David: There was a whole thing I was reading about bringing back fido-net and BBS's.

Alex: yessss!

David: Because they were actually better distributed than the web. Anyway, yeah the Anarchist's Cookbook.

Nate: That's how I defined "phreaking" as a kid. A sort of analog, physical version of what the hackers were up to

Alex: Yeah, I don't think I was capable of understanding UNIX subversion at that age. For me, hackers and anarchists were synonymous.