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  List of themed timelines
Timeline is a 2003 film based on the novel.
Timeline of quantum mechanics, molecular physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics
Timelines of History: a collection of timelines by time, country, today in history along with assorted subjects
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_themed_timelines.html   (226 words)

  
  Hacker Infomation...Infotechloco.com
Currently, "hacker" is used in two main ways, one pejorative and one complimentary: in popular usage and in the media, it generally describes computer intruders or criminals; in the computing community, it describes a particularly brilliant programmer or technical expert (for example: "Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, is a genius hacker.").
In other cases, where a hacker is willing to maintain their own code, a company may be unable to find anyone else who is capable or willing to dig through code to maintain the program if the original programmer moves on to a new job.
Hackers consider themselves something of an elite (a meritocracy based on ability), though one to which new members are gladly welcome.
www.infotechloco.com /hackerinfo.html   (2113 words)

  
 Hacker - Wikinfo
A hacker is anyone who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations, primarily in their fields of interest, namely programming or electrical engineering.
Hackers consider themselves something of an elite (a meritocracy based on ability), though one to which new members are gladly welcome.
Hacker and Hack are also: terms for a taxicab driver (because a taxicab can be called a hack, a shortened form of hackney carriage).
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Hacker   (8791 words)

  
 Hacker culture (Linux Reviews)
The hacker culture is the voluntary subculture established between and around hackers.
Symptomatic of this evolution was an increasing adoption of common slang and a shared view of history, similar to the way in which other occupational groups have professionalized themselves but without the formal credentialling process characteristic of most professional groups.
Hackers from the hobby and network hacking subculture often show an adherence to fictional cyberpunk and cyberculture literature and movies.
linuxreviews.org /dictionary/Hacker_culture   (1708 words)

  
 HK -= [Hacker Kulture] =- Hackers -= [Timeline: a40-year History Of Hacking - PCWorld.com Staff] =-
Three of them are turned in by two fellow hacker spies, and a fourth suspected hacker commits suicide when his possible role in the plan is publicized.
In a separate incident, a hacker is arrested who calls himself "The Mentor." He publishes a now-famous treatise that comes to be known as the Hacker's Manifesto.
Hackers take to the new venue quickly, moving all their how-to information and hacking programs from the old BBSs to new hacker Web sites.
www.dvara.net /HK/timeline.asp   (1485 words)

  
 CNN In-Depth Specials - Hackers - Scenes from a mall
Whatever a hacker is, the consensus is that a "hacker ethic" exists.
Hackers are driven by curiosity, exploring computers the way kids climb over fences.
There's a strong sense of hacker history here, a belief that the best days of hacking have come and gone.
www.cnn.com /TECH/specials/hackers/culture   (999 words)

  
 Timeline of hacker history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hackers adapt to emergence of the World Wide Web quickly, moving all their how-to information and hacking programs from the old BBSs to new hacker Web sites.
A 19-year-old Israeli hacker who calls himself The Analyzer (aka Ehud Tenenbaum) is eventually identified as their ringleader and arrested.
Two hackers are sentenced to death by a court in China for breaking into a bank computer network and stealing 260,000 yuan ($31,400).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timeline_of_hacker_history   (4225 words)

  
 History Channel - Exhibits
History is shaped by the combination of events that take place over time.
The History of Halloween.Halloween is one of the world's oldest--and most intriguing--holidays.
History on Trial.Take a journey through some of history's most controversial court cases, from Joan of Arc to Sacco and Vanzetti.
www.history.com /exhibits/archive.html   (1962 words)

  
 Hacker History/Timeline...Infotechloco.com
1988: Stalking the Wily Hacker, an article by Clifford Stoll appears in the May 1988 issue of the Communications of the ACM and uses the term hacker in the sense of a computer criminal.
Another type of hacker - one who explores undocumented or unauthorized areas in buildings - is now called a reality hacker or urban spelunker.
Originally, the term applied almost exclusively to programming or electrical engineering, but it has come to be used in some circles for almost any type of clever circumvention, in phrases such as "hack the media", "hack your brain" and "hack your reputation".
www.infotechloco.com /timelinehackerhistory.html   (719 words)

  
 Hacking
This hacker will crack into security programs to see if their are any weaknesses or other areas that need to be change.
While this hacker does "hack" he or she uses thier skills for a good cause.
OMNI Consulting reports that hacker "break-ins" cost companies world wide a staggering 5.57 percent of their annual gross revenue; in the United States, companies spent 21 percent more on network security in 2000 than they did in 1999.
www.albany.edu /~kk1932/Hacking.htm   (365 words)

  
 A history of hacking
At first, "hacker" was a positive term for a person with a mastery of computers who could push programs beyond what they were designed to do.
In one of the first arrests of hackers, the FBI busts the Milwaukee-based 414s (named after the local area code) after members are accused of 60 computer break-ins ranging from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
A Canadian hacker group called the Brotherhood, angry at hackers being falsely accused of electronically stalking a Canadian family, break into the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Web site and leave message: "The media are liars." Family's own 15-year-old son eventually is identified as stalking culprit.
www.sptimes.com /Hackers/history.hacking.html   (892 words)

  
 Open Directory - Computers: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Association for History and Computing - An international organization which aims to promote and develop interest in the use of computers in all types of historical study at every level, in both teaching and research.
History of Computers - A directory of sites about the history of computers arranged categorically and with specific topic and general topic sections.
The History of Computing Science: From the Past to the Present - Lecture presented by Michelle A. Hoyle explaining how computers and computing science arose from using sticks with notches for counting, to the massive explosion of personal computers in the 1980s.
dmoz.org /Computers/History   (666 words)

  
 List of themed timelines - Internet-Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Timeline is a 1999 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton
Timeline is a 2003 film based on the novel.
Timelines of History: a collection of timelines by time, country, today in history along with assorted subjects
www.internet-encyclopedia.com /ie/l/li/list_of_themed_timelines.html   (360 words)

  
 G4 - Feature - Old-School Hacker Timeline
Before the word "hacker" was wrongly associated with vandalistic script kiddies and mischievous virus writers, it was used to describe an underground culture of professional engineers and basement tinkerers obsessed with improving computer technology through unconventional, simple, yet brilliant tricks.
Out of this early 1960s hacker culture grew an offshoot of technological anarchists, otherwise ordinary nerds with an irrepressible desire to provoke and prod the establishment.
As hacker culture begins to erode, losing some of its brightest minds to commercial PC and software start-ups, Richard Stallman starts to develop a free clone of Unix, written in C, that he calls GNU (for "Gnu's Not Unix").
www.g4tv.com /techtvvault/features/37589/OldSchool_Hacker_Timeline.html   (687 words)

  
 March04
The hacker mind-set is not confined to this software-hacker culture.
Hackers (and creative people in general) should never be bored or have to drudge at stupid repetitive work, because when this happens it means they aren't doing what only they can do -- solve new problems.
Hackers will sometimes do things that may seem repetitive or boring to an observer as a mind-clearing exercise, or in order to acquire a skill or have some particular kind of experience you can't have otherwise.
www.pushhamburger.com /aug_pearl.htm   (5220 words)

  
 Hacker Manifesto (Linux Reviews)
The Conscience of a Hacker (also known as The Hacker Manifesto) is a small essay written January 8, 1986 by a hacker who went by the handle (or pseudonym) of The Mentor (born Loyd Blankenship).
It is considered a cornerstone of hacker culture, and it gives some insight into the psychology of early hackers.
The article is quoted in the 1995 movie Hackers, although in the movie it is being read from an issue of the hacker magazine 2600, not the historically accurate Phrack.
linuxreviews.org /dictionary/Hacker_Manifesto   (367 words)

  
 Computer Data Investigation
It is notable for its use of a MOS-based LSI chipset, the MP944, arguably making the first microprocessor design in history.
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For computer security investigation that seeks to determine what sequence of events occurred when a misuse or crime is suspected.
ph91.majestic-equip.com /computerdatainvestigation.html   (1153 words)

  
 RPM Stories - by Timeline
Summary: When a hacker's Dreams become all to real, he seeks them out...and finds more then what he bargained for, as the truth comes to light.
Drew Bekker, a hacker detective, has been enlisted to find the missing heir, and Troy Caston, along with his virus, Kiiree, are going to make sure that Que, Decian, and their new friend Kala Speil have hell to pay.
Summary: History repeats itself as the Alpha Group rushes to rescue the inhabitants of a system on the verge of deletion.
www.projectmetaverse.org /stories/timeline.html   (1116 words)

  
 Apple II History Chap 12
The Apple II, designed by a hacker to be as expandable as possible, was once a leader as a platform for launching new and unique hardware gadgets.
This was due partly to graduallyy emerging standards that made it easier to design a single hardware device that would work on multiple computers, and in the case of the Macintosh, because of Apple's decision to make peripherals somewhat compatible between the two computer lines.
This chapter of the Apple II History will present an overview of hardware devices that were either significant in the advancement of the II, or unique, one-of-a-kind devices.
apple2history.org /history/ah12.html   (5915 words)

  
 Timeline
One of the most important things in a history course is to understand the chronology of things -- not just dates, but what comes before what and influences it, how different things can be going on in parallel, and so on.
But synthesizing all the materials from the readings and the lectures into a clear sense of what happens when can be difficult.
Hacker and allegedly dangerous criminal mastermind Kevin Mitnick is captured by the FBI.
www.tomandmaria.com /st297/ReadingsTimeline.htm   (2015 words)

  
 NASA History Publications On-Line
Some NASA History books are also available for purchase through the Government Printing Office and are noted as such.
NASA History Monographs are available at no cost with a self-adddressed, stamped envelope.
History of Research in Space Biology and Biodynamics at the Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1946-1958.
www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/on-line.html   (3929 words)

  
 Computer Computer Certification
The result is a timeline of hacker history This is a small and elegant satellite speaker that provides superior low bass, midrange and highs.
The publication provide tips for would-be hackers and phone phreaks, as well as Mac enthusiasts who want to upgrade, service, or troubleshoot their favorite machines.
Timeline of hacker history This is a small and elegant satellite speaker that provides superior low bass, midrange and highs.
www.talctrain.com /Computer/Computer-Certification.html   (1435 words)

  
 CNN.com - Experts: Chat rooms a haven for hackers - April 10, 2002
The ability for hackers to go onto the Internet and chat up fellow hackers is as old as the Net itself.
"Hackers obviously want anonymity when they're looking to trade personal information that they've obtained via identity theft, so Internet Relay Chat is a commonly used mechanism," says Harrington.
The feds were able to track down the hacker known as "Mafiaboy" when he bragged about his exploits in chat rooms.
edition.cnn.com /2002/TECH/internet/04/10/hackers.chat.rooms   (577 words)

  
 Code Computer Conduct
In some cases, the code name became the completed product's name, but most of these code names are no longer used once the associated products are released.
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1980s 1982 In Milwaukee a group of six teenagers hackers calling themselves the 414's (their area code) During a nine-day spree, the gang breaks into some 60 computers,systems at institutions ranging from the Los Alamos Laboratories to Manhattan's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center before being arrested.
so5.maptohealthandwealth.com /codecomputerconduct.html   (1561 words)

  
 Timeline Index - People, Periods, Places, Events...
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In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as the Ring is entrusted to his care.
A history of fl people in the United States.
www.timelineindex.com /content/search.php?s=1951&so=a   (406 words)

  
 Retail Accounting Software
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Below are some key events in the history of hacking and crackers.
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ac17.mmtfinancial.com /retailaccountingsoftware.html   (1099 words)

  
 Timeline of hacker history
Three of them are turned in by two fellow hacker spies, and a fourth suspected hacker commits suicide when his possible role in the plan is publicized.
A 19-year-old Israeli hacker who calls himself The Analyzer (aka Ehud Tenebaum) is eventually identified as their ringleader and arrested.
The hackers express anger at the arrest and imprisonment of Kevin Mitnick, the subject of the book "Takedown" co-authored by Times reporter John Markoff.
www.xtvworld.com /news/hackerframe.htm   (3737 words)

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