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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Defcon ][
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Note: This is a story/narration about my trip to Defcon II.
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In case you didn't know, Defcon II(I won't include the 'II' from here
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on out, but this is about the second, not the first) is a convention
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held for shady characters in the computer underground. For this convention,
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a few more people heard about it, and more than just hackers/phreakers
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showed up. Speakers talk about H/P/A/V/C stuff, surveillance, the law
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relating to those subjects, etc. Anyway, this is my story, told from
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a weird point because part was written during the trip, part was
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written after etc. It may be a little jumpy from here to there, but
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I think it will be well worth reading. This file will also probably
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end up being longer than most, but once again, well worth the time
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to read. I should include some great information, neat quotes, interesting
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facts, and other stuff. This file will also have a lot more humor,
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and not quite as serious a theme as usual, but that should help to show
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other kinds of people out there, and the culture they are in. W3rd.
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Since nothing exciting happened on the way to the airport, we
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will begin this from Stapleton airport in Denver Co. The cast: Me (Dam)
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and Morpheus. Destination: Las Vegas, Nevada. Why: Defcon II. (note:
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I had never been to Vegas, but Morpheus had). This takes place over
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Friday the 22nd, to Monday the 25th of July 1994. For historical type
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purposes.
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Day 1
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We arrived almost an hour before the flight so we decided to hit
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the arcade and kill some time. Lethal Enforcers was our game of choice,
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and upon playing found out we couldn't shoot the side of the screen. If
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you haven't played this game, read on but know that you can't get far
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unless you can shoot the bad guys that appear on the side of the screen.
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So we try to get our money back and the guy walks to the machine and keys
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in a credit for him. (Note: This guy had a barcode tatoo on his leg for
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some bizarre reason). He then points out that by standing the farthest
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from the screen, you can indeed shoot the sides. I asked him to shoot
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out a glass window on the very side of the screen and he tries once,
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realizes he couldn't do it, then shoots a bad guy and keeps going. He then
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pronounces the game fine, and leaves without giving a few credits. He
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tried to social engineer us. Lamer.
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The first leg of the trip was from Denver to Salt Lake City, Utah.
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As we took our seats, we figured we would be fortunate enough to have all
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three seats to ourselves. Right before the final call for passengers, a
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lady came up and asked if the other seat was taken. I should have said
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'yes' but didn't think to since she seemed a normal person. Bitch. She
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put her little daughter beside me and moved a few seats back. The girl's
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father sat a few seats up, both rid of the brat. For over an hour and
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a half I put up with this girl screaming, kicking me in the leg, and tossing
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her doll around by the hair. I must say that during this whole thing
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Morpheus was a complete dick as he buried himself in earphones and cranked
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the volume, oblivious to the brat and me being tortured. Maybe he was right
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about me bringing my own earphones. Bastard.
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Utah was dull. A three hour layover promised to bore us out of our
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minds but we were a little more creative. First things first. We called
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everyone we knew back in Denver to remind them we were going to Defcon
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and they weren't(thpptt). Distortion wasn't home for some reason(or asleep
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probably) so no picking on him....yet. Rage picked up on the 17th ring
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with a weak 'hello?'. Yes! We had waken him just to tell him where we were
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and where he wasn't!
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As is custom with me, I decided to wonder the airport and check
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things out. Three minutes later we had toured a majority of the place so
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we hit a small food kiosk. Morpheus decided to get a artsy coffee or
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something while I insulted him. "Capacino drinking muther fucker" and
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"artsy fartsy trendy faggot" were two of my better ones while he answered
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"yes, whip cream. yes, the gnu artsy kinda beans."
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Back to the gate we went, intent upon serving the rest of our
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three hour sentence in hell. Well? What would you call three hours
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surrounded by mormons staring at you. From here we hit a bank of phones
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beside the gate liberating them of their 'US West' signs and calling
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people in Denver, again. Cyanide had returned to work so we chatted with
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her for a bit, and made sure she remembered that we were not in Denver,
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and that she was working the whole time. (Morpheus is gonna get it).
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J-man the Shaman didn't get a call from us since his number was unlisted,
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but we tried. Good part is, he made it to the con after all.
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Time passed as I reread _Snowcrash_ and Morpheus listened to
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some music. As we boarded the plane, I couldn't help but notice as people
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pushed past me holding boarding passes numbered '117' and '138'. If you
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didn't know, Morris air uses numbered boarding passes like that, then
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calls 'Boarding numbers 1-30' etc. I was holding 8 and Morpheus 7.
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I also couldn't help but notice they didn't speak english as they bumped
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by. One other note about Morris Air. Their symbol is the same symbol
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for Chaos. Seriously. And they also have really rad safety messages at
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the beginning of their flights.
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The next plane flight was a little different for us. We sat with
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our backs toward the front of the plane and faced three other passengers.
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During the flight, we talked to Sheila who worked for the University of
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Utah and had a slight background in computers. We talked about 'puters,
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music, mormons, and other fun stuff. Come to find this 55-60 year old lady
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professor likes Ministry and has an internet email address. We said 'elite'.
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Landing in Vegas was another first. I imagine that is the only place
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where you walk off the plane and trip over slot machines. The ride to the
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Mirage(our spiff hotel) was enjoyable and as we pulled up, I realized how
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rich some bastards must be if they could build a hotel like this. Anyway,
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on to the con!
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We walked about three miles to the con(yes, we were at the other
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end of the strip) but saw all sorts of neat stuff. Arriving at the hotel we
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wound our way through the casino, up the escalator, and in the dark depths
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of the convention center. A small gathering of shady characters were gathered
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around. We registered, and started chatting with others. From 4-10 range, we
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actually bored as hell and didn't have any choice but to watch the wierd
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flicks they were playing. That included 'Computer Warriors' cartoon, some
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fucked up JapAp cartoon rated NC-17 that had these chicks getting raped
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by 30 foot penises and all powerful demons.
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After the movie we found out that '20 Ways to Trash a PC in ASM'
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had been cancelled because the speaker was either jetlagged or drunk.
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No one knew for sure, so we decided to leave and hope the next day would
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be much better. Walking back toward the casino we hooked up with the
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TNO guys and started talking to more and more people showing up late.
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We chilled in the con room talking to everyone filtering in and finding
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out who was who. Then it happened. I spotted a fed. I quickly got Remj,
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Morpheus, and a few others and we quickly cornered him. "What agency
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are you with" was the first question out. That kinda established why
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we had begun conversation. Here are some things about him we found out:
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- He registered as Sid Wilson, and registered differently at
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the hotel we were in.
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- He would not give us his name, company he worked for etc.
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- He claimed he worked in the private/corporate security field.
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- He had a BA from the air force, Masters from ASU, had been
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in the military, and had at one time worked with a gov agency.
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- He said it wasn't FBI, CIA, SS, or NSA, but smaller and
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just as private as the NSA.
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- He claimed he could walk into the NSA, and have full access to
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all of their computing power, because the NSA had certain interests
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in the companies he worked for.
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- He said he had full access to FBI, CIA, and Secret Service records.
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- He said he makes between 100 and 250k a year. (elite)
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- He said he doesn't currently work for the feds, but occasionally
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they used him for resources(information primarily).
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Every question we shot at him designed to trip him up he met with a good
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answer and was cool under fire. Once or twice he slipped up on wording and
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resulted in him sounding like he worked for the DOD or NSA(specifically
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those two agencies because we were talking about them). Either way,
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everyone agreed he was a fed. I received my 'I spotted the fed' t-shirt
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and he received his 'I am a fed' t-shirt. Either way, he was extremely
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nice, and even if he wasn't legit, really interesting to talk to. Just for
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reference, he went into great detail about everything from surveillance to
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lockpicking.
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During the whole talk with him(anywhere up to 20 people were
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listening at a time) we noticed a few others acting funny. Following
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up on the registry, asking questions, etc, we determined they were feds
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to. That put the ratio pretty high on us/fedz. One of them later was
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counted as a legit fed spot(by me but I didn't get a second shirt -
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your welcome Natex!). The night wound down and we headed back to our
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hotel(walked three miles at 2:00 am) and paid a dollar for a coke each
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before crashing.
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Day 2
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10:00 sharp, and we walked through the door ready for the next
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day armed with little sleep, a lot of caffeine, and a bag full of goodies.
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I quickly spotted the TNO booth and we went over and talked to DeadKat.
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It took less than 20 minutes to pass out 40 of the 50 disks I brought,
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each containing F.U.C.K. files 1-89 and a special word to Defcon people
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only found on those disks(collector's file!). Of course, yelling out
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that they contained everything from current 950 codes, Mastercard numbers,
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fred info, etc made them go much quicker(good idea DK!). The first three
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disks were handed to confirmed feds. H0h0h0. Wait 'til they read those!
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Some people of interest: Grayarea/Netta Gilboa was there. She
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is the founder/editor of Grayarea magazine. I must say I was disapointed
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as I watched her give out free mags to other people of importance, but
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none to me, especially after I gave her my mag. :(
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Phil Zimmerman gave a speech about PGP(duh), and told about
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his past a little. All stuff we had heard with TNO when he talked to
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us months before.
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Gayle Thackery was next, giving a speech that somehow tied in
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PGP to kidnapping. I am still trying to figure that one out. She was
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also the butt of several jokes later, but all in jest. :)
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(This next part written while at the con listening to a speaker)
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As I sit here at the TNO booth, things are kinda mellow, people
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taking flyers, asking questions, meeting people etc. A lot of big names in
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the computer underground pass by, many in the 'PD' or 'Law Enforcement'
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scene as well. Of all the groups that were represented, legal or not, only
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one stood out in any way. TNO. At the table we have an old computer that
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will be given out later as a doorprize. People are messing with it while
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talking about how old it is, and whether they remember a computer that
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weighed about 45-50 pounds(and it did). We are also handing out flyers
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with Deadkat's and Agent 866's board advertisement. Telnet to
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'Corrupted.Sekurity.Com' and logon as BBS. Rad place to be sez me. Next
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we were passing out a flyer showing the prime trashing areas in the
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Denver Tech center. We commented that they would make a great shirt, and
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at the next con could probably hope to see those same maps for other towns.
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Beside the flyers were business cards for Phil Dubois(Zimmerman's lawyer)
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and his private investigator. At the table is a scanner monitoring hotel
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security so we get the drop on them(snicker). This is one social gathering
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from hell in most of TNO's eyes therefore their laid back attitude.
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Remj was wearing a shirt that is worth mentioning. Front said 'TNO' in
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big letters, and the back said 'Fuck the Fedz' with 'No R3sp3ct!' under it.
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Quite funny and great for walking through the casino.
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(end part written at TNO booth during con)
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Ate lunch after that with a number of people from the con. After
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eating the crappy buffet at the Sahara(where the con was) we talked
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about several issues concerning copyrighting, encryption, and how to hack
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the credit card keys they used for the hotel rooms. Natex by the first day
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had deciphered the numerical code on the cardkey to his room, and figured
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out how to re-write it so it could serve as a master key. Muhahaha.
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Dead Addict, Juobs, Laughing Gas, DJ Ren, Root, Ezra, Bob, Natex, and myself
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were present for this lunch. Hey all.
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We meandered back to the con and mixed with others, kind of getting
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the feel for who was there etc. We had almost one more hour before the next
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scheduled speaker. Morpheus found me and pointed out John Dvorak who had
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just walked in. I thought it was kind of wild that he would show and headed
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over to talk with him. First impression was that he was really laid back,
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mellow, and just a good guy. Of course, I had to ask him some questions about
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his book(_Dvorak Predicts_ by you know who). Since I was wearing a 'PRESS'
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pass as well as my normal name badge, I decided to ask a few other questions
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and told him I would relay the answers in this file to be. I asked him
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two main questions. "In your opinion what is the biggest problem with Apple,
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and with IBM?" He thought Apple had a lack of applications on the market
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while IBM held onto a dead end architecture. True.
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Throughout the first part of the day we all noticed the decided
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lack of codes at that type of convention. Dead Addict noticed the decided
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lack of drugs. To each their own. :) The night before I had traded
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a disk full of FUCK for a printed 'zine called 'The Barfing Yak'.
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Pappy is the editor and I spoke with him for a little about each of our
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zines and later that night read the rest of the zine. So I caught up with
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him and complemented him on the Zine. It is well written, neato little
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drawings, and good ideas. Call him at 800.221.3218 ext 269 for more info
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on how to get it. Within a month or so they are planning on releasing
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the zine in written and text format. As the mag says 'Yak on'.
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The next speakers talked about Surveillance and Anti-surveillance.
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The presentation was quite interesting and here are a few things from it
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I figured would be cool to relay on. Phones can't be secure no matter
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what you do. You can not GUARANTEE your phone line is safe to talk on.
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"Radio Shack is your spy store", And they showed it. The gave details
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on monitoring people, finding bugs etc. The cool part is, most of the
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devices they showed could be replicated with cheaper parts from Rat Shack.
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Following the spy stuff, someone spoke on wire taps and other
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legal aspects but told of interesting twists. I can't remember who
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spoke, and for some reason didn't write it down, but two facts that were
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told are definitely worth interesting. Both are based on fact which we
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quoted sources for. 90% of all Law Enforcement wire taps are illegal.
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They are illegally obtained, tampered with in some way, or something
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else happens to destroy their integrity. Check into it. Next was a
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great statistic, and I think I got the numbers right, either way they are
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close. There is a 22% conviction rate based off evidence from wire taps.
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They cost around 65,000 dollars per tap and over 60,000 wiretaps were
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used in 1992. You figure out how much they cost the taxpayers and tell
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me if it is worth 22% convictions.
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It wasn't long before dinner rolled around(yes, that means not
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a whole helluva lot happened) and a different group of us sat down and
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ate. 'Repospaz' led the way to the Sahara buffet(sigh) and we grabbed
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a quick bite. Microsoft, CD Rom, OS/2, and security were the topics
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of this meal. Since I was eating with one former employee of Microsoft,
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one corporate security type person, and one other person that had a good
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general knowledge of computers, it was quite interesting. The halibut was
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pretty good also.
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The wait after dinner was probably the most single interesting
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hour of the whole con. Someone else(Frosty I believe) popped in a self
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mixed tape from hell. It started out with some porn action. Then flipped
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to the animations of the wall. Back to porn, then to Lawn Mower Man,
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back to porn, to Minds Eye, back to porn, etc. To top that off, each
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porn scene was edited as well. Keep in mind, when I say back to, it went
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one frame of one topic to split second to the next, no static, no noise,
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instant jump. Anyway, the porn jumped from different people to different
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scene just as well, so that you couldn't follow anything at all in that
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video. I was told later that it had everything from a guy with a 2 foot
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penis to a hermaphrodite(remember that word this time Morpheus).
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After dinner I discovered the best part of the whole building.
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For only one dollar, you could get a bottle of Heinekin. Great price
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for good beer(in my opinion at least). So Morpheus and I drank quite a few
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that night, yet he didn't get quite as toasted as I did. While drinking,
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we listened to Winn Schwartau give an impromptu speach on monitor surveillance
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and how to build a cheap but effective device that could monitor video
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output of lower screen resolutions. He mentioned a place called the
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Spy Supply in Denver(just moved here apparently) and a number to reach
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for more information about all of that. 617.327.7272 So give it a call if
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you are interested in more info on surveillance of any kind.
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Next, 'Mark' gave an impressive lecture on hacking the Oki 900
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phone, how he started, what you could do with it, etc. Needless to say,
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it is probably the best phone to get if you are interested in hacking
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cells. For more info he told anyone to mail info@nw.com and indeed,
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they will send you a three/four page letter explaining where to get more
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info on the subject. By this time I was quite drunk and headed back to
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a friend's room so he could grab his notebook. I ended up getting three
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Long Island Iced Teas. :) While I was gone, I was told that someone else
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(Drunkfux I think) gave a little info about hacking Motorola cells.
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After we got back to the convention, listened to some more stuff
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from various people and things kind of broke up. Party in 1790 is where
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things went. In the first half hour there were over 30 people in the room
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piling on tables, beds, and wherever else they could sit/stand. The window
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opened all the way so fresh air came through(and that is a big deal since it
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is against the law to have windows open more than X amount of inches -
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because of suicide attempts). The party was great, Long Island Iced Teas
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were mixed by a hacker who also worked as a bartender(yeah!). For a while
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'Repospaz' was missing, and when he showed up, he told us he walked
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down to the casino, put three quarters in, and then showed us his back of
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60 quarters. Must be nice.
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Other memorable things from 1790 that night. Didn't like the
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rest of the drink? Just throw it out the window. We did. I remember
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hearing this one: "I was like, three quarters of a way through the class,
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and then I did some 'shrooms" referring to a college class. "..there were
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dolphins in the mall..." and surprisingly, this had nothing to do with
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taking drugs. Hearing all these great things I told everyone I was planning
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on writing this file, and asked if anyone had any good quotes for the mag.
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Here it is:
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"Don't spit out the high rise at the MGM" - ???
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"Dvorak stole my Barfing Yak!" - Artimage
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"The only thing more fucked up than the Brotherhood of
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Railroad Signalmen, is defcon." - Novacaine
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"And followed them was a pale horse, and upon that horse
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rode death, and hell followed with him." - Jarik
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"Exile is too elite." - Darkman
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"I have [a quote] on my computer, I'll give it to you
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tomorow."
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Hope those mean as much to you as they do to me. :)
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* Great shirt alert: "Toneloc - Over 5 Million Scanned"
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I left the party sometime after 2(i think), and found Morpheus
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back at the convention room talking with more people about cells and
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how to hack them, but we broke off and headed back to our room. This time
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we took a cab.
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Day 3
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Winn Schwartau started off again with one of the best speeches
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regarding new technology and today's cyberspace. He started out with
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some basics, enough to get you in the mood and get you relaxed as he
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took you on a tour of "what we CAN do today, that you just don't know
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about". He quoted a movie near the start called _Prime Risk_ that I plan
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on seeing pretty soon. From the sound of it, you may want to check it
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out if you are interested in the following I relay on about his talk.
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We have all heard of trojans and what they can do, and how dangerous
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they are, but have you ever thought of a hardware trojan? Coding designed
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in the chip, so that it is in your machine from day one? Think of the
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potential of that. Later in this paragraph I will give you a book to
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check out, and it should tell a LOT more about these subjects, but this
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will give you the gist. Herfguns and EMP/T bombs. Don't know if the
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'herfgun' part is spelled right but that is how it sounds. I have read
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a little on EMP/T to know they aren't 'Empty' bombs. Anyway, they both
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consist of ways of knocking computers offline as well as any other
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technical machine using the basic technology a computer uses. Weaker
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devices of this nature will cause a system to reboot or something pretty
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harmless. Bigger or more powerful weapons of this nature will kill
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data on machines, cause all sorts of mayhem on the machine, and some other
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stuff. He went on to tell how the media said a virus helped us win the
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Gulf war, but in reality, well placed EMP/T bombs did it. From here
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he broke off and started a new thread of conversation and had one good
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quote in the middle of it: "In cyberspace you are guilty until proven
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innocent". If you are in 'cyberspace' then you know the truth behind it
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and what that means. The rules are different there. Some other points
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he made and backed up quite well were these:
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- Industrial espionage is up 400% in the last 6 years.
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- Espionage is estimated to cost 100 Billion dollars,
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creating over 3 million jobs.
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- Current U.S. policy encourages espionage.
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If you want to know more about any of the above, Winn is the author
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of a book called _Information Warfare_ available at Walden's and B. Dalton's
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I believe. From his speech, and general attitude at the con, it is a must
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get. If you wish to mail him with questions related to that, he can be
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reached at P00506@PSILINK.COM . If you wish to know more about his background
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I have some information, or you can mail him direct.
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After that great speech we got to listen to Phil Zimmerman come
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back on stage and beg for money, software, and hardware to help fund
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his new project, which is a form of PGP for voice conversation over the
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telephone. If you are interested, mail him(get his address from PGP).
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In the near future should be some defcon scanned images, a good
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amount of text, etc available on the net at various locations. I only
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know of what is planned, so keep an eye out for it. (And pass this article
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along too!)
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The best hack of the con was presented next. While a member of
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Defcon was walking through the casino the day before, a manager approached
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him and asked him about defcon. Most of us had adopted the standard line of
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"You ever seen _Sneakers_ and _Wargames_?" "Yeah" "That is what we do."
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So this guy asks the hacker "Could you get me a list of Baccarat players
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staying at the Sands hotel? The hacker said "No problem". The next day
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the hacker handed the manager a list of 'players' in return for three days
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comp at the Sahara. In case you don't know what 'comp' is, that means
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his room, all food, and all beverages were paid for by the hotel.
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The list of players included Gayle Thackery(mentioned above). Excellent
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hack man! Two thumbs up.
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Dead Addict was next to hit the stage with his speech called
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"Two Futures". He basically told us of two very real but opposite
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futures, Utopia/Distopia. He told us about an 'Information Convergence'
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that was likely to happen in one or both futures, and that the future
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depends entirely on who controls the information. He reminded us that
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'a paranoid person is one who is well informed'.
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Utopia Distopia
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------ --------
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End of limits. 'Their dreams take place,
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End of patents. not yours.'
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End of copyrights. Redundant/Suppressed research.
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Educational freedom
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That should give you an idea what the two futures stand for and the
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basics of what he was saying. Other things he mentioned to note:
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- "Television Programming" - That phrase is the absolute truth.
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Think about it.
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- "There will always be bugs in the future...at least as long
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as Microsoft is around" This was said as his notebook beeped
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at him that his battery was low. :)
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- "90% of people have committed felonies in their lives"
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This is hard to believe, but make a
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perfect list of felonies described
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by law, and you will see that is close
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to the truth.
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- Hackers obtain info = crime
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Corporations pay/bribe for info = acceptable
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- Selective Enforcement is how the law works right now. It needs
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to change.
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He concluded that hackers would always be around, "hacking to destroy
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the corruption we perceive." This ended an excellent speech. During
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his talk, he mentioned a book to check out, called _Shockwave Rider_
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by John Brunner(i think).
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Mark Ludwig was next on stage, and if you don't know, he is
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one of the biggest names in virus research/development. His talk was a
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little chaotic as his points were not an even flow, but some very
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interesting and valid points.
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- Is copying software stealing? Jesus duplicated fish/bread,
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so was he stealing from fisherman and bakers?
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- God made man, Colt made them equal.
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- Authorities can't take our(hackers) tools of trade.
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1) Info
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2) Computers (cheap and readily available)
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3) Software (copied easily)
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He mentioned one book that deals with keeping ahold of your money and making
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it inaccessable to the government. Details are outlined in the book
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_Offshore Nestegg Strategy_. You may have to contact Privacy Reports Inc.
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at 26A Peel St, Groundfloor Central, Hong Kong to get it since the
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government has basically banned it here. Next, Mark gave out some awards
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for the Virus writing contest which was kind of slow this year.
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Peter Baruk from the SPA was next in line(of fire :) ). He took
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the podium knowing fully he would probably get taunted and provoked but
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kept a good attitude through the whole thing. He basically told what the
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SPA is, who it consists of, and what they do. Two interesting facts he
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quoted: An internet site at MIT that had copyrighted software on it(warez!)
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was estimated to distribute over 100 million dollars worth of software
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in 2 weeks. Rusty 'n Edie's was estimated to distribute over 750,000
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dollars worth in 6 weeks. This brought a question to mind, so I asked.
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"How can you count that as a loss to the software company if that software
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wouldn't have been DLed had it not been free?". I basically meant that
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most DLing of software like that is because it is free. If it hadn't been
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free, most wouldn't have been DLed. He never fully answered my question
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but oh well. During his Q&A someone mentioned "Better dead than Fed".
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We all got a good laugh out of that. After his speech I caught up with
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him to clear one law up that I will pass along. It is a felony if you
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have over 10 pieces of software OR the software is valued over $2500 in
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a 180 day period. If you have any questions about that, or anything
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else related to the SPA, you can reach them at 800.388.PIR8 (neato).
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Great shirt alert: "In this age of digital darwinism, some people are
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1's. You're a zero." and on the back: "3133+3"
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and " 'I only hack for money' - Erik Bloodaxe"
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A couple other minor speakers, the 270 meg hard drive give away,
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and the convention was pronounced 'over' by Dark Tangent. DT was
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the one who put this whole thing together in case you didn't know, and
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deserves a tremendous amount of respect for it. Rumor has it he got stuck
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with the bill for over a 1000 bucks to cover damages to the wet bar. If
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you were there, and responsible for any/some damage, please get in contact
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with him, anonymously even, and help him out. A Defcon ]I[ would be
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nice. That wrapped the convention up, but still left a lot of people
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with most of the night to waste as some of us planned on driving/flying
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out the next morning.
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After that, Morpheus and I went back to the hotel to grab a bite
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to eat. Since we weren't paying for food, rooms, drinks, etc, we decided
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to eat at this really nice Italian place. *Morpheus' step-father was
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'comped' while we were there, thus, no paying on our part.* We walked
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into the restaurant and were promptly told we could not eat there because
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we were wearing t-shirts. He had on an Armani t-shirt while I had on the
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more relaxed 'Defcon' shirt. We bitched a little that rules weren't posted,
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bitched some more and left. The French restaurant next door would be good
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enough. Low and behold we got the same thing there. This time, things
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were different. From the front of the restaurant, we could see two
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people wearing t-shirts. One t-shirt right in front of us was striped
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but matched the shorts he was wearing. The other was a plain black
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t-shirt. The manager dood told us that since it had a pocket, it was ok.
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We didn't see it that way. Five minutes later we sat down and ate. After
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our great meal(180 some bucks for the three of us - free) we headed
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back to the Sahara.
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Room 1790 was the site of a small get together and a little drinking.
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Most of the drinks had been consumed the night before leaving a lot of
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vodka and a little orange juice. It went quickly. Goodbyes were said,
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drinks finished, last quarters were thrown into slot machines, and everyone
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parted ways. Morpheus and I walked back to our hotel.
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I mentioned this above, but there is more to it. We stayed in
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the Mirage. If you have never heard of it, it is considered to be the nicest
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hotel on the strip by most people. One weird thing about it, is when
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you are walking through it, you feel like you are in Big Brother Land.
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Translated: You are ALWAYS being watched. I had heard about it before
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arriving and had even seen part of their security setup on TV, but you
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don't get the true feeling of how many cameras there are until you
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walk through there. On the first floor alone where all the restaurants
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and casinos are, I would estimate over 500 cameras were watching. Each
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bank of slots, each poker table, each hallway, each 'attraction', each
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everything, and there would be a camera above you. Some obvious as hell,
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some not quite so obvious. Places like the Mirage are prototypes of
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what our culture will be going to. Everything you do will be on videotape
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somewhere, stored on computer, even though you don't know it. Stickers
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with the quasi-Intel logo were floating around but instead of 'Intel Inside'
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it said 'Big Brother Inside'. Scary.
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The trip back was pretty uneventful: two planes rides, a car trip,
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and some unpacking. Denver was quite the same as we had left it.
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Thinking back to the trip we decided to give our own set of
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awards for various things at the convention. Here they are.
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Best Booth - TNO
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Coolest 'Elite' Person - Drunkfux (so mellow)
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Coolest 'Non-Elite' Person - John Dvorak
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Craziest Person - Remj (ask him about the cigarette)
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Biggest Loser- Dood from NSA (he didn't even take notes)
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Best Unconfirmed Fed - Guy I saw (in paragraph above)
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Sure as Hell Feds - 'Tech Services' group (I phear them)
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Best room in Hotel - 1790
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Best Speaker - Winn Schwartau
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Best Hack - Sands Hotel/baccarat thing
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Best Quote on Camera - "We're not criminals,
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we're revolutionaries" - DK
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Weirdest Movie- Frosty's Video
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Best Quote Taken Out of Context - "We're not boyfriends,
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we just fuck each other"
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That sums it up. Any questions about the con, this article,
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or whatever, mail me at JERICHO@NETCOM.COM.
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