Krishnakant wrote: > On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 22:06 +0530, Rony wrote: > >> Krishnakant wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 18:51 +0530, Rony wrote: >>> >>> >>>> From Stallman's article, hacking does show a naughty side, a breaking >>>> of rules, of breaking security to some extent. It is not surprising that >>>> the term hacking is now used for those who breach security. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I think one needs to hav a reading brains to read what that article >>> says. Even if those things involve a naughty side they all mean >>> harmless entertainment or some kind of bennifit that does not hert >>> others (except those who are doing wrong propaganda about this term) :). >>> >>> >> One also needs reading brains to understand what others on this list are >> trying to say. >> >> > The simple solution is that those who want to disagree may disagree. > But truth still remains the same. > I beleive the point raised by siddesh is very valid. Those who know the > truth have no objection, those who are new comers need to be explained. > I would just like to add one more point. Those who don't want to agree > regardless of whether they are old members of this list or new ones may > choos to do so. > By all means continue the wrong propaganda and we will continue to > reverce it. > > I think a lot of arguements have been made and a lot of resources > firnished to explain what hacking actually means in terms of programming > or ICT for that matter. > JTD also provided the history. Let's stop this debait because nither > trooth is going to change nor those who disagree. > The issue was about pressurising students to give answers in exams that are opposite to those in their syllabus. We all know the difference between hacking and cracking.
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