Worse Questions – Hacker History. Why do we call it a computer “virus”? Hackers: where are they now?

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Learn about:
– Joybubbles, the blind phone phreaker that made it all possible (and started his own church).
– How the same guy who brought you Jurassic Park and George Clooney is partially responsible for the name "computer virus".
– Kevin Mitnick’s apparent fondness for Tuna.
– Why "Scotch" tape is moderately racist.
– And how Kevin Poulsen went from fugitive to celebrated journalist.

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Joybubbles info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joybubbles
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/magazine/30joybubbles-t.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/us/20engressia.html
https://www.twincities.com/2015/03/13/daily-juggle-my-child-led-me-back-to-joybubbles-the-eternal-5-year-old/ (this is probably the best one).
https://web.archive.org/web/20080701125121/http://www.counterpunch.org/price06302008.html (on his arrest and wiretapping)

Explanation Bias:
https://brill.com/view/journals/joah/1/1-2/article-p5_2.xml?language=en
https://www.salon.com/2018/10/07/why-most-narrative-history-is-wrong/
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-decline-of-historical-thinking