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	"Told ya...Should a killed me last year!"

	by Knight Lightning & Dispater

	Special Thanks: Dr. Williams, Holistic Hacker, Nihil, and The Pope
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	SummerCon '92
	June 26-28, 1992
	Executive International Hotel

	"SummerCon... What is it? In many ways, SummerCon is much more than
	just a convention that attracts America's greatest phreaking and
	hacking personalities. SummerCon is a state of mind.

	Hackers by nature are urged on by a hidden sense of adventure to
	explore the unknown, to challenge the unchallenged, to reach out and
	experiment with anything and everything. The realization that we are
	not alone in our quest sometimes comes as a great gift and the
	opportunity to meet one's heroes, partners, and idols can be the most
	awe-inspiring aspect of the hacker community -- this is what SummerCon
	is all about.

	On the surface, SummerCon looks like a handful of youths hanging out at
	a hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. To me, it is more like one of those
	madcap movies you see on late night Home Box Office or something. No
	real point or direction, rebels without cause, all in the name of
	frantic fun and games. The atmosphere surrounding SummerCon is that of
	a dream world where once a year you can escape to a fantasy where
	ingenuity is king and you have friends around you at every moment.
	SummerCon itself may only last a weekend, but the friendships last a
	lifetime."

	-- Knight Lightning, Phrack 28, File 8 (PWN Special on SummerCon '89)

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	SummerCon! At last, a return to the original idea behind the event. It was
	great! It was crazy! It was a party! It was everything it should have been
	and more.

	When Taran King, Forest Ranger, and Knight Lightning first conceived the idea
	of SummerCon in late 1986, they probably never imagined that they would all
	three still be involved six years later or just how popular their high-school
	dream would become.

	It seemed as though nothing could top SummerCon '89. It was a great turnout
	of 23 people, there was a serious conference, there was also sorts of mischief
	and mayhem, and all in all, everyone had a great time. In 1990, SummerCon
	coincidentally took place on the same weekend on which the United States
	government dropped charges on Knight Lightning. The turnout was less than ten
	people and the conference was anything, but a success.

	In 1991, SummerCon tried something new. The theme that year was CyberView and
	it had a special focus on civil liberties issues. The turnout was average,
	but something was missing. Finally, in 1992, the spirit of SummerCon was
	reborn anew.


	Setting Up For SummerCon '92
	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	Setting up SummerCon this year was a tricky situation. Knight Lightning had
	moved to Washington, D.C., Dispater didn't live in St. Louis, Taran King was
	working full time, and Forest Ranger was nowhere to be found. Luckily, there
	was Rambone. With help from Taran King, Rambone set forth to make sure that
	the hotel accommodations and the conference room arrangements were taken care
	of and without his help, SummerCon might possibly not have happened.

	All sorts of other arrangements had to be made as well. We wanted this year's
	conference to be very special and so for the first time ever, we decided to
	embark on the risky enterprise of designing and selling Phrack/SummerCon
	t-shirts. Knight Lightning and Dispater worked together on the design work
	and Dispater took care of the art and manufacturing. For those who haven't
	seen or heard about these shirts before, a brief description is in order.
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	Phrack/SummerCon '92 T-Shirts
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	There were only a very limited number of shirts made for the conference and
	they were sold out. A re-order was issued, mostly for people who attended the
	conference (but didn't get a shirt because of the small supply). A few shirts
	were reserved for people that were unable to attend. Unlike the Legion of
	Doom, Internet World Tour shirts, Phrack has no plans at this time to sell
	shirts to the general public. If there is a change in policy, we will let the
	readers know immediately.

	The shirts are standard white, short-sleeved t-shirts with no pockets.

	Front: On the left breast there is a picture resembling Oliver Wendall Jones
	(the computer hacker from the comic strip Bloom County). He is
	swinging his sword while standing at ground zero inside the cross hairs
	of a rifle. Circling above him are the words, "SummerCon '92" and
	below him, "June 26-28 St. Louis, MO."

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	Executive International Hotel... Not A Best Western Anymore?
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	All parties concerned decided that we should return to the site where our best
	conferences had been held, the Executive International Best Western Hotel, but
	we had a surprise waiting for us when we arrived for the conference. It turned
	out that the Executive International was no longer a Best Western, in fact
	they had gone bankrupt. To make matters worse, the bank that foreclosed on the
	property failed as well -- in other words, the Executive International was now
	owned by the United States Government!

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	SummerCon Begins
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	There was so much going on and there were so many people at the conference,
	that there is no possible way to give a play-by-play of events at SummerCon.

	Knight Lightning arrived the Thursday before and Dispater flew in in the wee
	hours of the morning on Friday. When KL arrived with TK at the hotel around
	1 PM, the conference was already in full swing with groups of guys from Texas
	and Boston congregated outside the hotel wearing Phrack t-shirts and already
	trading war stories. Perhaps the biggest surprise was the arrival of Doc
	Holiday, who no one had been able to contact to invite -- of course the
	surprise was more on Erik Bloodaxe than anyone else.

	More and more people arrived during the day, and as they did, a strange
	sensation was shared among the alumni from SummerCon's past. True, Tuc and
	Lex Luthor weren't here, but outside of that, this was already looking like a
	reunion of all the people from all the SummerCons that had been before.

	Lucifer 666 was running around with Control C, The Disk Jockey was seen
	cruising the downtown bar scene with Forest Ranger and Tom Brokaw, Erik
	Bloodaxe and Doc Holiday called some of the girls they had met from the
	previous year's convention. Everything was happening so fast, it was hard to
	keep track of, so we didn't try. We just had fun.

	About 1/3 of the people at SummerCon went to see "Batman Returns." In light of
	the trip at the SummerCon of 1989, it seemed like a good idea. Others hung out
	poolside, roaming the hotel and its adjoining office complex, and still others
	raided the free buffet at the Radison Hotel down the street.

	The Washington, D.C. contingent of SummerCon guests were content to sit in
	their room most the evening and explore Internet sites in the St. Louis area.
	Some went trashing, some hit the bars looking for women, and some sat in the
	room occupied by Restricted Data Transmissions (RDT) for some good information
	exchange.

	Meanwhile, an underage hacker named Pyro (gee that's an original name) was the
	first to meet the pride and joy of Springfield, Illinois. Both of these young
	women claimed to be age 16 and Pyro was the first to experience some of their
	womanhood. One of "girls" was named Dena and she was in the mood for some
	action as well. Clawing at almost every guy at the hotel, she refused to
	leave. She finally disappeared into a room and was not heard from again until
	the next morning.
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	SummerCon: The Conference
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	The previous evening's activates had taken their toll. When 12 noon came
	around, most of the hackers weren't even awake yet, let alone prepared for the
	conference session. The meeting was re-scheduled to 1 PM, but in the meantime
	Knight Lightning passed out copies of Security Insider Report (from Interpact),
	information about InterTek, a ComputerWorld article by Chris 'Erik Bloodaxe'
	Goggans (this article also appears in PWN 40/1), while Mr. Icom did the same
	with back issues of Cybertek. Emmanuel Goldstein was busy selling the new
	black 2600 t-shirts and passing out back issues of 2600 Magazine. Copies of a
	recent article about hackers doing computer security from the Boston Business
	Journal were also to be found compliments of RDT. RDT was also responsible for
	making this year's SummerCon buttons. Holistic Hacker made some as well.
	Thanks to all parties concerned for your great work and efforts.

	Although it wasn't exactly made available for everyone to take a close look at,
	Knight Lightning proudly showed off his pre-release copy of THE HACKER
	CRACKDOWN by Bruce Sterling. This book, which will be available in hardback to
	the public on October 15, 1992, looks to be one of the most popular literary
	works on the world of hackers ever. It focuses on the raids in the Atlanta-LOD
	/Phrack/E911 case and Operation Sun Devil. It is believed that Knight
	Lightning himself appears on the cover of the book.

	With the gavel-like banging of a lineman test set, Knight Lightning formally
	called the meeting to order at about 1:15 PM. He expressed his appreciation
	for the massive attendance (there were at least 60 people actually at the
	SummerCon meeting). Rambone made a quick note about the activities of the
	previous night as laughter and jokes about the "cyber-nymphs" erupted from all
	around the room.

	Dispater took the floor for a moment to welcome everyone as well and then
	expressed his gratitude to the members of RDT for all of their help in
	producing Phrack issues during the past year. A discussion about who owned the
	hotel began briefly and then the first conference speaker was called to the
	floor.

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	1. The Gatsby

	"I'm sure you're all familiar by now with the media stories of the '1000-member
	ring of hackers' that supposedly have been invading the credit bureaus of CBI/
	Equifax, but the story isn't true and there is a lot more going on."

	Gatsby explained that a hacker named The Prisoner (aka Multiplexor) from
	Indianapolis (and apparently also to some extent from Long Island) flew to San
	Diego to see a girl, supposedly on a carded ticket.

	While in San Diego, he allegedly broke into computers at Zale's Jewlery store
	and pulled credit card info from their point-of-sales system. After he vacated
	the rented room he had been staying in, he foolishly left behind the credit
	card printouts and his former landlord (whom he owed money to) discovered them
	and called the San Diego Police Department.

	Sometime later, Multiplexor was met at his new accommodations at the Sleepy
	Time Motel in San Diego by the police. The FBI was brought into the case and
	he was kept at the Marriott Hotel for two weeks, all expenses paid! While
	under government supervision, Multiplexor logged into several systems,
	including Scantronics BBS.

	During the course of the investigation, a hacker known as The Crypt Keeper came
	forward to tell what he knew about the hacker underground. He eventually
	would give the police access to Scantronics BBS logs he had in his possession
	after using The Gatsby's password to login to the system.

	These logs were used by the police to gain search warrants for Scantronics BBS
	and its now unhappy former sysop, Kludge.

	[The full details, police reports, warrants, and an interview with The Crypt
	keeper appears in Phrack World News 40/1.]


	2. Agent Steal

	Agent Steal gave a very informative talk about his dealings with Kevin Poulson,
	know to some as Dark Dante. AS related some of the experiences and adventures
	that the two of them had been through several years ago and talked about how
	Kevin used to break into central offices on a daily bases. Poulsen even had
	special equipment set up in his apartment to prevent him from being traced.
	Poulsen of course was the subject of a federal indictment and appeared on an
	episode of Unsolved Mysteries. He has since been taken into custody and is
	awaiting trial.

	Agent Steal himself had spent a short time in prison on some bogus charges that
	were brought against him to elicit his help in prosecuting Poulsen. He refused
	to assist, but he eventually was released anyway. He said that he was looking
	forward to something different now, but he may have been referring to the Ozzy
	Osbourne concert later that night in St. Louis. Agent Steal is working on a
	book about his adventures with Poulsen called "Data Thief" and he expects it to
	be published in the near future.


	3. Emmanuel Goldstein, 2600 Magazine, Editor

	"Many people mistrust the government and big business, and they want to know
	how to fight back."

	Emmanuel Goldstein spoke about the First Amendment and why 2600 Magazine has
	been able to exist and grow over the years despite the events that haunted
	Phrack in 1990. During 2600's eight years in existence, the magazine has never
	once been directly harassed by the government. The main reason he believes
	that Phrack was hit and 2600 left alone is because 2600 is a printed (hardcopy)
	publication.

	However, 2600 is in need of good writers and will print anything, leaked or
	sent to them, it doesn't matter. 2600 has never been sued, although they are
	often threatened with legal action [See PWN 40/3 for the latest threats against
	2600 from Bellcore]. 2600 has a subscription list of 1500 and a newstand
	of 3000.

	He also spoke about some of their press releases that were issued in order to
	alert people about insecure systems, but that the information is never acted
	upon until something happens. People always like to blame the magazine for
	giving the details on how to do something (such as opening Fed Ex drop boxes),
	but never take action to correct the problems the magazine exposes.

	A few people had questions for Emmanuel. For example, he was asked, "How do
	you morally justify hacking and the type of information published in 2600?" He
	responded by pointing out that 2600 only prints information about security
	flaws which need to be addressed and fixed.

	Emmanuel was also asked if there was any fallout from the Simplex lock hacking
	article which described how to hack Simplex locks with out any tools and in
	less than 20 minutes (often less than 3 minutes). Given that Simplex locks are
	widely used at universities and Federal Express drop boxes, one would expect
	some sort of action. Emmanuel replied that he was surprised that there hadn't
	been much of a response or any action taken against 2600 because of the
	article. However, based on what many readers have told him, it seems that
	nobody has even changed the default combinations!

	4. Control C [Legion of Doom]

	Control C has been a hacker surrounded by a lot of controversy over the years,
	from his days with the Legion of Doom through his employment and termination
	from Michigan Bell security.

	He addressed the circumstances that led to his finding work with Michigan Bell.
	In 1987, Control C had started to log into Michigan Bell computers almost on a
	daily basis for the purpose of becoming better acquainted with C programming.
	During one 4 hour session, Michigan Bell Security traced his call back to
	Chicago (where he had been in school at the time). The next day, ^C had moved
	back to Detroit and he received a call from some gentlemen who wanted to invite
	him to lunch.

	When he showed up, he was greeted by Michigan Bell Security personnel and the
	country sheriff's department. The result was a job where his main
	responsibility was to find flaws in their computer security by any means
	necessary. Over the years, Control C found well over 100 different holes and
	other weaknesses in their systems.

	As time went on and key people left and were replaced by staff with more
	conservative attitudes, a new vice president (and former police officer) came
	in and decided it was no longer fashionable to employ a hacker. Control C was
	informed that he must leave despite the need for his services.

	Shortly after Control C agreed to depart, the Secret Service became involved.
	They wanted to bring charges on ^C for the original break-ins at Michigan Bell
	that led to his employment. It didn't matter that Michigan Bell had signed
	documents that they would not bring charges. It didn't prevent the Secret
	Service from coming after him in 1990 (right during the same time as the E911
	Phrack case and LOD-Atlanta cases began).

	Control C was requested to take a polygraph. However, the timing was not good
	and ^C's lawyer request a new time. Now more than a year and a half since the
	request was made, ^C has not heard back from the Secret Service. Today ^C has
	moved on to a new vocation.


	5. Signal Surfer

	Signal Surfer voiced his concerns about the bad reputation hackers have in the
	computer industry when in reality, most people in the industry are hackers in
	the first place. He expressed an interest in trying to get people together to
	work on changing the stereotype of the modern hacker and helping hackers find
	legitimate jobs in the computer field.


	6. Predat0r, TAP Magazine, Editor; Blitzkrieg BBS, Sysop

	Predat0r gave a short update on the current status of TAP and tried to explain
	why he hadn't produced an issue in over a year. Legal problems (something
	about being accused of stealing a laptop computer) that were taking up his time
	and resources were at fault. However, he says that those issues have been
	resolved and that TAP will start publishing again with issue #106 sometime this
	fall.

	He gave his promise that he would not just fold the magazine and rip everyone
	off who had sent him money.


	7. Mr. Icom, Cybertek, Editor

	Similar to Predat0r, Mr. Icom expressed his apologies for having been somewhat
	delinquent in getting new issues of his magazine out. He claimed that issue #7
	would be released in the near future.


	8. Erik Bloodaxe (Chris Goggans)[Legion of Doom][Comsec Data Security, Inc.]

	It was only a year ago at SummerCon '91 that Erik Bloodaxe, Doc Holiday, and
	Malefactor proudly announced the formation of Comsec. Now, the following year,
	it seemed that events had come full circle. What had happened to Comsec? Why
	did it go out of business? What is the deal? That's what everyone wanted to
	know and what Goggans was prepared to discuss.

	One of the factors that contributed to the failure of Comsec was operating
	costs associated with creating the company in the first place. Unfulfilled
	promises of investment in the company from people like Kenyon "Malefactor"
	Shulman and a whisper campaign against them by others in the computer security
	industry and a criminally negligent press hurt them badly, so much in fact they
	could not recover.

	Goggans continued his tale of corruption and unfair play in the security
	community. For example, there was an agreement between Goggans and ISPNews
	about Goggans writing a regular column in their bi-monthly publication.
	However, after he submitted his first article, the newly formed editorial board
	decided against allowing it to be published. They said it was common for the
	editorial board to not allow sensitive articles in their magazine. But when
	ISPNews was asked what other contributors had their articles reviewed like
	this, they could produce no names. It should also be pointed out that among
	the members of the editorial board is one William J. Cook, formally an
	assistant United States Attorney in Chicago -- the same prosecutor who is
	responsible for the cases against Phrack co-founder Craig Neidorf (Knight
	Lightning), Shadow Hawk, Steve Jackson Games, Len Rose, The Mentor, and Chris
	Goggans himself!

	But it didn't end there! Someone on the editorial advisory board (without
	permission from Goggans) forwarded his article to the head of security for
	SprintNet. Goggans received a threatening letter from SprintNet that called
	his article potentially libelous and claimed that it contained inaccuracies
	and proprietary company information.

	But waitasec if the article contains confidential information then how could it
	be innaccurate? And if it's inaccurate then how could it divulge useful
	security flaws in their security?

	Most recently, Goggans wrote an article for ComputerWorld (see PWN 40/1) about
	hackers and computer security. It addresses Tymnet and Telenet security
	issues. He discussed how hackers exploit these networks and how they can be
	stopped. He read the article aloud in full. It was typical of most security
	articles -- detailed, technically rounded, and somewhat dry. There were no big
	security revelations or tips.

	He then went on to read some of the editorial replies of people responding to
	his article in subsequent issues of ComputerWorld. The audience did not
	approve of their negative response.

	Finally, the discussion turned to the situation with MOD. Goggans talked about
	the persistent harassment he had been subjected to by Phiber Optik and other
	members of his alleged New York based organization.

	Goggans said that in addition to the usual childish prank calls he would often
	receive, MOD obtained his credit information including his credit card numbers
	and posted them on bulletin boards and IRC. They were also responsible for
	changing his residential home telephone long distance service from U.S. Sprint
	to AT&T so they could more easily obtain his long distance calling records.

	He was not alone -- other partners at Comsec and Doc Holiday's (Scott Chasin)
	mother were also harassed. Harassing a hacker is one thing, but going after a
	man's family and livelihood is clearly stepping beyond the bounds of a hacker's
	code of ethics. Something had to be done aboutthe problem, so Comsec decided
	to end MOD's reign of criminal obnoxiousness by any means necessary.

	There was a debate as to the proper way to handle this situation. Goggans
	revealed that he eventually turned to the FBI for assistance, who were
	surprising helpful. Some people at SummerCon were critical of his admission.

	Emmanuel Goldstein was the most outspoken of those who responded. "If we start
	resorting to asking the FBI to resolve our problems, then that is a worse
	violation than what MOD did to you. The more appropriate response would be to
	use the same tricks to get back at them."

	Emmanuel also gave an example of what he meant. One day, his office starting
	receiving lots of calls from people who wanted trips to Europe. It turned out
	that an answering machine at a travel agency had been left with an outgoing
	message that told callers to contact both John Maxfield and Emmanuel Goldstein
	and gave out both their numbers. Maxfield solved the problem by called the
	feds... 2600 hacked the answering machine and changed the message to something
	more innocuous.

	However clever Emmanuel's ideas might be, Goggans stated that, "legitimate
	business people cannot resort to illegal means to correct such a situation. We
	had no other alternatives."

	The debate continued for 30 minutes until, eventually, Knight Lightning stepped
	in, pointed out that this discussion could go on forever, and that it was time
	to start closing up shop.


	9. DrunkFux, HoHoCon, Director

	Before the meeting was officially concluded, dFx had a few things to discuss
	concerning how the guests had been conducting themselves in the hotel and he
	wanted to relate an experience he had at HoHoCon '91.

	"The rowdiness at HoHoCon made last night at SummerCon look like a daycamp."

	Drunkfux explained that the managers at the hotel for HoHoCon blamed the
	conferences guests for all sorts of damage, and threatened to hold dFx
	financially responsible. The manager even threatened to bill his credit card
	for the damage. dFx responded by calling his credit card company and they
	informed him that what the hotel had threatened to do was illegal and they
	would be more than happy to prosecute the Hilton Hotel if they attempted to
	bill dFx for such charges.

	The Hilton staff claimed that some conference guests set fire to part of a
	hallway, but refused to show dFx the damage when asked. dFx's attorney (a
	relative who had gotten involved at this point) asked if any fire alarms had
	gone off. The reply was no. The attorney then informed the Hilton staff that
	he would be happy to sue them on behalf of the conference guests for
	endangering their lives by placing them in accommodations with defective fire
	alarms. The Hilton staff changed their story.

	Another claim against the HoHo'ers was that they had engaged in and allowed
	underage drinking. The attorney pointed out that the hotel's own bartenders
	were responsible for serving many of them and if Hilton's claim was true, he
	would be forced to call the state and have the hotel's liquor license revoked.
	The Hilton staff changed their story.

	This sequence of point/counter-point repeated itself a few times until all
	claims were dropped.

	A few days later, the two hotel managers who had previously accused dFx of
	damage went to his house to personally apologize. They gave him coupons for
	free nights the next time he stays at one of their hotels. dFx recorded the
	meeting on videotape and he joked around about putting the scene into gifs and
	distributing it to a BBS near you!
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	Afterwards
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	After the official meeting, many guests left the hotel to eat, trash, and
	explore the city. Frosty and some of the other GCMS-MechWarriors started a
	game of Hacker (Steve Jackson Games) in the conference room. Many people soon
	wandered over to Northwest Plaza Mall; where the trouble began.


	Rule #4
	~~~~~~~
	About 10 or more people (including Emmanuel Goldstein, The Conflict, Erik
	Bloodaxe, Doc Holiday, and Signal Surfer) had entered the Northwest Plaza mall
	and a couple of them had baseball caps on... backwards.

	A few minutes later, they were approached by mall security who told them that
	wearing their hats backwards was a violation of Rule #4 and was not allowed.
	Specifically the security guard said, "All clothing must be worn in the way it
	was meant to be worn." Go figure, aren't hats supposed to be worn on your
	head? This was more than Emmanuel and the others would take. They marched
	right into Sears and Emmanuel bought everyone (who didn't already have a hat) a
	bright red St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap.

	Now all of them had their hats on backwards and they started strolling around
	the mall soon catching the eye of another always-alert rent-a-cop, mall
	security guard. After telling them to turn their hats around (and dropping his
	walkie-talkie in his attempt to call for backup), the security guard was
	approached by Emmanuel who wanted to discuss this Rule #4.

	Another guard mumbled something about how a case on the matter had already gone
	to the appellate court, but he neglected to mention the outcome and we have
	been unable to find any details about case.

	The security guards (now in full force) told Emmanuel this policy was in fact
	posted at all entrances and then they threw everyone out of the mall. Emmanuel
	says that he circled the mall noting that the rule was actually only posted at
	2 of the 12 entrances. Another interesting rule was #6, which made it illegal
	to have a cellular phone, beeper, or any other device capable of making sounds
	in the mall. Erik Bloodaxe had broken this rule when he had played "Mary Had A
	Little Lamb" on Signal Surfers cellular phone.


	Nightfall
	~~~~~~~~~
	Towards the late afternoon about half of the Con ventured to the St. Louis
	waterfront on the Mississippi (Laclede's Landing) where the riverboats, bars
	and the Arch is found.

	Holistic Hacker showed videos in his room including:

	"ESS Phun" - A humorous raid of a Bell Central Office
	by three hackers.
	"Unsolved Mysteries" - The Kevin Poulsen episode.
	"Rudolph the Heavy-Metal Reindeer" - No explanation.
	"Good Morning America" - See Doc Holiday EAT his own hand!
	"Now It Can Be Told" - Phiber Optik, Emmanuel Goldstein, and
	Knight Lightning on Geraldo.
	"SummerCon '89" - Highlights of SummerCon '89.
	"SummerCon '91" - Highlights of SummerCon '91.

	Later in the evening, things just went out of control. Smoke bombs were going
	off, power outages were occurring, rooms were filling up with trash found in
	dumpsters at major computer and telecommunications office buildings. Dena was
	back stalking new prey (and found it).

	Agent Steal and DrunkFux went to the Ozzy Osbourne concert while Erik Bloodaxe
	and Doc Holiday went out with the girls from last year's conference. They
	didn't make it back to the hotel until the next morning <wink wink>.

	Security guards were running around threatening to send people to jail for no
	specific reason other than being disruptive.

	The only serious discussions that night took place in the RDT room.
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	Sunday
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	The guests slowly began waking up just before mandatory checkout time from the
	hotel. As they gathered in the lobby and outside for last minute discussions
	and group photos, the group began to slowly dwindle in size. A few had to catch
	flights right away, a few would be staying until Monday morning, but everyone
	promised to return next year.

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	Agent Steal Erik Bloodaxe The Not
	Albatross Father Crime Omega
	Apollo Phoebus Forest Ranger OPii
	Aragorn Frosty Phaedrus
	Black Phoenix Gateway Phantom Phreaker
	Brian Oblivion The Gatsby The Pope
	Bucky Golgo 13 Predat0r
	The Butler Holistic Hacker The Public
	Coder Decoder Hunter Pyro
	Colin Junkmaster Rambone
	The Conflict Just Dave Sarlo
	Control C Knight Lightning Scooter
	Count Zero Krynn The Serpent
	Cray-Z Phreaker Lord MacDuff Signal Surfer
	Crimson Death Louis Cypher Slack Master
	Dark Angel Lucifer 666 Slave Driver
	Dark Creaper Magic Man Taran King
	Disk Jockey Minor Threat Tom Brokaw
	Dispater Mr. Icom Video Vance
	Doc Holiday Mucho Maas Voyager
	Dr. Cypher Mudge Weapons
	Dr. Williams Nat X White Knight
	Drab Jester Night Ranger Wind Runner
	Drunkfux Nihil
	Emmanuel Goldstein Norris

	A total of 73 people and they are what made it worth remembering!
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	A Few Things We Learned At SummerCon
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	By The Pope and Nihil

	- Don't try to buy beer at stores that have gas pumps.
	- How correctly wear a baseball hat.
	- "Playing" cellular phones is illegal.
	- All mall security officers are imported from Mississippi.
	- The showers at the Executive Internation only have two temperatures:
	freeze and scald.
	- Frosty bought a lifetime supply knee-high tube socks before they went out of
	style in the 1970's.
	- How to pick up underage girls.
	- Control C should have chosen the alias "No Control C."
	- After being awake for 43 hours (and drinking for 30), OPii's accent
	disappears.
	- Hanging out with Crimson Death and Phantom Phreaker means worrying about
	being drug tested at work Monday morning.
	- Hanging out with Crimson Death, Phantom Phreaker, and Erik Bloodaxe will
	teach you how to defeat Moday morning's drug test.
	- Erik Bloodaxe and The Pope are the Siskel and Ebert of pornographic films.
	- Agent Steal has big hair.
	- Taran King has perfect hair.
	- DO NOT get into a car with Voyager and The Public.