On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:44:12 -0400, Tom Rittenhouse wrote:
>You are right if you use the "media" definition. Real hackers
>themselves would disagree with it. But then the media is well
>known for changing the meaning of words, sometimes through
>stupidity, but usually from malice and a desire for
>sensationalism.
That is what I meant, I do know the original meaning of the word
for real programmers. In that sense I'm pretty close to being
one myself. :-) (see shareware on www.fsys.demon.nl)
>Hacking means getting into the software, finding
>how it does what, and improving it. Hackers themselves refer to
>the people you are talking about as "crackers", and they use the
>term derogatorily.
Exactly!
Regards, JvW
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Jan van Wijk; www.fsys.demon.nl
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