tron

“Boris F. was a german hacker under the pseudonym TRON, doing a lot of advanced chipcard hacking and crypto gear development. TRON died in 1998, he probably committed suicide, but there is a slight chance he was murdered. ↑[…]“—Now German courts act against de.wikipedia because TRON’s offline family-name was published in full there. Someone who knew TRON in person now has published an ↑extensive article at /. which unveils a complex story. The whole controversy and everything in its wake is an interesting example of negotiation and reasoning within cyberculture. via entry at mosaikum … Continue reading

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tron 2.0

  For some early cyberculture items the franchise- and adaptation-roundabout seems to spin forever. The 1982 silverscreen-movie ↑Tron was followed by Bally Midway’s ↑identically named arcade game in the same year. 1983 saw the computergame ↑Discs of Tron, and, more recently, in 2004, ↑Tron 2.0 and its ports/spinoffs ↑Tron 2.0 Killer App. A comic book series based on Tron 2.0 was cancelled due to licensing issues with Disney. But now Slave Labor Graphics (↑SLG) ↑seems to pull it through:  TRON by Landry Walker, Eric Jones and Louie De Martinis This new comic series continues where the TRON 2.0 video game … Continue reading

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