Michael Chaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 04:55:00AM -0700, bryan wrote: >> Then perhaps it's about time that it changed... >> >> It really is not right to generalize all hackers as >> such... > > Geesh, why do we go through this again and again? > > Nobody- NOBODY- is generalizing "all hackers". Nobody. The rest of the > world uses the word "hacker" to mean "someone who breaks into computer > systems". They're not confusing open source programmers with hackers. > They're simply using the word "hacker" in a way that you don't like. > > I still call myself a hacker in computing circles, but outside of > computing circles I understand that the word means something else. > > It's not going to change. Ever. Get over it. >
Fsck. :(
How does anyone know what the word `hacker' means nowadays? I anyone really
sure that the word means a computer expert? a sociopath? a terrorist? or a
carpenter? Can anyone really describe in perfect human language what a hacker
is and what he does?
In other words, anyone who is capable of thinking freely can use the word
`hacker' for whatever purpose it may serve. Come to think of it, it would be
helpful to think that the term is GPL'd (or BSD'd, for the daemon mavens ;),
even though it isn't) so anyone can use, speak, modify and reuse the word free
From the restrictions of any single entity. So, if we're to just push `hacker'
as just a good guy, then we're damn wrogn:
`hacker' - a free word with NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, to the extent permitted by law.
Just my peso's worth.
Cheers,
Zakame
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