Comments on: Hacker http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Terminally Incoherent » Blog Archive » Our Next President Should be a Hacker http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/#comment-9497 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:29:36 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/#comment-9497 [...] I think that the perfect kind of a leader for our country - for any country - would be a hacker. And when I say “hacker” I don’t mean “computer criminal”. I use it in its original meaning. To me a hacker is a person who knows enough about technology to make me feel small, insignificant and undereducated. There is just no other word out there that denotes this particular blend of insightfulness, technological expertise, problem solving ability, competence, intelligence and cleverness. So I will use hacker, even though in recent years it gained this negative connotation. [...] […] I think that the perfect kind of a leader for our country - for any country - would be a hacker. And when I say “hacker” I don’t mean “computer criminal”. I use it in its original meaning. To me a hacker is a person who knows enough about technology to make me feel small, insignificant and undereducated. There is just no other word out there that denotes this particular blend of insightfulness, technological expertise, problem solving ability, competence, intelligence and cleverness. So I will use hacker, even though in recent years it gained this negative connotation. […]

]]> by: Travis McCrea http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/#comment-3074 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:54:18 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/#comment-3074 <blockquote>I usually associate the term cracker with the people who crack copyright protection software and post warez and moviez on usenet or torrent sites.</blockquote> those are pirates (or sometimes i refer to them as "we" or "us" ;) ) Yes I agree, "Dirty Basterd" usually sums it all up

I usually associate the term cracker with the people who crack copyright protection software and post warez and moviez on usenet or torrent sites.

those are pirates (or sometimes i refer to them as “we” or “us” ) )

Yes I agree, “Dirty Basterd” usually sums it all up

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/#comment-3071 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:48:34 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/#comment-3071 True, you can call them that. I usually refer to them as "black hats" or "those fucking assholes" or "dumb script kiddies" depending on their expertise, level of maliciousness, and etc.. :P I usually associate the term cracker with the people who crack copyright protection software and post warez and moviez on usenet or torrent sites. But that's just me. True, you can call them that. I usually refer to them as “black hats” or “those fucking assholes” or “dumb script kiddies” depending on their expertise, level of maliciousness, and etc.. P

I usually associate the term cracker with the people who crack copyright protection software and post warez and moviez on usenet or torrent sites.

But that’s just me.

]]> by: Travis McCrea http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/#comment-3068 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:38:53 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/#comment-3068 Ditto... Although I still use the term Cracker for a "bad guy" because thats what my hero calls them :D Ditto… Although I still use the term Cracker for a “bad guy” because thats what my hero calls them D

]]> by: Terminally Incoherent » Blog Archive » Spies and Hackers http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/#comment-2446 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:00:37 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2005/11/28/hacker/#comment-2446 [...] Also, before you say something about 1337 “hackers” please see this post. tags: hackers, hacking, spies, spy, cia, software, technology [...] […] Also, before you say something about 1337 “hackers” please see this post. tags: hackers, hacking, spies, spy, cia, software, technology […]

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