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and said “FBI.” This pissed him off very bad. Then he said just for that smart remark he was gonna take us to some little detainment room. We went with him because he had my friend’s money. We stayed in there for like two freaking hours explaining what happened but they made more smart remarks like do you like to cut grass? Well you’re gonna be doing that if the computer is broken. Then stuff like I don’t bite. And they took our only proof that was on the disk and said they were gonna mail it back to us and then they put our addresses on them and all, then later another cop came in the room and they said what should we do with the disks. He said destroy them. Then they broke the disks in front of us and the smart ass one said, “I have always wanted to see what the inside of one of these looks like.” The other one said “Why didn’t you just buy one?” Then the smart ass one said “Because that involves money.” I was thinking in my mind “hahaha... no!” Anyway, they charged us with a felony called computer fraud. Damn. It is on our permanent record now. And then they made us walk with him to meet my mom and everyone was looking at us and

he was saying crap like were we happy? Then after that, my mom was late as hell getting there to meet us where we were gonna meet but she wasn’t mad cause she believed us and then when we left we went to Barnes and Noble and got the new Spring issue of 2600. And that’s why I felt like writing you guys.

Outbreak Folks, we could never make up a story like that. In fact, The X-Files couldn’t make

up a story like that.

Dear 2600: Hey, I am a phreak. I want your magazine. So I begged my mom for

$5 and said that there was this PSX (Playstation) magazine that I re- ally wanted and they only sold it at Barnes and Noble. So I went into Barnes and Noble looking for like 20 minutes and nothing, so I asked this fine chick at the counter and she looked at me funny and asked me if I asked for 2600 and I said yeah, then she helped me look for it but nothing. And then today, you guys will hate me for this because

A C U LT U R E O F R E B E L S

I found a copy of your magazine on the floor at school! And it’s the latest! By the way, I’m 12. Phreakilation

We know.

Dear 2600: Thanks for letting us see what can be done. I am an East Timorese

myself and was glad to see that we can protest in so many ways to get our message across. Just wanted to say thanks for letting me see how

I can protest. Never thought about it. Cheers. long live xanana

ET 4 Life phillip