ok, thank you to Paul for already defending me on my lame attempt to speak, but i believe ill have a go at it myself, salvage a bit of my honor.
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Originally Posted by dlavery
Whoa. That sounds suspiciously like the standard excuse that virtually every serious hacker has used over the years - even when committing blatantly illegal acts. "It was just an intellectual challenge - I didn't mean to do anything wrong" is no excuse for breaking the rules or violating the law. Joking or not, I think you are trying to walk a very tight line with that attitude.
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in the first place, my post did state that the thread was indeed against forum rules, but then i gave my contrasting opinion on the matter. Mr. Lavery most likely did not read my prior post, which is very understandable. i dont completely research the history of the posts when commenting. but if he had he may have seen that i do actually care for the spirit of FIRST and gracious professionalism. i have for the 2 prior years i have been on the team and i will continue; its truly what makes FIRST better than most organizations... for those who follow it.
the point i made was weak, however. that sort of cracking discussion is against forum rules and cracking the manual probably could be illegal (especially with the tight internet restrictions of today). i dont think it was completely fair to immediately lump me in with 'hackers' or blaring illegalities from the news world. nor do i think it was fair to categorize my behavior and the overall topic of this thread as 'bestial behavior' off field in a FIRST atmosphere. i think it was only the first post in this thread that referred to the actual methods of cracking the manual encryption.
i understand that Mr. Lavery did continue his discussion on a sort of tangent and i
hope at least that not all of the discussion of illegal activity was aimed at me, most of his points i agree with. i dont believe that discussion of the 'bending of rules' is completely evil, nor deviant to a fantastic degree. part of growing up is exploring your boundaries and bending the rules a little bit, i believe that its part of life. personally im glad that the most awful thing found on this board is the pseudo-subversive use of mathematics and not the legality of bomb-making techniques.
i hope it isnt against forum rules to say 'bomb-making techniques'.
again, weak arguments on my part, but i had to try to defend my honor.