³ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²²²²±±±±±°°°ð|O|u|t|b|r|e|a|k|ð°°°±±±±±²²²²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Issue #2 - Page 6 of 12 ³ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄij Oneth by LAN twoeth by C:\ -------------------------- By: Prodigal|Son Ever wonder, or even cared about the history of computer hacking? I have, but then again, I'm a computer geek, but there's nothing wrong with that :). Here is a very, very brief history of hacking. Hacking did not start with the computer, but with the telephone. 2 years after the phone was invented, a group of guys hired to work the switch bored got knocked off for not working the switch bored, and were more fascinated with the interworkings of the telephone system. So i guess you could call them "hackers" for trying to hack in and try to see how it worked. But as you would probably guess, the term "hacker" did not always have a bad name. In the early days of computing, the computers were big and bulky, and the programmers had a hard time getting work time to program, and not to mention they were slow. The programmers made shortcuts called "hacks" which would change and improve the operating system and allowed applications and other tasks to be completed in a shorter amount of time. The term "hacker" didn't get its bad wrap until the early 80's when people started using computers to break in to other computers. With all of that boring stuff said, hackers proved a necessary service, and always remember, don't hate the hacker, hate his game.