[FRIAM] George Hotz, Sony, and the Anonymous Hacker Wars : The New Yorker

2012-05-01 Thread Owen Densmore
May be of interest: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/05/07/120507fa_fact_kushner A NewYorker ramble down hacker lane in the manner of Bruce Sterling. -- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30

Re: [FRIAM] George Hotz, Sony, and the Anonymous Hacker Wars : The New Yorker

2012-05-01 Thread Jon Bringhurst
Nice ramble. However, I cringe at the reference to Holtz being The man who started the hacker wars. They should at least reference the John Draper era in regards to modern hacker wars. -Jon On 05/01/2012 10:13 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: May be of interest:

Re: [FRIAM] George Hotz, Sony, and the Anonymous Hacker Wars : The New Yorker

2012-05-01 Thread Douglas Roberts
I thought it was Al Gore. --Doug On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Jon Bringhurst j...@lanl.gov wrote: Nice ramble. However, I cringe at the reference to Holtz being The man who started the hacker wars. They should at least reference the John Draper era in regards to modern hacker wars.

Re: [FRIAM] George Hotz, Sony, and the Anonymous Hacker Wars : The New Yorker

2012-05-01 Thread Greg Sonnenfeld
I certainly agree. Hackers were angry at Sony long before this. The Sony root kit comes to mind. Greg Sonnenfeld “The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.” On Tue, May