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I'm by no means the best computer programmer in the world, nor the best hacker. I'm not even a geek. I think I'm masterof_none.
Anyway, I open this forum to explore the concept of hacking brought by luke. Before that, let's look where the term 'hack' come from. It came from MIT's http://tmrc.mit.edu] Tech Model Railroad Club [/url]where all their members 'hack' the stuff there. It means to 'improve' something..or something like pranks. MIT people know best. But, the media has manipulated the idea of hack, changing the definition into somebody who tirelessly try to break into a system. This is not the origianal idea, and MIT students out there can verify this (Hack culture at MIT still exist) check this out: http://hacks.mit.edu/ The best book to read is Steven Levy's : Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...lance&n=507846 So, hackers doesn;t mean you create a virus, buffer overflow, stealing password or something like that. Those are crackers. Hackers are all the people who download the program and make it from good to better, from better to the best. |
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basically, hackers are programmers.
but hollywood helped screwed the concept there are 2 type of hackers white hat and black hat. The white hat is the your every day programmer. The black hat is the baaaaaaaaaaaad people. script kiddies are could also be called hacker but most ppl would argue n00b does not deserve to be identified as hacker 4nd h4X0r wr1t3 in l33t!!! 1 0wn j00!!! w00t!!! |
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700 b4d! 1 571ll 0wn j00!
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maybe we should use more hardcore ones?
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Sadly I do
 And if not, there're tonnes of l337 speak dictionaries out there. Hacking is, like many terms out there for example spam or program or mouse, been borrowed in to the computing/technology realm to fill in the void. Having such a large boom in the field, there're insufficient names to go around describing behavior. If you look up a dictionary, hack might mean something like "to cut or sever with repeated irregular or unskillful blows" or "to clear or make by or as if by cutting away vegetation". Basically you want to make something work, but in a crude manner, you hack. That's why we "hack" everyday, sort of.. We need to get the homework program running and still can't make it work, we "hack" last minute. Bad guys want to get their money from the bank so they "hack" the bank's server. This will be the best literal treatment you can justify, beyond that it is pretty much convention, a.k.a. no fixed definition (e.g. is 14 yr old script kiddy a hacker? how baout 15 yr old?) |
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i think most gamers know l337 or l33t.
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