[2121] in Central_America
New quotes for Fri Jan 12
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Jan 12 01:37:55 1990
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 90 01:37:47 EST
From: root@CHARON.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU
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bjaspan (Barr3y Jaspan):
The following sequence of messages recently appeared on the USENET.
It's hard to believe such people exist. I did not change any of the
names because I don't believe such jerks deserve protection.
Article 28 of alt.hackers:
Path: bloom-beacon!bu.edu!bu-cs!lll-winken!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!cmh117
From: CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET (Charles Hannum)
Newsgroups: alt.hackers
Subject: Re: CS curriculae (was Re: Distributed Hacking :-)
Message-ID: <90011.150343CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 11 Jan 90 20:03:43 GMT
References: <5458@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
<BOB.90Jan10105229@volitans.MorningStar.Com> <1146@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Penn State University
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Approved: The WIZ!
In article <1146@crash.cts.com>, guhsd000@crash.cts.com (Paula Ferris) says:
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>So, what are some of your accomplismnts that you'll admit to. The majority
>of mine are curiosity motivated....
>
>Mickey D's
>General Dynamics
>Pizza Hut
>Pacific Bell
>Mountain Bell
>Dow Chemical
>UCSD (several systems)
>Tymnet
>Telenet
>
>Those are among some of the more reconizible ones I've roamed through, and
>out again...Strange though, the VAST magority of the large systems I've
>peeked into are virtually unused...
Listen, bub. You're definitely not a hacker. You're what's known as a
"phreak" or a "cyberpunk" or an "idiot" or, to put it plainly, "a god damned
asshole". If you want to break the law, then don't tell the whole net about
it. Personally, I'm not impressed.
Now, if you figured out how to install Super Boulder Dash or Lode Runner on
your hard disk, then I'll be interested (but still not very impressed).
Some of the more popular programs I've unprotected recently are:
Ultima III, IV, and V
all protected Sierra On-line adventure games & Thexder
Gauntlet II
Deathtrack
APBA Baseball
Earl Weaver Baseball
Lode Runner (a while back; just here for reference)
many, many, many others that I can't even remember
There are basically three kinds of "copy protection":
1) SoftGuard, ProLok, and the like. Basically, they require special infor-
mation on the disk. I can't copy them with DISKCOPY or install them on
my hard disk. These are cake to unprotect.
2) "Code wheels" and the various implementations thereof. Most of these are
pretty easy to unprotect. The only one that I've worked on that I
*haven't* done is Starflight (I & II). This is in some pseudo-compiled
Forth language that's a pain in the ass to trace. But I'm working on it ..
These are less of a problem than the others, though. But if I lose the
wheel, I'm in deep doodoo.
3) Anything that requires me to boot it. This kind *really* pisses me off.
Not only can't I install it on my hard disk, but I can't run it from DOS,
either. I have a bit lower hit rate on these. (It's hard to get any
*higher* than 100%, now isn't it?)
Basically, if it's protected, I unprotect it. Simple.
Of course, for *obvious* reasons, I can't send any of these to you. Just
thought you might be interested.
--
- Charles Martin Hannum II "Klein bottle for sale ... inquire within."
(That's Charles to you!) "To life immortal!"
cmh117@psuvm.{bitnet,psu.edu} "No noozzzz izzz netzzzsnoozzzzz..."
c9h@psuecl.{bitnet,psu.edu} "Mem'ry, all alone in the moonlight ..."
c9h@eclx.psu.edu
c9h@hcx.psu.edu
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brlewis (Bruce R Lewis):
It is my first week at MIT. I am returning to my dormitory with my
two roommates, one of whom is white, the other of whom is Asian. They
are both also new at MIT. The desk clerk stops us and asks my
roommates if I am with them.
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celine (Who Drugged Thumper?):
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity
and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted
activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy ...
neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."
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cemunoz (Carlos E Munoz):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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jik (Jonathan I. Kamens):
If one uses HP-9000 to remove stains, and one uses a VAX vacuum cleaner to
vacuum carpets, what does one use to wash dishes? AT&T 3B20?
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mar (Mark A. Rosenstein):
He who spits into an ants' nest gets swollen lips.
- Degrading Silessian Proverb
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sthumble (Stephen T Humble):
Zippy sez:
Here we are in America... when do we collect unemployment?
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timhsu (Timothy M. Hsu):
There was a young fellow named Pope,
Who plugged into an oscilloscope
The cyclical trace
Of their carnal embrace
Had a damn nearly infinite slope.
"Engineers," Glimpf mutters.
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