At 23:50 17/05/98 -0400, mhtat_private wrote: >Since the definition of a hack has been greatly exaggerated lately, what is >the current definition of a hack in the eyes of computer hacking.. When I were a lad... A hacker was a computer wizard - someone who could "hack" software code and build systems - make software work in different and interesting ways... They were clever and essentially good; or benign anyway. Now it seems that a hacker is a bad type who "cracks" computer systems security (or lack thereof) and breaks into systems in order to steal, damage or destroy computer data. Really they should be crackers not hackers... So to answer your question, a hack *was* a creative or purposeful change of computer software code to enable something to work, but nowadays it seems to mean more the action of a cracker - to break or disrupt computer code or systems... Thank you very much -> the media. Regards Christopher ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Nicholls chrisnat_private ~~~~~~~ chrisnat_private ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- m: 0411 454755 w: +61 2 6243 4834 h: +61 2 6241 2112 wf: +61 2 6243 4848 hf: +61 2 6241 8926 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
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