The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey
Since 1984, the quarterly magazine 2600 has provided fascinating articles for readers who are curious about technology. Find the best of the magazine’s writing in Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey, a collection of the strongest, most interesting, and often most controversial articles covering 24 years of changes in technology, all from a hacker’s perspective. Included are stories about the creation of the infamous tone dialer “red box” that allowed hackers to make free phone calls from...
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The hacker subculture — shrouded in mystery, spiced with a hint of glamour, and thoroughly misunderstood by those who don't belong — was revealed in the original edition of The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey. The book became an instant bestseller. If you're a 2600 subscriber, a member of the hacker community, a geek freak, or simply a hardcore technology fan, you are not surprised. The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey is a journey inside the hacker's world—indeed, inside the hacker's mind.Since its birth in 1984, 2600: The Hacker Quarterly has published, sometimes anomymously, the discoveries and adventures of hackers worldwide. From the first curious and intrepid souls who discovered they could outwit Ma Bell to those who've hacked the Department of Defense and ParadisePoker.com, the people whose stories fill the pages of 2600 tell their experiences in this captivating book.Now you can own a personal, numbered copy of this remarkable tour through 24 years of enduring exploits, creative controversy, and hackers who made history. Complete with a full-color poster showing every 2600 cover, a CD featuring the best of Emmanuel Goldstein's Off the Hook radio broadcasts, and credit given to all contributors, this one-of-a-kind Collector's Edition documents the experiences and experiments that have shaped technology. New statesman ...a testament to a culture which thrived before computers and the internet mattered to most of the world.
Introduction. I The 1980s: In the Beginning. 1 Stories and Adventures. 2 The Last Days of Ma Bell. 3 New Toys to Play With. 4 The Early Days of the Net. 5 Corporate History. 6 Raids. 7 The Hacker Philosophy. II The 1990s: The World Discovers Hackers. 8 Pop Culture and the Hacker World. 9 The Computer Revolution. 10 Learning to Hack Other Things. 11 More Hacker Stories and Adventures. 12 The Changing of the Telephone. 13 Hackers and the Law. III 2000 and Beyond: A Changing Landscape. 14 The Lawsuits. 15 Still More Hacker Stories. 16 A New Era of Telephony. 17 Retail Hacking. 18 Toys of the 21st Century. Index.
\ New statesman...a testament to a culture which thrived before computers and the internet mattered to most of the world.\ \ \ \ \ Wired BlogThe Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey is an important, amazing book that tells the story of these kids and adults as they explore a new frontier.\ —John Baichtal\ \
