George (turtlerocker)

Race #5125

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Official speed 73.51 wpm (81.62 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 21, 2020 6:01:40pm UTC
Race Finish July 21, 2020 6:03:01pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 4)
Opponents 1. beth16123 (91.47 wpm)
2. henville12 (83.02 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 99.23
Text #4180181 (Length: 500 characters)

Since the infancy of computers, hackers have been creatively solving problems. In the late 1950s, the MIT model railroad club was given a donation of parts, mostly old telephone equipment. The club's members used this equipment to rig up a complex system that allowed multiple operators to control different parts of the track by dialing in to the appropriate sections. They called this new and inventive use of telephone equipment hacking; many people consider this group to be the original hackers.