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Re: OT: HP3000 Hackers
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Jay Maynard <[log in to unmask]>
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Jay Maynard <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:25:47 -0500
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On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 10:14:20AM -0500, D.H. Floyd wrote:
> Still fighting this old battle?
> http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hacker
> Languages change.

Back at you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/hacker-emblem/

That the popular press has been incorrect in its misapplication of this term
to those who commit computer crime is no reason to quietly acquiesce in the
theft. I still argue this because, no matter how loudly they claim
otherwise, computer criminals *are* *not* *hackers*.

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