Comment Classify me not... (Score 2) 133
Still, after all the years I have been geeking, I have just not gotten the "anti-social hacker" stereotype.
I think the root of the problem is this: The "hackers" who get the most attention in the media are the ones who crack into systems. Aka: "Crackers" (Once we get around to getting hacker and cracker defined in the AP Style Journal, hopefully that will change.. But thats another story). The average cracker is a waste of brain cells who sits home scanning addr blocks for common holes looking for sites to crack. Yes, these people have no lives. No creativity either. I can remember very few "cracked sites" where I though some creativity was put into the page they put up.. (Not that I condone cracking pages..)
The main reason I am offended by the hacker vs. cracker vocabulary problems in the media is because I find myself compared to anti-social script kiddie idiots.
The average white hat is actually a pretty social person. Ususaly someone who like to share what they know with others in public forums. (At least from my experence..)
Bah.. I'm babbling again.. :)
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. "The future masters of technology will have to be lighthearted and
I think the root of the problem is this: The "hackers" who get the most attention in the media are the ones who crack into systems. Aka: "Crackers" (Once we get around to getting hacker and cracker defined in the AP Style Journal, hopefully that will change.. But thats another story). The average cracker is a waste of brain cells who sits home scanning addr blocks for common holes looking for sites to crack. Yes, these people have no lives. No creativity either. I can remember very few "cracked sites" where I though some creativity was put into the page they put up.. (Not that I condone cracking pages..)
The main reason I am offended by the hacker vs. cracker vocabulary problems in the media is because I find myself compared to anti-social script kiddie idiots.
The average white hat is actually a pretty social person. Ususaly someone who like to share what they know with others in public forums. (At least from my experence..)
Bah.. I'm babbling again..
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. "The future masters of technology will have to be lighthearted and
