Frank Carney writes ...
>
> Why would a "hacker" evaluate risks of a "hack" when by definition a
> "hack" has no forethought?
"... a 'hack' has no forethought"??? With, possibly, a few exceptions,
plenty of thought goes into hacking-- i.e. the development of a hack. Hacking is
a highly creative process involving both inductive and deductive reasoning.
Rubywand