Few ideas: - Tekhadshan/Tekhidush (from Khidushei-Torah; i.e. hacks were invented 2100 years ago!) - Targilan/Targil - Mekasem/Kesem or miksam (I was thinking of the technomags from Babylon 5) --- Omer WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Dvir Volk wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Beni Cherniavsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:19 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Academia LeLashon / hacker jargon > > > > > > Hi [new to the list, just read some archives for last ~month], > > > > I had some thoughts on the 2002-12-07+ thread on some new > > words by the academy (hmm, that's not a hebrew word; sorry, I > > couldn't ;-). > > > > Now, I'm surely no "poretz".While I can't deny beeing > > "mahur lemahshevim", that misses the whole point.A hacker > > is one who hacks and produces hacks that others can enjoy. > > "etmol hitmakarti lemahshevim al <progname>" ??"raita et > > hahitmakrut lemhshevim hazot?" ?!?! *Shudders*, no way!The > > point is not how do we say "hacker" but first how do we say > > "hack" in Hebrew.Any ideas? > > This reminds me of a word suggested by a coworker of mine a few years > back. He meant it as a translator to Hacker, but what he actually meant, > was of course a Cracker, making the usual mistake. > Anyway, the word he suggested for Cracker is "Partzan". I think it has a > rather nice sound to it. > > About Hacker - ummm... Dunno. Lochem Hofesh Electroni? :) Naaah... ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]