Posted by Tim Weaver on 08/15/05 03:15

dave hillstrom wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:34:41 -0500, Tim Weaver <tmw99999@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Mimic wrote:
>>
>>> Adie wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:16:07 +0100, Mimic wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Adie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>PHP? That sucks as well. There are two games in town, MS and Java.
>>>>>>Fuck off if you have neither.
>>>>>
>>>>>BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
>>>>>You *MUST* have come from AUK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you a hacker?
>>>
>>> depends on what you class a hacker as.
>>>
>>
>>A person who likes to move electrons through conductors that are owned by
>>people who don't want them doing it.
>
> isnt that a cracker to some degree?

I've always seen hackers and crackers and pretty much the same, except a
cracker seeks profit or attempts to harm others, whereas a hacker does it
strictly for the challenge and excitement.

> electronic data related activities is only one small section of the
> hacker world.
>
> there have been hackers since man started walking upright, though, of
> course, the term is new. wouldnt you qualify the creator of the wheel
> as a hacker? the creator of the cart? wouldnt you say that most major
> technological breakthroughs have been made by hackers throughout the
> ages?

Yes, absolutely.

> intelligent, resourceful, creative, intuitive, and usually damned
> lucky. its all the same cool thought patterns whether its boring
> through a firewall or developing the gatling gun. my $0.02

Yes, again. Necessity, mother of invention, all that sort of stuff.
--
Tim Weaver

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