On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Kurt Wall wrote:
> Unnamed sources report that [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > Aaron,
> >
> > I used the word hack. I meant hacker. It is not to be confused with
> > someone trying to hack at a process or program to get it operational. A
> > hacker is someone who brakes into a software or hardware system.
>
> That would be a "cracker".
I thought crackers are guys "cracking" games offline. Like taking away
annoying password checks in commercial games and other copy protection.
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