newton@ARISTOTLE.ILS.NWU.EDU (David Newton) (02/20/91)
Okay, fine. I shall leave this Sanctuary to the Real Hackers, who have called me a "fucker", "lamer", "lifeless", ad infinitum/ad nauseum. I was proud to continue calling myself a "hacker" after the media perverted it into stupidity, would gladly explain the Real Meaning of the word to those who still _believed_ the media perversion. I'm not a Real Hacker anymore, I'll have to go back to Gumby Cyberdeck Jockey I reckon. So, y'all got what you wanted, congratulations. 'Tis a pity though. -- David L. Newton | Work: (708) 467-1015 | newton@ils.nwu.edu ILS, Room 135 | Home: (708) 332-2321 |------------------------------- 1890 Maple St. |------------------------| Kicked out of alt.hackers by Evanston, IL 60201 |__Dr. Seuss is a god.___| "Real Hackers." Oh WOE is me.
appel@ocf.Berkeley.EDU (Shannon D. Appel) (02/21/91)
In article <9102201629.AA16505@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu> newton@ARISTOTLE.ILS.NWU.EDU (David Newton) writes: >I was proud to continue calling myself a "hacker" after the media perverted it >into stupidity, would gladly explain the Real Meaning of the word to those who >still _believed_ the media perversion. >I'm not a Real Hacker anymore, I'll have to go back to Gumby Cyberdeck Jockey In Random American Magazine, one New York hacker said: }You know, there are always those computer know-it-alls who say, }"Oh yeah, I used to be a hacker." That's crap. If you're an ex- }hacker, you were never a hacker to begin with. It's not something }that dies. It's a way of life. It's a way of thinking...
n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu (Brent Burton) (02/21/91)
In article <APPEL.91Feb20134255@typhoon.ocf.Berkeley.EDU> appel@ocf.Berkeley.EDU (Shannon D. Appel) writes: >In article <9102201629.AA16505@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu> newton@ARISTOTLE.ILS.NWU.EDU (David Newton) writes: [blah blah blah about ex-hacking...] > >In Random American Magazine, one New York hacker said: >}You know, there are always those computer know-it-alls who say, >}"Oh yeah, I used to be a hacker." That's crap. If you're an ex- >}hacker, you were never a hacker to begin with. It's not something >}that dies. It's a way of life. It's a way of thinking... Gee, I actually heard some clown say that on the radio about "being punk." } "it's a way of life. It's a way of getting what YOU want. It's...." no ObHack today... +----------------------+--------------------------+ | Brent P. Burton | n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu | | Texas A&M University | Computer Science/Physics | +----------------------+--------------------------+
bharat@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Bharat Mediratta) (02/21/91)
In article <APPEL.91Feb20134255@typhoon.ocf.Berkeley.EDU> appel@ocf.Berkeley.EDU (Shannon D. Appel) writes: >In Random American Magazine, one New York hacker said: >}You know, there are always those computer know-it-alls who say, >}"Oh yeah, I used to be a hacker." That's crap. If you're an ex- >}hacker, you were never a hacker to begin with. It's not something >}that dies. It's a way of life. It's a way of thinking... How true. However, a great many of those 'ex-hackers' simply don't want to admit that they still feel the need to stay up late trying just one more way to get in... -Bharat -- +------------------+------------------------+ | Bharat Mediratta | bharat@cm.cf.ac.uk | | "On a clear disk you can seek forever..." | +-------------------------------------------+