RAM [Random Access Memory] The amount of active memory a computer has; the amount it can load at once. Increasing RAM increases speed because then more of the program can be loaded into active. The current standard amount of RAM is eight to 16 megabytes _RAMPARTS_ A radical hippy magazine in California in the 1970s that was seized by the cops because they published the shematics for a blue box variant RAVERS People who go to massive psychedelic parties or set them up. Usually have acid house, techo or industrial music, and lots of enthusiasts claim its roots are in tribal ceremonies thousands of years ago. Raves are not necessarily "cyberpunk" by any definition, however RBOCS [Regional Bell Operating Companies] Companies left over from when AT&T was ripped apart; "baby bells." RED BOX Box that mimics the sound of a quarter being entered into a payphone, fooling ACTS; I believe the second box (after the blue box) to be created by phreaks. Tone is created by a 6.5536 Mhz crystal, in the pure forms; there are a number of soft boxes, tones in software for a computer. [Name comes from the box in pay phones that actually is red.] REDRAGON (1975-Present) Also known as Dr. Disk and the Destroyer. Currently one of the co-editors of _Phrack Magazine_. [Handle is from a book by Thomas Harris called _Red Dragon_; combined the words.] REMOB [REMote OBservation] A feature BellSouth built into their phone system that Atlanta LOD used to their advantage RENO, JANET Current attourney general of the United States. Currently being sued by the ACLU for the passage of the CDA REWIND To stop a program at a certain point and go backwards through the execution until the item of the search (usually a bug) is found RICHO SLOPPY see CONTROL C RONIN A masterless samurai, popularized by Frank Miller’s SF/fantasy graphic novel of the same name. This historical, nearly mythological archetype has also been adopted by many hackers and self-proclaimed cyberpunks as a role model ROOT God on a system. Getting root is the holy grail; allows you to control the system ROSCOE see DE PAYNE, LOUIS THE ROSCOE GANG Name given to a small group of phreaks in LA by _Cyberpunk_. The members were Louis De Payne (Roscoe), Kevin Mitnick (the Condor), Susan Headley (Susan Thunder) and Steven Rhoades ROSENFIELD, MORTON see STORM SHADOW RSA [Rivest/Shamir/Adleman] Very strong public key cryptosystem utilized by PGP; created 1977, patented 1983. Named after the MIT professors who created it– Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Len Adleman, founders of RSA Data Security RUCKER, RUDY Author and scientist; the only original cyberpunk who actually knows what he is talking about. Author of _The Hollow Earth_, _Live Robots_, _Software_, _Spacetime Donuts_, _Transreal_, _White Light_ and _The Hacker and the Ants_. Also a contributing writer for _Wired_ R.U. SIRIUS Handle of Ken Goffman. Former editor of _Mondo 2000_, contributing writer for _Wired_, and co-author of _Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge_, _The Cyberpunk Handbook (The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook)_ and _How to Mutate and Take Over the World_ RYAN, NICHOLAS see HAPPY HARDCORE