OBELIX (1976-Present) Former member of the Chaos Computer Club; introduced Pengo to the group. [Name comes from the prominent German comic strip character.] 110 see EMMANUEL GOLDSTEIN ON THE METAL Term referring to programming or hardware design. The act of working directly at the computer keyboard (or hardware breadboard) without going through the normal planning stages OPERATION SUNDEVIL An initiative by the United States Secret Service in 1990 that was part of the Hacker Crackdown of 1990; it was originally intended to strike credit card fraud; it was 27 search warrants executed May 8; 42 computer systems were seized. Agents in charge included Tim Foley, Gail Thackeray and Barbara Golden. [From the mascot of the college the Secret Service’s headquarters were near. (Super Bowl XXX was held at Sundevil Stadium.)] ORACLE A DC Comics character; formerly Batgirl, paralyzed by the Joker. Notable in a hacking sense because she is now the main hacker character in the DC Universe OS [Operating System] The physical laws of a computer. OS's include DOS, Windows, MacOS, SunOS and UNIX and its many variants. Even VCRs, scientific calculators and digital watches have primitive OS's OUTAGE Loss of telephone service. Term used by telco employees OUTLAW (1974-Present) Handle of Julio Fernandez. Founding member of MOD; supposedly one of the more criminal members