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I grew up about a mile away from the federal reserve they hacked in this movie, and other than the X-Files, Sneakers is the only media I've ever heard my small

I grew up about a mile away from the federal reserve they hacked in this movie, and other than the X-Files, Sneakers is the only media I've ever heard my small hometown of Culpeper, Virginia mentioned in. So Sneakers has always held a place in my heart. But it's also the best hacking movie ever made, in my opinion.

Rebelgecko 5y ago
I think Culpeper was also referenced in an episode of Homeland
aksss 5y ago
Ha, I made a point to visit Culpeper specifically because of the TV show Turn (and the book it’s based on, Washington’s Spies). I guess the Culpeper spy ring in the Revolutionary War was named for this town that George Washington had surveyed in his younger years. I happened to be road-tripping through VA and NC, saw it on a map and thought, I can’t not go there.
- crmd 5y ago
  You might enjoy this brochure which explains how the FedWire Culpepper Switch worked: http://coldwar-c4i.net/Mt_Pony/culpsw01.htm http://coldwar-c4i.net/Mt_Pony/culpsw01.htm
  - aksss 5y ago
    Wow, new to me. Fascinating, thanks!
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  - owlbynight 5y ago
    This is really awesome. I grew up with a lot of interest in phreaking, lived right at the end of Mt. Pony Rd on the opposite end of the road as the federal reserve, and had no clue about any of this.
- owlbynight 5y ago
  Whoa, I just started watching Turn. That's cool. I had no clue Culpeper had any history like that. When I was growing it up, it was all Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg.
  - aksss 5y ago
    I’m kinda jelly of “you people”. I grew up/live in far PNW and am a history nerd. Going to the east coast it’s just stunning how much living history is there, not to mention the accessibility of museums and archives for stuff I’m interested in, and the potential of so many forgotten relics hidden in attics, under staircases and in the back of closets. A different life I’d live in the western woodlands of VA and visit national archives for research each week and road trip every other. :D
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Rebelgecko 5y ago

I think Culpeper was also referenced in an episode of Homeland

aksss 5y ago

Ha, I made a point to visit Culpeper specifically because of the TV show Turn (and the book it’s based on, Washington’s Spies). I guess the Culpeper spy ring in the Revolutionary War was named for this town that George Washington had surveyed in his younger years. I happened to be road-tripping through VA and NC, saw it on a map and thought, I can’t not go there.

crmd 5y ago
You might enjoy this brochure which explains how the FedWire Culpepper Switch worked: http://coldwar-c4i.net/Mt_Pony/culpsw01.htm http://coldwar-c4i.net/Mt_Pony/culpsw01.htm
- aksss 5y ago
  Wow, new to me. Fascinating, thanks!
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- owlbynight 5y ago
  This is really awesome. I grew up with a lot of interest in phreaking, lived right at the end of Mt. Pony Rd on the opposite end of the road as the federal reserve, and had no clue about any of this.
owlbynight 5y ago
Whoa, I just started watching Turn. That's cool. I had no clue Culpeper had any history like that. When I was growing it up, it was all Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg.
- aksss 5y ago
  I’m kinda jelly of “you people”. I grew up/live in far PNW and am a history nerd. Going to the east coast it’s just stunning how much living history is there, not to mention the accessibility of museums and archives for stuff I’m interested in, and the potential of so many forgotten relics hidden in attics, under staircases and in the back of closets. A different life I’d live in the western woodlands of VA and visit national archives for research each week and road trip every other. :D

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