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A Couple Of Definitions
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release 1
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by Burnin' of UNKNOWN Prez
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November 25th, 2001
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Introduction
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Here are gathered some definitions which I use to describe different computer
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users. This whole thing was inspired by Twinx's small definition page. And
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exactly like his creation mine just reflects how *I* see the things.
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Definitions
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BI-bracker - short form for "break-in bracker". Someone who, instead of
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breaking into a computer over a network, physically enters the
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place where the target computer is situated. I think I've
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heard the term "on-site hacking" for this, but I'm not
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completely sure about that.
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Bracker - the "criminal" computer user, someone who breaks into other
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systems. Usually the term "hacker" (by ignorant press) or
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"cracker" (by real hackers) is used, but for me "cracker"
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associates with piracy so I thought up "bracker".
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Chatter - someone who spends most of his on-line time in a chatroom. A
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lower form of surfer.
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Cipherpunk - someone who is concerned about his privacy and tries to protect
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it, mostly through the usage of encryption devices.
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Coder - someone who programmes enthusiasticly and that for fun.
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Cracker - someone who removes the copy-protection from software. This
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term has also been used on those who break into systems and, if
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thought about it, these things do seem basically the same (both
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are breaking and both are illegal), but for me cracking
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associates more with the piracy scene.
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EasyWriter - someone who writes textfiles. That's my definition.
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Originally it was simply "writer", because it was easy for me
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to use the native Estonian word (kirjanik) for real-life
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writers and the English word for the electronic version (there
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*is* a difference, I for example am an EasyWriter, but no
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writer (atleast not yet :) ). "eWriter" was the first logical
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idea, but I hate all that eStuff naming that's going on lately
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and EasyWriter sound so much better (as you've perhaps noticed
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it's a wordgame on easy rider)
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Gamer - someone who is a dedicated fan of computer games. And, this is
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very important, takes the whole thing seriously.
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Haca - someone who is interested in computers and that for other
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reasons than playing/surfing, but does not yet know very much
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about them. In other words: a hacker who doesn't have much
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experience
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Hacker - someone who knows a great deal about computers, is *actually*
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interested in them and that for other reasons than
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playing/surfing. So, with this definition we have excluded
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most of the kids who blabber about computers and try to seem
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experts, but actually don't do anything meaningful with them.
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Lamer - a complete asshole.
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Leech - someone who *sells* stuff, especially warez, which he got for
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free. The lowest form of pirate.
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Maximalist - someone who wants to get maximum performance from his computer
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system. Almost all computer owners want to upgrade their
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system, but that doesn't make them maximalists. Instead of
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spending money on new parts a maximalist overclocks the CPU,
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gets specific tuned up drivers for the video system, messes
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with the BIOS to enable shadow RAM and shorten the time needed
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for memory test, regularly defragments the HD and uses all
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other possible solutions to get a better performance
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Netter - someone who uses the Net mainly for his/her work.
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Pirate - someone who trades non-free (usually cracked) software. Real
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pirates are often also crackers.
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Player - someone who plays a lot. A lower form of gamer.
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Programmer - someone who works as a programmer or writes code in which
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he/she ain't actually interested.
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Surfer - someone who surfs on some net (iNet, FidoNet, etc.) and does
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that for fun. A real surfer is aware and can use the
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appropriate software to access other nets than iNet.
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Virodect - someone who is good at and puts real effort into writing
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viruses. This term is a combination of "virus" and
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"architect". For me it's the higher form of viruswriter.
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Viruswriter - someone who programmes viruses.
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WaReZ Puppy - someone who is obsessed with warez. He tries to get more and
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more, even if he doesn't use any of it nor has any interested
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parties to whom give anything. The worse WaReZ Puppies become
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leeches.
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The differences
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As you might have noticed several definitions simply apply to another form of
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the same user. I think I need to explain some of the differences.
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The difference between a coder and a programmer ain't easily explainable.
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For me programmers mean big pyrochratic companies like Microsoft who have a
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I'm-the-leader-so-I-fuckin'-don't-care-about-you attitude. A coder on the
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other hand could represent individuals who code for themselves, for fun. A
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coder writes simple, fast and small utilities and most likely distributes
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them for free. A programmer adds to his program features which nobody uses
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and asks a lot of cash for it. A coder writes his code in assembly while a
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programmer uses Pascal or even BASIC. A coder delays the distributing to fix
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the spelling errors and otherwise tune up the documentation. A programmer
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includes a FILE_ID.DIZ into the archive and counts the deal as done. So,
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that should describe what I mean. As last a visual explanation of the
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differences: Windows was written by programmers, DESQview on the other hand
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by coders.
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Chatters.......well, everyone goes into a chatroom once in a while, but
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chatters are those who do almost nothing else when they're on-line. And
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usually they are assholes with a high but unjustified opinion of themselves
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and think they're God's gift to women. They're low-lives. The term "netter"
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indicates someone who uses the Net *only* for his work, who has no idea what
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to do on-line when he's already got everything he needs for the job. Netters
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are a little bit better than chatters. Surfer is the highest form, someone
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who doesn't get bored on-line if he ain't chatting or getting work-related
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materials.
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A player is someone who manages to play through one game and thinks he's the
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king of the world. He's also the one who sits behind the last free computer
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which has iNet access and starts to play some x game while others are waiting
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to check their mail. A gamer on the other hand is strong in playing all kind
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of games, keeps track on the latest news in this area and basically knows
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everything there is to know about computer games. He also realizes that
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playing isn't everything. Many real gamers end up writing game previous for
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respectable magazines or websites.
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Viruswriters are those who code viruses. Virodects also code viruses. I
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guess the usage of these two types could be the following: a viruswriter is
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everyone who write such code, even those lamers who simply hack the creation
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of others and script kiddies who produce many simple VBA viruses which are
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virtually identical; virodects on the other hand study and develop new
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techniques, they produce unique code and every virus they create is a
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masterpiece. So, a small 3kB "does - basically - nothing - and - has - even
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- problems - spreading" VB source is from a viruswriter, a 107kB
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"Win32/Linux/AIX - multithreaded - metamorphic, multipartite - uses PII
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opcodes/BlowFish encryption - infects everything" assembly source from a
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virodect.
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Conclusion
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There are exactly two conclusions which pop into my mind right away:
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a) there are many types of computer users
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b) I have *way* too much free time on my hands
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