On what?

Now that CmdrTaco has retired, it's Matlock and stamp collecting posts from now on.

I didn't think any computer back in 1972 had any kind of graphics capability outside of ASCII art.

"Crackhead" is such a harsh word. I prefer "processed cocaine enthusiast".

Did you ever make peace with Tsutomu Shimomura and/or John Markoff?

"no matter what promises you make on the campaign trail - blah, blah, blah - when you win, you go into this smoky room with the twelve industrialist, capitalist scumfucks that got you in there, and this little screen comes down... and it's a shot of the Kennedy assassination from an angle you've never seen before, which looks suspiciously off the grassy knoll.... And then the screen comes up, the lights come on, and they say to the new president, 'Any questions?'"

- Bill Hicks

Fun fact: samzenpus is really Junis, editing slashdot from his sweet Linux-running Amiga in Afghanistan.

Just don't come asking for aid and the use of our military when things start to get tough.

That's a little harsh. If they're in real trouble, have the Navy deliver a pallet of bootstraps and 5000 gallons of personal responsibility.

...and it's still compiling!

They're completely reinventing the wheel. Most places have barcode scanners or OCR cameras at the bouncer's station that record IDs as they come into the bar. Since most drivers licenses record gender info, why not tap into that?

Kevin Poulsen hacked into L.A.â(TM)s KIIS-FM radio station to rig a competition that eventually scored him a Porsche.

IIRC, he actually broke into the phone company switch so that he or his friend would be the Nth caller to win the car.

Slashdot has a new name?

And Hulk Hogan whacked it with a folding chair a few times for good measure.

Thank you for pushing the envelope in hot grits technology.

I'm surprised they went public with this. Usually, these things are cloaked in secrecy.