2600: Hacker Quarterly

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2600 the community for readers of the infamous little magazine at your local bookstore--full of goodies for the aspiring hacker. 2600 Hacker Quarterly and the Off The Wall/Hook podcast.

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Remember be excellent to each other and there is no hats here just hacks.

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  1. Code of conduct - Be excellent to everyone
  2. No Doxing or Ad Holmium
  3. No Hats just hacks.

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I didn't know him, but he did have an impact on me. (self.2600)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BitingChaos to c/2600
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Kevin Mitnick was a name that I heard many times before, but I was never really familiar with the person. I just knew about the "getting in trouble for computer stuff" and of course the "Free Kevin" movement.

The 90s were a time of discovery for me and computers. It was also a time of me almost constantly getting in trouble for what I was able to do with computers (and networks). It took a threat of being reported to the FBI for me to finally take a break from screwing around so much.

My friends and I use to buy 2600 magazines and go to the local meetups. There was even a time after one of the meetups when a bunch of us rented a U-Haul truck to use to actually go trashing at some local businesses. (Also, I was so excited when some of my work eventually made it into an issue of 2600. I wish I still knew some of the people I use to hang out, because I would definitely brag about it to them.)

And of course, my friends an I got a huge kick out of the Hackers movie when it came out. It may have been insanely silly, but it also made the nerdy stuff seem shiny and attractive.

Basically, the "hacker culture" was part of my adolescence and helped shape who I am, and a lot of that was influenced by people like Kevin Mitnick and the kind of stuff he did.

RIP Kevin.

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Kevin Mitnick has passed away. (www.dignitymemorial.com)
submitted 1 year ago by rob_t_firefly to c/2600
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Phreaking Intro (self.2600)
submitted 1 year ago by denzuko to c/2600
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPXQGnsrnx8&pp=ygUPcGhyZWFraW5nIGludHJv

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Phone Phaq: 212 is the shortest dialing area code (self.2600)
submitted 1 year ago by denzuko to c/2600
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_IZF7MXmYfQ

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Pay phone in Kanazawa Japan (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago by WhatsHerBucket to c/2600
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#Madrid 2600 Meetings on #Lemmy under the official #2600 official Lemmy #group , [ (hispagatos.space)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/2600
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#Madrid 2600 Meetings on #Lemmy under the official #2600 official Lemmy #group, #Hackers subscribe! https://lemmy.ml/post/1633529 https://lemmy.ml/c/[email protected] you can follow it from #mastodon at @2600 #HappyHacking #HackingIsNotACrime #HackerCulture

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Forest Hills/71st Avenue Subway Payphone: 718-520-9702 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by denzuko to c/2600
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Red box (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by BenDoubleU to c/2600
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Read an article about building a Redbox either on the 2600 Usenet group or some other hack/phreak BBS probably around 1993. Went to radio shack the next day to buy the tone dialer and crystal. I messed up the solder pretty bad but it still works to this day.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_box_(phreaking)

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Volume 40 Issue 1 - Serving our hacker community for 40 years of dedicated service (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by denzuko to c/2600
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Get the latest issue out now.

Little trivia for you (Moderator Denzuko is 40 years old this year too).