proc ps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Zak B. Elep wrote: > >> 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 > > But who checks? :) Who sees to it that the word gets used properly? Us? Do you > reprimand some lamer who claims to be a hacker by leeching cracks on > Mardam-Bey's rig? I've met fellow docs in the hospital blessing some poor f*ck > being a hacker for leeching medical pda apps and game cracks on mIRC. "Hacker > ka pala e! Galing mo! Kaya mo bang..." To which the lame f*ck answers "Madali > lng yan." with the obligatory modesty. Rite. >
Which *is* exactly my point ;) There's no sense in regulating the meaning of words when it is so ubiquitous that common connotations can be easily attached to it. Free speech guarantees that. Dictionaries and thesauri are also free to give meaning to words, just as the average Joe is. In that sense, we as well as the media are on equal footing as to how to use `hacker', for whatever purpose. > This used to get a rise on me, but with time I just smile inwardly. Hacker ka? > Suuure. > > Mainly a problem with semantics. > Yep. Just as `weapons of mass destruction' are in fact, `weapons of mass distraction'. :) > Stop caring about some stupid grandiose word/title and focus more on the > actual work. > > Learn. Code. Give. Learn some more. Hack. > That's the only path. > Amen to that! Just like some proverb i read somewhere in this very list: "The best way to learn how to ride a bike is, well, to ride a bike." 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
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