On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Tim Newsham wrote: >> Why label intelligent knowledgeable OS capable individuals "Hackers," >As a tribute to their skill? As in "he's so skillful at making chairs >that he can hack one out of a block of wood using just an axe"?
More like people believe that software engineering is a manual labor type work, rather than intellectual type work. For instance, you don't hear lawyers or doctors hacking at anything. When someone use that term for doctors, it is usually meant in a derogatory manner. I.e. 'that doctor did a hack job on his patient.' --jc -- Jimen Ching (WH6BRR) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
