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Old 05-06-2011, 08:47 PM
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It's always odd hearing the term 'hacker' used in the sense of 'cracker', I have termed myself a hacker before in conversation and often get mixed facial responses. /discuss

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hacker /n./
1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.

cracker /n./
One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca. 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker.

Source: Hacker Dictionary; can be found many places.
http://www.outpost9.com/reference/ja...argon_toc.html
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Old 05-06-2011, 08:49 PM
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It's always odd hearing the term 'hacker' used in the sense of 'cracker', I have termed myself a hacker before in conversation and often get mixed facial responses. /discuss

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hacker /n./
1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.

cracker /n./
One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca. 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker.

Source: Hacker Dictionary; can be found many places.
http://www.outpost9.com/reference/ja...argon_toc.html
Irrelevant unfortunately, the media has made both terms synonymous. That's where white hat, black hat, grey hat came from. The need to distinguish between different types of hackers.
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Old 05-08-2011, 03:16 PM
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It's always odd hearing the term 'hacker' used in the sense of 'cracker', I have termed myself a hacker before in conversation and often get mixed facial responses. /discuss

Definitions truncated:

hacker /n./
1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.

cracker /n./
One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca. 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker.

Source: Hacker Dictionary; can be found many places.
http://www.outpost9.com/reference/ja...argon_toc.html
Hurp - the sound a retard makes.

Durp - the other sound a retard makes.
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Old 05-08-2011, 04:31 PM
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You all know that it was NOT really SEAL Team 6 that took out Bin Laden.. It was Rogean, Nilbog and the rest of the P99 Dev/GM team!!!!
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