[Tutor] I want to learn to hack

Christian Tismer tismer at appliedbiometrics.com
Wed Jul 21 15:08:12 EDT 1999


David Ascher wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Gerrit Holl wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 02:31:55AM -0400, Tim Peters wrote:
> > > > I want to learn to hack
> > > So, little Roger, you want to learn how to hack?  You came to the right
> > > place!  First walk down the hall and pick up a copy of Python from Guido.
> > > He'll have you cracking bank accounts in no time <wink>.
> > >
> > > the-psa-is-the-richest-organization-on-earth-ly y'rs  - tim
> > >
> >
> > Well, I think Roger meant hack, not crack. Have a look at Eric S Raymonds
> > "How to become an hacker FAQ" at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/ (and some
> > further).
> >
> > Hacking is good,
> > cracking is bad.
> >
> > I also want to learn to hack, I'm learning it!
> > I *don't* want to learn to crack!!
> 
> Gerrit -- just to fill you in -- Roger was presumably either joking or
> testing a spam filter -- he is a colleague of Guido's, and knows all about
> hacking.  Whether he knows about cracking or not is not something he's
> likely to disclose in public. =)
> 
> (In other words, Tim was kidding, Roger was kidding, I'm not kidding!).

No, you're just emailing to the wrong list :-)))

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