The current
useage of hacker now is not the same as say 1984 and very
different fro the 1975 thinking. It's evolutionary term. It's gone from
a term that more about exprimentation and intutive design to a very negative
pastime.
Maybe for the mass media and the consumers that take it all in.
Not for me.
I know of hundreds of people who stubbornly cling to the meaning of 20
years ago.