Acid: Good article. I agree with it. Personally, I find the 'hackers are not crackers!' complaint to be more of a knee-jerk reaction when I say it, rather than a real attempt to change the words the other person will use in the future.
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Acid: Good article. I agree with it. Personally, I find the 'hackers are not crackers!' complaint to be more of a knee-jerk reaction when I say it, rather than a real attempt to change the words the other person will use in the future.
Well hackers do, as most people, not like to be stereo typed! And I guess that no one actully exists that looks like the stereo type of a hacker! Therefore I believe it is incorrect!
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=234273
Hacker/Cracker debate.
Oh god, not this again....Hacker thread's are lame...
No hacker would call himself a hacker, because he will alway's put the benchmark above his own abilety, that way, he (or She ;) ) will always want to learn more.....
The whole Idea of Labeling some one with technical Knowledge beyond the Norm a hacker is stupid...
Uch, I'm going to bed...
Early 20's - yesQuote:
Originally posted here by RogueSpy
Back to the subject at hand. . . . . . Are any of you in ur early 20's. . . have brightly colored hair. . . . . high on caffeine. . . or any other substance. And have long frizzy hair? lol. If thats their idea of a hacker. . . whats their idea of a cracker? Somone on Skid row?
Brightly colored hair - used to....blue, green, red, white, etc
High on caffeine - not since I quit workin grave shifts
Long frizzy hair - nope. I keep it nice and shaved.
Tatoos - yup
But then with that description above they hit at least 60% of the people I work with at my current job or at most of the .com's I've worked with. It also sounds kind of like the standard generation x image they were all gushing about back in the 90's.
Well, one thing that nobody seemed to notice was that the banner said MALICIOUS hacker... not just Hacker. Maybe it's a little irrelevent, but I figured that I'd point it out.
There are multiple definitions for the word "hacker", so it's really not possible to clarify whether a certain person is or isn't a hacker. While that person may fit one definition of a hacker, he may not fit another. So by arguing the position we're just sharing opinions back and forth. heh, I think I'm done now.
you mean I'm a ub3r-l337 hac|<0r just cause i got bright hair and tats oOQuote:
I've also heard alot of Hackers being stereo-typed as young adults with brightly dyed hair, tattoos.... etc.
wow!! and all this time i just thought i was a normal computer enthusiast ;)
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i personally .. and im not having a go at anyone .. cant understand why people worry or complain so much about how the world stereotypes "hackers" etc. i think you should be in it for the love of computing and interest not in how people percieve you
I beg to differ.Quote:
Originally posted here by c0m4nch3
Well, one thing that nobody seemed to notice was that the banner said MALICIOUS hacker... not just Hacker. Maybe it's a little irrelevent, but I figured that I'd point it out.
That was part of my original post.Quote:
Anyone noticed the Ad banner when u first bring up the page. Look at the picture it shows with the words "Malicious Hacker."