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[–] Jumper775 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your what? Like those things with the dial that are attached to the wall? How are you meant to do it with that?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Easy. You whistle in binary and say modem noises. The operator will patch you through to the internet.

[–] gibmiser 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I genuinely can't tell if you and the person you responded to are doing a bit and committing to it, or are genuinely referring to:

Phreakers

Making weird modem noises to hack phones will always be the funniest 90's hacker thing I've ever heard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, it worked, okay lol? And we were in the 70’s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was a 90's kid. Making weird noises in the phone was magic to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ohhhh so like Terminator 3