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butt woopin' 

butt woopin' by LarstaiT November 6, 2003

Anarchy file

A file (usually text) that details such actions as how to brew nitroglycerin and other destructive things; the name is most likely inspired by the venerable _Anarchist Cookbook_, which deals with explosives and makes references to militant anarchism and anarcho-nihilism.
From Greek, "a," meaning nobody, and "-archy," meaning "rule." The "n" is in there because it's too hard to pronounce "aarchy."
Anarchy file by LarstaiT November 6, 2003
If you see this definition, it is because you accidentally put a space NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I hate myself
space by LarstaiT November 6, 2003

ASCII art 

Art done in plain text. This is fairly difficult. Portraits of people done in ASCII art usually only work if the person has some major distinguishing characteristics.
From American Standard Code for Information Interchange, the set of bits created in the 1980s to represent characters.
ASCII art by LarstaiT November 6, 2003
Someone who copies a large amount of software and doesn't return the favor.
From "leach", the disgusting creature that sucks your blood.
leach by Larstait November 6, 2003

The Hacker Ethic 

Hacker code of morality that was originally formed by the MIT hackers in the late 1950s to the late 1960s and articulated by Steven Levy in his book HACKERS: HEROES OF THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION. The creed is as follows:

1)Always yield the Hands-On Imperative! Access to computers-- and andything else which might teach you about the way the world works-- should be unlimited and total.
2) All information should be free.
3) Mistrust Authority-- Promote Decentralization.
4) Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position.
5) You can create art and beauty on a computer.
6) Computers can change your life for the better.
While many of the 1960s hackers claim that modern hackers have rejected this code, it has actually strongly influenced all hackers for the last thirty years.
The Hacker Ethic by LarstaiT November 6, 2003
To program for a long time without error.
I was singing all night...
sing by LarstaiT November 5, 2003