Posted by dave hillstrom on 08/15/05 04:05

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:15:16 -0500, Tim Weaver <tmw99999@comcast.net>
wrote:

>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.

k. i can buy that. though most courts dont, the bastards.

>> 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.

yay! im right ~twice~ today!

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