28 Mar
2009
28 Mar
'09
9:01 p.m.
On Monday 23 March 2009 09:16:44 pm Fred Cisin wrote:
I still speak of "hacking on" something these days. If the person I'm
speaking to wants to take that the wrong way, well, then I guess I'll just
deal with their misunderstanding..
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
> Same goes
for the word "hacker".
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, William Donzelli wrote:
Anyone that uses the old definition of
"hacker" these days is a fool.
There are a lot of us fools here.
Too many negative connotations - it is just not
worth the trouble to
explain (that is, clear the air) to people.
True.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com