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- 03 / 05 / 02 -

A challenge to figure out what the theme is, Jim goes into detail on his problems with the MTA, Autojack is still in New York, a review of Asobi Seksu's recent performance, more on corporate abuse of radio, the media.coop battle appears to be won, a "tech toolbox action camp" is announced by the Ruckus Society, an upcoming radio conference, update on a VOA radio show, Rebel is allowed to call in again, a suggestion on what to do with "God Bless America" signs, the annoyance of pop-under ads, how Metrocards work in buses, a listener writes in about the lack of experience of the National Guard, rumors of a new GSM provider, bad design in the SEPTA system, revelation of what the theme is.

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March 5
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- 03 / 12 / 02 -

The "towers of light" are lit in memory of the World Trade Center, questions about Staten Island Rapid Transit, how Metrocards are used in Staten Island to exit the subway rather than enter, a scam to capitalize on the World Trade Center tragedy with .usa addresses is shut down, news about ICANN, a new terror threat warning system is introduced, what the different colors mean, calling the White House and the Department of Homeland Security, payphone rates in New York have doubled to 50 cents, free information at payphones is eliminated, Autojack goes out to a payphone to see if the new unlimited time for local calls at the new rate is in effect, what the SSSCA is, 2600 is accused of invading someone's computer, Autojack gets lost in the street, a Voicestream scam, a report from the DMCA debate sponsored by NPR, a revelation on what the current color is, Autojack returns after leaving the payphone off the hook, Rebel calls from Nebraska.

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March 12
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- 03 / 19 / 02 -

A "Freedom Downtime" showing in Las Vegas, controversy in court surrounds an "eBay hacker," New York City tries to install fake traffic cameras, GSM is coming to AT&T, a new plan by AT&T that requires called parties to also subscribe, calling AT&T, Autojack receives a muddy voice mail from Sprint PCS, connecting with "Claire" at Sprint PCS, Emmanuel's nightmare contacting Amazon customer service, more on BBC World and its musical theme, some clarification on last week's payphone experiment, equating computers and guns, a listener says that protesting no longer works, Autojack goes out to a different payphone to test the new Verizon rate, a listener question regarding a three-way call, the evil "L" train, phone companies that cut people off during rings, problems with the outro.

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March 19
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- 03 / 26 / 02 -

Emmanuel is late, subway problems are to blame, the Children's Internet Protection Act, Verizon phones seem to have been converted, an experiment with more reasonable rates, reports on BBC World from out of the country and the inability of anyone inside the United States to get that network, a company wants to advertise on tombstones, a listener feels that hackers and their advocates should be locked up, Doug Thomas talks about his new book "Hacker Culture," the Chris Lamprecht ("Minor Threat") case, problems with hackers and the legal system, the full attendance list for Summercon 1987, how large crowds make it harder to keep the hacker spirit.

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March 26
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