Just a simple, opinionated question.
What is a hacker defined by you.
And what makes a hacker a hacker.
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Just a simple, opinionated question.
What is a hacker defined by you.
And what makes a hacker a hacker.
My response would be,
A hacker is one who has a never ending urge to figure out how things work.
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A hacker is only a hacker when they want to know how things work to help it be better for himself, and sometimes others. NOT to destroy it or ruin it.
erm, that didn't need to be two posts...anyway, I don't think you'll get any sort of consesus from people, as there seem to be so many varying definations.
Defender of the weak!
Doer of good!
Upholding the law and promoting peace to everyone!!
I am The Great Saiyaman!!!
woops wrong thread.. hahaha
Hacker- A hacker is someone who loves learning and exploring computer and network systems. Most of these people often go on to become systems programmers or administrators, security consultants etc...Quote:
Just a simple, opinionated question.What is a hacker defined by you.
And what makes a hacker a hacker.
Crackers- We specialize in "cracking" system security. Most crackers, spend all their time finding and exploiting system security holes.
At the end of the night which type of "person" are you depends on your ethics, and whether you are breaking the law or not.
A hacker is someone who finds it necessary to see just how far technology can go. He (not meant in a gender-biased way......but sadly, it's generally the case that females don't seem to want to hack ) will overclock his CPU.......get the fastest hardware he can get his hands on.......generally do anything he can to eke the least bit of performance out of his system. It doesn't even necessarily have to be with a computer, though.........it's possible to hack a car, for extra performance, or really anything. Being a hacker is mostly a state of mind. It's a willingness to learn as much as possible about something, and working with it to see how far it can go.
What is a hacker? How do you define hacker? What makes some one a hacker?
These are age old questions and have been brought up several times..
None the less, here's my 2 cents. A hacker is some one with a thirst for knowledge
powered by curiosity. Always asking questions. Why? How? What if..? ,Etc.
Most of the people here at AO classify hackers as either a white hat, grey hat, or black hat.
A hacker IMO is also some one who would go to great lengths to find out information. There's many definitions of what the word hacker means and how people define the word.
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well according to me a hacker is a person.. who.. has deep thirst for
knowledge adn learning.. and he is a person who is extremly curious..
to know something... and how things happen...
he is a person who will never destroy anything but will point out the
flaws in them...
and who makes them hackers??
then for this i will say... only the curiousity and urge of learning..
makes them hackers...
intruder...
hacker's someoe cursed by his thirst of knowledge ....
I gotta go with nabylbt. Hackers are persons who arn't satisfied with the knowledge fed to us. Hackers must take things apart and find out how they work. Hackers push the limits of technology and force it to be improved. Hackers are the revolution. :flip:
a hacker is someone who learns a system (any system), well enough, too make if work FOR him/her.
A hacker is someone who knows more about a system then you do. Just like a newbie is someone who knows less. A hacker is a lot like a mentor. They have the ability to use a system better then you, and help you if they so chose. No one person can claim themself a hacker, because there is always someone who knows more about a particular system. Just like no one should claim themself a newbie, because there is always someone who knows less.
a hacker is whater you wish to define it as.. there realyl isent one definition that can cover every single idea we have about them
These are some very nice ideas,
I really like all these definitions of a hacker.
Keep the ideas rolling, I am enjoying them so far.
One link:
http://software-depot.com/hack.html
The Hackers Manifesto>>>>> one good start to finding out what a true hacker is.
What is a hacker defined by you. And what makes a hacker a hack
And what makes a hacker a hacker.
The meaning of 'hacker' has been distorted by the media and
by hollywood. The media associates anything to do with
'hacking' as evil or coordinated criminal acts like denial of service attacks
or defacing webpages or the image of a hacker is of a 16 year old maliciously
scanning the web with subseven :(
This is my defintion of what a Hacker :
1) A Hacker is someone who has a real love of technology Computers, Programming, Linux and Unix
perhaps started young with computers Apple II, Radioshack Coco, Amiga, Vic-20 or Commdore 64
or both (I started on a Vic-20 by the way) or belonged to user groups at school or a local area
group and got there start with the help of a mentor who furthered there skills or they learned on
there own (self taught)................
2) A Hacker likes ripping apart source code of programs to find out how they work
then improves software or programs so there cooler or better then shares it with other people
or helps find fixes for bugs in programs.
3) A Hacker is someone who is curious he/she has a determined tenacity to keep looking for
technological solutions to problems that stump other people who give up too easily.
4) A Hacker never invades someone else's space or destroys other peoples data and
there system for malicious intent and knows where to draw the line between
curiosity and breaking the law a true hacker never use his skill to harm others.
Ok there are many definitions of a hacker and I agree with you all but chawleyx87d and anyone else who thinks this. Why does it always have to be a teenager that is using subseven. Do you think us teens are that damn stupid or have nothing better to do? I'm sorry I just had to get that off my chest because some of you people have a very biased opionion toward teenagers. BTW I'm 16.