The problem with society today is the fact that people are so ignorant that they believe that once a group of people has been labeled a certain way, the group stays that way. When the term hacker came around in the 70's, it was used as a label for anyone who was totally immersed in computer programming and technology. When PC's and dial-up networking came out in the 80's, the term hacker took the shape of anyone who gained unauthorized access to others computers, sometimes perusing or altering data on those computers. Today, the meaning for a hacker is someone who gains access to other computers, possibly looking at the data stored on them, and then sometimes leaves a message telling the person that they gained access and maybe also telling the person how they did this and how to correct the problem. The difference between a hacker and a cracker is that hackers don't do any damage to the information they access. A cracker's intent, when they invade a computer, is to damage or destroy data. The problem is that society still recognizes crackers and hackers to be in the same group of people, and because of sheer stubbornness and stupidity we don't think twice about it. If people would realize that there is a significant difference between hackers and crackers, there would be less hostility between them and the rest of the world. The issue is simple; hackers don't like to be called crackers and crackers don't like to be called hackers, and if the rest of the world would stop trying to label them under one general group and actually take the time to find out why they aren't the same, we wouldn't have to worry about grouping ourselves under one name.
i dunno why it isn't getting the performance it should. many of my friends get 53.3. Your speed really depends on how fast your city's lines are. Take my town for example: the max speed the lines in my part of town are capable of are 28.8, but on the other side of town, where a few of my friends live, the lines are fully capable of 53.3, because legally you can only get 53.3. If you're getting 56, you should be in the pokey being somebody's sweetboy. Plain and simple, if it's a PCI, buy a new modem: ISA.
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The problem with society today is the fact that people are so ignorant that they believe that once a group of people has been labeled a certain way, the group stays that way. When the term hacker came around in the 70's, it was used as a label for anyone who was totally immersed in computer programming and technology. When PC's and dial-up networking came out in the 80's, the term hacker took the shape of anyone who gained unauthorized access to others computers, sometimes perusing or altering data on those computers. Today, the meaning for a hacker is someone who gains access to other computers, possibly looking at the data stored on them, and then sometimes leaves a message telling the person that they gained access and maybe also telling the person how they did this and how to correct the problem. The difference between a hacker and a cracker is that hackers don't do any damage to the information they access. A cracker's intent, when they invade a computer, is to damage or destroy data. The problem is that society still recognizes crackers and hackers to be in the same group of people, and because of sheer stubbornness and stupidity we don't think twice about it. If people would realize that there is a significant difference between hackers and crackers, there would be less hostility between them and the rest of the world. The issue is simple; hackers don't like to be called crackers and crackers don't like to be called hackers, and if the rest of the world would stop trying to label them under one general group and actually take the time to find out why they aren't the same, we wouldn't have to worry about grouping ourselves under one name.
i dunno why it isn't getting the performance it should. many of my friends get 53.3. Your speed really depends on how fast your city's lines are. Take my town for example: the max speed the lines in my part of town are capable of are 28.8, but on the other side of town, where a few of my friends live, the lines are fully capable of 53.3, because legally you can only get 53.3. If you're getting 56, you should be in the pokey being somebody's sweetboy. Plain and simple, if it's a PCI, buy a new modem: ISA.