Lenny and I fell into a battle of wits against each other. He was a computer operator at a company called VPA, and I had joined a company called CK Technologies, in Newbury Park. We kept making bets on whether we could break into each other’s computer systems that we managed for our employers. Whoever could hack into the VMS system at the other’s company would get the prize. It was like a game of "capture the flag," designed to test our skill at defending our systems against each other.