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cyberpunk 'si-ber-pungk\ n
1: a late 20th century techno-revolutionary, or someone who poses as such
2: a hard-boiled hacker with anarchist inclinations
3: a computer geek who likes Ministry
4: as seen in TIME magazine, a member of a counter-cultural "movement" of the same name, characterized by a combination of technological savvy with a rebellious lifestyle
5: Billy Idol's comeback album
6: someone who has delusions about living in the future
7: someone who maintains that mirrorshade sunglasses (last seen on CHiPs) never went out of fashion
R. U. toolkit
- MONEY (NON-DIGITAL PAPER VARIETY) In the world of cyberpunk corporate espionage, it all boils down to this 40%.
- VIDEO CAM-for use along with third eye
- SONY MINIDISC-latest Test Dept. release inside
- LASER POINTER-hassle people in dark places
- LOGITECH HANDHELD SCANNER (SCAN MAN 32 FOR MAC)- literary appropriations for own cyberpunk manifesto
- PRIVATE EYE-essential for staying online 24/7
- COMBINATION BRIEFCASE- chock full of goodies: torque wrenches, line-man&'s handset, electronic lock- pick, shotgun mike, and the Demon Dialer
- MONOCULAR 10 X 25MM-for shoulder-surfing the passwords
- MICRO CAMERA-hardcopy data (more proof the better)
- SONY PYXIS-longitude/latitude finder via satellites. Just where the hell are you, anyway?
- STUN GUN-self-defense (plenty offensive)
- PAGER-yeah, sure, right
- IN BAG-last 3 issues of 2600, MONDO 2000's A User's Guide, MONDO #1
- VOLTMETER- be prepared!
- CD-ROM PLAYER
- SONY MULTIMEDIA
- SONY VIDEO-8 WALKMAN (VCR) your third eye for realtime surveillance and watching your back Pirated copy of Virtual Light inside
- CELLULAR PHONE W/SCRAMBLER- low-budget phone encrypting
- VOICE CHANGER sound like anybody this time around
- APPLE POWERBOOK 180- highly portable for jacking into anywhere, and for PGP key exchanges, etc.
Ref: Page 30 of MONDO 2000