I always thought the whole... 'hacking' part in Hackers was supposed to be fantasy-ish.... I didn't think that it was supposed to portray hacking as actually being like that.

Then again, I'd be one to blame the incorrect perception of 'hackers' upon the ignorance of the common person. :-P

In the event that none of that makes sense... It's 6:40 in the morning... and I still haven't gone to bed.