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Instead of
using a wire, Stallman draped out a long U-shaped loop
of magnetic tape, fastening a loop of adhesive tape at
the base of the U. Standing over the door jamb, he
dangled the tape until it looped under the doorknob.
Lifting the tape until the adhesive fastened, he then
pulled on the left end of the tape, twisting the
doorknob counter-clockwise. Sure enough, the door
opened. Stallman had added a new twist to the art of
lock hacking.
"Sometimes you had to kick the door after you turned
the door knob," says Stallman, recalling the lingering
bugginess of the new method. "It took a little bit of
balance to pull it off."
Such activities reflected a growing willingness on
Stallman's part to speak and act out in defense of
political beliefs. The AI Lab's spirit of direct action
had proved inspirational enough for Stallman to break
out of the timid impotence of his teenage years.
Breaking into an office to free a terminal wasn't the
same as taking part in a protest march, but it was
effective in ways that most protests weren't.


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