2600 use to be held on Friday nights but every one ended up getting drunk
and nothing was accomplished aside from me building up my skill of cleaning
booze from peoples laptops. Saturday afternoon only a few people get drunk.
On Jul 21, 2011 11:06 PM, "Gene Cronk" <[email protected]> wrote:
> dc904.org also points there. The time is b/c the venue is pretty much dead
> at that period.
>
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:05 PM, Chad Bailey <[email protected]
>wrote:
>
>> Looks like you should reconsider your domain in that case lol. Saturday
>> mid-day is an odd time, any particular reasoning behind that?
>> On Jul 21, 2011 10:59 PM, "Gene Cronk" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > www.jax2600.org
>> >
>> > We're violating the official 2600 meeting rules by holding it on 3rd
>> > Saturday, so technically you're attending a DC904 (Defcon Groups)
meeting
>> > :-).
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Dan Bidleman <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I would also like to hang out with some 2600 people if this meeting
>> exists.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Chad Bailey <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > I was aware of the reference due to being the one that made it. I
>> guess
>> >> what
>> >> > I meant was I made no indication that I believed this still worked.
I
>> was
>> >> > simply making a reference to the whistle because it did (and still
>> would
>> >> if
>> >> > you could find one) generate a 2600hz tone which is the name of the
>> >> group.
>> >> > This fact is still accurate regardless of the effect of a 2600hz
tone
>> on
>> >> the
>> >> > modern day PSTN.
>> >> > On Jul 21, 2011 4:39 PM, "Jess Hires" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> Chad,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The email subject is a reference to
>> >> >> Phreaking<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreaking>,
>> >> >> and the first "phreaker", John Draper (aka, Captain
>> >> >> Crunch)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper>.
>> >> >> He was called this due to using a toy whistle found in a Cap'n
Crunch
>> >> > cereal
>> >> >> box to hack the phone systems and make free calls to anywhere. This
>> was
>> >> >> about 30 years ago.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I don't remember the comment last night that prompted this thread,
>> but
>> >> I'd
>> >> >> like an invitation to whatever it is also, I'm very interested now.
>> :)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Chad Bailey <
>> [email protected]
>> >> >>wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> I fail to see the relevance, but thanks for the history lesson
>> >> >>> On Jul 21, 2011 10:50 AM, "R P Herrold" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>> > On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Chad Bailey wrote:
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >> Hey guys, not sure the name of the guy who did the
presentation,
>> but
>> >> >>> >> he had mentioned another group he was trying to get going...
had
>> >> >>> >> something to do with a whistle in a cereal box, or something
like
>> >> >>> >> that. Mind sending me an invite for it?
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > '2600' whistles have not worked for three decades to hack the
>> >> >>> > long distance network
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > -- Russ herrold
>> >> >>>
>> >> >
>> >>
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