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Hey.
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ls it pronounced
''jooked'' or ''jucked''?
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lt's pronounced,
''give me back my article.''
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Adam--! Can you give
a man a minute?
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Oh, yeah.
l'm sorry.
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Er, it's just that...
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this New Republic piece
is a fucking sieve.
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l started with a check
on ''Jukt Micronics,''
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which is supposed to be this major
software company in California.
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l went through every search engine
on the Web-- no matches found.
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So l called 411
every area code in the state.
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There's no listing anywhere
for a company called ''Jukt Micronics.''
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Tried the California
Tax Franchise Board,
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there's no record of taxes
ever having been paid
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by a company
called Jukt Micronics.
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Tried the State
Comptroller's Office,
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no license has ever been applied for
by a company using that name.
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Then l called
all the hackers l know,
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asking if any had heard
of a ''National Assembly of Hackers,''
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or a hacker by the name
of ''Big Bad Bionic Boy.''
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Nothing.
l even tried lan Restil himself.
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There's no listing for the kid in D.C.,
Virginia, Maryland.
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There's no record of him ever having
attended a public school before.
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- More?
- Please.
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This guy Joe Hiert was described
in the Glass piece
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as being this a former
basketball agent,
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yet no one by that name has ever
been registered with the NBA
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and none of my hackers
knew of him.
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l even checked the names
of every government--
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l was just getting some coffee.
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l checked the names of every
government employee quoted in the piece,
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against a book listing the names
of every government employee
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in the entire United States.
None of the Glass sources were listed.
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But there is one thing
in this story that checks out.
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What's that?
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There does appear to be a state
in the Union named Nevada.
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David.
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- For Christ's sakes.
- God, l'm sorry, Stephen.
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l wanted to see if you read it yet.
lt was sitting right here, you know?