Idiosyncratic Routine - c|net Coverage of Johnny Long: EPIC FAIL

My postmortem of the Hackers on Planet Earth conference The Last Hope continues, thanks to an inane c|net article making the rounds this week.
All the cool kids know the difference between a hacker and a cracker. On the off chance you’re not a cool kid, leave this page and wipe your cache. Ah, I crack myself up. Ok, you can stay; I’ll offer a super-brief and simplified de-obfuscation, paraphrased from wikipedia and the Hacker Manifesto.