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Terminal Compromise

by Winn Schwartau

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Still, It’s Not Like You Think

Sure, I think.

No No No...hackers. We’re Basically a Good Lot Who Enjoy Computers for Computers Sake

That’s what I’ve been saying

Really. Hey, Do You Know What a Hacker Really Is?

A guy who pokes his nose around where it’s not wanted. Like in NASA computers.

Yeah, That’s What the Press Says and So That’s What the Country Thinks. But It’s Not Necessarily So

So, change my mind.

LET ME GIVE YOU THE NAMES OF A FEW HACKERS. BILL GATES. HE FOUNDED MICROSOFT. WORTH A COUPLE OF BILLION. MITCH KAPOR. FOUNDED LOTUS. STEVE WOZNIAK FOUNDED APPLE. GET THE POINT?

You still haven’t told me what you think a hacker is.

A HACKER IS SOMEONE WHO HACKS WITH COMPUTERS. SOMEONE WHO ENJOYS USING THEM, PROGRAMMING THEM, FIGURING OUT HOW THEY WORK, WHAT MAKES THEM TICK. PUSHING THEM TO THE LIMIT. EXTRACTING EVERY LAST INCH OF POWER FROM THEM. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU CALL SOMEONE WHO PLAYS WITH AMATEUR RADIOS?

A Ham.

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