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- 03 / 03 / 04 -
Questions about expiring Metrocards, the 100th anniversary of the New York City subway, appealing for bandwidth for The Fifth HOPE, looking for the network coordinator, Redhackt reports on attempts to protect children from adult content on the Internet, the master terrorism watch list, a harmless federal employee is caught in the terrorist watch list, changes in Caller ID and telemarketers, a Verizon employee is accused of harassing customers using spoofed email, Bernie cooks a twenty dollar bill, dispelling the myth of RFID detectors in money, what AT&T stands for, an update on the "Freedom Downtime" DVD and an appeal for help, how to find out what your phone number is, what various corporate initials stand for, debate on electronic voting.
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March 3
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- 03 / 10 / 04 -
The news runs late yet again, more music from 386DX, an example of human music, more on potential terrorist lists, a Washington Post story on problems with electronic voting systems, Mike argues against mechanical voting systems, the Piggly Wiggly grocery chain starts a program that allows customers to pay for their groceries with fingerprints, a new law that battles all kinds of piracy and allows companies to take part in raids, an attempted use of a one million dollar bill, how fake money can be used legally, a cell phone service that helps callers to lie about where they are, bikes with GPS are used in Amsterdam to thwart thieves, a case involving someone interfering with police radio broadcasts who is being charged under the Patriot Act, how getting a counterfeit bill is a no-win situation, ways of bypassing connectivity restrictions, purchasing 2600 with a credit card, chastising the Daily News on its lack of investigative journalism, Bernie announces SWL Fest, a Russian 386DX song.
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March 10
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- 03 / 17 / 04 -
Computer problems force an early end to the news, Mike claims that today is Evacuation Day, Emmanuel was in Montreal over the weekend, Emmanuel considers joining the Selective Service board, a bill that could imprison protesters for many years by defining them as terrorists, Jim gives a preview of police activity during the Republican Convention this summer, the move to monitor online traffic, the controversy over VoIP, Verizon discontinues voice dialing, Redhackt shows up with a big green hat, what GSM stands for, a report from a listener on electronic voting, dialing strange 555 numbers, trying to find out the phone number from directory assistance, verifying what phone companies WBAI uses, the annoyance of Nextel phones, a reported security hole in Nextel voice mail, a possible way to get your phone number when calling a Sprint phone, an example of how research via the web can lead to misinformation, more on privacy threats through Tivo, Showtime installs a delay system for a live event, a listener has an experience with a counterfeit bill.
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March 17
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- 03 / 24 / 04 -
The power is out forcing everyone to climb ten flights to the station, Emmanuel decides to darken the remaining lights in the studio, Geoff goes through hell to get to the station, Bernie returns from overseas, Geoff has an interesting security experience in an airport, Bernie describes the CeBIT conference which supposedly had 600,000 attendees, citizens from countries labeled as terrorist regimes will get free admission to The Fifth HOPE, Bernie teaches a Dutch airport security officer about frequency counters, some of the technology that was on exhibit at the conference, word of listeners in the Christiania commune in Copenhagen, recent police action against the people of Christiania, biometric technology at CeBIT, word of RFID tags in future passports, cell phone directory assistance will start this year, why many customers may have inadvertently agreed to be listed, a story about 2600 in bookstores, considering a hacker conference in Australia, Richard Clarke's remarks on cybersecurity, weirdness involving a computerized contest, the I-CON convention is this weekend.
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March 24
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- 03 / 31 / 04 -
Emmanuel continues to have Sprint PCS problems even after dumping them, Mike gets a weird phone call, dialing "The Loyalty Group," Bernie's "courtesy call," AT&T imposes an unannounced monthly fee for long distance on Emmanuel's phone line, a way of resetting Nextel users' passwords on voice mail, Motorola announces a new "world phone" that will work between networks with incompatible standards, a clarification on the attendance of the CeBIT conference, a proposal for a secure computerized voting machine, a blow against the legal efforts of the music industry in Canada, the PIRATE bill is introduced in Congress, Mike explains his objection to the phrase "intellectual property," questions as to whether or not parody is protected speech, description of a New Zealand "Metrocard," working with RFID tags, Social Security Numbers and truck rentals, a caller's name matches one on a terrorist suspect list, a billing problem with AT&T, a tank greets Bernie's plane in Switzerland, 2600 meetings this week.
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March 31
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