[plug] what's a hacker?

[Psyphen Codewalker]

Very funny.  But since I write in C (or Java) and have been involved with 
computers for more than a decade, does this mean that I'm a "hacker"?  Or 
should I attempt to break into a secure network to achieve that type of 
status?  :)



>From: Andrew Pamment <apamment at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>Subject: Re: [plug] what's a hacker?
>Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:38:20 +0800
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>Psyphen Codewalker wrote:
>
>>I've been hearing many interpretations of the term "hacker" recently and
>>was wondering what actually defines someone as being a hacker.  Some
>>sort of technical definition would be nice, but not essential.
>
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>some one who hacks. which is of course has something to do with horses
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>--
>
>- Lord of the Rings is boring. There is a distinct lack of giant robots
>in it. Good movies have giant robots, bad movies don't. -james
>


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