bpoag

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   by bpoag 11y ago

   It's not going away anytime soon, unfortunately. I get bothered by it regularly. I don't mind HN talking about it, because the people here are a bit different than the average joe, but...Over the last 3-4 years, i've been app
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   by bpoag 11y ago

   Hi. :)
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   by bpoag 11y ago

   Agreed. It's almost...accidentally perfect. I mean, considering: 1) The video cuts out -precisely- at the point in Dr. Who where the guy says "A massive electric shock -- he must have died instantly!" ...probably accidental,
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   by bpoag 11y ago

   Clarified above. Hopefully. :)
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   by bpoag 11y ago

   This. You are correct. Like I said -- There's some issues with accuracy in this guy's article, unfortunately. By 1987, people were well aware of what hackers were. Not so much the details, but, the basic concept at least, was well
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   by bpoag 11y ago

   Not immediately afterwards, no. In the months and years after the party in LaGrange, J and K, and I, only crossed paths maybe 2, possibly three times. THis would have been between 1987 and 1993. I didn't know them directly. I sat next
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   by bpoag 11y ago

   Hi there. I'm the guy who did the AMA. I don't think the guy who interviewed me from Atlas Obscura disclosed that he was from Atlas Obscura.. I thought he was some kid doing a high school paper or something. :) Meh. Oh well. Anyw