From: maedhros@yabbs
To: C.S.@yabbs
Subject: re: hacking
Date: Tue Aug  9 02:32:53 1994
In message re: hacking, C.S. said:
> In message hacking, maedhros said:
> > Sorry for yet another flame on the base, I realize it's already been
> > flooded lately with them.  I couldn't shut up anymore.  And, BTW, I'm not
> > a hacker, so don't bother asking me to justify myself.  I study, listen
> > and learn; perhaps someday...
> That was a pretty good flame though...

It's just that these crackers and warez kiddies are giving a bad name to a
group they don't even belong too.  I was rifling through comp.security
tonight and listening to a bunch of sysadmins suggesting how to recover
systems which "hackers" had destroyed.  What the hell kind of hacker would
willfully destroy files on someone's system.  Granted, it is conceivable
that a hacker might break into something:  But maliciously corrupt and/or
destroy data?!  The problem is when these jerks do things like this and
claim they are hackers.  The media displays cases like this and the word
hacker becomes tainted; synonymous with vandal.  

Maedhros /\
        /--\  "...and now, back to the regularly scheduled base..."
       /    \   sorry again, I'll shut up now...at least I'll try