5 Aug
1999
5 Aug
'99
4:05 a.m.
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
vandals, etc. getting involved with computers. The
miscreants that they
encountered called THEMSELVES "hackers", simply as a boastful
Most crackers are wannabee hackers and give themselves undeserved
honors. This is covered a few times in ESR's jargon file aka _The
New Hacker's Dictionary_.
self-appellation. The news people were simply too
dumb to understand, or
maybe assumed that the only possible outlet of genious would be criminal.
News people are normally stupid. Note their continuing support for
victim disarmament laws that they call "gun control".
People like Levy in his "Hackers" book tried
to explain, but by 1984 it
was too late.
Once a "news person" swallows a bullshit term, the whole herd grabs it
and it pollutes the language for (at least) decades.
Note: the mafia call themselves
"businessmen". Do we now associate
the word "businessmen" with criminal behavior?
Well, ask your nearest demopublican (or republicrat) congressthing.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor