Some of us believe hackers are simply ordinary people with too much curiosity, above-average skills with a computer and plenty of time to kill.

Most of us believe Hackers are evil beings who have the power to wipe out your credit rating, cancel your cable TV, raise your insurance premiums, and raid your social security pension. Individuals who always avert their eyes and mumble under their breath about black helicopters and CIA transmissions. Paranoid, social deviants who could start World War III from the privacy of their bedrooms.

Hackers have no distinguishing characteristics. Whatever your point of view, show us what you think they look like. Do they wear devil horns, or perhaps you think of them as gangly kids with radiation tans caused by too many late nights in front of a computer screen such as this fun rendition of a hacker by Gavh that we are using as our themepost.

Have fun, keep it clean, be creative. Don't forget the cliche list. As always, quality is a must. We will remove poor entries no matter how much we like you. You'll have 48 hours for this contest, so make your submission count.