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2004 Republican National Convention protest activity

One of the most prominent personalities arrested was Eric Corley "Emmanuel Goldstein", an important advocate of public rights and independent media, and editor of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly.

Arthur Bisguier

After a poor performance in the U.S. Open in 1953, he entered the Philadelphia Candidates' Tournament for the U.S. Championship and came through with a first place finish and another over-2600 performance.

Basic programming

BASIC Programming, cartridge for the Atari 2600 console, released in 1979

Bone state

Covering an area of 2600 km², Bone's chief town Boni, lay 130 km northeast of the city of Makassar home to the Bugis people.

Buddleja longifolia

Buddleja longifolia is a species now restricted to remnants of montane forest in Loja, Ecuador, and northern Peru at altitudes of 2100 – 2600 m.

Dedicated console

Of the latter, Jakks Pacific's line of TV Games is among the most famous, which includes re-releases of many vintage games, from arcade classics to Atari 2600 games, as well as games based on currently-popular characters, such as SpongeBob SquarePants.

Festering Hate

The credits for the movie include former LOD member David Buchwald and 2600 Magazine publisher Eric Corley.

Fiat India Automobiles

The company presently employs about 2600 employees and is located at Ranjangaon in the Pune District of Maharashtra.

Halo 2600

In 2013 Smithsonian American Art Museum added Halo 2600 to its "The Art of Video Games" exhibition.

House Resolution 2600

House Resolution 2600 (The Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act) is a bill in the United States House of Representatives that was introduced on July 20, 2011 by Rep. Leonard Lance NJ-7.

Howard Sapers

Sapers beat Harris by a margin of 2600 votes to win the Edmonton-Glenora electoral district.

Jiro Horikoshi

Since 1940 was the Japanese year 2600, the new fighter was named as "Model 00" or "Zero" or A6M Zero, in Japan also known as the "Rei-sen" (literally meaning "zero fight," shortened for Model zero fighter airplane).

Joseph Karakis

School № 110 named after Shevchenko for 2600 students in the "Ukrainian" district of the city (1969).

Kesh temple hymn

Robert D. Biggs translated an exceptionally archaic version of the hymn from Tell Abu Salabikh that he dated to around 2600 BC.

Marriott Wardman Park

The hotel is located in the Woodley Park neighborhood at 2600 Woodley Road, NW and Connecticut Avenue, NW, adjacent the Woodley Park station of the Washington Metro system.

Martin XB-33 Super Marauder

The original XB-33 design was to be powered by the R-3350, the redesigned XB-33A was to use Wright R-2600 engines.

:Prototype medium bomber powered by four 1,800 hp (1,343 kW) R-2600-15 engines, two cancelled.

Medieval Mayhem

The game was inspired by Atari's 1980 arcade game Warlords, which was first ported to the Atari 2600 in 1981 by game designer Carla Meninsky.

Opel Rekord

In very limited numbers, Karl Deutsch of Cologne sold a convertible version with either 1700 S or 2600 engine at DM 11,765 and 13,060 respectively.

Queensland Railways 2600 class

The 2600 class entered service on the McNaughton and Newlands lines.

The Hacker Crackdown

The book also profiles the likes of "Emmanuel Goldstein" (publisher of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly), the former Assistant Attorney General of Arizona Gail Thackeray, FLETC instructor Carlton Fitzpatrick, Mitch Kapor, and John Perry Barlow.

Tooth Protectors

Released in 1983, Tooth Protectors is one of the earliest "advergames" or "promogames" – games with overt tie-ins to retail products – and one of several released that year for the Atari 2600 platform (others included M Network's Kool-Aid Man and Purina's Chase the Chuck Wagon.

Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes

Eric Corley removed DeCSS from 2600.com after the preliminary injunction was issued, but did not reach a settlement agreement.

On January 14, 2000, eight movie studios filed a lawsuit against Eric Corley (publisher of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly Magazine,) Shawn Reimerdes, Roman Kazan and 2600 Enterprises, Inc.

Video Chess

For example, Atari had to overcome sprite limitations; the Atari 2600 was only capable of displaying three sprites in a row, or six (such as in Space Invaders) with the right programming.

Volcano Junco

This junco breeds above the timberline, typically at altitudes above 3000m, but there is an isolated population at 2100 m on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, and forest clearance on Cerro de la Muerte has allowed this species to descend to 2600 m.

Warring Worms

In 2005, Warring Worms was named one of the five "Best 2600 Homebrew Games" in the book Gaming Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools by Simon Carless, who described the game as "super-addictive" and praised the ability to fire shots as a "neat twist".

Zond 6

It was supposed to photograph the moon in colour and black and white from 8000 km and 2600 km ranges, then return to earth, landing at Tyuratam only 16 km from the launch pad.


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