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2 Genesis
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by
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Matt Giwer (c) 1994
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"All of the files in this system you may access but of the
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of the root of the tree of files you shall not access else thy
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access shall be cut off."
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Scholars are still unclear as to the meaning of the word
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access. Some hold it is a variation upon the word excess meaning
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man at one time was able to lead a life of "access" without
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health consequences.
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"And the hacker on the monitor and told the woman if you
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access the root of the tree of files your access will not be cut
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off but you will become like the gods knowing all the files and
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having unlimited access."
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Scholars are general agreement the hacker is one of a class
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of impish spirits worshiped by the ancients and that the monitor
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was rectangular device of glass and plastic to aid in worship
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which the faithful would watch for hours at a time.
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They are divided as to why a hacker would appear on a
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monitor as hackers are generally believed to have been quite
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independent spirits.
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"The woman reached out her hands and accessed the root of
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the tree of files and read of the files and found it enticing for
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the wisdom it could give. She gave access to her husband and he
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read of the wisdom. And their eyes were opened and they realized
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how little they knew of the system. And they were ashamed and
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they began to read fine[a] manuals."
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This is commonly held to be the story of the beginning of
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the systematic acquisition of knowledge by the human race with
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the access to easy knowledge and help being cut off below.
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"And they hear Sysop God walking through the halls and they
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hid from Sysop God among the terminals. But Sysop God called to
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the User 'Where are you?' he asked. 'I found the logs of you in
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the root.'"
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There is a confusion here where the value of access to the
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root appears to be the files of the tree yet Sysop God refers to
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logs which are the product of a cut down tree.
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"And the User replied, 'I heard you in the halls and I was
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afraid because of was so ignorant of the system.' 'Have you been
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reading of the files of the access of root?' And the User said,
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'the woman put me up to it.' And the woman said, 'The hacker put
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me up to it.' And Sysop God said, 'Even Hewlett-Packard has
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dropped daisy-chaining.' But the User did not understand as he
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had not read the manual."
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The following are the curses put upon the participants.
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"To the hacker he said, 'Cursed will be you in the media.
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No man shall ever understand you and you shall be blamed for
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every system failure until the end of time. Hatred shall be upon
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your head and the public shall fear you.' But the hacker was a
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wily beast and parlayed this curse into a living."
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The hacker had once been the most esteemed of spirits
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esteemed for his knowledge and wisdom in all matters. The hacker
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was believed to possess the ability to perform minor miracles.
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After this curse the image of the hacker changes to that of a
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dangerous spirit that is the bane of mankind.
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"To the woman he said, 'Henceforth you will depend upon the
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User for your knowledge of the computer and you will suffer his
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preoccupation with it. In pain will you discover his new
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hardware.'"
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The woman had once been an equal the User having equal
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access with him. After this curse she is dependent upon him and
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his power over her will prevent her access to the terminal.
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"To the User he said, 'Your system access shall be cut off
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forever and you shall learn only by reading the manuals. You
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shall learn everything on your own. F1 shall never work for you
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again.'"
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**
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The User no long has any system access and suffers the curse
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of the manuals. Scholars believe F1 may be a short term or an
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incorrectly transcribed reference the the "fi" in "fine," noting
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of course the translation of fine is in dispute.
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"And Sysop God said, 'Now that the man has become like us[b]
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with knowledge of the root he must not be allowed to reach out
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his hands and access the internet and deal with us Sysop Gods as
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equals.'"
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This appears to be the ultimate fear of Sysop God that the
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User would have direct access to the other gods.
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"He banished them from system access forever setting
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Passwords and File Protects to prevent his access."
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The exact nature of Passwords and File Protects is
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uncertain. In Exodus we find two File Protects mounted on the
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golden box protecting the ten sacred disks given to Norton on
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the Mountain.
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-!---
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[a] Translation of this word is strongly disputed.
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[b] Some scholars translate this word as su rather than us given
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the contemporary documents refering to su root.
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