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The Last HOPE (2008): "One Last Time: The Hack/Phreak History Primer" (Download)

The Last HOPE (2008): "One Last Time: The Hack/Phreak History Primer" (Download)

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Friday, July 18, 2008: 8:00 pm (Hopper): In 2008 2600 is 24 years old, the computer bulletin board system is a 30 year relic, and a good number of attendees of HOPE were not born when some events of the "modern" era of computers and hacking began. Historian Jason Scott of textfiles.com presents a quick primer of a large part of the basics of hacking and phreaking history, touching on those sometimes obscure or hilarious subjects that may have escaped notice in a Web 2.0 world.