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RE: How to crack

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NODE 1e3ac0d3RE: How to crack
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Tim O'Brien wrote:

> Hi, my name is Tod, and I really want to be a cool hacker, so I joined
> this crap mailing list called cypherpunks.  
> 
> Blah Blah Blah, you guys don't know anything...Prove yourself and I may
> let you in.  This mailing list is for people who want to sell goods
> nothing else.....



Tim ,Tod, whatever:


	The list is for Hackers & Crackers. Since you made the famous Dumbshit
Statement " I want to be a Hacker" Your first hack test is trying to get
off the list.
NODE a66e33d2Re: How to crack
An entity claiming to be +Sabbath+ wrote:
: 
: Tim ,Tod, whatever:
: 
: 
: 	The list is for Hackers & Crackers. Since you made the famous Dumbshit
: Statement " I want to be a Hacker" Your first hack test is trying to get
: off the list.
: 

Hackers and Crackers, huh?  News to me.  This list is supposed to be 
for the discussion of crypto, but I think Tim || Tod was more accurate
in implying that it has become a dumping ground for mass marketing.

mark

PS --  No one chooses to be a hacker, you are or you aren't.  The
hacker in the crowd is the kid who took apart the toaster to see how
it worked.  I am of course not using the media version of the term.

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