Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 14:46:43 -0700 (PDT) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: "Hackers" Documentation Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0805251440170.25004@libra.sfsu.edu>
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A couple of people on this list came to an agreement that "hackers" is appropriately understood as being for "developers." Well. I made my decision to subscribe based on the "documentation" here: http://tinyurl.com/623qw Namely: freebsd-hackers General technical discussion Googling "hackers" gives me 42.4 million hits. Wikipedia gives: * Hacker (computing) has a spectrum of meanings: o Hacker (computer security), someone who breaks computer and network security o Hacker (free and open source software), a programmer in the free software and open source movement o Hacker (hobbyist), an enthusiastic home computer hobbyist. Hmm.. I think I at very least belong to that third category. Personally, I take issue with the first defintion, but the facts are that most "laypersons" understand hackers in that way. I would say it is a "cracker" who breaks into a computer and not a "hacker". Somebody instilled this idea in me, I forget who. Anyway. I won't belabor this point further here. Thank you for your time. *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------*
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