From: savoire@yabbs
To: all@yabbs
Subject: Learning
Date: Mon Nov 15 15:49:59 1993
    The most dangerous attitude expressed here is "go get a book and learn 
by yourself." This is completely contrary, in my view, to the free 
exchange of information. Remember earlier in the thread, when everyone was 
talking about newbies on HPA boards? The greatest statement coming out of 
that was that these boards are a great place to learn and to exchange 
ideas. I agree with the specific complaint that idiots arbragging and 
handing out accounts which were not procured legitimately, an illegal 
enterprise that threatens the system. However, I think that discussions on 
security holes in Unix, ways to sneak through telnet-watchers, mailing 
anonymously are all discussions that are perfectly valid, and I would 
encourage them. To say "get out of here and read a book" is not conducinve 
to the free atmosphere. Basics get acquired pretty quickly, and the goal 
of a hacker is ewxploring. Let's support this goal by stopping the idiotic 
brag/rag wars, and equally stopping the massive posts on why everyone 
hates newbies / w3r3z d00dz etc. Instead, let's talk about how to make the 
most of the internet.

    Relinquishing the soapbox...