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I refuse to ignore ESR's definition of Hacker..... | by Jeff_UK | 2005-05-03 01:16:33 |
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hacker == bad, hacker == bad, hacker == bad....... (n/t) | by Jeff_UK | 2005-05-03 01:22:32 |
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Can't you do a comment at the end of your answer? | by Esteis | 2005-05-03 01:27:40 |
| Because the prof's right! |
by adiplomat |
2005-05-03 01:42:09 |
Hacker==bad.
I've NEVER met a hacker (and I've known several, thank you) who had anything other than disdain for other's privacy. "Oh, I'm not going to DO anything wrong, I just want to know things!" That's a direct quote, and it's why I despise people who mess around like that.
If I walked into someone's house and looked through their records and private drawers, and the owner found me, he'd be within his rights to shoot me. I feel the same about those who do same thing with a computer. You can put a fancy label on it ("software pirate" instead of "common scumbag thief" is an excellent example), but it doesn't change what the mutt is doing or the wrongness of it.
What I regret is that the sleazeballs who break into computers and play "jokes" that cause havoc stole the name of "hacker" from those fairly decent pre-PC hardware types who took odds and ends and made cool things out of them. Sadly, though, these people did hijack the name, and what a "hacker" has been for around thirty years is anywhere from a slightly-nasty prowler to a full-on **comment deleted**. |
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But can't we stick to the old-fashioned sense? | by Esteis | 2005-05-03 02:00:38 |
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Object to it all you want, | by krikkert | 2005-05-03 02:02:16 |
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Not often | by pverdon | 2005-05-03 02:39:22 |
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Well, It's not a massive problem, it just grates. (n/t) | by Jeff_UK | 2005-05-03 02:47:38 |
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Because that's been the accepted | by adiplomat | 2005-05-03 02:09:19 |
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I Am A Hacker | by Jeff_UK | 2005-05-03 02:32:09 |
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No. The prof isn't right. | by RetiQlum2 | 2005-05-03 02:28:05 |
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Well you are really describing a kind of cracker.. | by shana | 2005-05-03 04:11:00 |
