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The best phreaker? Blind as a bat.
2004-01-31, 8:10 AM #1
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/phreaks_pr.html


Discuss...

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2004-01-31, 8:21 AM #2
How can they do that??? Most actions on a computer require you to look at a screen, doesn't it?
2004-01-31, 8:33 AM #3
no.

It's not that hard to find equipment that allows a blind person to use computers. Sure they might struggle with something purely visual like videogames, but phreaking is centred around text and sound input and output and knowing what to do.

A good portion of the W3C standards are dedicated to making sure that blind people are able to read your page as easily as a fully-sighted person.

[This message has been edited by DeTRiTiC-iQ (edited January 31, 2004).]
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2004-01-31, 8:56 AM #4
Fascinating. The whole mathematically re-ordered language bit is quite intriguing personally, i've dabbled in similar ideas. Especially given that it was Hebrew ? that they were speaking, all the letters already have innate mathematical values so it'd be a lot simpler probably than english; i mean just look at the kabalists and such..

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2004-01-31, 10:40 AM #5
Well, when they get arrested for phreaking they'll never see it coming.

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2004-01-31, 10:59 AM #6
*BA-DUM-CHING*
2004-01-31, 11:41 AM #7
How are they the best if they got caught?

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2004-01-31, 12:02 PM #8
Wow

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2004-01-31, 12:25 PM #9
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Molgrew:
How are they the best if they got caught?</font>


Even the best get cocky. The cocky get caught.

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The future is here, and all bets are off.
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2004-01-31, 2:28 PM #10
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Molgrew:
How are they the best if they got caught?

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They got cocky. He (ringleader) even said in the article that was his downfall. He believed that several of his lines were secure, when they were not.

I love the quote: "When they dial, they use the middle finger."

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