Re: Cap'n Crunch Whistle

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" <herrold-lD49m8UYmPxWk0Htik3J/[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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