So you wanna be a hacker huh? Then these are the steps to take.

First, read everything you can get your hands.
some books i recomend reading are
hacker cracker: a true but story based book. A goog book for a noob thats
will be useful when reading more advanced books.
hacker culture: Has some history of the hacker and other interesting things.
Hacking exposed: Will help you keep malicious hackers out of your system.
crypto: A book about cryptography.
steal this computer book two: profides info about hackers and also has some great tools on the cd.

another good thing to do is read alot on Ao. I have rad alot information
that has helped me out alot. Go to IRC clients and chat with hackers.
If your willing to listen their willing to help.

learn a programming language like c or c++. You must know this to be a successful hacker.
Read books like c or c++ for dummies.

Read 2600 magazine they have some interesting stuff in there.

What ever you do never hack in a distructive manner. YOU WILL GET CAUGHT.
Only hack for the sake of learning not for personal reasons and NEVER for money.

I know this isnt a very long tut but I hope it helps.

hackophreak56