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Hackers Hall of Fame

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the did-they-pick-the-right-ones dept.

An anonymous reader writes "tlc.discovery.com has a nice feature called Hackers Hall of Fame. They have included 15 bios of modern and not so modern hackers and crackers. " Definitely a few names that probably don't deserve to be on the list, but for the most part this is a good list.

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  1. Worst Photo by mindshadow · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think one of the criteria may have been "worst photo"

    1. Re:Worst Photo by br3itain · · Score: 5, Funny

      Along those lines, try the "Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?" quiz.
      http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz/
      I got a 6 out of 10...
      Kind of begs the question of whether or not genius really is kin to madness.

  2. Pet peeve... by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Definitely a few names that probably don't deserve to be on the list"
    Definitely probably?

    /pick one

  3. Angelina Jolie? by grungebox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is she in the hackers hall of fame? Perhaps Matthew Lillard as well? Where are AcidBurn and ZeroCool when you need 'em?

    1. Re:Angelina Jolie? by wizman · · Score: 5, Funny

      And along the same times, how about Matthew Broderick? Not only did he hack into WOPR for a game of global thermonuclear war in "War Games", but he also changed his grades in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Now that takes some talent.

  4. Re:I dunno by matth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, as I'm thinking about it.. hacking is fairly easy.. I've watched several hollywood movies and I think that I am now certified to do hacking... infact let me see.. based on what I've learned you bring up an SSH prompt and then start banging away at keys and the password is always something like 'password', 'opensesame', or some random array of characters that you will just happen to hit with your hand... it's really very easy!

  5. Re:Bill Gates, Hall of Fame Hacker? (P.S. First Po by Endive4Ever · · Score: 5, Funny

    In his early days Gates was a hacker, more so than a lot of self-described Slashdot 'hackers' whose only tools are a phillips screwdriver (because they're 'hardware experts') and Linux installation CDs (because they're 'software experts').

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