In
a sense it is stupid to argue about the word `` ware''betekenis. One
word means people use it to mean. I'm not Française Sciences, I can not
force the word `` hacker to my definition Newsweek gebruik''volgens
official. However, understanding the etymological history of the word ``
hacker''kan help in understanding the current social situation.
The
concept of computer hacking culture at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in the 1960s. Online at MIT thought posited that there are
two types of students, tools and hackers. A `` instrument''is anyone
attending regular classes, always in the library when no class is
meeting and getting straight As. A `` hacker''is the opposite: someone
who never goes to class, which really sleep all day and spend the night
following leisure activities rather than study.
There
was probably no middle ground. What has this to do with computers?
Initially, nothing. But there are standards for success as a hacker, as
grades are a standard for success as an instrument. The true hacker can
not just sit around all night, he needs a hobby with commitment and
flair to follow.
It can be
mobile, or railroads (model, real or both), or science fiction fandom,
or radio broadcast or ham radio. It can be one of them. Whether it be
computers. [In 1986, it is generally the word `` hacker''gebruik among
MIT students to refer to a computer, but to building hackers hackers,
people who have roofs and tunnels where they are supposed to be
detected.] `` A computer hacker,''then, is someone who lives and
breathes computers, who already have computers, a computer to do
something to recognize. Equally important is the attitude of hackers.
Programming a hobby, something done for fun, not by a sense of duty or
for money. (It's okay to make money, but this may not be the reason for
piracy.)
A hacker is an
Aesthete. There are specialties within computer hacking. An algorithm
hacker knows all the best algorithm for each problem. A system hacker
knows about designing and maintaining operating systems. And a ``
hacker''weet password how to find someone else's password. That's what
Newsweek should follow their call. Someone decides to crack a security
system for financial gain is not a hacker at all. Is not that a hacker
can be a thief, but a hacker can be a professional thief.
A
hacker must be essentially an amateur, even if hackers can pay for
their expertise. A password hacker whose main interest is in learning
how the system is not necessarily refrain from stealing information or
services, but someone whose main interest is stolen is not a hacker.
This is a matter of emphasis.
