4 Aug
1999
4 Aug
'99
5:42 p.m.
The term CRACKER is as old a the railroads, if not much
older than that: it was used in the 1800's (and to some
degree, this usage remains today) to refer to those
persons with a nack for entering a safe without permission!
Forget your history, and you are doomed to relive it!
William R. Buckley
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: Difinition confirmation (please read)...
The term 'cracker' was created to denote people
who used their computer
skills to "crack" passwords, "crack" copy protection schemes on
software,
and then used that ill gotten information for fame and sometimes profit.
--Chuck
4 Aug
4 Aug
6:17 p.m.
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Buck Savage wrote:
The term CRACKER is as old a the railroads, if not
much
older than that: it was used in the 1800's (and to some
degree, this usage remains today) to refer to those
persons with a nack for entering a safe without permission!
Forget your history, and you are doomed to relive it!
You white boys is all crazy! Everyone knows a "cracker" is just another
term for whitey.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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5 Aug
5 Aug
7:10 a.m.
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Buck Savage wrote:
Close, but no cigar. Actually, in the deep south, it referred to a 'poor
white' who may also have been characterized as 'white trash'.
- don
The term CRACKER is as old a the railroads, if
not much
older than that: it was used in the 1800's (and to some
degree, this usage remains today) to refer to those
persons with a nack for entering a safe without permission!
Forget your history, and you are doomed to relive it!
You white boys is all crazy! Everyone knows a "cracker" is just another
term for whitey. Sellam Alternate
e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Don't rub the lamp if you don't want the genie to come out.
Coming this October 2-3: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0!
See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
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