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Grandmaster Ratte' (born April 1970, formerly known as Swamp Rat and then Swamp Ratte') is one of the founders of the CULT OF THE DEAD COW (cDc) hacker group, along with Franken Gibe and Sid Vicious (disambiguation). His official title in the cDc is "Imperial Wizard of ExXxtasy."

Ratte' is originally from Lubbock, Texas, though he now resides in Harlem, New York City, New York. He is a graduate of both Lubbock High School and Texas Tech University.

Ratte' is the SysOp of Demon Roach Underground BBS, the cDc "base system."

He is known for his theatrics during cDc presentations at hacker cons.

Ratte' has also produced and performed much of the music available for download from the cDc's website, including work by Hugh Gallagher.

Grandmaster Ratte' is one of the most frequent contributors to the cDc blog.

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CULT OF THE DEAD COW, also known as cDc or cDc Communications, is a computer hacker and DIY media organization founded in 1984 in Lubbock, Texas. The group maintains a weblog on its site , also titled "CULT OF THE DEAD COW".
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Hugh Gallagher won Scholastic Press, Inc.'s national writing contest in 1990 with a satiric personal essay. His essay contains many humorous, hyberbolic statements of his accomplishments, starting with "I am a dynamic figure" and ending with the line, "But I have not yet gone to
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