Girl Geekette

For those who can appreciate the old-school definition and are not following the "mass hysteria" of the media by using the wrong word (meaning those who use "hacker" instead of "cracker"), there is some hope Not all of the media is ignorant in these things thankfully. There are a lot of people associated with media outlets that do use the term correctly. And for this, I am very thankful. Over the years, I have written articles (or rants) such as Hacking to Learn – What the Media Does’t Tell You and others in hope that the general population would someday come to understand the difference and learn to appreciate hacking again.. as an Art or even a Science.

Hacking is not a bad thing. Hacking is a good thing! It is about learning, not being malicious. Learn what hacking is all about, and realize no one can teach you! Hacking IS about learning. you teach yourself by hacking.. hacking to learn more. The more you learn about computers, how they work, what they do, how they do it, the more you are computer hacking. And then, you take that knowledge and learn to apply it in future scenarios. In the end, you’ll ask more questions, find more answers, and learn more. You are hacking to learn.. not learning to hack.