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- 10 / 3 / 95 -

n expanded first show in the new Tuesday at 8 pm timeslot. A brief history of the major stories followed on Off The Hook over the years, Bernie S. set to be sentenced in one week, sentencing guidelines, Billsf is arrested in California sparking fears of another Bernie S. situation, a reply of his commentary last week on the Church of Scientology, tube station signs hacked in London, Phiber talks about stack overflows, the sound of Rebel hacking live, alt.2600 is spammed again, control freaks on the net, problems with the Internic, a free sample of 976 numbers, a caller shares his ISDN problems, David of david.com offers solutions, dialing UK Direct, 1-800-FIND-ATT, Bitsurfr advice. You will hear warnings for callers not to discuss a particular subject, however the subject is never revealed. The O.J. verdict had just been announced and there was no radio show that wasn't obsessed with it - until now.

Oct. 3

- 10 / 10 / 95 -

mmanuel has traffic problems, alternatives to the 976 time service, Bernie S. is sentenced and reveals how he could be charged all over again, Phiber has a hard disk crash, Billsf is released, how the O.J. verdict was received in prison, Southwestern Bell seeks to release customer data, 911 calls route to a house, Scott Skinner calls in to discuss Bernie's legal affairs, a rumor of Bell Atlantic taking over NYNEX, the 814 exchange mystery.

Oct. 10

- 10 / 17 / 95 -

he new issue of 2600 is released, New York City payphones increasingly don't accept incoming calls, a review of Private Line magazine, Bernie S. is released, a hacker raid in Holland centers on pager monitoring, Scott Skinner plays with a scanner, frequency counter, and touch tone decoder, Phiber gives updates on ISDN features, problems getting an ISDN provider on Long Island, new computerized directory assistance, a report on the Amnex 950-0370 service, questions about Mitel phones.

Oct. 17

- 10 / 31 / 95 -

alling MCI foreign operators, more ISDN tips, Phiber defends NYNEX voicemail, another ANI number, Bernie S. appears at Pumpcon and is trying to put his life back together, Secret Service Agent Tom Varney intent on putting Bernie away again, a new NYNEX flat rate regional plan is rumored to exist, Phiber and Emmanuel argue over the pronunciation of LINUX, Emmanuel's call waiting tone changes out of the blue, Bernie S. talks about assimilating to the real world, it's revealed that Bernie was not the actual person to remove the batteries from a tone dialer in 1993.

Oct. 31