fUNCTiONAl : Information Insemination

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one". -Thomas Jefferson

As the internet allures more and more people into its web every day, more and
more self proclaimed "hackers" start appearing. Now, it is getting to the
stage where they are everywhere, they infest chat sites, IRC channels, and
so on. "Don't mess with him, he's a hacker man." Its a phrase I have heard a
million times, and its starting to wear a little thin.

A hacker, as far as the internet goes, is someone that has a good
understanding of Unix, etc. and the makeup of the networking involved. They
are always curious as to the inner workings of the network and therefore
know its weaknesses. The "hackers" that I have stumbled across in my earlier
days on the internet are nothing of this sort! Don't be fooled people! These
people come along, and think "wow! hackers r so cool. I've seen em in movies.
I am going to be one." So they rock up to a hacking site and read (or browse)
through a few hacker texts. Good. They now know 2 or so Unix commands. So,
now they are a hacker? Yeah right. They very quickly realize that you can't
learn hacking overnight so usually come to a decision such as this: "OK,
I couldn't be bothered reading all that shit. I don't care what a few basic
Unix commands are. I know. ill get an email bomber. then ill be a hacker."
That is so fucking stupid. How can these people seriously claim to be
hackers, huh??? Why bother lying to yourself like that?? I cant
understand this stupid attitude. These people irritate me a lot.

I remember one person in particular like this, when I was very new to the
net. He was always on the chat site that I went to. He is still probably the
biggest wanna be that I have ever met. he claimed to be a hacker all the
time, and whenever the chat server went down he would claim that he hacked
it. One day he paged me in powwow, and basically asked me how to hack. I
shared the limited knowledge that I had, and told him about the Unix basics
that I know and to learn it in more depth. He said "what the fuck is Unix?".
Now, if a hacker doesn't know what Unix is, then how the hell can he be a
hacker on the internet????? hahahah answer: he wasn't.

There was also another guy I knew. He kissed up to me for ages so I would
tell him this simple java trick I did on him. claimed he knew C++, yet he
didn't know java or what a loop in programming was (how can u know 'C++'
without understanding a basic concept like loops??). so I told him it to
get him off my back. As soon as he did, he claimed he was a great hacker
for knowing that one java trick!!! crashing a browser isn't even hacking!
I haven't done it for ages cause its such a waste of time.

The thing that pisses me off about people such as this, is that they claim
to be hackers and don't even know basic knowledge and much less care about
it. They just want to sound cool to all their classmates (they r usually
about 14 or so). They are not interested in required knowledge and when
it comes down to it, don't have the right mid set to be a hacker. they r not
curious, they don't read up on things they don't know about, and don't talk to
people who could help them. They learn a cheap trick and pose with it, and
are arrogant to everyone else that comes in and "challenges" their ability.
This is fucking lame. give up now.

To quote a friend of mine "One cannot claim to be a hacker, the title is
given to them by others." This I think is true (although the general
uneducated public are too easily fooled into thinking someone is a
hacker). I have an ok knowledge of Unix, but I still have much to learn,
there are so many parts of it that are still a mystery to me. But at least
I'm making the effort.