Kelsey Hartigan Go wrote: > > Here's food for thought. If they are amoral, and they are doing this for > pride, why hide under a psuedonym? Why not use their real names? > Are they hiding something? Does that mean they know it's wrong to do it, > that's why they are hiding? > IMHO there are two possible reasons: 1. They DO know it is wrong, but are rationalizing, much like terrorists do, rationalizing their actions, believing they are right to the point of death but nevertheless, hiding behind a cloak of secrecy. 2. The psuedonym is part and parcel of the game, (if that is, they consider this all an elaborate game). The earliest hackers at MIT used nicks, but I suppose that was because they were the kids who idolized comic characters and later got hooked on to D&D and XYZZY. This practice of using nicks to uniquely identify oneself took on a whole new meaning during the virus-creation years (early 80's to 90's).
> Don't say hackers. Don't just say crackers. Just say criminal. > I agree, if the public cannot be persuaded to differentiate hacker from cracker, let's divide them both into criminals and non-criminals. At least the, most people can understand. -- Juan Paolo Carballo SWIFTEL Datacom Limited POT: (852) 2388-1168/1053/1476 or 2625-1688 loc 128 FAX: (852) 2625-1501 5/F Ming Tak Bldg., 101 Wanchai Rd., Wanchai, Hong Kong, SAR, China 852 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
