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From: gml at phrick.net (gml) Subject: hackers are evil? On Thursday 12 June 2003 12:49 pm, madsaxon wrote: for the record, i've been saying we need to change the nomenclature for awhile, suddenly everyone cares. i am truly amused. i'm going to go off now and be ahead of the curve some more. > [Since nothing appears to be "off topic" for this list, I don't > feel constrained to withhold my comments on that basis.] > > At 01:21 AM 6/13/03 +1000, Darren Reed wrote: > >The english language evolves and this is just part of it. Just as > >"jelly" in the USA is different to "jelly" in Australia, "hacker" > >post circa 1990 is different to "hacker" pre circa 1990. > > Oh, so "Fosters" is, in fact, Australian for "beer?" > > I guess I'm not ready to have the language I employ every day of > my life dictated by the mass media. The evolution of language > is conducted by consensus of the users, but in this case that > consensus has been artificially promulgated not by a > preponderance of the speakers, but by a very small minority > who are supposed to be in the business of informing. If that > doesn't bother you, fine. It does me. If "hacker" were the only > instance of this phenomenon, I'd just write it off as an anomaly. > It isn't, however. There are many examples, some obvious, some > rather more subtle. > > We all have causes for which we're prepared to fight... > > m5x > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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