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Hmm...I think you're right. I use this definition (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#attitude http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#att
by ashwinl 19y ago
Hmm...I think you're right.
I use this definition (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#attitude http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#attitude) as my definition of a hacker:
"Hackers solve problems and build things, and they believe in freedom and voluntary mutual help."
So, would you label our friend here? If so, what label would you put on him?
- rms 19y agoIf he hacked the system to make 7 billion dollars, let's say by betting badly and having a friend take the opposite bet, maybe he would have been a hacker, in the criminal sense. But as it stands, he was just addicted to gambling with someone else's money. The whole situation is just kind of sad.