The ‘Bun Reunion Revisiting the Golden Age of the 1970’s

Our  Role  

David(s) versus Goliath

Hack(er) “makes innovative customizations or combinations to computer systems”

Cracker “someone who accesses a computer system by circumventing its security system”

1970’s DEVELOPMENTS

Email B Compiler LISP Network Printing Reduce Eliza QED/DUD QDC Photon Typesetting Type /

etc/backup (aka Time Machine) Named Pipes VESTA more…

LINGO: F00D J00S DELMAS Master Mode

GLOBAL IMPACT

OPEN MIKE

2 minutes vignettes from the past:

§  War stories

§  Tech exploits

§  Fun times

§  Human interest

COMMENTS

Kate Jessop, Senior Alumni Officer

University of Waterloo, Faculty of Mathematics