded. "If we start
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resorting to asking the FBI to resolve our problems, then that is a worse
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violation than what MOD did to you. The more appropriate response would be to
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use the same tricks to get back at them."
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Emmanuel also gave an example of what he meant. One day, his office starting
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receiving lots of calls from people who wanted trips to Europe. It turned out
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that an answering machine at a travel agency had been left with an outgoing
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message that told callers to contact both John Maxfield and Emmanuel Goldstein
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and gave out both their numbers. Maxfield solved the problem by called the
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feds... 2600 hacked the answering machine and changed the message to something
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more innocuous.
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However clever Emmanuel's ideas might be, Goggans stated that, "legitimate
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business people cannot resort to illegal means to correct such a situation. We
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had no other alternatives."
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The debate continued for 30 minutes until, eventually, Knight Lightning stepped
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in, pointed out that this discussion could go on forever, and that it was time
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to start closing up shop.
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9. DrunkFux, HoHoCon, Director
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Before the meeting was officially concluded, dFx had a few things to discuss
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concerning how the guests had been conducting themselves in the hotel and he
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wanted to relate an experience he had at HoHoCon '91.
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"The rowdiness at HoHoCon made last night at SummerCon look like a daycamp."
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Drunkfux explained that the managers at the hotel for HoHoCon blamed the
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conferences guests for all sorts of damage, and threatened to hold dFx
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financially responsible. The manager even threatened to bill his credit card
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for the damage. dFx responded by calling his credit card company and they
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informed him that what the hotel had threatened to do was illegal and they
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would be more than happy to prosecute the Hilton Hotel if they attempted to
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bill dFx for such charges.
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The Hilton staff claimed that some conference guests set fire to part of a
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hallway, but refused to show dFx the damage when asked. dFx's attorney (a
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relative who had gotten involved at this point) asked if any fire alarms had
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gone off. The reply was no. The attorney then informed the Hilton staff that
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he would be happy to sue them on behalf of the conference guests for
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endangering their lives by placing them in accommodations with defective fire
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alarms. The Hilton staff changed their story.
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Another claim against the HoHo'ers was that they had engaged in and allowed
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underage drinking. The attorney pointed out that the hotel's own bartenders
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were responsible for serving many of them and if Hilton's claim was true, he
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would be forced to call the state and have the hotel's liquor license revoked.
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The Hilton staff changed their story.
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This sequence of point/counter-point repeated itself a few times until all
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claims were dropped.
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A few days later, the two hotel managers who had previously accused dFx of
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damage went to his house to personally apologize. They gave him coupons for
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free nights the next time he stays at one of their hotels. dFx recorded the
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meeting on videotape and he joked around about putting the scene into gifs and
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distributing it to a BBS near you!
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Afterwards
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~~~~~~~~~~
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After the official meeting, many guests left the hotel to eat, trash, and
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explore the city. Frosty and some of the other GCMS-MechWarriors started a
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game of Hacker (Steve Jackson Games) in the conference room. Many people soon
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wandered over to Northwest Plaza Mall; where the trouble began.
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Rule #4
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~~~~~~~
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About 10 or more people (including Emmanuel Goldstein, The Conflict, Erik
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Bloodaxe, Doc Holiday, and Signal Surfer) had entered the Northwest Plaza mall
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and a couple of them had baseball caps on... backwards.
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A few minutes later, they were approached by mall security who told them that
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wearing their hats backwards was a violation of Rule #4 and was not allowed.
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Specifically the security guard said, "All clothing must be worn in the way it
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was meant to be worn." Go figure, aren't hats supposed to be worn on your
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head? This was more than Emmanuel and the others would take. They marched
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right into Sears and Emmanuel bought everyone (who didn't already have a hat) a
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bright red St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap.
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Now all of them had their hats on backwards and they started strolling around
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the mall soon catching the eye of another always-alert rent-a-cop, mall
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security guard. After telling them to turn their hats around (and dropping his
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walkie-talkie in his attempt to call for backup), the security guard was
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approached by Emmanuel who wanted to discuss this Rule #4.
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Another guard mumbled something about how a case on the matter had already gone
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to the appellate court, but he neglected to mention the outcome and we have
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been unable to find any details about case.
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The security guards (now in full force) told Emmanuel this policy was in fact
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posted at all entrances and then they threw everyone out of the mall. Emmanuel
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says that he circled the mall noting that the rule was actually only posted at
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2 of the 12 entrances. Another interesting rule was #6, which made it illegal
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to have a cellular phone, beeper, or any other device capable of making sounds
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in the mall. Erik Bloodaxe had broken this rule when he had played "Mary Had A
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Little Lamb" on Signal Surfers cellular phone.
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Nightfall
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~~~~~~~~~
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Towards the late afternoon about half of the Con ventured to the St. Louis
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waterfront on the Mississippi (Laclede's Landing) where the riverboats, bars
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and the Arch is found.
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Holistic Hacker showed videos in his room including:
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"ESS Phun" - A humorous raid of a Bell Central Office
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by three hackers.
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"Unsolved Mysteries" - The Kevin Poulsen episode.
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"Rudolph the Heavy-Metal Reindeer" - No explanation.
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"Good Morning America" - See Doc Holiday EAT his own hand!
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"Now It Can Be Told" - Phiber Optik, Emmanuel Goldstein, and
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Knight Lightning on Geraldo.
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"SummerCon '89" - Highlights of SummerCon '89.
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"SummerCon '91" - Highlights of SummerCon '91.
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Later in the evening, things just went out of control. Smoke bombs were going
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off, power outages were occurring, rooms were filling up with trash found in
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dumpsters at major computer and telecommunications office buildings. Dena was
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back stalking new prey (and found it).
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Agent Steal and DrunkFux went to the Ozzy Osbourne concert while Erik Bloodaxe
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and Doc Holiday went out with the girls from last year's conference. They
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didn't make it back to the hotel until the next morning <wink wink>.
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Security guards were running around threatening to send people to jail for no
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specific reason other than being disruptive.
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The only serious discussions that night took place in the RDT room.
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Sunday
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~~~~~~
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The guests slowly began waking up just before mandatory checkout time from the
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hotel. As they gathered in the lobby and outside for last minute discussions
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and group photos, the group began to slowly dwindle in size. A few had to catch
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flights right away, a few would be staying until Monday morning, but everyone
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promised to return next year.
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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PWN ^*^ PWN ^*^ PWN { SummerCon '92 } PWN ^*^ PWN ^*^ PWN
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PWN ^*^ PWN ^*^ PWN { Guest List! } PWN ^*^ PWN ^*^ PWN
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Agent Steal Erik Bloodaxe The Not
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Albatross Father Crime Omega
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Apollo Phoebus Forest Ranger OPii
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Aragorn Frosty Phaedrus
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Black Phoenix Gateway Phantom Phreaker
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Brian Oblivion The Gatsby The Pope
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Bucky Golgo 13 Predat0r
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The Butler Holistic Hacker The Public
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Coder Decoder Hunter Pyro
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Colin Junkmaster Rambone
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The Conflict Just Dave Sarlo
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Control C Knight Lightning Scooter
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Count Zero Krynn The Serpent
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Cray-Z Phreaker Lord MacDuff Signal Surfer
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Crimson Death Louis Cypher Slack Master
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Dark Angel Lucifer 666 Slave Driver
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Dark Creaper Magic Man Taran King
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Disk Jockey Minor Threat Tom Brokaw
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Dispater Mr. Icom Video Vance
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Doc Holiday Mucho Maas Voyager
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Dr. Cypher Mudge Weapons
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Dr. Williams Nat X White Knight
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Drab Jester Night Ranger Wind Runner
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Drunkfux Nihil
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Emmanuel Goldstein Norris
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A total of 73 people and they are what made it worth remembering!
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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A Few Things We Learned At SummerCon
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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By The Pope and Nihil
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- Don't try to buy beer at stores that have gas pumps.
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- How correctly wear a baseball hat.
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- "Playing" cellular phones is illegal.
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- All mall security officers are imported from Mississippi.
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- The showers at the Executive Internation only have two temperatures:
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freeze and scald.
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- Frosty bought a lifetime supply knee-high tube socks before they went out of
|
|
style in the 1970's.
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- How to pick up underage girls.
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- Control C should have chosen the alias "No Control C."
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- After being awake for 43 hours (and drinking for 30), OPii's accent
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disappears.
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- Hanging out with Crimson Death and Phantom Phreaker means worrying about
|
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being drug tested at work Monday morning.
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- Hanging out with Crimson Death, Phantom Phreaker, and Erik Bloodaxe will
|
|
teach you how to defeat Moday morning's drug test.
|
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- Erik Bloodaxe and The Pope are the Siskel and Ebert of pornographic films.
|
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- Agent Steal has big hair.
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- Taran King has perfect hair.
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- DO NOT get into a car with Voyager and The Public.
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