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As I tried to take this survey, my answers would randomly change or blank out. Also, this test assumes that hacking is what people do when they break into syste
by mankyd 14y ago
As I tried to take this survey, my answers would randomly change or blank out. Also, this test assumes that hacking is what people do when they break into systems.
- dylanpyle 14y agoYup. Despite the "Definition of a hacker" question with sensible answer choices, all further questions assumed that the only answer was "a computer criminal".
- anonymoushn 14y agoI also got this result without answering "Definition of a hacker" in a way that would indicate this.
- dzhiurgis 14y agoCan you explain the bug a little more. The survey is intended not to display some questions when "very unlikely" is selected. Is the behaviour any different? The test is comprised from several other researches and attempts to segment the participant into hacker as a programmer subculture, hacker as security researcher and hacker as a the one who breaks into system.
- lutusp 14y ago> The test is comprised from several other researches and attempts to segment the participant into hacker as a programmer subculture, hacker as security researcher and hacker as a the one who breaks into system. First, you don't want to say "comprised from." "Assembled from" might be an acceptable substitute. Second, this hardly covers the many definitions for "hacker". What about "computer fanatic"? But in the final analysis, to prevent confusion, IMHO you should avoid the term "hacker" altogether. Choose a term that has fewer contradictory meanings. If you fail to clarify your intended audience, your work will end up having no meaning.