Protip: Anyone claming to be a "hacker" is usually just a 13 year old trying to pull an ace card during an internet argument.

Seriously, though. The term "hacking" is just a vague assortment of various terms the technologically illiterate might as well call "COMPOOTER MAGIC".

This post has been edited by Kioku: Aug 18 2007, 02:21 PM

today, hackers have a bad rep, they are seen on movies such as "the Core" eating hotpockets, and hacking into government computers. as a result, if some one is accused of, or said to be hacking, they are automaticaly assumed to be doing something illegial! this is not the way it is!! the term "hacker" was first used to label a person who has developed a very good understanding of computers, and uses their skills to view computer code, study it, learn from it, maybe fix it, or develope their own programs or programming languages. point being, hacking isnt a bad thing unless it is used for bad intentions, like distributing viriuses, or destructive programs and messing with peoples private files. as a matter of fact, bill gates (owner and developer of microsoft-- invented ms office, windws live search, etc.) started hacking in highschool as a way to help improve his schools computers and write new programs for them!

well to tell you the truth there are only 3 types of hackers you have a
Black Hacker - type of hackers that dont care about anybody even if they hurt them
White Hacker - type that tests websites etc.. dont try to hurt us
Gray Hacker - type that hacks for fun and sometimes hurts people