i have been called a ....

[Sparklet]

10 min ago i got called a hacker for have my name enlarged (code is
§3) to haev it enlarged and WTF i jus notice my words have gone bold??
well the nood 11fg doomsday kept calling me a hacker and said he was goin to report me

what a ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************** ****

[WarGimp]

Re: i have been called a ....

Actually... that's a technically corrent use of the term.
For once.

Ya see... you opened a file. You wrote some code (tiny as it might have been). You made the game do something that it wasn't intended to do.

That's a "hack". A trivial hack, but still a hack.

Downloading and using 3rd party applications that people wrongly refer to as "hacks" isn't hacking. It's just cheating. "Script kiddy" or "hopeless f:censored:k-waddle and waste of skin" are the proper terms.

[exho]

Re: i have been called a ....

Actually... that's a technically corrent use of the term.
For once.

Ya see... you opened a file. You wrote some code (tiny as it might have been). You made the game do something that it wasn't intended to do.

That's a "hack". A trivial hack, but still a hack.

Downloading and using 3rd party applications that people wrongly refer to as "hacks" isn't hacking. It's just cheating. "Script kiddy" or "hopeless f:censored:k-waddle and waste of skin" are the proper terms.

very informative, nice job :)

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: i have been called a ....

What's the new colour code for orange now, anyone know? I know they got rid of the old way to do it but I still see people with orange names ingame...

[WarGimp]

Re: i have been called a ....

Hehe... well, if you searched for it...

It's been listed a couple times. I believe there's a thread called "the colored men are back" or something that has the info in it.

I suppose that there should be a code for green aswell.

FYI, I recall seeing something by EA consitering modification of text as being and exploit. They might not take too kindly to it being used on ranked servers. Just a heads up.

[Madmech]

Re: i have been called a ....

Please don't do the Orange name thing. Not only is it a lame way to try and convince the rest of the world that you are 1337 but it is also confusing to your fellow team mates on the battlefield.

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: i have been called a ....

Found it http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showt...ghlight=orange

I was searching for "coloured men" and got f all.

[Talus]

Re: i have been called a ....

Even since these codes have been posted, I've been seeing them all over the place

[Soffty]

Re: i have been called a ....

Actually... that's a technically corrent use of the term.
For once.

Ya see... you opened a file. You wrote some code (tiny as it might have been). You made the game do something that it wasn't intended to do.

That's a "hack". A trivial hack, but still a hack.

Downloading and using 3rd party applications that people wrongly refer to as "hacks" isn't hacking. It's just cheating. "Script kiddy" or "hopeless f:censored:k-waddle and waste of skin" are the proper terms.

aaaH man, you crack me up

[Version2]

Re: i have been called a ....

"hopeless f:censored:k-waddle.

:laugh: lol that one made me laugh for some reason

[[i]_Bleed_to_Death]

Re: i have been called a ....

I agree, hacking away at game files is what it is.

[r0uJe]

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anybody knows the color code for purple and magenta (maroon)? 3 guys in a clan all in the same squad each had different colors. everyone was asking them how they did it but of course, they wanted their little codes a secret...

[EnZym3]

Re: i have been called a ....

Actually... that's a technically corrent use of the term.
For once.

Ya see... you opened a file. You wrote some code (tiny as it might have been). You made the game do something that it wasn't intended to do.

That's a "hack". A trivial hack, but still a hack.

Downloading and using 3rd party applications that people wrongly refer to as "hacks" isn't hacking. It's just cheating. "Script kiddy" or "hopeless f:censored:k-waddle and waste of skin" are the proper terms.

Technically you are incorrect. The word hacking is most commonly used instead of the correct term cracking. Hacking is gaining access to a computer or network. Cracking is changing the code or doing malicious damage to a system or network.. Very old nerds will tell you this. But the word hacking is now so commonly used instead of cracking that you are hard pressed to find a dictionary definition to prove my point. I did read about a famous cracker from the 70s/80s who petitioned the collins dictionary to get the definitions changed but was knocked back on grounds of common usage.

[WarGimp]

Re: i have been called a ....

Technically you are incorrect. The word hacking is most commonly used instead of the correct term cracking.

Wrong.
Most commonely used does not mean correct. People who write dictionaries don't always "know". It's an industry term and thus, the only "correct" definition is the the industries.

The term comes from hacking away at something. As in ineffectually trying the same damned thing over and over until it works.

Write code, compile, run, check error messages, write code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages...

Got the picture yet?

Specifically, a hacker originated as a deragatory term for someone who can't get their code right the first time. "He's a crappy programer... just a hacker". Since code has become so bloody complex, hackers have gained more respect since it's almost impossible to write anything significant that will work the first time through.

The crossover between the terms "hacker" and "cracker" came about because cracker's hack. They never get through the first time. They have to keep poking until they get a break in the security of the target system. A long forgotten term "slicer" refered to someone who just knew the software that he was attacking so well that he could just waltz in and out without needing to hack anything.

While working in the industry, it was common for me to be called a grahpics hacker since I would churn out textures by the bucketload and be able to make tweeks to 'em in short order. Over and over.

Thus endith the history lesson.
:p

Don't confuse pop-culture with "reality"!

[MachineGunDave]

Re: i have been called a ....

Wrong.
Most commonely used does not mean correct. People who write dictionaries don't always "know". It's an industry term and thus, the only "correct" definition is the the industries.

The term comes from hacking away at something. As in ineffectually trying the same damned thing over and over until it works.

Write code, compile, run, check error messages, write code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages, rite code, compile, run, check error messages...

Got the picture yet?

Specifically, a hacker originated as a deragatory term for someone who can't get their code right the first time. "He's a crappy programer... just a hacker". Since code has become so bloody complex, hackers have gained more respect since it's almost impossible to write anything significant that will work the first time through.

The crossover between the terms "hacker" and "cracker" came about because cracker's hack. They never get through the first time. They have to keep poking until they get a break in the security of the target system. A long forgotten term "slicer" refered to someone who just knew the software that he was attacking so well that he could just waltz in and out without needing to hack anything.

While working in the industry, it was common for me to be called a grahpics hacker since I would churn out textures by the bucketload and be able to make tweeks to 'em in short order. Over and over.

Thus endith the history lesson.
:p

Don't confuse pop-culture with "reality"!

I stopped reading after the first couple of lines. I guess being the Internet anyone can come up with their own version of what something originated from. Wikipedia - Hack offers a much more plausible description of Hacking origins. And if you wanted to know about Cracking you can look that up too.

Got the picture yet?