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A Brief History of Hackerdom My thumbnail sketch of he history of the hacker culture, maintained since about 1992. I revised, expanded, and HTMLized for the O'Reilly collection of my essays. The definitive history of the hacker culture remains to be written, probably not by me. http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/hacker-history/ (3kb) A history of hacking Hacking has been around for more than a century. In the 1870s, several teenagers were flung off the country's brand new phone system by enraged authorities. Here's a peek at how busy hackers have been in the past 35 years. http://www.sptimes.com/Hackers/history.hacking.html (16kb) cap'n crunch in cyberspace History of Cap'n Crunch http://www.webcrunchers.com/crunch/Play/history/home.html (11kb) Discovery Online, Hackers' Hall of Fame Famous hackers. Infamous crackers. Modern-day Robin Hoods ... or educated thugs? Before you decide, check out our inaugural Hackers' Hall of Fame. Click on the names and the eras to hack into the story (OK, that's not really "hacking," but you can pretend). http://www.discovery.com/area/technology/hackers/hackers.htm... (12kb) 4 resource(s) in this category... |
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