Hacker gathering mixes legal skills, illegal mischief

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NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , New York

Apple Computer co-founder Stephen Wozniak was preaching to the choir on Saturday at a conference in Manhattan, recalling an era when the word "hackers" referred to technological wizards, not rogue computer users.

His choir was a group of self-described hackers, about 2,000 of them, listening to Wozniak's speech at the HOPE conference -- Hackers on Planet Earth -- sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600 News.

Wozniak described his relationship with John Draper, a man who became known as Captain Crunch 35 years ago when he showed how a plastic whistle that came in cereal boxes could be used to manipulate the national phone system.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/13/2003178829

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1. And with Jello!

Jello Biafra as (once again) the guest speaker!