Following adams suggestion of watching "The secret History of hacking" I was intreagued enough to watch, I was amazed that the program was actually quite good, it didn't just cover the basic Haxor prats but covered alot of stuff I didn't know like the Home brew computing club etc...
I was pleasently surprised by this program. What did others think?
Thanks
D
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 01:25:26PM -0700, David Freeman wrote:
Following adams suggestion of watching "The secret History of hacking" I was intreagued enough to watch, I was amazed that the program was actually quite good, it didn't just cover the basic Haxor prats but covered alot of stuff I didn't know like the Home brew computing club etc...
I was pleasently surprised by this program. What did others think?
I must admit too, I was expecting a run of the mill type program, but was rather pleasently shocked (after missing the first 5mins of it). I was all too use to the script kiddie focused programs I have seen before, i deal with them far too much in day-to-day life as it is!
It focused on some things i knew very little about and it helped me gain some background knowledge. Its always nice to see something a little different and new, also nice to know some things do change and some things will always stay the same.
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, David Freeman wrote:
I was pleasently surprised by this program. What did others think?
It was alright, I already knew most of the background etc. although I feel it must of been very enlightening to people who already know some of the background of hacking etc. but not the full history, but I must say the representation of the "hacker" was very lacking. It seemed to infer that hackers used to be good and now they are bad! I felt that the program would of had more credibility (on a personal level) if they made a distinction between people who "hack" and people who "crack"
This kind of representation can prove a little difficult to overcome in social situations. I have told people (in a social setting) that I am a Unix hacker before and they freak out because they think I am stealing their credit card numbers! this program did little to redress the balance only to re-enforce it.
Adam PS another question... should this kind of discussion only take place on the ALug social list? or is it "on topic" enough?
On 22 Jul 2001 23:36:27 +0100, Adam Bower wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, David Freeman wrote:
I was pleasently surprised by this program. What did others think?
It was alright, I already knew most of the background etc. although I feel it must of been very enlightening to people who already know some of the background of hacking etc. but not the full history, but I must say the representation of the "hacker" was very lacking. It seemed to infer that hackers used to be good and now they are bad! I felt that the program would of had more credibility (on a personal level) if they made a distinction between people who "hack" and people who "crack"
Of course not. Thats not the sensationalist medias ethos.
I watched BBC1s Space anyway :)
Andrew.
Adam Bower wrote:
representation of the "hacker" was very lacking. It seemed to infer that
Infer? I think you mean "imply", which may explain any misunderstanding... Infer != imply...
Cheers, Laurie.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Freeman" david_freeman@rocketmail.com To: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk; social@lists.alug.org.uk Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 9:25 PM Subject: [Alug] Phreaked out
Following adams suggestion of watching "The secret History of hacking" I was intreagued enough to watch, I was amazed that the program was actually quite good, it didn't just cover the basic Haxor prats but covered alot of stuff I didn't know like the Home brew computing club etc...
I was pleasently surprised by this program. What did others think?
Thanks
D
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Arrg I thought about it and decided it would be the normal rubbish :)
I am in Essex, but there doesn't seem to be any decent groups near by so guess I will be joining you guys soon if you will have me :)
Darren
-----Original Message----- From: alug-admin@stu.uea.ac.uk [mailto:alug-admin@stu.uea.ac.uk]On Behalf Of David Freeman Sent: 22 July 2001 21:25 To: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk; social@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [Alug] Phreaked out
Following adams suggestion of watching "The secret History of hacking" I was intreagued enough to watch, I was amazed that the program was actually quite good, it didn't just cover the basic Haxor prats but covered alot of stuff I didn't know like the Home brew computing club etc...
I was pleasently surprised by this program. What did others think?
Thanks
D
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