Often when im at a friends house taking there computer arpat for no reason but the enjoyment there parents or siblings ask, "are you a hacker?" how do i reply to this? i mean, i could argue the whole night what a hacker is or isn't... but yet its so unclear. Mostly i answer "no, im not a hacker." simply because i dont want to explain my self. but other times i add a joke to it. "no im not a hacker, im a d1nk. or geek or nerd." i mean its to hard to explain what a hacker is. The general public only knows of a "hacker" as two things. Someone who knows allot about computers, or two, someone who commits a computer crime. Well, microsoft are hackers arn't they? they've commited computer related crimes... with the whole DOJ trial. Now if you say no im not a hacker, im a computer professional, or security consultant or somthing else, they perk an eye brow and show a more grown up respect for it. I dont think that trying to give our self's a new word would work very well. the general public would still see us as hackers. with a new word... Enuf with my rantings......
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Often when im at a friends house taking there computer arpat for no reason but the enjoyment there parents or siblings ask, "are you a hacker?" how do i reply to this? i mean, i could argue the whole night what a hacker is or isn't... but yet its so unclear. Mostly i answer "no, im not a hacker." simply because i dont want to explain my self. but other times i add a joke to it. "no im not a hacker, im a d1nk. or geek or nerd." i mean its to hard to explain what a hacker is. The general public only knows of a "hacker" as two things. Someone who knows allot about computers, or two, someone who commits a computer crime. Well, microsoft are hackers arn't they? they've commited computer related crimes... with the whole DOJ trial. Now if you say no im not a hacker, im a computer professional, or security consultant or somthing else, they perk an eye brow and show a more grown up respect for it. I dont think that trying to give our self's a new word would work very well. the general public would still see us as hackers. with a new word... Enuf with my rantings ......