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.
