[Vanhackspace] CBC - The Current - hackers at work

[Colin Keigher]

Being a frequent listener of the CBC, I would also tend to air on the 
side of caution. Anna-Maria Tremonti does from time to time some soft 
interviews and news stories, but generally they're hard-hitting.

If perhaps Spark, BC Alamanc, or On the Coast wanted to do a bit with 
us, that would be a different story, but I would definitely avoid The 
Current.

- Colin

Luke Closs wrote:
> My reaction was similar - it seems like they're using the word
> 'hacker' in an different way than VHS uses it.
>
> Luke
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:20 PM, David Eaman <exman at telus.net> wrote:
>   
>> I'd be a bit careful here.  Have you listened to The Current?  It's a hard
>> news show and they might be digging for 2600-type stuff , "scary young
>> wizards of anarchy in their dungeons, dismembering our fine upstanding
>> institutions" rather than Make Magazine things.  Just a thought...
>> m david
>>
>> =======================================================
>> "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is
>> sure." - Mark Twain
>>
>> Graham Mitchell wrote:
>>
>> Hi, folks,
>>
>> I haven't participated a whole lot in VHS save for the first couple of
>> meetings where things were being set up - mostly lack of time nowdays - but
>> I've been lurking on the mailing list since then. Just thought I'd pass
>> along a message from a neighbor of a friend who's with the CBC and is
>> looking for stuff to add to an upcoming story on The Current (morning radio
>> show on CBC Radio One) re: hackers at work (i.e., in the workplace). The
>> examples given don't seem to demonstrate much in the way of technical
>> knowhow but I imagine she'd be interested in more technical stuff (at least
>> of the variety that can be reduced into layman's terms) as well. Anyway,
>> here's her message:
>>
>> ---
>>
>> So The Current, a big time national show here at the CBC, is doing a story
>> on cyber hackers or cyber gurus at work. People who have the best intentions
>> and are really computer savvy and find ways to work around some impossible
>> situations set up by the company.
>>
>> They get through firewalls in the name of efficiency.
>>
>> There's an example of a women who was frustrated with never being able to
>> get her crew into courses. she found an online version and gave the course
>> herself and certified them herself.
>>
>> Another guy was frustrated with the performance management objectives set
>> out for him, so he found another way to set goals by researching online and
>> send those to management. after being scoffed they ended up adopting the
>> alternative system.
>>
>> Do you know anyone who's done stuff like this? Who work in an impossible
>> machine but figure out ways to get stuff down outside the system of the
>> machine?
>>
>> Let me know either way.
>> Cheers
>> T
>>
>> Theresa Lalonde
>> Online and Interactive Reporter
>> CBC Vancouver
>> 604-662-6455 o
>> 778-839-5520 c
>>
>> facebook = Theresa LalondeWork
>> twitter = @lalondetcbc
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Graham
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