[Noisebridge-discuss] Drink Restock!

[John J. Kaufman]

A classic story from my family annals is that Hershey Corp had put one 
of the original hot chocolate vending machines in a machine shop in 
Montana my grandfather worked in.  When they came back a few weeks later 
to take out the proceeds, they found that the machinists had simply 
manufactured slugs --coin shaped pieces of metal-- to use to buy drinks. 
  The machine was quickly removed.

So, hacking vending machines in one way or another has existed for at 
least 50 years.

-Kaufman

noisebridge-discuss-request at lists.noisebridge.net wrote:
> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:47:57 -0800
> From: Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to>
> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Drink Restock!
> To: John Menerick <john.menerick at gmail.com>
> Cc: NoiseBridge Discuss <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
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> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:36 AM, John Menerick <john.menerick at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do not take this in a bad way but if there was one put into a hackerspace,
>> it would be hacked and exploited like no other.  :\
> 
> Heh. Time was that the only places that had such things were hacker
> spaces, since only they had the skills to do it :)
> 
> Anyway, you're right; but this isn't a bad thing! It's simultaneously
> an exercise in education and simplified logistics. Some lossage always
> happens, but in general people aren't actively trying to steal - and
> if they are, there's no way to stop them.
> 
> m.
>