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- 07 / 05 / 06 -
A skeleton crew tonight, the state of New Jersey is shut down by budget problems, NORAD is placed on heightened alert, a New Hampshire man is arrested after recording the words of a police officer who came to his house, some legal tactics to try, another setback for net neutrality, a lawsuit is filed concerning the NSA monitoring program, Bernie discusses Project Shamrock, the HOPE schedule is released, some of the highlights, there will be a special nonbroadcast edition of "Off The Hook," some of the other changes at this year's conference, more Skype talk, a case of identity theft, the new Woody Allen film features a Smart car, the news has hit that Smart cars will be in the United States in a couple of years, some of the changes that need to be made to a car for it to be sellable in the States, changes in transit systems, objecting to the blocking of the 2600 website, another weird phone number appears, a listener recording that makes use of some of the weird number recordings.
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July 5
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- 07 / 12 / 06 -
Some dramatic weather in the area today, tonight is another fundraising show, what kind of people would be interested in being vendors at HOPE, arguing over the use of the WBAI mugs, Arseny disses the news, experiences with "pocket calls," a Kevin Poulsen story on a "crazy long" sentence for a hacker, defining a "web banger," an update on the UFO hacker and his extradition from England, Jim refers to a senator voting against the net neutrality bill claiming there were "too many Internets" being sent at the time, MySpace is now the number one website on the Internet, looking for the biggest business that doesn't have a net presence, details on the "crazy long" hacker sentence, using sentencing to send a message, more private info goes missing, Senator Ted Stevens is identified as the source of the strange quote, tubes and trucks, hackers being used as an attacking force by authorities, the legality of online gambling, Jim explains the difference between gambling and poker, appealing for callers. This show includes fundraising.
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July 12
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- 07 / 19 / 06 -
The pre-HOPE show takes place as the conference looms, chaos before the show, introducing the huge amount of people assembled in the studio, Rop's history with indecency, registration for HOPE Number Six starts tomorrow, Arseny calls for indecent mail for the indecent version of "Off The Hook" on Friday, tonight is a fundraiser, the HOPE program is now out, Redbird gives details on the various ham radio activities at the conference, what it takes to pass the ham license test, the many other activities that will be taking place, looking forward to the vendors, Porkchop describes the history of HOPE, Pirho gives an estimate of the amount of bandwidth that will be available this year, the history of European hacker conferences, the possibility of a German event next year, some pre-HOPE publicity in a Dayton Daily News piece that names a new head organizer who happens to be in the room, memories of a military presence outside The Fifth HOPE, trying to find Arseny, running down the list of premiums available, Jim's evil hat, Arseny describes the media interest there has been so far, encouraging people to call in, different dialing patterns depending on area code, Rop describes the upcoming lockpicking talk, questions about lockpicking tools, a description of alternative German radio, the radio situation in the United Kingdom, Lin talks about how the special call sign for the conference was obtained, Mitch Altman talks about a community radio project, McFly discusses the Capture The Flag competition at HOPE, Lazlow writes an article about HOPE for the Long Island Press, a special Ted Stevens outro.
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July 19
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- 07 / 26 / 06 -
Recovery from the conference, the Number Twos at HOPE, Fred's artwork has been featured on the 2600 covers and at the conference, Jello Biafra's answering machine, Jello gives his impressions of HOPE, Jello's special greeting to the federal authorities, government "hacktivism" against the public, Jello discusses electronic voter fraud, the arrest of Steve Rambam at the conference, an update on Steve's case, Steve is in the studio, attempts to put on Steve's canceled panel at some point in the future, Steve's "victim" describes how 903 pages of data were obtained on him, the headline in the New York Post concerning the incident, Steve describes the experience of being grabbed by the FBI, the importance of going ahead with the panel, an appeal for listeners to help find a space for the panel, high marks for the overall quality of the conference, how the second floor came together this year, fun with Segways, the Ted Stevens t-shirts, Mike discusses the vendors, the indecent version of "Off The Hook," Lazlow describes the results of an experimental cell phone blocker at the conference, the presence of the mainstream press at HOPE, how this year's event seemed to run smoother than all the others, how the ham radio activities turned out, the success of the hammocks, the instant availability of DVDs, a call for feedback from conference attendees, the LED throwies, Juintz gives his recollections, the effectiveness of the HOPE security team, the sneak preview of "Urchin," how teardown was quicker than ever before thanks to the help of volunteers.
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July 26
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