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[Cyberdragon]

O RLY?

[PartialDischarge]

Gotta love the internet

[Rerouter]

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[Halcyon]

Why does this thread exist? It's not hacking, it's basic code. Also, I wish people (and organisations) would stop using the word "hack" out of context. Re-purposing some piece of Ikea furniture for an unintended purpose is not "hacking", doing something more efficiently is not "life hacking", neither is reheating pizza on a fry pan instead of the microwave.

First everything was "viral" now using some common sense and a bit of creativity is a "hack". This world is too dumb for me.

 

[TerraHertz]

[BrianHG]

[RoGeorge]

Also, I wish people (and organisations) would stop using the word "hack" out of context. Re-purposing some piece of Ikea furniture for an unintended purpose is not "hacking", doing something more efficiently is not "life hacking", neither is reheating pizza on a fry pan instead of the microwave.

First everything was "viral" now using some common sense and a bit of creativity is a "hack". This world is too dumb for me.

 

The word 'hack' is used in many ways. Hollywood's 'hacker' has a different meaning than maker's 'hacker'.

For the makers community, a hack is when someone look deeper into things or phenomenons, and understand or discover the inner and very basic properties of that 'something', rather than taking for granted the declared and mainstream properties of that 'something'. Doing so, the hacker can later hijack the main usage of that 'something' into a new and innovative way.

Is there any other word for the above situation?

[Halcyon]

Is there any other word for the above situation?

It depends on how you interpret it I suppose. Me, personally would consider it (very) basic coding, manipulating, altering variables, WYSIWYG...

Other's might consider it trolling or being a script kiddie.

I get that the OP is young and I certainly wasn't having a personal go at him. For a forum full of clever people, let us educate rather than pander to what society has become. If he (or anyone else) uses the term LOL etc... I expect people here to come down on them like a tonne of bricks :-)

[BravoV]

Not as advanced as above youngsters did ... testing ancient text hacks ....

^PB Testing

It works !!!