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Re: Counterspy
From: "Baines, Thomas B." <tbaines () ANL GOV>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:27:39 -0600
Yo Bob! Lighten up! Two things: First: I suspect that I am one or two genreations older than you, and I've seen more than one or two of these attempts at public dialectics in the face of linguistic nominalism, and I don't believe you can win. I was a "hotrodder" when that meant someone who had good mechanical skills and applied them to building a desireable and high-performing auotmobile out of junk. We never raced on public street or highways at times or places wherde the lives of others might be jepardized. Believe it or not, we actuall THOUGHT about the safety of ourslves and others. Then the term became one of derision applied to "greaseballs" who simply drove too fast in cars with oversized engines and little else. Today, one must have considerable leasure time and disposable income to play in the fields of Hot Rod magazine, NASCAR, and the NHRA. The term "hackers" is going through dynamic. Live with it. Second: I chose to be a senior netizen and cyberuser when I was about 50. At that time, I could hang out with youngsters from the local junior college and tech schools who were leading the charge in creating a plugged in and interconnective local society. What struck me immediately was that these kids had the same inate sense of right and wrong that my rodder buddies and I had. None of them thought it was cool to steal personal information or deface someone else's database. The mesure was who could make a box run faster, do more, and perform omre reliably, with the cheapest components. I grasp the the point you want make about differentiation, and I hope you can pull it off. Kids don't hodrod anymore because of the inherent compexities of the modern automobile. Perfomance and style come in a box. Do kids turn form honest hacking to dishonst cracking for the same reason? ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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