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They're celebrating in the Arab World
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by lazygamer:
LMAO! Oh damn, what a bad mistake. But something I wonder, would arab crackers who grew up in a poorer, less tech immersed countries(the arab world basically) really be able to match the abilities of crackers from richer countries?
Not that you need oodles of skill to beat Windows, but I just have this thing in my mind about suposedly powerful crackers from poor countries...
Am I stereotyping here? ;)
--- End quote ---
yes you are. with the internet available to all parties, the only things influencing the development of cracking or hacking skills are time, motivation and the ability to understand the documentation.
So long as these people know english, they can read english documentation. they probably know other languages too, which puts them at an advantage over monolinguists. people with a political motivation might be more motivated than people doing it in their spare time, and people who have more time to research and practice will learn faster. These last two are circumstantial and you can see that there's no reason why somebody of one race might be better at typing text effectively than somebody of another race, all things being equal.
lazygamer:
Well I was thinking more of countries that just happen to be arabic, rather then genetic race.
Of course this news doesn't bother me, I don't really like the actions of Israel(of course I don't overly come to the defense of the arabs either).
KernelPanic:
Removed my off topic ramblings.
[ December 10, 2002: Message edited by: Tux ]
lazygamer:
Well I don't come to the defense because:
1)I don't know the facts. I really really feel like there is so much that I don't know, that there is no use in stating an opinion.
2)I kinda thought people woulden't appricieate this thread being hijacked, so I wanted to not leave a lead that could be turned into a debate.
Yo Tux, I honestly am not concerned about the Terrorist thing. I thumb my nose at the American government and a "I'll say what the fuck I want bitch, I ain't scared of you." attitude.
I just felt that what I had learned on the subject is only from limited media exposure. Now it had occured to me that maybe the Arabs are more in the right, but what if the limited media info I have is painting them as the victims(and israel as the baddies) just to create more controversy? Ya know, this is the shit that crosses my mind.
I am always willing to learn and listen though...
Calum:
i do not feel the need to say i am not a terrorist. i know i am not one, and that's enough.
Killing is wrong.
Palestinians who kill are wrong.
Israelis who kill are wrong.
Arabs who kill people are wrong.
Whites, Jews, Americans, Australians, Brits who kill people are wrong.
Why do they kill? they have been bullshitted around too much and they no longer believe people who say that you can come to a peaceful conclusion. they feel (justifiably) that if they put down their guns, the enemy will come charging at them over the hill.
Who can blame them? If one side stopped fighting in a very Ghandiist way, sure they might win the UN's support, sure public opinion would probably swing their way and that side might get what they want... BUT IT MIGHT NOT. AND A LOT OF THEM WOULD GET KILLED BY THE SIDE THAT DIDN'T PUT DOWN THEIR WEAPONS.
do you see now why it's not okay to sit at your computer (or your oval office desk, or whatever position affords you the most authority in the world) thousands of miles from any warzone saying how other people are evil terrorists?
edit - sorry, i'm ranting too, but what do you expect when this topic has such a controversial title? and i didn't mean any offence to anybody personally so if you take offence, then you have a guilty conscience.
[ December 10, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]
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