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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>warez d00dz</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="warez.html" title="warez"/><link rel="next" href="warez-kiddies.html" title="warez kiddies"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">warez d00dz</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="warez.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="warez-kiddies.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="warez-d00dz"/><dt xmlns="" id="warez-d00dz"><b>warez d00dz</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/weirz doodz/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A substantial subculture of <a href="../C/cracker.html"><i class="glossterm">cracker</i></a>s refer to
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themselves as <span class="firstterm">warez d00dz</span>; there is
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evidently some connection with <a href="../B/B1FF.html"><i class="glossterm">B1FF</i></a> here. As
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‘Ozone Pilot’, one former warez d00d, wrote:</p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
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Warez d00dz get illegal copies of copyrighted software. If
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it has copy protection on it, they break the protection so
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the software can be copied. Then they distribute it around
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the world via several gateways. Warez d00dz form badass
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group names like RAZOR and the like. They put up boards
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that distribute the latest ware, or pirate program. The
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whole point of the Warez sub-culture is to get the pirate
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program released and distributed before any other group. I
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know, I know. But don't ask, and it won't hurt as much.
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This is how they prove their poweress [sic]. It gives them
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the right to say, “<span class="quote">I released King's Quest IVXIX before you
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so obviously my testicles are larger.</span>” Again don't ask...
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</p></blockquote></div><p>The studly thing to do if one is a warez d00d, it appears, is emit
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<span class="firstterm">0-day warez</span>, that is copies of
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commercial software copied and cracked on the same day as its retail
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release. Warez d00ds also hoard software in a big way, collecting untold
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megabytes of arcade-style games, pornographic JPGs, and applications
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they'll never use onto their hard disks. As Ozone Pilot acutely
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observes:</p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>[BELONG] is the only word you will need
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to know. Warez d00dz want to belong. They have been shunned by everyone,
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and thus turn to cyberspace for acceptance. That is why they always start
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groups like TGW, FLT, USA and the like. Structure makes them happy. [...]
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Warez d00dz will never have a handle like “<span class="quote">Pink Daisy</span>” because
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warez d00dz are insecure. Only someone who is very secure with a good dose
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of self-esteem can stand up to the cries of fag and girlie-man. More
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likely you will find warez d00dz with handles like: Doctor Death, Deranged
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Lunatic, Hellraiser, Mad Prince, Dreamdevil, The Unknown, Renegade Chemist,
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Terminator, and Twin Turbo. They like to sound badass when they can hide
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behind their terminals. More likely, if you were given a sample of 100
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people, the person whose handle is Hellraiser is the last person you'd
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associate with the name.</p></blockquote></div><p>The contrast with Internet hackers is stark and instructive. See
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<a href="../C/cracker.html"><i class="glossterm">cracker</i></a>, <a href="wannabee.html"><i class="glossterm">wannabee</i></a>,
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<a href="../H/handle.html"><i class="glossterm">handle</i></a>, <a href="../E/elite.html"><i class="glossterm">elite</i></a>,
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<a href="../C/courier.html"><i class="glossterm">courier</i></a>, <a href="../L/leech.html"><i class="glossterm">leech</i></a>; compare
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<a href="weenie.html"><i class="glossterm">weenie</i></a>, <a href="../S/spod.html"><i class="glossterm">spod</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="warez.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="warez-kiddies.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">warez </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> warez kiddies</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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