true hacker

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true hacker - (By analogy with "trufan" from SF fandom) One who exemplifies the primary values of hacker culture, especially competence and helpfulness to other hackers. A high compliment. "He spent 6 hours helping me bring up UUCP and netnews on my FOOBAR 4000 last week - manifestly the act of a true-hacker".

Compare demigod, opposite: munchkin.

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No references found			A true hacker is interested in digging deep to see what really makes computer systems tick, they are mostly not malicious, he added. Better safe than sorry: how to protect company data by Manda, Alexander / Business Mexico Also, there are times when the attack is simply to prove to the administrator of the system that there is a hole and true hackers will simply gain access, then try to assess what kind of rights they managed to acquire, then disconnect from the remote machine and write the admin on what they did to get entry and what measures could be taken to prevent other people from doing the same thing later. Through the Eye of a Hacker by WIDMER, LORI / Risk & Insurance The books in the series, which includes "Linux Server Hacks," "Google Hacks," and "Mac OS X Hacks," are written in the spirit of true hackers -- the people who drive innovation and appropriately apply ingenuity. Unleashing Amazon.com -- O'Reilly & Associates to Publish and Release ... by Business Wire			Trudovye Rezervy Trudy true true 120 Hz true air temperature true airspeed True Altitude true amplitude true anomaly true azimuth True BASIC true bearing true color true colour true complement true condensing point true convergence true course true crater true dip true direction true electrolyte true formation resistivity true freezing point true fruit true hacker true heading true homing true horizon true horizontal True Lice true mean temperature true motor load true north true place true porcelain true rake True Socialism true soil true solar day true solar time true sun True Web Integration true wet-bulb temperature true width true wind true wind direction True, Alfred Charles true-airspeed indicator true-airspeed meter true-blue			True Friends Forever true frog true frog True frogs true fruit true fruit True Full Specification true fungi true fungi true fungi true fungus True ginger True gingers true glottis true glottis true glucose true glucose true glucose true glucose True Good True grass True grass True grasses True grasses True Gravity True Green Energy Group True Green Planet True Grit Consulting Ltd. True Ground Speed Sensor true guava true hacker True HD True HDTV True HDTV True Heading True Heading True Hearts Against Bigotry True Hearts of Rottweiler Rescue true heath True Helpful Inspiring Necessary Kind true hermaphrodite True hermaphroditism True hermaphroditism True hermaphroditism True Hero Under God True High True Hollywood Story True Home Value true homing true horizon true horizon true horizon true horizon true horizon true horizons true horizons true horizons true horizons true horizons true horizontal True horn snake

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