Computer-related folklore, horror stories, and annecdotes

A collection of old hacker legends compiled for a book called "The Devouring Fungus" by Karla Jennings.

There are some repetitive themes if you read long enough (eg computers being very sensitive to ESD or fluctuations in power), but there's a lot of great stories.

You can search these strings to find the ones I most recommend (without the back ticks):

`Scott McGregor`

`bgsuvax!drich`

Past:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23055053 (4ya, 0 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7762798 (10ya, 10 comments)