Comment Re:Hack or Crack? (Score 1) 93
The "crackers vs. hackers" debate come up on slashdot every time the media uses the term. People were debating this on Usenet and BBSes when I went online in the '80s, and the "trekkers vs. trekkies" debate has probably been around even longer.
I call it the Starfish Syndrome: most people don't know or care about the difference between a boy starfish and a girl starfish, but it's a big deal to the starfish. That's why John Q. Public doesn't care about "hackers" vs "crackers" and "trekkies" vs. "trekkers," but people on computer networks will endlessly debate the distinctions.
P.S. Someone mentioned "script kiddies." Awesome term! Really useful for d00dz who found a copy of AOHell on a web page.
I call it the Starfish Syndrome: most people don't know or care about the difference between a boy starfish and a girl starfish, but it's a big deal to the starfish. That's why John Q. Public doesn't care about "hackers" vs "crackers" and "trekkies" vs. "trekkers," but people on computer networks will endlessly debate the distinctions.
P.S. Someone mentioned "script kiddies." Awesome term! Really useful for d00dz who found a copy of AOHell on a web page.
