Tales and traumas of a 'Teenage Pretty Boy'

Here is all you need to know.

void main()
{
for(i = 0 knowledge; i < infinite knowledge; i++)
while(you don't know how something works)
{
Read(Your Brain, i);
Experiment(Your Brain, i);
Learn(Your Brain, i);
}
}

Being a hacker is so easy..
It is all a mindset.


It is so simple that almost everyone misses it. Being a hacker is about
thinking. It is not about being a criminal. It is not about being elite.
It is about nothing, but a drive to learn.

Someone who sets out to crack the security of a system for financial gain is not a hacker at all. It's not that a hacker can't be a thief, but a hacker can't be a professional thief. A hacker must be fundamentally an amateur, even though hackers can get paid for their expertise. A password hacker whose primary interest is in learning how the system works doesn't therefore necessarily refrain from stealing information or services, but someone whose primary interest is in stealing isn't a hacker. It's a matter of emphasis.