"Of Course They're Secrets
They're In The Manual!"

by Richard Cheshire

  Table Of Contents

intro.html

An quick introduction to the format of this "book" as published in HTML (HyperText Markup Language).

areacode.html

"How I Got My Own Area Code". True story!

crunch.html

A bit of background on the fellow known as "Captain Crunch".

bluebox.html

how a "Blue Box" used to work.

p-telex.html

a "primer" on how Telex used to work.

telex.html

How Cheshire found access to the World Telex Network.

edi.html

Cheshire's views on why Electronic Commerce needs strong encryption.

sidebar.html

Various adventures meant to be used as "sidebars" for magazine articles.

• Has Time Run Out Yet?
• Games Are Not Allowed
• How Do you Grow A New Crop Of Hackers?
• How Could You Possibly Get A Password?
• Accessing Any Telex Machine In The World
• Dumpster Diving Can Tell You Your Chances
• And All The Ships At Sea.... Hacking Marisat
• Consequences Of A Hack
• Where'd You Get That Cap?
• The Acronym Story"
• You were in the Army?
• My Favorite Basement
• Swiss Television
• Oh, It's August!
• How did you get your name?

Coffee Stories

Stories of "Cheshire and The Bean"

• Drugs
• Cosmopolitan Coffee Drinkers
• Airline Coffee
• German Coffee Shops
• Being in Your Cups
• Florida Reading Coffee
• Solution for Florida Reading Coffee

access.html

Articles on "Low Bandwidth Access to the Internet", the subject of my talk at Beyond Hope.

CheshiresLaw.html

A look at how Hackers look at problems.

astronaut.html

Looking to fly in space? Here's a practical application of "Cheshire's Law". It's my opinions on How To Become an Astronaut.

launchfaq.html

Here are answers to those Frequently Asked Questions about viewing a space launch from the Canaveral Spaceport area.

birthday.html

Cheshire's article in 2600 Magazine on "Your Internet Birthday".

idiots.html

Cheshire's article in 2600 Magazine on "Idiocy At The Telcos". Don't you think a Telephone Company should be found by Directory Assistance?

direct.htm

Notes from Cheshire's talk at H2K2, a phone phreak/hackers convention. His topic was a follow up to the article on Telco Idiocy, and was titled "A day In the Life Of A Directory Assistance Operator".

warstory.html

When the conversation turns out to be among Veterans, this is the story that Cheshire tells.

andrew.html

After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Cheshire led a 10 person team into Homestead.

packet.html

Here's a brief intro to "Packet Radio", the data communications service of Amateur Radio.

women.html

A couple of anecdotes about my relationships with women.

secrets.html This file is the reason for the Title of this book.

This file is Cheshire's "Windows^® Secrets For Newbies". But this is stuff you probebly knew already.

• Windows Stuff
  • How hard should I work at learning windows?
  • How do you "change windows"?
  • How do I send a Word Processing Document or spreadsheet as a Fax?
  • How do I delete a file when I want to get rid of it?
  • How can I "Minimize" all the windows at once?
  • Do I really have to use my mouse all the time?
  • I'm connected to the Internet, but nothing happens!
  • How do I grab a picture on someone's page, and save it to my hard drive? (Hi Matt)
  • Why do I need to format my disks?
• Modem Stuff
  • What does X-On/X-Off mean in Settings, Communications?
  • What is RTS/DTR?
  • What are all those two-letter codes on my external modem?

internet.html

Just some background information for the Newbie just getting their feet wet on the Internet.

software.html

Cheshire reccommends software

ATTracing.html

A phone phreak running a web site praising AT&T?

CingularRacing.html

And he owns a Cingular Wireless cell phone, and likes it.

philosophy.html

My philosophies about Web Pages. Information Content is all.