Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Chapters 1 and 2

Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Chapters 1 and 2

Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Chapters 1 and 2Just why Peter Samson was wandering around in...
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Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Chapters 1 and 2

Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Chapters 1 and 2

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Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Chapters 1 and 2

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Levy, Steven,1951-
Format: eBook
Language: English

Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Chapters 1 and 2

Just why Peter Samson was wandering around in Building 26 in the middle of the night is a matter that he would find difficult to explain. Some things are not spoken. If you were like the people whom Peter Samson was coming to know and befriend in this, his freshman year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the winter of 1958-59, no explanation would be required. Wandering around the labyrinth of laboratories and storerooms, searching for the secrets of telephone switching in machine rooms, tracing paths of wires or relays in subterranean steam tunnels . . . for some, it was common behavior, and there was no need to justify the impulse, when confronted with a closed door with an unbearably intriguing noise behind it, to open the door uninvited. And then, if there was no one to physically bar access to whatever was making that intriguing noise, to touch the machine, start flicking switches and noting responses, and eventually to loosen a screw, unhook a template, jiggle some diodes and tweak a few connections. Peter Samson and his friends had grown up with a specific relationship to the world, wherein things had meaning only if you found out how they worked. And how would you go about that if not by getting your hands on them? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 729
Author: Levy, Steven
Release Date: Nov 1, 1996
Format: eBook
Language: English

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