The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey

Finally, if you find that any of the above works out pretty good for you, don’t be too greedy, too stupid, or start taking life for granted. As they say on Wall Street: “Bulls make money, bears make money, pigs get slaughtered.”

The real benefit of hooking up comes when you own a portable computer with a modem. If you find a target computer that you’d like to get to know better, and you’re not stupid enough to try to get to it from your home phone, then this might be a good way to go. Portables are going down in price; I’ve seen some in pawn shops for about $125.