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66 lines
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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REPRINTED FROM TAP ISSUE #86. (TAP,
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ROOM 603, 147 W 42 STREET, NEW YORK, NY
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10036. SEND A SASE FOR THEIR INFO
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SHEET, "WHAT THE HELL IS TAP?")
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THE PHONE PHREAK'S TEN COMMANDMENTS
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I. BOX THOU NOT OVER THINE HOME
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TELEPHONE WIRES, FOR THOSE WHO
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DOEST MUST SURELY BRING THE
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WRATH OF THE CHIEF SPECIAL
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AGENT DOWN UPON THY HEADS.
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II. SPEAKEST THOU NOT OF IMPORTANT
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MATTERS OVER THINE HOME TEL-
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EPHONE WIRES, FOR TO DO SO IS TO
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RISK THINE RIGHT OF FREEDOM.
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III. USE NOT THINE OWN NAME WHEN
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SPEAKING TO OTHER PHREAKS, FOR
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THAT EVERY THIRD PHREAK IS AN
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FBI AGENT IS WELL KNOWN.
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IV. LET NOT OVERLY MANY PEOPLE KNOW
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THAT THY BE A PHREAK, AS TO DO
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SO IS TO USE THINE OWN SELF AS
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A SACRIFICIAL LAMB.
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V. IF THOU BE IN SCHOOL, STRIVE TO
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GET THINE SELF GOOD GRADES, FOR
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THE AUTHORITIES WELL KNOW THAT
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SCHOLARS NEVER BREAK THE LAW.
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VI. IF THOU WORKEST, TRY TO BE A
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EMPLOYEE, AND IMPRESSEST THINE
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BOSS WITH THINE ENTHUSIASM, FOR
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IMPORTANT EMPLOYEES ARE OFTEN
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SAVED BY THEIR OWN BOSSES.
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VII. STOREST THOU NOT THINE STOLEN
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GOODES IN THINE OWN HOME, FOR
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THOSE WHO DO ARE SURELY NON-
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BELIEVERS IN THE BELL SYSTEM
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SECURITY FORCES, AND ARE NOT
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LONG FOR THIS WORLD.
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VIII. ATTRACTEST THOU NOT THE ATT-
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ENTION OF THE AUTHORITIES, AS
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THE LESS NOTICABLE THOU ART, THE
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BETTER.
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IX. MAKEST SURE THINE FRIENDS ARE
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INSTANT AMNESIACS AND WILL NOT
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REMEMBER THAT THOU HAVE CALLED
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ILLEGALLY, FOR THEIR COOPERATION
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WITH THE AUTHORITIES WILL SURELY
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LESSEN THINE TIME FOR FREEDOM ON
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THIS EARTH.
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X. SUPPORTEST THOU TAP, AS IT IS
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THINE NEWSLETTER, AND WITHOUT
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IT, THY WORK WILL BE FAR MORE
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LIMITED.
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