On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:58:34 +0100 Burkhard Woelfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 09 December 2003 01:55, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ScruLoose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, 5 December 2003 8:58 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ?? > > > > > > > > > It's "cracker". Not "hacker". > > > http://web.bilkent.edu.tr/Online/Jargon30/JARGON_C/CRACKER.HTM > > > > It's both according to OED. > [snip] > > There are numerous "definitions" for the word hacker, and the definition that > ScruLoose objected to can be found all over the place - it even made it into > renowned dictionaries, just as you said. > snip > All of the above don't really fit the sociolect of large parts of the Free > Software Community. A good place to read about the concept ScruLoose was > refering to is the Hacker-HOWTO by Eric S. Raymond > > <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html> snip > Hello, It all boils down to an old saying that I can't remember the origin of now:- 'Any idiot can be destructive, -- Cracker It takes a mature human being to be creative.' -- Hacker This has cross discipline application. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
