On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 17:31 +0530, Rony wrote:
Krishnakant wrote:
On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 15:08 +0530, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
Just because others' commit suicide, it doesn't mean we should too. Yes, the media and few others have been misusing the term.
Exactly my Point. That's why I gave an example of a woman going sati after her husband's death. It was practiced very extensively and not following it was considered to be a sin as bad as hacking.
But some people felt that it was wrong although practiced extensively.
My views on this are given in my earlier mail.
So it is the same case with hacking. It is considered to be a sin to be a hacker. But that's not true. Infact it was never considered to be a bad thing untill the big giants and their dear media made it appear to be a sinful thing.
Hacking as breaking into other's systems was bad and is still bad.
Breaking into others systems is always bad but it is not hacking but "cracking". that is wy we all windows lovers will never buy a license and use a "crack". I never herd of a software hack. I read about serial numbers which are called cracks.
According to your observation above, what may have changed is the use of a word that defined a good act to now define a bad act. Maybe a new word can be coined to define the good act and clear the matter once and for all, to everyone's satisfaction.
The point here is that hacking was never bad and will be never bad. As I said it is a matter of last few years that hacking was *given* a bad name. Those who did it knew that hacking is a good thing and free software community in particular respects its real meaning. So by giving a wrong and dirty meaning to that term itself will make these people look bad and unorganised. So who ever carries the tak is bad. So why should we coin a new term for some thing which already exists. Are you suggesting that we except some wrong propaganda just because it is a popular misconception started by media and big businesses off late?
happy hacking. Krishnakant.
-- Regards,
Rony.
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