What gives a person the "hacker" status?

[ivan2]

Just wondering, at what point is a person a "hacker", and to regarded as that in the hacker community.

edit: Computer hackers, damn it, i don't even know anyone "hacks" a guitar... was it the who?

 

[MotF Bane]

When they access NSA servers and they haven't caught you and thrown you into FPMITA prison.

 

[zerocool84]

If their name is Crash Override or Zero Cool.


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[spidey07]

Getting root on a fortune 1000 computer that you can access. Or the yummy ISP computers, can do lots of fun things with those.

 

[Chryso]

As soon as they have nothing better to do than sit at their computer and try to break stuff.

 

[LS21]

AOHELL and FATEX Punter scripts

 

[silverpig]

When you've hacked something called a "Gibson".

 

[BrownTown]

putting something on top of the great dome...

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
putting something on top of the great dome...

We're talking about fake pop-culture hackers, not real hackers.😛

 

[sash1]

if they are LoKe

 

[FP]

When any computer responds to your actions with "Shall we play a game?"

 

[aloser]

Successfully penetrating the IP Address 127.0.0.1

 

[Regs]

The good ones you never hear of. A hacker that is public is almost like an oxymoron.

 

[SSSnail]

1337 h4x0r!!!

 

[Cabages]

I guessed someones password once...