En Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 08:53:20PM +0800, Paolo Carballo escribio: #_ 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).
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