From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 29 17:22:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13625 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 17:22:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.seidata.com (ns1.seidata.com [208.10.211.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA13599 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 17:22:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@seidata.com) Received: from localhost (mike@localhost) by ns1.seidata.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA11527; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:25:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:25:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike To: "Robert D. Keys" cc: andrewr , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hi good cracker In-Reply-To: <199809291441.KAA10507@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Robert D. Keys wrote: > > I guess the term 'hacker' is now completely tarnished. > > Yeah, that is sad. Back in the early days when I was ``hacking'' > 8080 and z80 code, a hacker was someone who jumped into the code > with both feet, thrashed around a bit, and put it all back together > in a better manner. Nowadays, it seems, the real meaning has taken > a distasteful turn..... oh, well, what has the world come to..... The world is what you make it. We don't have to believe the media hype and hollywood sterotypes. As long as there are people like yourself that still know what a true 'hacker' is, at least some part of the universe is safe from the cracker-ized description attempting to be forced upon all hackers. ;) Later, -mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message