The "Scene"

"Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy"
-Janet Long

A quote that if true, must mean that I am the sanest person around! Seriously, it's 4 am and I still don't feel like getting to sleep.

Regardless, the only thing I've really done today has been researching the "scene", or for those of you out of the loop, its the underworld of pc hobbyists and future/current people within some sort of computer tech field. I've always been fascinated as to how they usually like to work, however since they rely heavily on trusting their friends they tend to barricade much of what they do from the outside world.

Often, it is these groups that look into creating cracks and keygens to circumvent anti piracy in software. These people do it for various reasons, but a big part of it is bragging rights. I mean, what better a way to be an online hacking god than to have knowledge of getting anything to work for you, despite how heavily it may be protected.

This reminds me a lot of a british man that I learned about who managed to hack into some of our government computers. He had a passion to figure out if aliens exist. Although he has since been caught and may be extradited to the U.S., he's proclaimed that he found all the evidence he needs and is completely satisfied with the potential jail time that may come.

Now, back to my point. These groups in the scene share a lot of software that usually involves breaking copyright laws. However, the majority of them believe that should you enjoy the software that they helped make unrestricted, you should go and purchase it yourself so that the company or developer is encouraged to make it better or develop new versions.

I guess what I'm really getting down to is that I believe in their cause, often the price for software is rediculous or the information that you can be provided with in the "scene" could be invaluable to oneself.

Perhaps we should make all information publicly available you say? Well that won't be happening because there are some people out there that really shouldn't know some things. So I guess you could say this is why I'm infatuated with the scene, in my search for knowledge I have to learn to jump through a few hoops. Also, with a continuing education in the "dark arts" of computing, you can learn how to keep your own secrets safer.

I feel I have more to say, but because its late.
That's all for the night