[Plug] just have to post this

["Jack Wilkinson" <jackw@jounce.net>]

In light of the conversation of the last few hours:

warez d00dz /weirz doodz/ /n./ A substantial subculture of crackers refer to
themselves as `warez d00dz'; there is evidently some connection with B1FF
here. As `Ozone Pilot', one former warez d00d, wrote:

Warez d00dz get illegal copies of copyrighted software. If it has copy
protection on it, they break the protection so the software can be copied.
Then they distribute it around the world via several gateways. Warez d00dz
form badass group names like RAZOR and the like. They put up boards that
distribute the latest ware, or pirate program. The whole point of the Warez
sub-culture is to get the pirate program released and distributed before any
other group. I know, I know. But don't ask, and it won't hurt as much. This
is how they prove their poweress [sic]. It gives them the right to say, "I
released King's Quest IVXIX before you so obviously my testicles are
larger." Again don't ask...

The studly thing to do if one is a warez d00d, it appears, is emit `0-day
warez', that is copies of commercial software copied and cracked on the same
day as its retail release. Warez d00ds also hoard software in a big way,
collecting untold megabytes of arcade-style games, pornographic GIFs, and
applications they'll never use onto their hard disks. As Ozone Pilot acutely
observes:

[BELONG] is the only word you will need to know. Warez d00dz want to belong.
They have been shunned by everyone, and thus turn to cyberspace for
acceptance. That is why they always start groups like TGW, FLT, USA and the
like. Structure makes them happy. [...] Warez d00dz will never have a handle
like "Pink Daisy" because warez d00dz are insecure. Only someone who is very
secure with a good dose of self-esteem can stand up to the cries of fag and
girlie-man. More likely you will find warez d00dz with handles like: Doctor
Death, Deranged Lunatic, Hellraiser, Mad Prince, Dreamdevil, The Unknown,
Renegade Chemist, Terminator, and Twin Turbo. They like to sound badass when
they can hide behind their terminals. More likely, if you were given a
sample of 100 people, the person whose handle is Hellraiser is the last
person you'd associate with the name.

The contrast with Internet hackers is stark and instructive. See cracker,
wannabee, handle, elite; compare weenie, spod.




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M. Jackson Wilkinson <jackw@jounce.net>
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