Hi,
>>"Ossama" == Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> : Who is right and who is wrong? I would have to say neither.
>> Each of us : is entitled to their own interpretation.
>>
>> Sure. You're entitled to any interpretation you please, but that
>> doesn't make you "right". Take a look at the jargon file.
Ossama> Hey, I agree that the term "hacker" is misused. However, just
Ossama> because something is in some jargon file doesn't make it right
Ossama> either. History books, for example, are many times right from
Ossama> the author's point of view but may be completely incorrect
Ossama> from the point of view of the people that the history book
Ossama> describes.
Ossama> You say "potato", I say "POTATO." (Need some voice e-mail for
Ossama> this one :P)
However, if those of us who like to think of ourselves as
hackers in the traditional sense of the word (and I;m talking
computer tradition) take exception to your lumping us with egregious
criminal miscreants, and flame you to a crisp, would that be fine
too?
Ossama> Again, I do agree with you on the misuse of the term hacker.
Ossama> (This is just a preventative measure on my part so that I
Ossama> don`t nailed with flames...heh.)
Too late.
manoj
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