ллллллллЛ ллЛ ллЛ ллллллЛ ШЭЭллЩЭЭМ ллК ллК ллЩЭЭЭллЛ The ллК лллллллК ллК ллК Hidden ллК ллЩЭЭллК ллК ллК Odvious ллК ллК ллК ШллллллЩМ ШЭМ ШЭМ ШЭМ ШЭЭЭЭЭМ Written оллн млллллм млллллм ллллллм лл лл млллллм by лл лл ллмммлл лл лл лл лл ллмммм лл лл ллппплл лллллл лл лл пппплл оллн плллллп лл лл лл плл плллллп плллллп There is a growing sub culture in our society. This culture is a underground culture that few people truly understand. Some of the "members" of this society do not even fully understand it. I am speaking of the hacking underground. This is a very elite culture. It is not elite in the sense that you have to be rich or high born to join it. In actuality it is probably the most fair and non-discrimating culture in existence. To become a member of this mysterious society, all you have to have a some skill in hacking or programing. You will be judged on your skill alone. Race, color, sex or nationality never hinder or aid any single person. It is also a very educated society. You must know how to communicate clearly, or you will be thought of as a "lammer". A lammer is a person that brags about being a "hacker" and has little or no skill. Lammers are the wannabe's of the Hacking world. I should take a moment here to clear up what hacking is. Most people just here about credit card fraud, and pirated software. This is a very minor part of hacking. It can be said that it is more of a side effect then a cause. Hackers hack for two reasons, either for fun, or for freedom. most hackers, myself included, fall in the first category. Hacking is basically breaking through highly complex programs to get want you want. When I speak of programs, I don't just speak of just, copy protections or security systems, I am speaking of all programs. Hacking can be as simple as fixing a bug in a program you bought, or as complicated as removing protections form secured systems or programs. For instance a program called "xxx" has a small bug in it. This bug is not acknowledge by the company that made it, because "Our software is bug free". So a talented program can break into the code and fix the bug. This is a form of hacking, especially if the programer starts handing out miniprograms, called patches, that fix the bug on other poeples computers. Now lets' say that program "xxx" is copy protected and ask you a question, that can only be answered if you have the manual, ever time you load it. This can be very annoying on programs that you use constantly. So the programer again breaks into the code and removes the question. now when he/she loads the program it does not bother him with the question. That is what hacking for fun is all about. The is a another school of hacking. This school believes that all information should be free. These hackers concentrate on breaking in to major computer systems and distributing the information they find. They believe that God gave man the intelengence to know the difference between dangerous information and "safe" information. They believe that all poeple will be better off if they know everyhting. The Hacking Society is very elite. If you try to enter it with no skill, and claim to have it, you will be forced out of it, sometimes violently. If you enter the society as a novice, and say you have no skill, but want to learn, most of the time, the veterans will train the new members. It is also elite in another respect. If anyone "messes" with a member of the society, the whole group rallies to his/her aid. For example, let speculate that Mr Smith is a hacker, and Mr. Jones has been giving him a hard time. Mr. Smith mentions this to the society, and several of the members will "talk" to Mr. Jones. The end result is that Mr. Jones no longer bothers Mr. Smith. There is also the infamous "honor among thieves". All members of the society respect the others and always work toghter, or at least not against each other. Occasionally there are a few odd balls who think they are God, and do what ever they want, to whoever they want. These people are put in the place when the everyone else allies against them. Basically the Hacking Society is a very elite, and intelligent culture. They are an international group that has no territorial boundaries. If there is a computer, there will be a hacker. This culture is a very subtle, and quiet culture for the most part. They don not want others bothering them, and prefer to be left alone.