The Hidden Obvious 006

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The Hidden Obvious

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     There is a growing sub culture in our society.  This 

culture is a underground culture that few people truly 

understand. Some of the "members" of this society do not even 

fully understand it. I am speaking of the hacking 

underground. 

 
    This is a very elite culture. It is not elite in the 

sense that you have to be rich or high born to join it. In 

actuality it is probably the most fair and non-discrimating 

culture in existence. To become a member of this mysterious 

society, all you have to have a some skill in hacking or 

programing. You will be judged on your skill alone. Race, 

color, sex or nationality never hinder or aid any single 

person. 

 
   It is also a very educated society. You must know how to 

communicate clearly, or you will be thought of as a "lammer". 

A lammer is a person that brags about being a "hacker" and 

has little or no skill. Lammers are the wannabe's of the 

Hacking world. 

 
  I should take a moment here to clear up what hacking is. 

Most people just here about credit card fraud, and pirated 

software. This is a very minor part of hacking. It can be 

said that it is more of a side effect then a cause. Hackers 

hack for two reasons, either for fun, or for freedom. most 

hackers, myself included, fall in the first category. Hacking 

is basically breaking through highly complex programs to get 

want you want. When I speak of programs, I don't just speak 

of just, copy protections or security systems, I am speaking 

of all programs. Hacking can be as simple as fixing a bug in 

a program you bought, or as complicated as removing 

protections form secured systems or programs. 

 
     For instance a program called "xxx" has a small bug in 

it. This bug is not acknowledge by the company that made it, 

because "Our software is bug free". So a talented program can 

break into the code and fix the bug. This is a form of 

hacking, especially if the programer starts handing out 

miniprograms, called patches, that fix the bug on other 

poeples computers.  Now lets' say that program "xxx" is copy 

protected and ask you a question, that can only be answered 

if you have the manual, ever time you load it. This can be 

very annoying on programs that you use constantly. So the 

programer again breaks into the code and removes the 

question. now when he/she loads the program it does not 

bother him with the question. That is what hacking for fun is 

all about. 

 
     The is a another school of hacking. This school believes 

that all information should be free. These hackers 

concentrate on breaking in to major computer systems and 

distributing the information they find. They believe that 

God gave man the intelengence to know the difference between 

dangerous information and "safe" information. They believe 

that all poeple will be better off if they know everyhting. 

 
     The Hacking Society is very elite. If you try to enter 

it with no skill, and claim to have it, you will be forced 

out of it, sometimes violently. If you enter the society as a 

novice, and say you have no skill, but want to learn, most of 

the time, the veterans will train the new members. 

 
     It is also elite in another respect. If anyone "messes" 

with a member of the society, the whole group rallies to 

his/her aid. For example, let speculate that Mr Smith is a 

hacker, and Mr. Jones has been giving him a hard time. Mr. 

Smith mentions this to the society, and several of the 

members will "talk" to Mr. Jones. The end result is that Mr. 

Jones no longer bothers Mr. Smith. There is also the infamous 

"honor among thieves". All members of the society respect the 

others and always work toghter, or at least not against each 

other. Occasionally there are a few odd balls who think they 

are God, and do what ever they want, to whoever they want. 

These people are put in the place when the everyone else 

allies against them. 

 
     Basically the Hacking Society is a very elite, and 

intelligent culture. They are an international group that has 

no territorial boundaries. If there is a computer, there will 

be a hacker. This culture is a very subtle, and quiet culture 

for the most part. They don not want others bothering them, 

and prefer to be left alone.