GAME OVER The end. Time to give up and try something else. [From a line by Private W. Hudson in the movie _Aliens_, which itself came from video games.] GARFINKEL, SIMSON Contributing writer to _Wired_ and editor of _Internet Underground_; author of articles on privacy and technology issues, as well as author of a book on PGP GARY WILSON see EMMANUEL GOLDSTEIN GATES, WILLIAM HENRY III "BILL" (1955-Present) Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft. The richest man in America, at almost 18 billion dollars. Author of _The Road Ahead_. And, if you haven’t heard yet, the ASCII values of the letters in his name add up to 666 GIBSON, WILLIAM Science fiction author and contributing writer for _Wired_ who invented the term "cyberspace." Author of the anthology _Burning Chrome_; the Sprawl Series (_Neuromancer_, _Count Zero_ and _Mona Lisa Overdrive_); one of the many scripts for what was then called _Alien III_; _Virtual Light_; the screenplay for _Johnny Mnemonic_, based on his short story; and, most recently, _Idoru_. He also co-wrote _The Difference Engine_ with Bruce Sterling. Ironically, he didn’t own a computer until he wrote _Mona Lisa Overdrive_, he’s not at all technical, and he’s not online in any form GIGABYTE [abbreviated as "gig" or "Gb"] Very large unit of measurement. Usually only used when referring to hard drive space. A gigabyte is one billion bytes, or roughly 1048.576 megabytes or 1.024 million kilobytes GLOBAL KOS [GkOS] Possibly the most influential hacker group currently in operation, GkOS claims to be the only truly international group. Current members include Shadow Hunter, Spidey, That Guy, AcidAngel, glitched and Silicon Toad. Name is pronounced "chaos." GLOBAL OUTDIAL see GOD GOD [Global OutDial] An Internet outdial (modem connected to the Internet you can call from) that allows long distance calls GODWIN, MICHAEL Attourney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation; also writes articles on Net civil issues. Contributing writer for _Wired_ GOFFMAN, KEN see R.U. SIRIUS GOGGANS, CHRISTOPHER see ERIK BLOODAXE GOLDSTEIN, EMMANUEL see EMMANUEL GOLDSTEIN GOTH Cyberpunk offshoot (well, not really; the net.goths are a cyberpunk offshoot; the regular, non-net goths are a punk offshoot) which is into vampyres and infinite sadness and wearing black. I suppose you could call me a goth (well, as much as you can be a goth when you have short red hair), because I have pale skin and wear black and watch _The Crow_ a lot and listen to the Cure. [Okay, take a deep breath– the name of the subculture came from the name of a punk offshoot music movement pioneered by Siouxsie and the Banshees, which came from the Gothic books and movies (such as _Dracula_), which came from the name of the scary dark medeval architecture, which came from a derogatory name given to the Gothic architects comparing them to Goths, who were a tribe of barbarians.] GREENE, [Judge] HAROLD The judge who busted AT&T and is now in charge of telecommunications for the government GROSSMAN, SAMUEL see AGENT STEAL _GREY AREAS_ Hacker-oriented magazine whose topic is the "gray areas" of society, such as hackers and technology, underground music and bands, drugs, etc. Can be reached at greyareas@well.sf.ca.us, among other addresses