"The year 1984 gets a red-letter write up in technology lore not for delivering on George Orwell's prophesized Big Brother, but for the arrival of the small, underground 'zine, 2600. Seventeen years since it began, http://www.2600.com/ remains a focal point of a subculture hated and feared by Microsoft, the military and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Although there have been other publications catering to hackers -- most notably the more aggressive and arguably more technical online zine, Phrack -- 2600 stands as the only print publication openly and unapologetically catering to hackers."



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