terminology

[spazlabz]

Originally posted by urb

But why do the press always call them hackers? Someone who creates viruses is not a hacker. [/b]

Jump in your way back machine Urb and travel back in time to when Syntax Error was what you got when you typed anything on a monochrome screen. The term hackers is a generic term that was originally used to describe some poor soul who spent countless hours hacking away on the keyboards writing code and programming, well programs. The rise of the net had morphed it into meaning something totally different, it has a bad conotation to it now that is unwarranted.I know a LOT of people who could be described as hackers who follow the law of karma. But now hackers seems to mean some 15 year old mal content who spends their time copying code and changing it enough to be considered a brand new Virus
oh how impressive heh heh
they call them hackers because they don't know any better or because it will scare the basic reader since hackers are asscosiated with computers goddom

spaz