[snip]
 Perhaps you'd like to come up with some alternative term for
 'hacker' in
 [snip]
 -tony 
I remember a very knowledgeable acquaintance of many years ago whose
business card read "Software Craftsperson".  I much prefer that to
"hacker"
and it's been something I've always aspired to, because in any non-computing
context, craftsmanship is usually better than hacking (say, in woodworking
for example).  --Patrick :-)