[sudo-discuss] Hacker Vs. Maker

[Matthew Meier]

I don't know for sure but... I imagine that "cyber crime" probably has it's
own department at investigative firms since it requires a separate and
sometimes rather extensive skill set.

Those are the definitions I have learned in my exploration into this
community, we totally need to take back "hack"

HACK THE PLANET!

-Wolfy


On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 4:52 PM, GtwoG PublicOhOne <g2g-public01 at att.net>wrote:

>
> Andrew & YOs-
>
> Works for me.  Though, there's a gray zone in the middle, having to do
> with repurposing things to perform new functions, for example turning game
> consoles into inexpensive Linux PCs, and very often the same people are
> involved in both types of activity.
>
> It's good to reclaim "hacker" from its pejorative use as "computer
> criminal," and it would also be good if the culture at-large got over the
> obsession with carving out a special category for crimes committed with
> computers.  We don't refer to kidnappers and bank robbers as "automobile
> criminals" because they use automobiles, though we do use the term
> "get-away car" to refer to the cars used in such crimes.  Bank robbery is
> bank robbery, whether committed with a pistol and a car, or a computer and
> forged ATM cards, or a bank CEO's office and a pile of fraudulent mortgage
> documents.
>
> -G.
>
>
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>
>
>
>
> On 13-05-12-Sun 3:47 PM, Andrew wrote:
>
>   Hi All,
>
>  I recently came across a definition of Hackers and Makers and wanted to
> share the concept with the Sudo Community.
>
>  Hacking can be defined as: Finding ways be make something perform a
> function it was not indented to.
>
>  While Making can be defined as: Building new things.
>
>  The basic idea being that Hackers take existing things and get them to do
> the unexpected, while Makers build new things. Makers can hack and Hackers
> can make.
>
> I like these definitions. Thoughts?
>
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