Port7Alliance
Encyclopedia
Port7Alliance was a North America
n hacker group responsible for production of the internet based magazine Radical Future. Radical Future' s presence as an electronic magazine was of cultural significance to the online American
hacker community. The e-zine was freely distributed online as an Adobe Acrobat
PDF
file and consisted of five issues.
. Avery Brooks explains the definition of an epiphany
in the commercial.
Darien, then took on the hacker handle of 'Epiphany'. To promote the Port7alliance, Epiphany wrote his own manifesto
concerning the significance of the term computer hacker. The manifesto, simply titled Epiphany has been archived by textfiles.com
.
In the Spring of 2002, Port7alliance released their first issue of Radical Future.
or H.O.P.E.
.
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n hacker group responsible for production of the internet based magazine Radical Future. Radical Future
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
hacker community. The e-zine was freely distributed online as an Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format . All members of the family, except Adobe Reader , are commercial software, while the latter is available as freeware and can be downloaded...
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
file and consisted of five issues.
History
Port7Alliance was a concept that came into the mind of a 14 year old computer enthusiast named Darien, on January 13, 2001, after being inspired by a famous IBM commercial featuring Avery BrooksAvery Brooks
Avery Franklin Brooks is an American actor, television director, jazz musician, opera singer and college professor. Brooks is perhaps best known for his television roles as Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and in the...
. Avery Brooks explains the definition of an epiphany
Epiphany (feeling)
An epiphany is the sudden realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something...
in the commercial.
Darien, then took on the hacker handle of 'Epiphany'. To promote the Port7alliance, Epiphany wrote his own manifesto
Manifesto
A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as creeds. Manifestos may also be life stance-related.-Etymology:...
concerning the significance of the term computer hacker. The manifesto, simply titled Epiphany has been archived by textfiles.com
Textfiles.com
textfiles.com is a web site run by Jason Scott dedicated to preserving the digital documents that contain the history of the BBS world and various subcultures. The site categorises and stores thousands of ASCII files. It focuses on text files from the 1980s, but also contains some older files and...
.
In the Spring of 2002, Port7alliance released their first issue of Radical Future.
Radical Future ezine
Radical Future ran intermittently from the Spring of 2002 to the Spring of 2004 and was briefly available for sale in printed form at The 5th H.O.P.E..Present time
Port7Alliance has disbanded. However, its site is still live. Certain members of Port7alliance can still be found at hacker cons such as DEF CONDEF CON
DEF CON is one of the world's largest annual computer hacker conventions, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada...
or H.O.P.E.
H.O.P.E.
HOPE is a conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. Held biennially in the summer, there have been eight conferences to date with the next scheduled for 13 - 15 July 2012.- HOPE: Hackers On...
.