On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Siddhesh Poyarekar < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Nitesh Mistry<[email protected]> > wrote: > > But exactly the reverse is what Institute of Chartered Accountants of > India > > teaches in the subject of "Management Information and Control Systems" > which > > is a separate 100 marks paper in our CA syllabus. > > This is what they asked us in the exam this time- > > "List the main threats from hacking" > > And I was supposed to criticise hacking or else stand to loose 4 marks! > > > > The word may imply different things in different context. When used in > the Free Software or academic circles, it is what KK defines it as. > For a lay person, when used in a technical context, it almost always > implies cracking. When used in context of farming it means cutting > grass. When used in the military/terrorist/killer context, it means > killing people. > > But I guess you may be right. It is More like how a lay person understands software. So here, hacking actually meant cracking. -- Nitesh http://techformyself.blogspot.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GB/J/IT/O>TW d+(-) s+:+>: a- C+ UL>+++ P? L++>+++ E? W++ N? o? K? w--- O? M-- V? PS+() PE(++)(-) Y+ PGP+ t 5? X- R tv+ b+ DI D G e+++>++++ h-- !r y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
