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- ↑ Sterling, Bruce (1991). The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier . Bantam Books. pp. 74. ISBN 0-553-56370-X.
- ↑ The Mentor (1986). "The Conscience of a Hacker". Phrack. 1 (7): 3.
- ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ↑ Sterling, Bruce (1991). The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier . Bantam Books. pp. 122. ISBN 0-553-56370-X.
- ↑ Biocca, Frank; Levy, Mark R. (1995). Communication in the Age of Virtual Reality. Routledge. p. 353. ISBN 978-1-135-69357-2.
