[119092] in Cypherpunks
Re: Great CD's on virus, hacking, & crypt - w/theory, binary, source
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jean-Francois Brousseau)
Thu Oct 14 18:27:50 1999
From: Jean-Francois Brousseau <krapht@hbe.ca>
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:44:56 -0500
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Well, Happy Hacker was written by Caronlyn Meynel, and she is a sellout concerning hacking.
She uses the term mostly for publicity stunts and making money, and has repeatedly said completely
false things about many aspects of the hacker culture, etc.
If you want more details on her, here's a URL
http://www.attrition.org/shame
I did not mean to say that American Eagle is a bad company, I'm just saying that this book
is not a quality book, and it does not necessarily give a very good image of the company.
Besides, I tend to be careful when buying books whose titles start with "the big black book of"...
It sounds a little high-school!!
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Gary Jeffers wrote:
> Brousseau writes:
> >They sell the Happy Hacker, need I say more?
>
> Yes. It is necessary that you say more.
>
> Demonstrate that The Happy Hacker characterises the rest of their
> products. I believe that American Eagle is a very good company.
>
> Yours Truly,
> Gary Jeffers
>
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