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├ ┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼ ┼┤ NEW HORIZONS IN DESTRUCTIVE CYBERPUNK ├ ┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼ ┼┤
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├┼ ┼┼┼┼┼ ┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┤ WRAP THOSE DISKS! ┼┼┼┼┼┼ ┼┼┼┼┼┼┼ ┤
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├┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┤ Copyright (C) 1992 by Timothy Campbell ├ ┼┼┼┼ ┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┤
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This one's a breeze.
Walk into a local computer store. Wander over the shareware rack. The disks
are usually wrapped and sealed in plastic. Buy one that looks popular.
Go home. Open the plastic envelope very carefully. Play with the program.
Now delete it. Write something of your own. Copy it to the disk. Put the
disk back in the plastic envelope. Reseal it. Wait a day. Drop by the
store. Sneak the envelope back onto the rack.
That part's easy. The tough part is deciding what to put on the disk. Your
typical unimaginative slob will write a program that says "HAHAHA YOU LOOSER
YER HARD DISK IZ HISTORY BUBBA!!!!!" and scramble the root directory. Yawn.
I would recommend that the program display an official-looking message like
this:
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTENTION: This disk is the property of the National Security │
│ Agency and must not be allowed to be used on machines that do │
│ not carry the NSA unlocking hardware. All sensitive data is │
│ encoded and thus you are in no danger of compromising national │
│ security. However, we ask you, as a faithful American, to let │
│ us know the circumstances under which this disk has come into │
│ your possession. Call Inspector Murphy at ... │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
If you have a payphone near you that accepts incoming calls, give that
number and have fun with the victim who calls. ("Place the disk in a taxi
and send it right over. Yes, you'd better come along, too. No, don't take
an airplane. Yes, we'll refund you the money. We're located about 40 miles
outside of Washington, in the middle of what APPEARS to be a field. Here's
how to get there...")
If that seems too nasty (gosh, doesn't it, though?), you could simply give
the REAL number of the NSA and chuckle at the thought of the poor guy trying
to explain himself when he calls.
PRECAUTIONARY NOTE: This trick is best done in winter, when you can wander
into the store while wearing gloves. That'll help you hide your finger-
prints. You might wanna do that. The NSA isn't known for its sense of
humour.