I use the term COMPUTER INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SPECIALIST in my resume to refer to my kung-fu skills ;p
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:04:51 +0800, Zak B. Elep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- > |=-------------ZAK B. ELEP (Registered Linux User #327585)-------------=| > || Web: http://zakame.spunge.org GPG ID: 0xFA53851D || > || http://zakame.homelinux.org ICQ UIN: 33236644 || > || Location: Daet, Camarines Norte Running Linux 2.6 || > |=----------1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D----------=| > Debian - When you've got better things to do than to fix a borken system > > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > > -- Roger P. Filomeno Systems Developer Finger Apps Inc, http://fingerapps.com Systems Developer Entertainment Gateway Group, http://egg.ph -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
