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- 05 / 07 / 02 -

A three hour show is scheduled for next week followed by two hours with the people at "Nuff Said," the 2600 van visits Cambridge, Massachusetts, the upcoming Dayton Hamvention, Mike is involved in a strike, the creator of the Melissa virus is sent to prison, more theories on Sprint PCS, a question as to whether Caller ID info is passed along on cellular calls, a secret Sprint rate plan, more on digital television, weird channel allocations, questions and feedback on "Freedom Downtime," information on MCI's "The Neighborhood" plan, calling MCI to ask questions, a Turner executive refers to people who skip commercials as thieves, fun with Rebel, calling 800 information to find out about automation, comparing different cellular plans, Autojack and Emmanuel try to get Claire to transfer them to an operator.

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- 05 / 21 / 02 -

Announcements of what's coming up in this night of fundraising, a scheduling snafu prevented the show from being on last week, a "terrorist threat" closes off streets in lower Manhattan, the color remains yellow, Autojack is back in San Diego, H2K2 promises to be bigger and more coordinated than previous conferences, Geoff comments on last weekend's Dayton Hamvention, the CARP recommendations are rejected by the Librarian of Congress, a magic marker can be used to defeat new copy protection on CDs, Porkchop talks about Macintoshes that can be disabled by inserting copy-protected CDs, a list of CDs that carry this protection, what should be done to stores that carry these things, the theme of the show is the recently released film, feedback from people who have seen it, an excerpt from "Freedom Downtime" that discusses why Kevin Mitnick became a fugitive, the portrayal of the mass media in the film, the use of the 2600 hertz tones in the clips, an excerpt from the film on how it all got started, Autojack will be performing some of his music at H2K2, some celebrities who wound up in the film, "Freedom Downtime" wins an award, Uzi Nissan tells the story of nissan.com and the fight he has been waging with the Nissan Motor Company, tactics that Nissan has used, support from Internet users, the history of Nissan, Uzi Nissan will appear at H2K2, how 2600 is losing money because Ford is appealing the lawsuit, Ken Gale talks of a lawsuit involving the old Gimbels chain, encounters with the 2600 van on the Interstate on the way back from Dayton, how people discover WBAI, the noncommercial ghetto of the FM dial, Ken talks about "Nuff Said," what it was like at the station during the coup, the importance of comics, Bernie reveals something scary that he found at the Dayton Hamvention, an excerpt from the film on the Bernie S. story, Mercy Van Vlack joins Ken for the "Nuff Said" collaboration, nuffsaid.net, a malfunctioning cart machine, an odd standard of cassette tape seen at Dayton, how nuffsaid.net got hijacked, how difficult it can be to renew a domain name, experiences in Afghanistan, an introduction of all the people in the room, the "Nuff Said" news, the start of the Internet and what it stands for, the real cost of commercial radio, the monopoly of distribution in the comic book world, how comic books may be responsible for the smiley face, stupid Google tricks, the abundance of pornography on the net, how Boss Tweed was brought down by a cartoonist, how drawings are more powerful than words, how going to Afghanistan can change one's life, how WBAI may have influenced the independence of East Timor, "Politically Incorrect" is canceled, Emmanuel's experience seeing the new "Star Wars" movie in Ohio, a caller debates the amount of progress made at the station. This show is in five parts and includes fundraising.

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May 21

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- 05 / 28 / 02 -

More than $5000 was raised last week, an update on premiums, a speaker list for H2K2 is imminent, one listener who will be going to tremendous trouble to get to H2K2, a parody White House site, terrorists fail to blow up the Statue of Liberty, a plan to install cameras in airplanes, Interview Magazine seeks hackers, clarification on the copying policy with "Freedom Downtime," a listener writes in about a secret project called Quantum Harmony, yottabits, more on MCI's "The Neighborhood" plan, more on Caller ID with cell phones, the true definition of theft, disturbing trends with Tivo, why it's important to not walk away from television, commercial skipping technology, responding to an email accusation, how things work inside a TV network, Emmanuel gets a weird Tivo update that interferes with a recording, how viewing habits can be used to invade privacy.

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