RE: [LUG] MS Knowledge Base

["Theo Zourzouvillys" <theo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Sutton
> Sent: 22 January 2002 19:17
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> Subject: Re: [LUG] MS Knowledge Base
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> I thought the word lamer in hacker terms refered to anyone 
> using Windows, or  Mac.


lamer /n./ [prob. originated in skateboarder slang] 

Synonym for luser, not used much by hackers but common among warez
d00dz, crackers, and phreakers. Oppose elite. Has the same
connotations of self-conscious elitism that use of luser does among
hackers. 

Crackers also use it to refer to cracker wannabees. In phreak
culture, a lamer is one who scams codes off others rather than doing
cracks or really understanding the fundamental concepts. In warez
d00dz culture, where the ability to wave around cracked commercial
software within days of (or before) release to the commercial market
is much esteemed, the lamer might try to upload garbage or shareware
or something incredibly old (old in this context is read as a few
years to anything older than 3 days). 

Theo


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