Here is your decrypted key info...
(works w/version 4 and later keys...)
Key entered: sw6BFHJLPUY$hw5ln3pr4FOP$ck3ma8u7L$w5GXm4/5l7DGRU$i62N0e6t4Gb7/8AGHKLMORTen4a2Xs0Mr0g5GP- This is a version 4 Hacker Key
- Category sw - Software Hacking
(6) There is nothing better than an elegant hack.
(B) (Visual) Basic
(F) Fortran
(H) PHP
(J) Java
(L) Lisp
(P) Perl
(U) Unix Shell
(Y) Python
($) I am paid to do this category
- Category hw - Hardware Hacking
(5) I built every PC in my home from the ground up. Newegg knows me by my first name.
- Category ln - Language Hacking
(3) I hate people who don't follow the basic rules of $LANG, which I strive to speak properly.
- Category pr - Programming - Hey, some hackers think they're programmers ;-)
(4) I will sacrifice elegant design for performance or size
(F) Functional
(O) Object Oriented
(P) Procedural
($) I am paid to do this category
- Category ck - Cracking - The malicious act of hacking into systems that gets all the headlines; what non-technical people consider 'hacking'.
(3) I've tried once or twice, but it felt wrong. I stick to warez.
- Category ma - Mathematics - Mathematics plats a large part in computing, and hencehacking. Indicate your highest completed Math course.
(8) Differential Equations
- Category u - Unix
(7) I use exclusively Unix on all my computers. If it's not Unix, it's CRAP!
(L) Linux
($) I am paid to do this category
- Category w - Windows
(5) Windows is OK, I'm pretty indifferent about it.
(G) I use Windows machines but only with Cygwin installed
(X) Windows XP
- Category m - MacOS (X). Let's face it kiddies, OS 9 is dead.
This hacker varies between rankings
(4) I don't like it. There's not enough emphasis on the CLI.
and
(5) MacOS X is okay. A nice GUI front-end for a Unix OS.
- Category l - Linux. The free OS that changed computing. For GNU/Free Software folk, use g/l (GNU/Linux) instead.
(7) I'm a power user. I've developed my own mini-distribution on a whim. I can't count how many kernels I've compiled.
(D) Debian
(G) Gentoo
(R) Red Hat
(U) Ubuntu (et al)
($) I am paid to do this category
- Category i - IDE/Text Editor environment
(6) emacs
(2) vi (and clones)
(N) Notepad (sick)
(0) I refuse to have anything to do with this category
- Category e - Education - Indicate your highest level.
(6) Bachelor's Degree.
- Category t - Television - most hackers do not watch much TV (that's time they could be hacking!) but for completeness it is included.
(4) I watch TV once in awhile. There's just not much good on anymore.
(G) Battlestar Galactica
- Category b - Books. Great variation here, as some hackers are very avid readers, while others limit themselves to the web.
This hacker varies between rankings
(7) I read actual books, not only technical references.
and
(8) I'm kind of a bookworm, I try to read a book a week/month.
(A) Isaac Asimov
(G) William Gibson
(H) HitchHiker's Guide
(K) Philip K. Dick
(L) C. S. Lewis
(M) Man/texinfo pages
(O) O'rielly technical books
(R) Request for Comments (RFCs)
(T) J R R Tolkien
- Category en - Encryption - The only real obstacle between your data and a cracker,or is it?
(4) I don't use encryption. I have nothing to hide.
- Category a - Age.
Hacker is somewhere in his/her 20s- Category s - Sex - If we didn't have it, where would the babies come from?
(0) I refuse to have anything to do with this category
(M) Male
- Category r - Religion. Generally Hackers believe in something, even if it's just their favorite OS. Others have an actual opinion about a Higher Power.
(0) I refuse to have anything to do with this category
- Category g - Gaming - Be it console or PC, video gaming is popular among some hackers.
(5) I'll pick up the occasional game.
(G) Realtime Strategy
(P) PC Gamer