oldie but a goody – in 2001, ufo researcher hacked real defense computers looking for the evidence, man

exhaustive list

"If the line cuts off when the telephone is placed close to the needle … that proves the existence of the substance"

computer virus: 1972. computer worm: 1975

It's hard to tell young people that universities recognize that their idealism and energy — and lack of information — are an exploitable resource. For universities, the impact of graduate programs on the lives of those students is an acceptable externality, like dumping toxins into a river.

Harsh description of a slave state. Followed by a comments thread full of British residents of Dubai openly defending dictatorship and slavery.

OXCART was declassified in 2007, so the old dudes are talking

how did i miss this??

sadly it reads as a strong, concise argument against linux

practical guide

has actual images of the cards

gorgeously destroyed index cards of a researcher from the 1930s trying to document the work of Herman Melville