06-15-2011
Well i guess it's open to interpretation but as far as I am aware hacking is simply the process of taking something apart (hacking) and using it for any purpose for which it was not originally intended.
Correct me if i'm wrong but the first hackers I heard about were a group of people who took apart old telephone relays etc and turned them into a train set.
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However a simple wiki search tells me this
"A hacker is a person who breaks into computers and computer networks for profit, in protest, or because they are motivated by the challenge"
Personally I find this statement to be pretty offensive.
I'd consider myself a hacker but not in that sense.
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set_color
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NAME
set_color - set_color - set the terminal color
set_color - set the terminal color
Synopsis
set_color [-v --version] [-h --help] [-b --background COLOR] [COLOR]
Description
Change the foreground and/or background color of the terminal. COLOR is one of black, red, green, brown, yellow, blue, magenta, purple,
cyan, white and normal.
o -b, --background Set the background color
o -c, --print-colors Prints a list of all valid color names
o -h, --help Display help message and exit
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o -u, --underline Set underlined mode
o -v, --version Display version and exit
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