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=What is a hack?=
=What is a hack?=


The term "hack" has been synonymous with make, craft, build, do, alter, improve. Typically creating something in a way that wasn't generally meant to be, without going by given instructions. Example, "I hacked together this table with an old door and some cinder blocks." Other times it could be used to define when one is working on constructing things that an everyday consumer doesn't build, with components a consumer wouldn't normally acquire. In many cases a hack could be using something for a purpose it wasn't intended for, like an old credit card to patch a hole in your shoe, or using a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s89FqNpXO4 shoe to open a wine bottle].
The term "hack" has been synonymous with make, craft, build, do, alter, change. Typically creating something in a way that wasn't generally meant to be, without going by given instructions. Example, "I hacked together this table with an old door and some cinder blocks." Other times it could be used to define when one is working on constructing things that an everyday (American) consumer doesn't build, with components a consumer wouldn't normally acquire. In many cases a hack could be using something for a purpose it wasn't intended for, like an old credit card to patch a hole in your shoe, or using a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s89FqNpXO4 shoe to open a wine bottle].


===Crafting===
===Crafting===
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=What is hacking?=
=What is hacking?=


Hacking is the act of creating a hack. Many times a hack is created to find a solution for a problem, other times it's a hobby or just for fun.
Hacking is the act of creating a hack. Many times a hack is created to find a solution for a problem, other times it's a hobby or just for fun.  
 
"Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking." --[http://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html Richard Stallman]


=Who are hackers?=
=Who are hackers?=
Hackers are people who hack, or build things, create, reuse, repurpose, make into new.


=The media's portrayal of hacking and hackers=
=The media's portrayal of hacking and hackers=
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Over the late 2000s, the terms cybercrime, cyberfelony and cybervillain have come into use with most media outlets. Hackers and hacking still do get used but it's becoming a rarer occurrence.
Over the late 2000s, the terms cybercrime, cyberfelony and cybervillain have come into use with most media outlets. Hackers and hacking still do get used but it's becoming a rarer occurrence.
=Famous Hackers=
Innumberable [http://dorkbot.org/ Dorkbot presenters] - showing how they hacked systems to do cool things
Matthew Broderick from Wargames - He accidentally hacked into a military computer while trying to play new video games
Innumerable [http://hacks.mit.edu/ MIT Hacks] - doing mischievous pranks on the MIT campus
Innumerable [http://www.instructables.com/ Instructables] hackers - showing how to do cool things with common objects
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