It is the hackers who embrace technology a long time before it goes mainstream. Why should I sit in a dark room, with a dialup connection to a BBS (where I can

It is the hackers who embrace technology a long time before it goes mainstream. Why should I sit in a dark room, with a dialup connection to a BBS (where I can talk to other hackers) when I can access a site like HN and do the same thing, while also not being limited by the inherent capabilities of a BBS??? Also, why should I not have a snazzy job title??? You make it sound as though hackers should be recluses from the society. Also, you seem to be talking of hackers only in the sense that 'hackers are people who break into computers and modify computer programs' - which is just total BS. A hacker is an extremely curios person. In the 90's buffer overflows and credit card number generators piqued the interest of hackers. Now there are other stuff which do. Besides wouldn't it be really stupid if hackers were stuck in the the 90's??? Who would lead innovation then???