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	==Phrack Inc.==

	Volume Four, Issue Thirty-Eight, File 3 of 15

	==Phrack Pro-Phile==

	Written by Dispater

	Created by Taran King (1986)


	Welcome to Phrack Pro-Phile. Phrack Pro-Phile is created to bring info to
	you, the users, about old or highly important/controversial people. This
	month, I bring to you the original of the controversial New TAP Magazine.

	Aristotle
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	Personal
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	Handle: Aristotle
	Call him: Kevin
	Past handles: Ed, Bob, Bill, and a multitude of other lame handles.
	Handle origin: Humanities class in high school.
	Date of Birth: April 12, 1970
	Age at current date: 22
	Height: 5'10"
	Weight: 145 lbs.
	Eye color: Blue
	Hair Color: Red
	Computer: IBM-PS/2 55SX
	Sysop/Co-Sysop of: ALL PAST: Digital Underground, Blitzkreig, some board on
	a major packet switching network, a board on MIT's FSF
	machines, and a bazillion other lame boards that I don't
	care to mention.

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	I was one of those people that played with phones for as long as I can
	remember. I guess you could say I started phreaking a few years before
	WARGAMES came out. After the movie, I found out that other people were
	interested in phones too. Due to the influx of "elite hackers" after the
	movie, information became extrememly available. This lead to my existence in
	the real world of hack/phreak.

	Eventually I ended up writing articles for both 2600 and TAP. In the late
	80s I restarted TAP with help from some friends and we started to revive one
	of the first hack/phreak magzines that ever existed.

	Having TAP helped us gain a special insight on how the system really
	works. Some of our issues were cool enough to actually be censored at certain
	institutions where avid censorship still exists. Also, we were allowed to see
	how far you could go in expressing your opinion until some bigshot noticed.

	Believe it or not though, running a periodical without any income is a
	major pain. It was well worth it though as I got to meet a lot of cool people
	and also was able to do something for the computer underground scene. If you
	currently don't support magazines like 2600, etc., please do. They are doing a
	lot of work for the community and without them, there would be a major gap in
	the press regarding the truth about our community.

	I exited the hack/phreak world when things got a bit hairy and Craig
	(Knight Lightning) got nailed. I simply decided that a hobby is not worth
	going to jail for and that it did not pay the bills either. Anyways, most old
	hacks eventually reach the point where everything they see seems old and
	boring. This is where I currently am.

	Today I am employed at a computer lab at a large university where I am
	working on a degree.
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	Aristotle's Favorite Things
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	Women: Karen (To be married soon)
	Cars: REAL Cars: '86 Mustang GT, '86 VW Golf, various Porsches.
	Foods: Anything that you cannot get at a drive-thru.
	Music: Metallica, Bach, Danzig, Anthrax.
	Authors: All the posters of Alt.Sex
	Books: The Art of War
	Outdoor fun: Snowboarding

	Most Memorable Experiences
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	o Getting engaged
	o My first blue box call
	o Watching some guy die after wrecking his car
	o Being interviewed by the FBI for something I did not do and then pissing
	them off by allowing them to prove that they were wrong.
	o All of the SummerCons and other assorted h/p meetings.

	Some People to Mention
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	o Bill from RNOC : Getting us kicked out of the museum at the Arch.
	o Cheshire Catalyst : Help with restarting TAP.
	o Slave Driver : For his hospitality and the infamous "Guess who/what died in
	the couch" game.
	o The Mentor : For the BBS and his non-snobbish attitude.
	o J.R. "Bob" Dobbs : All the cool blue box info.
	o The Not : All the help with Unix
	o Taran King : For being an exception to the "Hackers are all geeks" rule.
	o Knight Lightning : For sending back the pictures and generally being a cool
	guy.
	o Dispater : For having the no-bullshit attitude and actually getting the job
	done.
	o Nite Ranger : For helping me realize that lamers will always exist (not you
	though).
	o Predat0r : All the experiences.
	o All the Legion of d0oDs : For adding to the entertainment at PartyCon.

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	Of the general population of phreaks you have met, would you consider most
	phreaks, if any, to be computer geeks?

	Of the general population, I would consider about 89.9% to be nerds. I
	would also consider 65% of the entire population nerds and/or strange. Phreaks
	may be geeks but each usually has his/her cool qualities as everyone does.
	Most are socially lacking though. Keep in mind that a hacker/phreak is ALWAYS
	better than the average GIF viewing geek.
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